************************************************************ AT TEA TIME....... We carry teas from the Republic of Tea, both full leaf and in tea bags - as well as offering special order tea in bulk for parties and offices. Additionally, we carry tea ware from the design company, Bodum, who make some of the finest teapots (in the most striking designs) in the world. We also offer the fun, entertaining, and supremely cute Iced Tea Mixer, Mega Mixer, Mr. Twister, and Moo Mixer from Hog Wild for the younger tottlers in your life. IN THE KITCHEN..... One of the things our young adventurers love is to share the pleasure of creating in the kitchen. Here is a selection of our best suggestions for supplies -- for both you and your helpers. We want to emphasize a healthy kitchen -- for all the obvious reasons. You'll notice a lot of cast iron cookware and tools listed here -- for a couple of good reasons 1st -- cooking with cast iron adds iron to your diet every time you cook (something everyone in the family can benefit from) 2nd -- a well seasoned cast iron pan has the easiest-to-care-for non-stick surface available, and it is far less expensive than high priced "gourmet" cookware. 3rd -- it is IRON and therefore virtually indestructable by apprentice chefs For additional help and suggestions on the process of working together with your boys and girls -- and for cooking with and caring for cast iron, check Lynn Whitlark's Recipes and Cooking pages at: |
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| 100% Pure Beeswax Candles & Natural Salt Candleholders This collection of candles and candle holders at Purciful's Magical Toys is here for 1 reason: We all love to burn these candles. Therefore, in an effort to reduce the amount we were all spending personally on them, we decided to add them to the store inventory so we could buy them at wholesale prices, and then share them with our customers! Here are a few things you might want to know about these products: 1. In the US, a candle manufacturer can legally call his product "Pure Beeswax" if there is as little as 15% actual beeswax in the candle. The rest can be parafin, soy, or any other wax. This is only important because parafin and all other candle ingredients EXCEPT beeswax add carbon to our atmosphere as they burn. Beeswax -- that wonderful organic byproduct of our best friends in the natural world -- honey bees -- not only does not add carbon to the atmosphere as it burns -- it actually cleans some of the carbon in the atmosphere. The natural byproduct of burning beeswax is cleaner air! Parafin -- that bugaboo byproduct of petroleum refining processes -- adds carbon to the air in your house every time you burn it. You may have noticed the black soot inside candle jars -- well, it's inside your house, too, and that soot is nothing more than carbon. A fine, powdery pollutant -- especially bad for asthmatics and all those with respiratory problems. 2. Pure, unbleached, natural 100% beeswax is not a simple thing to find unless you've got your own honey bees. It's fairly expensive compared to those "Pure Beeswax" candles that are actually 85% parafin. Parafin is cheap cheap cheap -- and for good reason. It's basically residue. Scrap. 3. Natural salt tealight and votive candle holders are everywhere. You can buy them at the flea market, the gift shop, or the mall (does anybody actually go to malls anymore except 12-year-olds?) You can buy them on eBay. There are two or three places on the net (with a dozen mirror sites each) that will sell them to you by the gross. Some claim to be made from "Himalayan" natural salt; some just call their salt "rock salt" -- possibly from Utah or Michigan. Either way, it all comes from salt mines (there are dozens of these all over the world.) The color of rock salt depends on the presence of other minerals -- it's all geology. Claims about coming from the Himalayan Mountains probably have something to do with mysticism and Buddism -- but magical, mystical, or just geological -- the salt comes out transparant, white, gray, yellow, beige, gold, orange, blood red and all kinds of mottled and beautiful mixtures. Chunks of this rock that don't qualify as culinary grade salt can be ground into road salt to help your winter driving, while others become animal salt-licks, and still others become electric lamps, sculptures, and candle holders. Geology is a wonderful thing. 4. There are claims made about both salt lamps/candle holders and beeswax that go like this: They clean the air of dust, pollens, polutants, dander, bacteria and other contageons. The garbage in our air is held aloft by positively charged ions -- which makes them "float" or remain airborn -- and thus inhaleable. Both salt lamps and beeswax produce negative ions -- which couple with the airborn positive ions (think magnets attracting) so that the +charged junk is neutralized, no longer held airborn by a +charge, and pulled by gravity to the ground (or the table top -- whichever it hits first.) Some internet sites claim this +/- charged ion process actually removes enough crap from the air to make life easier for asthmatics and those with respiratory problems. Others claim that this process helps people relax. De-stress. Sleep better. Breath better. Heal better. But regardless of how serious or not you take all these claims, one thing remains: Natural, 