Posted in: Gifts
We couldn’t resist putting together ways to use our new "line” of hand towels and bar towels. Each towel is a work of art. . . so use them as a piece to enhance any setting or gift.
Here are some of our favorite “More than a Towel” ideas:
A bar helper
A picnic cloth
More bar ideas
As gift wrap
To keep bread warm
Setting a table
This mermaid holding a star is one of our newest designs for our hand-embroidered bags of Sal del Mar gourmet sea salt. It is truly a work of art and I marvel at the exquisite work that the embroiderers in Alamos, Sonora Mexico continue to make. It is the perfect gift to take as a hostess gift to a Fourth of July celebration. Tie it with a ribbon around your favorite BBQ cookbook as an added surprise.
Our original design for Sal del Mar de Cortez embroidered bags are being featured in Bon Boutique https://bontucson.com as a gift idea for Mother's Day... we are thrilled. The owners, Crystal Flynt and her mother, Bonnie, collect their favorite things to feature in their shop. "The two of us share a love of things that are well designed and well made. We like a mix... new and old, rough and refined, dark and colorful, east and west, fun and serious... the beauty is in the way it’s all put together."
I am always amazed at the photographs on Bon's website. Crystal shoots many of the photographs and I admire her creative eye. Her photographs of Sal del Mar show how she captures the symplistic beauty in everything.
We have put together a pasta gift-basket idea that any Foodie would like. We started with a wire basket that we found at Bon, a gift boutique in Tucson. Of course, our gourmet sea salt is the first element we added. We have learned that salt/Sal del Mar is an essential ingredient for the pasta water or the entire dish will taste under-seasoned.
The hard part was deciding what other ingredients to add because the list of great pasta products is limitless. We choose breadsticks, tomato paste in a tube, olive oil, artisan pasta and wooden utensils to toss the pasta. Shop around to find lots of different ingredients and place your order at Sal del Mar to select one of our embroidered bags. Just add a tag and a bow and it will make a great gift ... even for the non-foodies.
One of my favorite designs for our Sal del Mar hand-embroidered bags is our grey linen "Sal de Cocktail" bags. It is it's simplicity, that I like, and here it is paired with a crystal shallow bowl that is perfect for our gourmet salt to be used to crust the rim of any cocktail glass. There are so many cocktails that are enhanced with a little salt besides margaritas... Bloody Mary's, Salty dogs, tequila cocktails Paloma's and more.
The crystal bowl and Sal de Cocktail make the perfect gift this time of year. It is tied with twine and and a paper tassel. With the Holiday season upon us...remember it is a great hostess gift and for all the men on your list that are always so hard to buy for.
We are always finding gift ideas for our Sal del Mar hand-embroidered bags. (Of course, they are the perfect gift just by themselves). So... recently we decided to start "listing" ways to combine our Sal del Mar bags with other items to make a special gift. We even created a new category on our website, called "Salty Gift Ideas." This is one of my favorite ideas. It is simple and easy to create with just a few items: a hors d'oeuvres plate (many to choose from either on line or at local gift boutiques); a cheese spreader; one of our hand-embroidered bags; and tie it all up with a ribbon and tag. A perfect gift for a Thanksgiving host or hostess.
We think Sal del Mar gourmet sea salt makes the perfect teacher gift and one that any teacher will like (and most likely won't get two of). Our hand-embroidered bags are works of art and there are many designs to choose from... a mermaid, palm trees, waves and ocean creatures, a margarita design, and our new design of Very Veggies. See our Shop for our design selections and to order for your favorite teacher.
We love the idea for the Gourmet Mother on Mother's Day that one of our retailers, Bon Boutique, came up with.... pairing our Sal del Mar together with wooden spoons from France and Fog Linen kitchen cloths.