Maybe Not Quite the Kind of Celebration We Were Going For...

We experimented with a bunch of different photos and themes for our Celebration Time packaging. Including this one that looks vaguely altar-ish.

photo by Kevin Keeker

Here it is from a different angle.

photo by Kevin Keeker

These are fun and awesome, but we ultimately went with other photos. You can see them on any Celebration Time listing over on Etsy.

Going on an Adventure!

photo by Kevin Keeker

Last week, I posted a photo that we didn't use for our Adventurer's Pack lollipops. This is the one we choose instead. Why?

1. It's simpler - the packaging is in the foreground and it's where your attention falls.
2. The shape of the teapot is curvier and the designs on it lend interest but don't fight the package for your eyes.

All in all, we like it and we hope you do too!

3.14

Happy Pi Day! Have you hugged a math geek today?

Fruit Pi soaps by RosaleenDhu Designs

Eye Candy: More Data as Art

More pretty data! Wired Science has a ton of lovely data visualizations, including this one that speaks to our librarian-geek hearts.

Wired Science in general has a lot of gorgeous science photos.

Jasmine-Flavored Tea

Jasmine Pearl Tea photo from World Spice

My all-time favorite tea is Jasmine Pearl Tea from World Spice. In fact, I'm having some right now. I don't know what it is about their Jasmine Pearl tea, but it beats the others I've gotten from almost anywhere - except Natur'el Tea's, which was also quite good. Skip Teavana's version. The only problem is that it's expensive, so I tend to make it a treat. My default, every-day tea is Peet's Jasmine Fancy tea - still has that floralness that I like even if it's not quite as good. But it also fits in the budget.

My love of jasmine was one of the reasons that I was so eager to use it in our Sweetheart (Honey-Jasmine) lollipops. It helped, of course, that Lavender did so poorly in the taste testing. Yum, Jasmine!

MOAR TEA

Before getting down to the Serious Business™ of conducting a long-distance lollipop photoshoot on Sunday, Kate and I naturally had to fortify ourselves with hot tea. She was drinking Jasmine green tea; I was enjoying some Champaign Oolong that I picked up from Natur’el Tea at One of A Kind Vancouver.

This is a screen capture from our instant messaging video chat window. I (Susan) am in the little picture-in-picture. Kate *claimed* it was overcast in San Fran (it was raining, I swear! -k8), but look at all that light flooding in behind her…



Cheers!