The concept that became Millenia3

We are moving, both to a new heading for our blogsite and to a new master website to better reflect our future directions. Below you will find a bit on an intro to set the mood for where we are going. The new website and blogsite are listed at the end...

Welcome inside. As you enter our small part of the world we invite you to leave your cares outside and imagine a soothing new calm as you allow yourself to relax and simply be. Enjoy the wonderful aromas that fill the room as the air is lightly scented with the freshness of floral petals, spring berries, exotic spices and more that wafts upwards from the ingredients of the imported potpourri and the home-made soy candles. Then, you are drawn by a new aroma, the blending of fine teas of every type, perfectly complementing the other beautiful scents.

As you follow the beguiling new fragrances you are taken through a room with easy chairs and beautiful artwork festooning the walls. Then it dawns upon you that something is different here, people are relaxed, no interruptions from electronics keys feverishly returning messages, these people are sitting back, talking, and sharing in an environment where it appears that there is no rush, no NEED to really be busy, no schedules to be met.

Some are happily enjoying small snacks, steaming cups of tea of many colors, while a few are standing to more closely view the art on the wall while some of the ladies have found interest in simple fashion accessories and still others are looking over tea pots of simple beauty and shape. An older couple is enjoying the classic styling of a few Victorian style tea cozies and cups while a younger couple enjoys a stainless French style pump. As you walk further into the room your eye catches a tasteful display of bath and body items, but primarily you are drawn to the rows and rows of teas, teas of seemingly every color, texture, aroma and description.

As though without even being noticed the music has somehow evolved from a classical piece to soothing techno, but with the volume low, it is more an accent than an item unto itself. As you now receive your order and enjoy the delicious new aroma of an herbal rooibos you become aware that people of all ages dot the room and all, as though in a well planned painting seem to fit.Welcome to Millenia3Stay a while, relax, and enjoy.

Why Millenia3 ?
Because we feel that every second of every day is special. In fact, YOU are special ! You deserve to enjoy the finest that life has to offer you and this is what Millenia3 is all about, searching the world to bring you the finest ingredients and the finest products possible to add pleasure, enjoyment and quality to every moment. Life is to be enjoyed, and it is our greatest hope that Millenia3 will become a key component in making your life just a little bit better!

Clarence W. Walker,
Website: www.millenia3.net
blog: http://millenia3dotnet.blogspot.com/

The "isness" of Tea!

Ever notice how as soon as something becomes popular there are others who want to raise it to the level of a religion. next thing you know there are those who are ready to proclaim exactly how it should be done and over time develop elaborate "procedural methodologies" the elaborate buzz word that came shortly after the now famous "synergy", "paradigm", and "excellence" in corporate america. Nobody knew exactly what they meant, much less how they should be applied, but everyone knew that that was what they needed to be successful.

Now there is most certainly going to arise a howl of protests over this, but my personal thoughts are that that is preciely what scared so many people away from the enjoyment of tea, while coffee became a simple throw it in the percolator and boil the fool out of it quick and simple means to jump start the day.Who the heck wanted the bother of the whole ritual of spotlessly cleaning a pot, bringing the water to precisely the right temperature and pouring that over loose leaves, only to have to then time it , filter it, and then came the clean up.

Trouble was, back then, even the loose teas in America were still substantially sub par, and generally so old that it was like brewing straw. Even among the coffee drinkers the percolator was too labor intensive, so many turned to instant, something akin to powdered kerosene in the fifties and early sixties. So, the tea community brought forth the teabag, thereby producing an insipid brew of even more sub-par tea sweepings. Any wonder tea never really was a serious threat to coffee in the American lifestyle?

