Thistle & Twig, LLC

11/02/2026

📸 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL…

We did a bunch of these last year and they still make such a great gift. 🔥

Adding a family name to the wooden handles of a BBQ tool set is a simple way to make something practical feel a lot more personal.

Perfect for dads, grandpas, newlyweds, housewarmings, Father’s Day, Christmas… or honestly anyone.

These are also a fast turnaround project for us.

AKA… you needed a gift YESTERDAY and waited until today to start looking. 😬😂

We can get these engraved and ready for pickup fast --- but it still looks like you thought ahead and custom ordered it a while back.

We will not tell.

10/31/2026

10/23/2026

🚨 NOT FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL 🚨

Everybody remain calm. I am posting a project while it is still CURRENT. 😂

A customer reached out with a brand-new tumbler and asked if I would engrave it for her before she left on a cruise. Her only real requirement? It needed to say “Mimi.” That was it. I even sent her an example and asked if she wanted something more elaborate, with little things she loves worked around the name, or if she just wanted “Mimi” by itself. Her answer was basically: “It’s all up to y’all. All I ask is that it says Mimi. I’m open to whatever.”

Those are dangerous words to say to me. Because now I get to design.

Instead of simply putting a name on the cup, I got to take that little bit of direction and build a full custom design around Mimi --- something personal, fun, and worthy of going along on her cruise.

This is such a good example of something I tell customers all the time: You do not have to know exactly what you want.

You can come to me with a name, a person, a few things they love, a general vibe --- or apparently just: “Make sure it says Mimi.” …and I can take it from there.

Sometimes the best custom projects start with the least amount of instructions. And most importantly? It was finished well before the cruise. 🛳️

Also, I finished it, photographed it, AND posted it without first allowing the pictures to mature quietly in my camera roll for six months.

Please note this historic occasion. 😂🌿

10/22/2026

📸 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL…

One of my favorite things about custom engraving is seeing the same logo take on a completely different personality depending on what we put it on.

These were both done for Smith Cattle Co. --- same branding, two very different looks. One was a clean blue portfolio with a subtle, professional engraving. The other was a rugged leather portfolio/bag where that same logo suddenly felt right at home with the distressed finish and brass hardware.

This is a good reminder that custom branding does not have to mean ordering 100 identical promotional items.

Have a ranch brand, business logo, family mark, organization logo, or even a design you just really love? We can often adapt it to all kinds of pieces --- portfolios, wallets, notebooks, tumblers, keychains, coasters, signs, gifts and plenty more.

Sometimes the fun part is not creating a brand new design at all. It is figuring out what else we can put the one you already love on. 🌿

10/20/2026

📸 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL… BUNCO EDITION 🎲

These coasters were created as a holiday gift for a Bunco group, and I had way too much fun with the theme. They were wrapped individually and ready to hand out, which made them such an easy little group gift: personal enough to feel special, but still fun and useful.

This is exactly the kind of project I love because you can take something simple like a coaster and make it specific to the people receiving it.

Book club, Bunco group, coworkers, teachers, family, neighborhood crew… whatever your group is, we can build designs around the jokes, sayings, hobbies, and little things that make it your group. 🌿

10/16/2026

📸 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL…

This is one of those designs that proves why I love working this way. First of all, it is just fun. Second, it is a perfect example of how a design does not have to belong to one specific product.

I originally used this one on a recipe board, but I have also used the same artwork on bottle openers, coasters, trivets, a keychain, and more. That means if you see a design you love, you do not have to think, “Well, I like it… but I do not need that item.” We can resize it, rework the layout, and fit it to something that actually makes sense for you. A design can go from a large statement piece to something tiny and practical, and I honestly love seeing how the same artwork changes depending on what it is engraved on.

So if you ever see one of our designs and think, “I want that… just not on that,” that is absolutely something we can work with. 🌿

10/14/2026

📸 FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE CAMERA ROLL…
Coasters are absolutely going to show up in this series more than once. We make a LOT of them!

These are some of our spookier sets, which felt especially appropriate to drag back out this time of year. 👻🍂

Coasters are one of those projects where we can go in just about any direction: one-off design? Yep. matching set? Absolutely. super specific niche interest that somehow does not already exist on the internet? Even better!

The best part is, design does not have to stay a coaster design. See one here you love but your home is already staging a coaster intervention? We can put that same artwork on a tumbler, keychain, wall plaque, leather wallet, ornament, notebook, or whatever else makes sense for it. Basically: if you love the design, we can probably find it another home.

And because these are meant to actually be used, not just sit there looking pretty, each wooden coaster is sealed with 3 coats of matte clear coat and sanded by hand between coats to keep the finish smooth and protected. 🌿

10/13/2026

📸 FROM THE “I DEFINITELY MEANT TO POST THIS” ARCHIVES… AGAIN.

I’m almost positive I’ve shared these before. But while crawling through the absolute depths of my camera roll, I found them again and decided they were simply too fun not to bring back. 😂

A spooky Highland cow in a pumpkin hat. A festive Highland cow in a Santa hat. And a pair of boots ready for either trick-or-treating or sleighing. Naturally.

One of the things I love about designs like these is that they’re not tied to one specific product. The artwork can be resized and adapted for all kinds of things depending on what you actually want:

Keychain? Yep.
Coaster? Absolutely.
Wall plaque? Of course.
Tumbler? We can do that too.

If there’s a design you love, we can usually figure out a way to put it on something that makes sense for you. 🌿

10/09/2026

This one is NOT from the depths of the camera roll! Look at me posting in a timely manner (because I know the gift has already been received! 😆)

Sometimes custom work means more than just engraving a name on something --- sometimes it means figuring out how to bring a really personal idea to life.

For this project, we created a replacement jewelry box door for Serenity’s gift. We precisely cut the piece to fit the original space, then created a custom design just for her to have engraved on the front. On the back, we added a special engraved note to mark the occasion and make the piece even more meaningful.
But that wasn’t the end of it.

After she received the gift, she wanted to add something extra special: a tiny heart insert for her locket featuring an engraved image of her parents. So we figured that out too. We worked out how to cut a heart small enough to fit the locket, while still engraving her parents onto it in a way that would actually work at that tiny size.

That’s one of my favorite things about what I do --- every now and then a project turns into a mix of creativity, customization, and a little bit of problem solving. And in the end, it becomes something truly personal.

From a replacement jewelry box door… to a custom engraved design… to a miniature heart for a locket…
This one was such a special piece to create.