Tea Sampler for an amazing person

A couple of weeks ago, the kids and I found out that our favorite librarian was sick with pneumonia.  They immediately started clamoring that I had to make her a get well card the minute we got home.  I tried to explain to them that cards - while a beautiful gesture - are not necessarily curative.
They just looked at each other with cocked eyebrows as though I had just said the world was flat.
Anyway, I did make the card; one I'd been meaning to make for a while: with three "pockets" to hold tea bags.  I didn't take any pictures at the time, but I followed these fantastic instructions and came out with something pretty close.
Recently though, a friend of mine has been going through biblical plague-type circumstances and has managed to trudge through it all (including death in the family, a member of an already stretched-to-the-max staff quiting with no notice, men in HazMat suits ripping out the walls of her home/work, etc...) with remarkable aplomb.  I designed a special card/book/tea sampler just for her.  This time I did take pictures and copious notes so that I wouldn't forget how I did it.

She happens to be a teacher so I designed it to look like a little binder.   Though it looks complicated, the only real "difficulty" is getting the numbers right.  If you're going to use Stash tea like I did, then you can just use my numbers.  Otherwise, see below for instructions on getting your measurements right with a different sized teabag.
Stash teas measure about 2.5"x3.25, so you will want each paper cut to: 6"x6.25"

You might as well do four pockets at a time.

On the 6 edge, score (with a bonefolder or blunt part of a butter knife) at 2.75" and 5.5"
On the 6.25" edge, score at 3" and 3.25"

To make your pocket, fold up the small lip and put adhesive on the outside of it.  Fold again on the middle scoreline to close.

Fold again on the scorelines going the other direction and your done.

Don't get confused by the change in photo direction, I am punching on the open parts of the pocket, NOT the folds.

To make it look more finished, notch out a half-circle from the top of each pocket (I used a circle punch but you could do this with scissors)

With four pieces of paper, you end up with eight pockets, I haven't tried going any bigger than this, because I would worry that the "spine" of the binder would give out.

For the outside, the spine will need to accomodate the four pockets which each have a quarter inch spine, together they add up to one inch officially, but with the paper, it goes a little over.  Plus, you don't want them squished so that you have room for the tea!

So: cut the outside card paper slighly taller than the pockets x slightly wider (x2 +1.5).

Come on, seriously, I haven't lost you have I?
You have to double the width because the card has a front and back, and you have to add the 1.5" for the spine.
See?  Easy Peasy.
That works out to 3.25"x8"
Score on the long side at 3.25" and 4.75"

Add adhesive to the spine of the pockets and carefully place them flat on the inside spine of the card one at a time, starting with the two outside pockets and leaving a bit of space in between.

You're done!

Actually, one more thing: to close the binder, you'll want to adhere some ribbon all around,leaving enough of a tail to tie.

Now you're on your own in terms of decorating your little binder. I happen to be a stalker of all things tea-related, so I happen to have theme appropriate stuff on hand, but that's just me.

Don't forget to find yourself a pithy inspirational quote by some famous wordsmith...:)