Then came the sixties, to be precise, the late sixties and some folks like Celestial Seasonings who offered alternative drinks that were not quite "tea", that is the tea of the tea connoiseur, whoever that was, because there weren't very many of them, but with the flowery boxes, clever little words of wisdom and some truly interesting hibicus blends that just perfectly capitalized upon all that was the generation, even further exemplified by the new startup, Stash. Hmmm, sounds familiar. Soon after came the Republic of Tea in which tea became the basis of a whole new way of life. Some good stuff, but also a bit too much philosophy.

The well known story goes that tea drinking began when a few leaves fell into someones tea cup. Being thirsty, the man or woman drank it anyway. Who knows? Apparently, it was good! What could be more simple and natural? THIS was and is to this day the essential "isness" of tea. If it tastes the way you like it, ENJOY! Go with it! Do it YOUR way!

Having weathered the demands and dictates, the expectations and requirements, the would, coulds and shoulds of earlier times that ultimately led to everything reflected in my four books, all of which are listed in our ebay store at Creative Accents Online, I now celebrate the current generation in which it is now time to celebrate and enjoy life and yourself, your community and those things that make you uniquely you, while living life to the fullest. What does this have to do with tea? The simple answer is , EVERYTHING!

Tea began in the simplest form of a few leaves that fell into a pot, AND IT WAS GOOD. Someone drank it, AND IT WAS GOOD! Increasingly today, people around the world in every country and culture are doing the same thing. Tea is no longer just the tea ceremony of the Japanese, the mate of South America, the rooibos that has been consumed in Africa since the seeds were harvested by being dug from ant nests, the high tea of Britain, the tisanes of Europe, or the long used herbal, berry, and fruit teas used as relaxers, tonics, for medicinal purposes or the enjoyment of floral tones. Today, tea is. To be more precise, tea is whatever YOU choose it to be.

Over the past few days my wife and I have celebrated this as we have enjoyed populating our ebay store and auctions, our website, and our "brick and mortar" store here on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. Yes, in the morning I still enjoy my homebrewed blend of coffee as my own high caffeine to jumpstart my heart, but I also enjoy a good cup of breakfast tea with a tiny bit of sugar and milk. At 56, it often takes both! But, for the rest of the day the two of us revel in our explorations as we sample morning Assams and Ceylons and afternoon Darjeelings, Greens, Yellows, Whites, and other lighter traditional teas as well as a seemingly endless variety of Rooibos, Sweet Bush, Herbal, Fruit, Floral, Berry, and Spice teas. Too, I will shamelessly admit that just as the original leaf falls into the cup, many a delight has come from blends of components of all of the above.

THIS is the essence of tea today! THIS is the TAO of tea, if it tastes good, and it always does, it IS good, and we simply choose to enjoy while daily adding more to the 300 plus varieties that we will ultimately offer. Today, tea is THE drink that best reflects the truly international, multi-ethnic, commonly misunderstood drink that serves to bring pleasure to all, men and women, young and old. Hot, cold, in frozen treats, mulled wines, sangrias, punches, in mugs or formal cups, with or without caffeine, more costly premium select teas, or simple blends, tea is for everyone and simy to be enjoyed. If there is a commonality of tea, it is in its very universality, in that it can be enjoyed by everyone, exactly the way they like it and there are choices that span every conceivable taste. The good news is that with today's enhancements to communications and transportation even the very finest and ultra premium teas as well as regional or national preferences can be enjoyed by everyone everywhere!

Tea is to be enjoyed.

With this in mind, we would invite you to join with us as we continue to taste and experiment, to sample and consider new blends and new acquisitions. Every day, you will find new varieties and blends as well as a rapidly expanding list of accessories and other products representing the very best of those items we have selected to make life just a little nicer. Too, feel free to follow our blogs and links. Please let us know your thoughts and suggestions.
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CREATIVE ACCENTS ONLINE

Along with the stocking of our "Brick and Mortar" store here in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, we have busily been adding to our ebay store Creative Accents Online as well as populating our new website at www.creativeaccentsonline.net

Our excitement in watching the growth of our business plan become a reality as well as creating, packaging, photographing each of our new product ooferings to the various locations has been wonderfully fun. Imagine the thrill of the aromas from each new tea blend, potpourri, and herbal or fruit tea as they fill the room!

