Now that fall is here, we are more likely to wish for warming beverages.  Here is a great one:  Chocolate Chai!
"Velvety, mellow and deep, this chai is an enticing blend of energizing pu-erh tea, shade-grown yerba maté and cacao. Made even more inviting by creamy vanilla, nutty coconut and fruity, pungent and uplifting Ayurvedic long pepper, this is a most sophisticated take on hot cocoa.

Mix 2 tbsp chai, 1 cup water, and 1 cup milk in a saucepan. / Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 3 tbsp sugar. / Strain into a mug or pitcher and enjoy! Chai can also be enjoyed over ice. / Ingredients: Organic Fair Trade Certified™ pu-erh tea, organic roasted dandelion root, organic yerba maté, organic cocoa shells, organic cacao nibs, organic long pepper, organic coconut flakes, organic cardamom, and organic vanilla bean".
Absolutely delicious!

The cooler temperatures make a lot of us wish for warm beverages.  Craft Foundry is proud to sell organic tea produced by Rishi. As they put it: " Our award-winning teas come from our passion for research and development and our obsession to continually produce new teas each year. We are partners with the growers and artisans who produce our teas and herbs.  Long-term, fair and direct trade in the tea-growing communities affords us unprecedented cooperation with organic tea farmers to …

  Craft Foundry is very excited to be able sell a wonderful version of a vertical garden: "A Bright Green" Living Wall Planter. It has 10 cells for plants, at 8.5"x18"x4", with each cell fitting a 4" plant. We recommend purchasing the Irrigation Kit with the planter for ease of watering.  The planter will bring color, better quality of air, and lower the air temperature, all the while taking up no horizontal real estate..perfect for city dwellers.  It can …

Minna often uses different kinds of agates in her jewelry and even in book decoration.  For example, Cascading Waters in the Necklaces page is blue gate.  Agate (pronounced /ˈæɡət/) is a microcrystalline variety of quartz (silica), chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.  Inside, agate …

What are they?  Bookbinding has included the practice of embellishing books with decorative end papers called paste papers . Paste papers have been used in bookbinding for 400 years. The first paste papers were decorated by using colored rice paste. These early papers were used in Germany, France, and Italy. The people best known for their paste paper were the Moravians from Hernnhut, East Saxony, in Germany. The early paste papers were monochromatic and the two most common colors were burnt sienna …