Closing gifts that outlast the champagne

What happens to a closing gift

Champagne is drunk on the first night. A gift basket is eaten in a week. The closing gifts that buyers remember are the ones that stay in the house and quietly carry your name with them. A crest for the family that has just moved in is one of the few gifts that is truly about them.

A crest for the new house

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

Preview a family crest

Fable draws a decorative coat of arms from a family’s name and a few lines about them: where they come from, what they love, the house they have just bought. You preview it free, and the design can become playing cards, a woven cushion or a hardcover notebook. Ashdown Estates’ gift box holds a notebook and a deck with the arms, and a card that says With thanks.

Playing cards for the first evening

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

See the playing cards

The first night in a new house there is no television and half the boxes are closed. A deck of cards with the family’s own arms on every back is the gift that gets used that very evening. Every deck is a full 54 cards, and the back is proofed before anything is printed.

A cushion for the sofa

A woven cushion with the family’s arms sits on the sofa for years. It is made to order with the same design woven on both sides, so allow time and order before the closing date.

How to order it well

Ask one or two easy questions during the search: where the family is from, a favourite tree, a dog’s name. They make the crest personal. Order the design early, approve it, then add the gift. And include a short note: a gift that explains itself is a gift that gets kept.

Start with the design

Create a crest for your buyers

The preview is free, and you decide on the gift once you like the design. A Fable crest is a decorative emblem made for a family, not a grant of arms or a claim of descent.