Linen Tea Towels - A nostalgic look at a continued kitchen accessory.

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Tea Towels is an English term for kitchen towel, which is the term most used by Americans.

According to Wikipedia,
"In 18th century England, a tea towel was a special linen drying cloth used by the mistress of the house to dry her precious and expensive china tea things."


Linen tea towels, being mass produced since the Industrial Revolution, have been used as a kitchen accessory to be further embellishished and personalized through embroidery and other hand stitching. 
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Hand embellished linen tea towels make wonderful hostess gifts. Add a bottle of wine with that and you have an invite! 


I have added a few that bring back memories for me. I remember we had embroidered tea towels in our kitchen growing up but also every pillow case cover had a small embroidered design on the hem. 
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I'd love to hear from you. What designs do you remember or still use to this day?                                                                                
                                                        












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Luxury Lifestyle Has Many Faces

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Luxury has many faces. To some it can be collections and displays. Items that make us feel good are good to surround ourselves in. Luxury items can make you feel successful and established.

Luxury homes and cars or furnishings are statements. We're saying to others we like finer things in life, or we have earned the finer things in life. Sometimes if you feel luxurious you strive to be more successful.

~luxury could be as simple as a plush towel~

Some families or even territories believe luxury is more of a feeling. To belong and feel safe or to be loved, a luxury not everyone enjoys. You can have all the finer things in life yet not be fulfilled until you feel safe and loved. That is an inner luxury.

Freedom is a luxury. Luxury Lifestyle does have many faces. Give it some thought, what do you perceive as Luxury?

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