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Weaving the spirit of life – old and new – into linens for your table

July 11, 2017 By Marilyn Webster 1 Comment

table set with the Lakeside collection

I had a particularly lovely, nourishing & sacred breakfast experience this morning because my new handcrafted textiles were hard at work bringing the spirit & beauty of my old life together with the living of the new. This email came from Lissa the day after she received the custom table linens she’d ordered from me. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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The connecting power of a towel

November 2, 2014 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, I shared two interviews – one with Caryn, about the Whimsy & Tea towel she has been using in her kitchen and one with Deirdre, who uses her Whimsy & Tea napkin at breakfast every morning. This month I have a third interview. Carol Chambers and I were in an online writing […]

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Breakfast with Whimsy & Tea

July 1, 2014 By Marilyn Webster Leave a Comment

using a handwoven napkin at breakfast

In March I shared my interview with Caryn, an elementary school teacher in Portland, OR, about the Whimsy & Tea towel she has been using in her kitchen. This month I have another interview. I first met Deirdre Danahar in graduate school and we reconnected a few years ago. She is a coach and consultant […]

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