Welsh Americans can now get a piece of ‘home’ from Driftwood Designs

Driftwood Designs’ beautiful Welsh homewares and gifts available in the USA.

Are you proud of your Welsh heritage? Would you like to incorporate images from this beautiful country into your home? Or are you looking for gifts that celebrate your ancestry? Welsh company, Driftwood Designs is the solution.

Wild Birds Poster

Driftwood Designs incorporates the work of Welsh artist and illustrator Lizzie Spikes whose passion is creating illustrations that can be translated to homewares, cards, prints and so much more. This means her art can be incorporated into people’s everyday lives.

hearty-calon-lan-apron

Lizzie and her business partner Becky Barratt are both native to Wales and have grown a home-based business into three gorgeous shops in Wales. They also have an online shop, which is figuratively packed to the rafters with beautiful, accessibly priced products. The vast majority of these are either very traditionally Welsh or inspired by the beauty and diversity of the Welsh landscape. And many of them are already popular with their USA-based customers.

Here are some ideas for people with a passion for Wales.

Passport Covers to celebrate your Welsh heritage

Available in three colours and four designs, all Driftwood Designs’ Passport Covers are designed by Lizzie Spikes in Aberystwyth and manufactured in the Welsh Valleys. Made from top-quality leather and hot foil stamped, each will hold a standard passport and travel documents. There are also three insert slips inside.

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The Welsh National Anthem

Love the Welsh National Anthem? Now you can bring the words of this famous song into your home in the form of printed tea-towels, posters, fine art prints and greetings cards. The perfect way to be reminded of your ancestry.

Welsh Dragon Map

Welsh Dragons

What could more Welsh than a dragon? Have your own Welsh Dragon as a poster, car sticker, greetings card or a fine art print for your home. In striking red and green your dragon will certainly stand out.

Coasters

Calon Lân homewares

The range of Calon Lân homewares feature Lizzie’s signature design of colourful hearts. From coasters to posters, tea-towels to aprons, greetings cards to cushion covers, and magnets to mugs – the choice is endless. And a wonderful way to brighten up the day.

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A3 posters

There is a huge range of A3 posters to choose from – all painted by Lizzie and inspired by the wonderful country of Wales. Fall in love with native sheep, delicate wildflowers, or colorful garden birds. Long to roam the valleys, follow the rivers, or feel sea-spray on your face – each of Driftwood’s bright designs will bring the beauty of Wales into your home and inspire you to come visit the place of your ancestors.

Teach your children (or yourself!) Welsh

Driftwood Designs’ Gyda’n Gilydd’ is a collection of the Welsh songs and rhymes that helped Lizzie to learn the Welsh language as a small child. The book features 26 of these illustrated by the artist to pass on to her own young children. As well as hwiangerdd the book also includes ‘Calon Lan’, ‘Ar hyd yr nos’ amongst other widely known songs. The paperback book is printed in full colour with illustrated pages and full text versions of each of the hwiangerdd on the opposite page.

The Wales Calendar 2025

Enjoy 12 new images of Wales throughout the year. The Wales 2025 Calendar brings the country to life through Lizzie’s joyful illustrations. Snowy landscapes, rolling meadows, busy harbours, and ancient buildings – discover a new piece of Wales every month.

Fun fact

To date there have been 11 presidents of Welsh descent, including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon. So maybe it should not be so surprising that 2 million of the US population consider themselves Welsh and more than 10 million have a Welsh surname.

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SHIPPING TO THE USA

And you don’t have to pay through the nose or wait forever for your little bit of Wales. Shipping prices start at $6 and, on average, take about one week to be shipped from Wales to America.

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ABOUT DRIFTWOOD DESIGNS

Driftwood Designs incorporates the work of Welsh artist and illustrator Lizzie Spikes whose passion is creating illustrations that can be translated to homewares, cards, prints and so much more. This means her art can be incorporated into people’s everyday lives in the form of oven gloves, lamp shades, coasters, aprons and even clocks. Lizzie and her business partner Becky Barratt are both native to Wales and they have grown from a home-based business to three shops in Wales. They also they also have an online shop, which is figuratively packed to the rafters with beautiful, accessibly priced products.