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Teas:

Lots of new teas at the shop; I'll be updating the tea list shortly.  Try the White Chocolate Coconut Latte - a green tea that tastes like a candy bar favorite!  We have a huge variety of sample packets right now, too!  Just 45 cents for a one cup serving size OR pick up a grab bag of 12 different teas for $2.50.

So many of the teas are amazing over ice; treat yourself to something decadent like Mango Tango, Flower Shower, or Pomegranate Blueberry.  Let me know if you need recommendations.  

Fiber:

I am back to getting caught up with spinning.  I have some orders to fill and then on to some new creations.  I've been knitting up some cute little shrugs - light weight pieces to throw over a sundress or tank top.

This summer, the plan is to make loads of one of kind hats, mitts and scarves so that I am ready to help you step out in something beautiful and unique when the weather turns cooler again.  I'll be creating some new dye colorways for those of you interested in knitting or crocheting your own creations.

Jewelry:
Lots of one of a kind pieces, many items under $25.

This week . . .

I have been having great fun designing and creating one of a kind, nature-inspired jewelry pieces for the Fairie Festival (www.spoutwood.org).  Here are a few samples:

 Plus, we are bringing along some amazing new (and regular favorite) teas to the festival and are busy preparing packaging and labels.  As we enjoy warmer weather, try one or two of your favorite teas on ice!  I would be happy to make some recommendations, too.

Since I have been in the fairy-mode, even the dryer balls are loaded with sparkly bits and are in colors of the forest and flowers.  I am trying out some absolutely stunning new yarns from Kraemer that have been coming out of the dye pots in lovely color combinations; can't wait to see what our customers do with them! Here a just a few . . . .

My husband and I have been doing a little fun co-creating.  He is helping me make some nice displays for the festival and we have been working together outside to prepare the gardens for spring.  It feels so good to spend more time outside and it is easy to get good pictures of the things we make.  I'll keep you posted and thanks for taking the time to share with us!

New Teas - now available including Get Lucky Tea

New teas for March:

Get Lucky, Jello Bello, Lemon Souffle, Spring and Peaches & Flowers.

Here's a picture of Get Lucky

Check out the updated tea list on the Teas & Herbs page of our website

Two new teas available on Wednesday, February 9th

TEA UPDATE

Just added:

• Naughtea & Spice - China black tea with chocolate, cinnamon bits, red cinnamon candy & flavoring.
• Hot Mama - Black tea with cinnamon, spices, peppercorns & red candy lips.
• Cordially Yours - Chocolate cherry taste with cherry bits.  Like opening a box of chocolate covered cherries!
• Love Rocks - Vanilla spice flavor with cinnamon & vanilla pieces; sparkly silver and pink pop rocks.
• French Kiss - Pu-erh, strawberry & mango.
• Cold Chaser - An herbal infusion with elder leaves, linden blossoms, thyme, aniseed, fennel, rose hip peels, licorice root, blackberry leaves & wild thyme.  Good to have on hand!

COMING SOON . . . .

• Jello Bello - Strawberry cream taste with hibiscus, rosehip peels, orange peels & jelly beans.  (no caffeine)
• Dragonfly Song - Lemon & mint taste with spearmint leaves.  A rooibos tea.  (no caffeine)
• Spring - A taste of lemon pepper.  Black tea with ginger bits, orange peels, apple bits, lemon grass, cinnamon & coconut flakes.  Delightful!
• Rhyannon's Tea - A rooibos tea with ginger taste; coconut pieces, ginger bits, cinnamon, apple bits, cardamom, & pepper.  Smooth & mellow!  
• Gunpowder Temple of Heaven - Green tea, a very small rolled leaf; extra fine quality.
• Rooibos-Honeybush Lemon Souffle - Lemon cream taste.  Dreamy!
• Rooibos Easter - Coconut, raspberry, pineapple bits, flowers of sandy immortelles, sunflower blossoms.
• Peaches & Flowers - Black tea, peach bits & sunflower blossoms.  A taste of warmer weather!
• Flower Shower Green Tea - Mango apricot taste; sunflowers, red rose and cornflower blossoms; close your eyes and picture the first day of Spring!
• Stress Blocker - Lemon taste with mistletoe, bean peels, perforated St. John's wort, birch leaves, ginko leaves, nettle leaves & flavorings.
• Earl Grey Creme de la Creme - Bergamont cream taste; yum!
• Yellow Flower Blooming Tea - hand tied green tea with a yellow flower center.  Happiness in a glass!

  

HOT MAMA!

We often brew up a batch of tea on Fridays and/or Saturdays available for sampling.  Stop by and try some!

HANDSPUN SCARF:

I found this beautiful dark brown natural wool with just a few white strands and spun it up on my Lendrum spinning wheel; then divided the skein in half.  Next, I took some hand-dyed wool and needle felted colorful little hearts and strung them on some cotton.  I gathered up some other interesting fibers and plied the yarn with the hearts and other fibers creating lots of kinks and coils in the finished yarn.  After setting the twist and allowing the yarn to dry, I knit the yarn into this scarf!  What do you think?

Hats and fingerless gloves are hot!

Over the holidays, I'll be working on more hats and fingerless gloves to replenish stock.  Sorry to those who came in for some and they were all sold out!  I'll post pictures on my Facebook page as I get some of them completed. 

In January, we'll be introducing some new teas including:  Rooibos/Honeybush Caramel Apple, Enchanted Berry, Grandma's Apple Pie, Raspberry, Cherie's Yummy Chai, Blueberry Rooibos, Sundew, & Blackberry.  I've been sampling some wonderful Valentine's Day inspired tea flavors that I'll have available late January.