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Holiday Napkins Made Sustainably
Give your table a sustainable touch with Christmas cloth napkins from our exclusive selection.
Sustainable Table Decor from Scraps
Napkins, napkins, napkins. We’re right in the middle of sewing cloth napkins from fabric donations. Generous seamstresses have given fabrics they no longer need from their stash so we’re making use of it. There are a few pieces that are more than 1 yard. But a lot of the fabric we’re making use of it …
The Sustainable Goods Initiative
The sewn goods industry is in trouble. Millions of tons of fabric waste are generated each year. The process of growing cotton for new products is often highly pollutant and toxic for the environment. Many overseas factories are dangerous environments for their workers, and pay them barely anything at all. China – the source of …
Can Messy Hair Be Trending?
Is it just us, or is the new summer hair trend for 2020 messy hair? Not only is it hot and sticky across much of the lower 48 (guaranteed to make hair go ick), it’s also pool / lake / beach time and few of us are completely avoiding the water even as we stay …
Whatsapp and Klutz kits: April Coronavirus Update
“The World Turned Upside Down” was the name of the tune the British band played as Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington, thus effectively ending the revolutionary war. The politics of the world had been upended and things never returned to the previous status quo. Somehow, this fife and drum tune feels like a rather modern …
4 Ways to Fold Cloth Napkins
While making our home tables a little more festive with cloth napkins, we might as well do some fancy napkin folds too, right? We’ve compiled 4 ways to fold cloth napkins, along with the much needed picture tutorials. If you’re good at origami, then folding napkins in fancy ways is a breeze, and you probably …
Choose Reusable Napkins
So much of home design these days is all about short-term, wasteful and disposable stuff. How many times have you seen half-falling apart Ikea products on the curb, waiting to be tossed? Piles of paper napkins after a BBQ? It doesn’t have to be this way, at least not with napkins! One of our goals through …
Spring 2020 Napkin Collection by Mara & Maria
Give your table decor an update for spring with our lovely vintage look napkin sets, made by Mara and Maria from Syria! All of these sets were made from donated fabrics. Delicate purple flowers, bright sea green batik, contrasting mint greens & yellows – each cotton napkin set features coordinating prints for a shabby chic …
What Women Carry: Purses Contents Today & Yesteryear
Recently, one of the women on our staff was cleaning out her purse. Earrings, kleenexes, mints, earbuds – lots of stuff had gathered. It took a while to sort the necessary out from the trash. Women of today are busy and their purse contents reflect that reality. While our carpet purse design is definitely geared …