Lindsay Burck Designs: Personalized Gifts and Custom Textiles #FMEGifts14
I am always looking out for sentimental and unique keepsake gifts to give my family at Christmas. This year I think I have hit the jackpot with Lindsay Burck Designs. Lindsay designs beautiful, one-of-a-kind custom textiles such as tea towels, tote bags and aprons.
One of her best selling items is the Custom Printed Kitchen Towels; white flour sack towels which are then printed with your choice of design, a popular option is to have a hand-written recipe printed directly into the fabric of the towel.
My Grandmother passed away in a car accident before I was born but I have heard so much about her that it’s like I have known her my whole life and practically just as well as any other family member. Her death left a big hole in our family felt even today, well over 30 years later and if I feel it you can pretty well bet that my own Mother, Auntie and Uncle feel it that much more. As soon as I saw what Lindsay had to offer I saw the potential for an amazing gift in tribute to my Grandmother to give to my Mom, Auntie, and Uncle.
My mom has my Grandmothers collection of well loved and now slightly fading handwritten recipe cards. The recipes are uniquely written and all are family recipes passed down from mother to daughter. These are recipes that my Great-Grandmother carried with her to Canada from England when they immigrated in 1921. They are special and definitely quirky – and seem to have been written only as reminders of quantities.
I chose two of the cleaner and better kept cards to have printed on the towels. I never realized until looking closer at these but my mothers handwriting is so close to my grandmothers I think I would find it difficult to tell them apart. Unfortunately that handwriting gene passed over me, my own tends to look more like a doctors and definitely not fit to appear on a tea towel anytime soon.
Ordering Custom Printed Kitchen Towels from Lindsay is so easy too. Just send a photo of the recipe(s) you want printed or you can even have your favourite recipe printed on the towels in your choice of typeface in the case of not having a handwritten recipe. Lindsay is really fabulous to work with and is happy to answer any questions during the process.
When the tea towels arrived from Lindsay Burck Designs, I honestly couldn’t have been happier. I almost cried over them, they are just perfect and gorgeous. They com beautifully packaged but it’s the prints themselves that really stunned me.
Every single detail of the recipe card appeared on the towel, from the tiniest dots my grandmother made when writing down her notes to the small stains on the paper itself.
These towels are such a special tribute to my Grandmother that I know my family will love and appreciate. What an amazing and special gift these towels make. I cannot say enough good things about the finished towels or Lindsay Burck Designs. I fully intend to order another set for myself as I will be giving the ones I have as gifts this year, and I definitely want my own in remembrance of my Grandmother.
Each towel measures 28×28 inches and is made of 100% cotton. Each recipe image is printed directly into the fabric, allowing you to throw them in the wash (and even iron) as needed!
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Have Lindsay Burck Designs turn that special recipe into a beautiful gift that will be loved beyond words by the recipient. The Deadline for Christmas is December 15th (but please confirm with Lindsay to be sure!)
WOW, I love this idea! My mom passed away 3 years ago and I have her recipes. I would be a great gift to put one of her favourite recipes on something like this and give one to each of my sisters! I am going to go check this out…thank you!
I’m sorry to hear about your mom! I’m sure your sisters would treasure a gift like that! I’m just hoping my own family doesn’t come across this so it will be a nice surprise!
Cute idea, I would never of thought of that
I’m so sorry about your grandma!
These are fantastic, this is for sure something I would give to my moms BFF (we lost my mom when I was 16) and this would be brilliant! Especially for my moms famous dish recipes!
That is a really neat idea. My mother would love that.
This would be a fantastic gift for just about any family member. I have recipes from my great grandmother, grandma and mom that would be so special on towels like this.
I love this idea. Thank you for sharing. I would have never thought of this.
This is such a great gift and keepsake! I have some family recipe cards that I would love to get printed on a tea towel.
This is an amazing idea. I would love to have my grandmothers recipe done like that. This is a great gift idea.
That towel catches so much detail. That is an awesome tribute to your grandmother.
that would make such a nice gift for my mom or me. I’d love a towel like that with my grandma’s handwriting on it.
OMG! Could someone PLEEEEASE show these to my husband. He says I am the hardest person to buy for because I am not into “things and stuff” and want practical gifts I would use. I would love to have some of my grandmothers recipes personalized like this. AMAZING!
What an awesome way to keep a memory. So sweet and useful
That custom printed hand towel is lovely. I bet my Mother in Law would love it.
Oh my word! I’m completely enamored with this idea! I’m totally having these made this year for Christmas! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
What a brilliant and creative idea! I will totally be doing this. Thanks for sharing!
I really love this idea. It’s such a pretty and sentimental gift.
What great ideas!
This is such an amazing idea! A perfect and sentimental gift.
What an awesome way to honor the memory of your grandmother. I’m sorry you lost her before you knew her.
I love that the writing is preserved too! I’d love to do this to some of my grandma’s recipes!
What a great gift idea. I have a few foodies on my list who would love towels like that!
Oh wow I really love this personalized custom gift idea. This would be great for weddings/bridal showers, too. Thanks for the great review.
Wow! What a fabulous gift idea. I would add one of my granmother’s recipes.
I LOVE THIS! I am going to have to get my grandmother to write our her recipes for me so I can have some of these made.
Oh my gosh! I am going to get one of these towels asap! My grandmother use to make Broccoli Casserole for us every holiday and now that can’t spend the holidays with us I make it. But I have her recipes written on a index card! I need to get this made for my dad.
Wow, this would make for a wonderful Christmas present to my mother-in-law! Thanks for sharing!
I think this is a wonderful idea, a great way to honour someone and to pass on the recipe too. 🙂
I just hope that your family doesn’t read your blog!
Wow, that’s a wonderful gift. I really think that is a treasured gift that you can share with more than one family member. I should see if I have some of my grandmother’s. I’m sure my mother would love them. I have my grandmother’s cookbooks so I really need to look.
Thanks for much for sharing,what a wonderful idea
Wow! That is awesome! I never knew you could do something like this! My mother in law would love it!
My sister would so love this
My sister will love this with our mom s famous baking powder bun recipe on it
This is such a lovely gift idea!