A person's two hands on top of pile of cloth napkins on a table - Maskot/Getty Images Cloth napkins are an elegant upgrade from paper napkins. They come in a variety of fabrics, are a more ...

You might not call my apple cloth napkins elegant, but they certainly were easy, and you can create any ambience you like by selecting fabrics that portray the look or feeling you are going for. When ...

Visually pleasing as cloth napkins may be, their primary purpose cannot be forgotten. Linen’s naturally unrivalled absorbency (exemplified by its use for bath towels and tea towels) makes it the ideal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If I have pounded one message into my kids’ heads it’s this: Your job is to figure out your gifts and use them to make the world a better place. I try to ...

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