Tea time is an extraordinary experience at Bungalow36. Every afternoon tea is served promptly at 4 P.M. It’s quite the spread of delicious desserts and unique teas. The tea time here is some what of a cultural event. The owner of Bungalow36 is a well traveled red head always in search for the perfect tea. She has traveled far and wide in search for the highest quality, rarest combination, and simply the most delicious tea. Below are some of her favorite tea blends from a company she stumbled across called Le Palais des Thés . To name a few of the favorites below...Blue London and Earl Grey mix, The Du Hammam Rooibos, Pretoria Rooibos, Genmaicha green tea, The Des Lords, Rooibos with Verbena.

The company was created by 50 tea enthusiasts who were in search of perfection in quality and freshness. In order to achieve their dream they decided to go around the world seeking out tea estates that met their standards. If you are as curious as the red head please go to http://www.palaisdesthes.com/en/ to find out more about this company and their rare and mouth watering tea combination.

Chandler Price Press 1905 January 06 2014

It all started with a Christmas present... My love gave me an old vintage letterpress from 1905. I had been dreaming of owning my own press one day but had no idea how beautiful this machine would be. In January we prepared my studio, ripping out the carpet down to the concrete which I decided to paint white. I had a vision of this beautiful black letterpress on a white floor. I was receiving updated photos of the press. I will have to say I was a bit intimidated by how this was all going to come together. The press was found in a junk yard in Indiana by two bothers who find old presses and restore them. Their company is called DeFelice Engineering (defeliceenginc.com). My husband Rob knew I really wanted an old style curly spoke style. The brothers went off on a search and found exactly what I wanted. Every week I would get emails sent to me of the press in progress. They restored the press all the way down to the nuts & bolts. It was an exciting process. And... it was all being created for me!

The Press arrived on February 25th in a massive wooden crate on a huge moving truck. I was so excited but also really nervous how this massive machine that weighs 1800 pounds was going to get into my studio. Rob was planning his strategy on how to get it out of the garage, around to the other side of the house, through sliding glass doors, off the wood pallet, onto the wood ski’s and into the studio. Rob used a pallet jack and a car floor jack. The move went very smoothly. There was a break in the weather so Rob decided to just go for it and move the massive 1800 pound beauty into the studio. With the help of Craig and our friend Butch they got the press in the studio and off the wood pallet in about 1.5 hours. As soon as the press got into the studio it started to pour rain. Awww perfect timing!

Rob made my dream come true. I feel very blessed to have such an amazing and supportive husband and very lucky to have such a beautiful and functional piece of history. I can't wait to start digging deep & creating my work on it!!! Stay tuned, there will be many inspiring & creative posts to come.

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