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Custom playing cards with your crest or your firm’s mark

A deck of cards with your own arms or monogram on every back: as a Christmas gift for a family, a thank-you for clients or a game for the first night in a new house.

Why cards make a good Christmas gift

Between Christmas and New Year, families play cards. Grandparents teach the children, cousins argue about rules and someone always keeps score on the back of an envelope. A deck with the family’s own coat of arms on every back turns that ordinary evening into a small tradition.

What the deck is

A deck of playing cards on green baize with the Hartley coat of arms on the box and card backs, an ace and a king fanned beside a glass of whisky.

Illustrative scene made from a real Fable design; not a photograph of a delivered order.

See the playing cards

A full deck of 54 standard poker-size cards with classic faces. Your arms or monogram are printed edge to edge on every back inside a fine gold rule, in the background colour or colourway you chose. You approve a proof of the back before you pay, and the deck comes in a plain white tuck box.

A crest for a family

The Hartley shield: a red field with a gold border, a green oak tree with silver acorns and a white stag beneath it, over a gold scroll.

A design made with Fable Heraldry: a decorative emblem, not a grant of arms.

Preview a family crest

Start with the family’s name and a few lines about them. Fable draws a decorative coat of arms, like the Hartley shield with its oak and stag, and you see it free before you decide anything. Then add the cards.

A monogram for a firm

Firms give decks to clients at the end of the year because they are used, kept and seen again. A monogram reads beautifully on a card back and is subtle enough that the gift does not feel like advertising. Pair it with a card from the stationery collection that says thank you.

Order in good time

Each deck is printed to order after you approve the proof. If it is for Christmas, start early so there is time to see the design, change a detail and still have the cards for the holidays.

Start with the design

Create your playing cards

The preview is free. Choose a crest or a monogram, look at it, change it, and only then decide on the deck. A Fable design is a decorative emblem, not a grant of arms.