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Articles by Pagona Talbot
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Like the New Digs?
You might be noticing something has changed around our society pages. We gave it a much needed upgrade! We’ve combined our autumn cleaning with better organizing things around here. Our old blog had been brought over to this one so you won’t miss any of our previous entries. If you look up you’ll see our new menu leading you to all the important things around here. We’ve made some additions to help those who are new to our society; call them cheat sheets. We even have a new card project! The Tea Bats lenormand is getting a sibling: An oracle deck this time around. As for the society, we might be a little quiet for the winter months. Tis a busy time of the year and one member is still recouping. We have lots of things planned for the new year though. It should be interesting. We hope you keep stopping by and saying hello! 🙂
Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey… Doesn’t try it on. – Billy Connolly
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Tea Quotes
After tea it’s back to painting – a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. – Gustav Klimt
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Mad Tea will Rock You!
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Snapdragon Tea: The Frightener’s Society
The book was as beautiful as it was dark and haunting. It’s rather strange design suggested it was a handmade creation and most likely one of a kind. It was covered in a very rich material, with a collage of images on the front that almost looked like a shallow shadowbox. When looking at the book standing up it almost appeared to be an eclectic theater hosting a Halloween play and all manner of costumed and bewitched characters were taking part. At the very bottom of this scene were metal letters that spelled: The Frightener’s Society.
Emily let her fingers move over the details of the book finding herself wanting to hold off opening the cover for as long as she could. The longer she waited the more her anticipation grew and she wanted to feel the full thrill of cracking the cover to discover what lay within such an eccentrically crafted thing.
The young girl’s slim fingers finally reached for the heavy latch that held the book shut. The latch gave a satisfying twang as it sprang open and immediately the heavily compressed pages within pushed out. There was a small cough of dust that came from it like the book was alive and getting its first taste of fresh air in a long time. Emily gripped the heavy front cover and pulled it open…
Snapdragon Tea and its characters are copyright Bethalynne Bajema. All Rights Reserved
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Happy Friday the 13th
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Tea Spirits?
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We’ve added our decorative Orange Moon Tea Society and Tea Bats spirits boards to our gift shoppe. Above you can see Bethalynne’s tea bats board modeled by her fuzzy imp Gremlin and those strange creatures that seem to take over her house every October. The other board is our Orange Moon Tea Society board that has only been offered through raffles previously. Now, per request, they’re available for all! The boards are all slightly different as we craft them when ordered. The planchettes differ from board to board but they always compliment it. We like them as decoration, but who knows? Maybe there is someone just waiting beyond the veil with some good tea recipes! But remember: Always spirit board properly. 🙂
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Autumn has come to Orange Moon Downs
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You know autumn is just around the corner when you drive down the road and hit a pumpkin paradise or walk into the dollar store and get overwhelmed with Halloween goodness. And if that doesn’t clue you into it, having strange creatures suddenly appear in your green places will do it. We’re not sure what these critters are. We’ll check with Mab and see if these little guys escaped the greenhouse!