100% pure beeswax candles are non-poluting, wonderful smelling (they smell like fresh, warm honey), long (looooooong) lasting, and beautiful to look at when poured, molded & sculpted by master candle makers. The glow and warmth they give off is unequaled by any other candle. AND Natural geological salt -- unbleached, carved, rough cut or smooth, is absolutely beautiful when lit from within. If you combine the 2, you get an almost magical glow. And if you are in the +/- ion charge camp, consider this: If you have an electric salt lamp running on electricity, it is probably adding as much pollutant as it is neutralizing. If you're burning a parafin tealight or votive inside a salt candle holder -- the parafin is producing more (MORE!) pollutant than the salt can neutralize. But, if you burn a 100% pure natural beeswax tealight or votive in your salt rock -- you don't add any polutants at all -- and you neutralize already present +charged ions! In effect, you help clean your own house burning real beeswax in salt. All our candles listed here are real, 100% natural beeswax. All the salt candle holders are substantial, and in beautiful colors. We picked the best and most striking we could find. We don't pretend to make claims about your health, your peace of mind, or your "green-ness" -- we just know that these are some of the most beautiful candles we've ever found. And beauty is enough. Natural Shape Double-Tealight (Himalayan) Salt Candle Holder + 2 Beeswax Candles Natural Shape Votive Candle Holder - (Himalayan) Salt + 1 Beeswax Votive Candle Sphere Shaped (Himalayan) Salt Candle Holder + 1 Beeswax Tealight Candle Bag of 5 -- 100% Pure Natural Unbleached Beeswax Tealight Candles Bag of 25 - 100% Pure Natural Unbleached Beeswax Tealight Candles Bag of 5 - 100% Pure Natural Unbleached Beeswax Votive Candles Some Notes and Suggestions on the Care & Feeding of 100% Natural Beeswax Candles | |
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| Nail Art Book (+ Supplies!) by Klutz Tips, techniques, and hundreds of designs to paint on fingernails (and toenails, too). No artistic genius required. Comes with six colors of non-toxic, peel-off nail paints - Klutz' exclusive formula. 58 pages. Full color. Age Level: 6 and up. | |
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| Mixing Stix -- Mix It Up in Bottle, Bowl, or Glass!!! by Hog Wild Take an abnormal swizzle stick, add a motor, battery, and an off-beat animal character, and what do you get? Trouble? Sheer genius? Something in between? You bet. Introducing the battery operated Mixing Sticks that will change the way people cook, think, mix drinks. Dishwasher safe with unpatented "smart motor" technology that won't hurt gentle fingers. Batteries not included. | |
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| Jelly Belly Bean Machine / Gum Machine with 4LBs of Jelly Bellys! Pick one, or pick 'em all! Your Jelly Belly Bean Machine comes stocked with the 49 flavor assortment, and works equally well with coins or without. MINI Jelly Belly Bean Machine / Gum Ball Machine with 1 1/2 lbs of Jelly Bellys! | |
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| MINI Jelly Belly Bean Machine / Gum Ball Machine with 1 1/2 lbs of Jelly Bellys! Pick one, or pick 'em all! Your Jelly Belly Bean Machine comes stocked with the 49 flavor assortment, and works equally well with coins or without. | |
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| Tea Things -- from Republic of Tea, Bodum, & HogWild!!!! For moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas, sitters, sibs,and just about anybody else in the house with little ones -- we carry a wide variety of decaf teas, green teas, red rooibos teas, and herbal teas -- all either completely caffiene free, decaffinated, or naturally free of stimulants. We also carry some of the tastiest black teas and tea blends because of their healthy benefits to the immune system. (See chart and links below) We figure if your place is like ours (we are, after all, a toy store....) then the noise level and variety of stresses can sometimes get the best of all of us... So choosing the right "cuppa" for both the immune system/anti-oxident properties, and for the caffine boost (or lack thereof) is a process that requires care and thought. So we have some romantic little tea things -- the makings of a private ritual for a few minutes alone with a soothing cup. Many of these teas are also excellent served over ice with a squeeze of lime or lemon (we'll make suggestions), and still others are best brewed in a cup of hot milk. Republic of Tea calls these milk brewed teas "chai" (which is really just "tea" in about 14 languages...) and has come to represent the spicy middle-asian tea traditions, whether brewed in water or with a lot of milk. We also carry a limited selection of tea accessories including a few things from those artists of modern tea and coffee design, Bodum; and we've even included our great Mr. Twister Iced Tea Mixer from Hog Wild. Best of all, we'll walk you through the process of building a tea time that even the little ones will want to participate in.... Ah.... The English, Chinese, and Indian tea drinkers will all sigh a knowing sigh when you pick up your cup of relaxation.... Table of Tea Properties summarized from various sources - Links Included How To Make A Good Cup of Tea (Black or Green Tea, reg/decaf) How to Make a Good Cup of Herbal Tea How to Make a Good Cup of Cream Tea Tea Time Tea-Party Bear with Republic of Tea! The Republic of Tea: The Peoples' Brew Basket "Little Dipper" Tea Infuser The Republic of Tea: The Peoples' Teaspoon Mini Ibis Electric Tea Kettle by Bodum -- 27 oz Ibis Electric Tea Kettle by Bodum - 57.5 oz Capacity Ceylon Iced Tea Brewing Pitcher by Bodum - 50oz Columbia Thermal 32oz Tea Press - Teapot by Bodum Bodum Eileen 3-Piece Coffee/Tea Press & Cup Set - Special Purchase Tea Party and Picnic Sets for the Junior Jet Set Moroccan Mint Loose Tea from Republic of Tea - 5.1oz Republic Green Chai - by Republic of Tea - 50 Teabags Republic of Tea: Organic Temple of Health, 36 Tea Bags | |
