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A gift for you – The Power of Beauty in Everyday Life: Five Stories

May 18, 2016 By Marilyn Webster 2 Comments

Touching the towel can serve as a silent meditation to be present. For me, it’s about connection. These quotations are from interviews with Caryn Cushman and Carol Chambers about how using their Whimsy & Tea towel affects their everyday lives. As you know from reading my Whimsy-grams, I believe beauty makes a difference in our […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Customer stories

Everyday soul-tingling

March 1, 2016 By Marilyn Webster 5 Comments

three towels hanging on a ladder

One day, a few years ago, when I was making a deposit at the bank, the teller, Cindy, asked me about my business name, “Whimsy & Tea.” We started talking about kitchen towels, so on my next visit to the bank, I brought some with me. She purchased one towel, then a second one, and […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Customer stories, Gratitude, Towels

Thank you for your generosity

January 26, 2016 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

10 pairs of towels

In December, I invited you to join me in a unique project to bring beauty and hope to survivors of domestic violence. I wanted to write an update and express my deep gratitude to all who participated in sending handwoven kitchen towels to the women who will be moving into the apartments of Dina’s Dwellings. […]

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A unique project to give hope and beauty to survivors of domestic violence

December 10, 2015 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

towels for Dina's Dwellings with a gift box

The day after Claire’s boyfriend kicked her while she was holding their baby, he was nice to her. She knew then that he knew what he was doing was wrong. That Monday when he went to work, Claire packed two suitcases and a diaper bag and drove with her 10-month-old daughter to a women’s shelter. […]

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Ways to use a kitchen towel

December 4, 2014 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

tomatoes drying on a handwoven towel

My senior year in college my uncle came for a visit. After I cooked us a vegetarian dinner in my basement apartment, he kindly offered to wash the dishes. I watched in horror as he piled the dishes into the sink and filled it with hot, soapy water. This was not what my Home Ec […]

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT MARILYN
    ▼
    • Meet Marilyn
    • In the media
    • Environmental stewardship
  • HANDWOVEN GOODS
    ▼
    • Kitchen towels
    • Table napkins
    • Custom orders
    • About colorgrown cotton
    • Laundering
    • A word about color
    • My guarantee
  • EVENTS
  • e-WHIMSY
    ▼
    • Whimsy-grams
    • Whimsy-watch
  • BLOG
    ▼
    • Making cloth
    • Thoughts on beauty
    • Life’s lessons at the loom
    • More than a dog walk
    • Customer stories
    • Recent posts
  • CONTACT
  • SHOP ONLINE