Dress easily, live naturally! 'Eco-logical' fabrications with unexpectedly stylish details and colors.
It seems everyone is 'going green' these days, but here at WinterSilks 'natural' is not a fad, it's how we've been doing business for more than 30 years. And since we've been honing our eco-wardrobe skills for over three decades, we've been able to come up with some of the very best, and most wearable, all-natural fabrications. Silk cotton, for example, is the eco-fashion-phile favorite. We've created a sleeveless blouse punctuated with gorgeous eyelets in the crisp, breathable fabric (and included a layering cami to make wearing it a breeze). Another fabrication on the 'love it' list this summer? Classic silk linen. Mixing the natural woven luster of linen with silk's color-thirsty absorbency is the key to its brilliant look. Find detailed tunics, our best shirt dress, and our fresh blazer that shines in White or Grenadine. The newest of our natural knits, silk bamboo, makes our softest, most irresistible sleepwear yet. The drape is amazing, the smooth feel is cool in the summer and warm in the winter, and it's all specially priced during our Summer Silk Sleepwear Sale (starting April 6)!

Flex your green thumb, in and out of the backyard. Recycling tips for birds & blooms, while keeping cool in silk.
Spring is the season to renew, refresh, and reinvent. So, we thought, what better time to share a couple of our favorite 'green' tricks to help usher in the birds and blooms? We turned to our resident 'queens of green' around the WinterSilks office to share their favorite garden recycling tips.

The birds are one of the first signs of spring in Madison, WI, and to help them settle in after a long winter away Wendy uses mesh bags from store-bought fruits & veggies by filling them with dryer lint & brushed out pet hair. Feathered friends appreciate these nest-building tools, showing their thanks with morning songs.

Now that your ears are happy, you can work on sight & smell! Shawna, a rose bed ace, protects her prized buds & blooms using old newspapers. While weeds can find their way through some gardening plastics, they'll never get through wet newspaper. Tear yesterday's news into strips, wet them, and place them around the bases of all your plants, overlapping as you go. Cover with mulch, and enjoy a weed-free garden all summer.

There also are several dining scraps that will continue to nourish long after their original dish has been enjoyed. Jennifer plants her spare fresh garlic cloves, green onion roots & whites, and avocado pits in indoor planters, and harvests her very own eco-friendly organic food year-round! And when she goes to the market, she always keeps our newest self-pocket habutai tote with her. It's fun, eco-friendly, and completely original featuring a hand-drawn print. And we all make sure to stock up on cool silk layers and sunny tees to stay comfy in lion or lamb weather. Happy gardening!

Let's dish retro: easy salad days throwback.
Remember the simpler days, before arugula, spring mix, and micro-greens? Back when crisp iceberg was the base of choice for cold veggie dishes, preferably accompanied by thick, rich dressing. We do, and we miss them sometimes. So we're working to bring back the American classic wedge salad (which wouldn't be possible without our 'Where in the world' location, to the right).

• 1 head iceberg lettuce
• Blue cheese or buttermilk dressing
• 1 tomato, minced
• 2 or 3 hard boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1 cup cooked bacon, crumbled

Remove core of lettuce by smacking it on the counter to loosen. Cut the head into quarters. On each salad plate, place one wedge of lettuce turned on its side. Pour a generous amount of dressing on wedge. Divide remaining ingredients between the four salads, artfully arranging around or atop the wedge.

A thousand thanks to a storied silk friend: Alexandra's colorful use of 'precious' silk trinkets and baubles.
The winner of our Winter Silk Quarterly 'Show us your inventive side' contest, Alexandra, impressed us with her artful use of old silks. 'When something became worn,' she wrote, 'I would replace, but I never could discard! It was silk, precious.' So what was she to do with the turtles, tees, and blazers she had worn with joy for years? 'Some of my noble silks are now becoming luxurious pillows,' our crafty comrade wrote. And with other silk pieces, she's created beautifully friendly 'monsters' to accompany the stories she writes for her grandchildren. Cheers to you Alexandra, and thank you for sharing your inventive story!

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Print our silk garden party crossword!
Grab your spring catalog & see if you can solve the puzzle. Answers will be posted on Earth Day, April 22. Click here to play!

Summery silk inspiration!
Dress up your computer's desktop with WinterSilks wallpapers. Click here to see all the new options.