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| Cast Iron Cookware by Lodge Cast Iron Drop Biscuit Pan by Lodge Cast Iron 12" Griddle with Handle by Lodge Cast Iron 14" Pizza Pan by Lodge Castiron Cassarole by Lodge test page -- under construction | |
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| Lodge Cast Iron Cookbook A wire bound cookbook chocked full of great stews, cassaroles, and other cast iron delights prepared in honor of the 2002 Winter Olympics and great for camping, or any other kitchen full of friends and family, OR A wire bound cookbook from one of our favorite chefs, Chef John Folse. If you've ever been to his original 4-star Lafitte's Landing just of I-10 between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, or his new Lafitte's Landing Restaurant at Bittersweet Plantation in his home at Donaldsonville LA, you know just how good this masterful chef is! And of course, he uses cast iron both in his restaurant and on his television show.... What else do you need for a great roux? Equal parts flour and butter, silly! Mmmmmmmm. | |
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| Helpful Info: Caring for Cast Iron Cookware Here's helpful page of information about taking care of and using cast iron cookware! | |
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| Home Design and Building Kits -- a Family Project 3-D Home Builder Kit -- to Build the House of Your Dreams Quick Home Planner Kit | |
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| Tea Time Tea-Party Bear with Republic of Tea! This adorable little 8" fluff of a round bear is wearing her most proper English Tea Time hat, and carrying her Traveler's Tin of 6 tea bags -- appropriately named "Tea Time Teddy's Straw-Cherry Cha-Cha" by the Republic of Tea. from her flowery hat to her leather paw pads, Tea Party Bear is waiting for the Tea Party to begin. We pack Tea-Party Bear with another full sized tin of 60 more great Straw-Cherry Cha-Cha tea bags -- delicious hot with a bit of honey, or iced with a squeeze of lime and a bit of your favorite sweet. Straw-Cherry Cha-Cha is a great grown-ups cup, or perfect for your little tea party host or hostess serving up an afternoon of delights for the local bear and doll community. Straw-Cherry Cha-Cha tea is caffine free and full of fruity flavors -- a bit sweet and a bit tart. One of our very favorite Republic of Tea offerings. | |
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| Tea Party and Picnic Sets for the Junior Jet Set Perfect for family outings, social functions, or just for pretend with dolls and bears -- Tea Time Basket by Alex -- Child-sized Tea Service! Tea Party Basket by Alex -- Portable Tea Time for Little Ones! Tea Set by Alex -- Junior Sized Perfect for Bear & Doll Parties! | |
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| Battery Operated Twirling Spaghetti Fork by HogWild! Eating pasta has never been easier — or more fun! Twirling is a better way to eat spaghetti and the motorized fork automatically winds up the pasta on the end of the fork! Now there’s less mess, more satisfying bites and 100% twirling fun. Battery operated (requires two AAA batteries, not included). Dishwasher safe metal prong end. | |
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| Battery Operated Automatic Motorized Ice Cream Cone! by Hogwild Takes a Licking. Keeps Ice Cream From Dripping! Load the removable dish with ice cream, push the button and the ice cream turns while you enjoy one of the world's most popular treats. No more licking around the edges of a drippy cone. Fun for all ages. Removable dish is dishwasher safe. Requires two double AA batteries (not included). | |
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| Supreme 16oz Moo Mixer by Hog Wild Toys!!! NEW styling for a proven winner! The NEW 16 oz. Moo Mixer Supreme features an easy to use trigger button, fun to hold handle and large detachable clear tumbler. Battery operated (two AAs, not included), dishwasher safe clear tumbler and the totally cool mixing action that makes a whirling vortex of power to thoroughly dissolve chocolate powder mixes! | |
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| Mr. Twister Iced Tea Mixer from HogWild! Stir up some summer fun with the 16 oz. battery operated Ice Tea Mixer. Features include detachable cylinder that's dishwasher safe, push button trigger that creates a "tornado" inside the glass and a spill resistant "sip" lid with a hole in it for your straw. Imagine how easy it will be to mix up your favorite Ice Tea or powdered recipe drink. | |
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