Yesterday, we had to get away, so where did we go? To a local tea room. There we thoroughly enjoyed a proper high tea, complete with lemon and strawberry curd, clotted cream, scones and a couple of fine tea slections. Make mine a GOOD darleeling!

Today, we have been packaging some incredible natural fruit, spice, and floral teas for those who prefer to go easy on the caffeine or simply want a healthFULL accent to their day. Next comes the packaging of the very finest traditional teas from estates around the world. Such work. As I open each new vacuum sealed bag the aromas of ceylon, assam, darjeeling, keemun, earl grey, oolong and so many others waft upwards to confirm our selections.

Within the next few days we will be receiving some of our first ROOIBOS...and THIS is just the start. Of course, with all of the teas we will also be offering tea accessories and some beautiful pots. So many from which to choose, and the cozies are absolutely beautiful!

WELCOME TO CREATIVE ACCENTS ONLINE

August 10, 2006 - Thursday

Watch us grow!

Few things are more fun than growing a new boutique. Yesterday was a REAL HOOT! At the very same instance we had trucks from UPS, FEDEX, AND DHL lined up outside and wating to make our new deliveries, and that on top of those items already delivered by the U.S. Mail.

Sharon and I both have always enjoyed the thrill of receiving parcels in this mail, but this is FAR more exciting. Imagine our excitement as we carefully unpacked and enjoyed the aroma of the finest teas shipped from our tea experts who have spent a lifetime among the tea growers in India, China, Ceylon, and Africa. Then came the unpacking of our order for premium leather purses, overnight bags, wallets and accessory cases. While we enjoyed the smells of the fine new leather, something like being inside a brand new leather appointed car, we were overwhelmingly impressed with the quality.

After carefully checking all incoming orders and being overwhelmingly pleased with everything we had received, as a verification of the efforts we had gone to in finding the best possible items for your enjoyment, we then began even more of the fun part, that of carefully hand blending the all natural potpourries from a huge range of beautiful floral petals, herbs and spices. From our French grown English lavender to our rose petals and tiny rose buds from Pakistan are among the finest the world has to offer. between the leather, teas, and potpourris the, france in the room was simply incredible!

Then came the fun of locating and ordering the best possible preserves, jams, jellies, and chutneys. One can't have a high tea without the best in treats to round out the experience. But, I couldn't wait, so in between I forced myself to relax and enjoy a fresh cup of Formosa Oolong. Oh what we have to do in the name of business.
NOW, don't you think some good chocolates and perhaps some scone and biscuit mixes would enhance this offering?

To assure that other needs were attended, we wrapped up the day in communicating with others we are considering to even further expand upon our line of bath, body, shaving and skin care products. A FULL day!
If there are any areas that we are missing, please feel free to keep us informed of your needs and suggestions.
Please let us know how we may serve you!

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August 9, 2006 - Wednesday
A new online boutique for your special needs! Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping

WELCOME TO
CREATIVE ACCENTS
An online Boutique for men and women
Creative Accents is a specialty boutique that offers the finest merchandise from around the world. All of the items which we have selected for your enjoyment are those which we have personally selected for those who enjoy the finer thing in life at affordable prices.

Our already broad range of selections is growing daily, so we do hope that you will become a regular visitor. Too, we always welcome suggestions for premium and interesting content!

Currently, we offer Jewelry items, Fashion Accesories, Bath and body products, Shaving process creams, lotions, and colognes, home decor, fine art, entertainment, electronics, collectibles and more.

We even offer a broad range of the finest teas imported from the very best estates aroung the world as well as fruit and herbal teas for those times when caffeine is not desired.

In short, we are seeking the best of the best for your personal enjoyment.

Please let us know how we may serve you!
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