About Silk Crowns

Silk Crowns draws illustrated pet crests and prints them to order on velveteen plush throws. The shop is run by The Birch Post LLC, a New Mexico company.

The name

The crests are drawn like heraldry: a portrait in a bronze frame with a banner underneath. Velveteen has the hand of silk without the price. Put the two together and you get Silk Crowns.

What we sell

Each design is a portrait of a person and the animal they live with, printed on a white velveteen throw. Most are cat portraits, such as Real Men Love Cats and Maine Coon Dad. One, My Besties, puts two dogs and a cat in the same frame for the houses where they share a couch. The current range is on the blankets page, and one crest is also printed on a tee.

Every blanket comes in three sizes, 30 × 40 in, 50 × 60 in, and 60 × 80 in, on the same polyester velveteen blank at about 300 g/m². The print is on one side. The back is plain white velveteen.

How a blanket is made

  1. You choose a design and a size.
  2. The order goes to our print partner, which routes it to the facility closest to you. For US orders that is usually a facility in the United States.
  3. The facility dye-sublimates the artwork into the velveteen, sews the edges with a double-needle topstitch, checks the blanket, and ships it with tracking.

Nothing is kept in stock, so nothing sells out and nothing sits in a warehouse. The trade is time: printing and delivery take about three weeks rather than two days. The exact windows are in the Shipping Policy.

Who it is for

People who live with a cat or a dog and want that on the couch, and the people buying for them. Several designs lean toward cat dads on purpose: the man asleep under four tabbies, the Maine Coon dad with a laptop and a mug, the redhead with his orange tabby. They are gifts that say the giver knows exactly who you are.

Where things are

Legal name The Birch Post LLC
Registered in New Mexico, USA
Office and mail address 1209 Mountain Road Pl NE, Ste R, Albuquerque, NM 87110. Mail only. It cannot receive parcels and it is not a store.
Ships from Print partner facilities, chosen by your address, usually in the US for US orders
Returns go to 19206 68th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032, with a prepaid label we email you
Email support@silkcrowns.com. We reply within 1 business day.
Phone None. Email is the only support channel.

The two promises that matter

  • Shipping is $7.95 under $60 and free from $60, shown before you pay. Full details in the Shipping Policy.
  • You have 30 days from delivery to return or exchange anything. We pay the return label and charge no restocking fee. Full details in Returns & Refunds.