about lalalinen
about lalalinen
about lalalinen
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About lalalinen
Lalalinen is your new home for all things embroidery. From custom linens and home goods to personalized baby gifts and accessories, we offer one-of-a-kind pieces that are fully customizable. While embroidery is an artform beautifully grounded in tradition, at Lalalinen, we aim to enhance it with a double dose of unrestricted fun. We like to think of ourselves as sophistication with a dash of quirk. In other words, we encourage you to break the rules a bit until you craft something that feels wholly and completely you.
Lalalinen was fondly named after founder Katherine’s mother, known affectionately as “Lala.”
The personalized and intimate nature of embroidery evokes a sense of warmth and comfort — a few of Lala’s most dominant traits. Known as a gracious and welcoming host, Lala’s favorite bird is a hummingbird, a species that symbolizes joy, beauty, and good luck — all attributes that Lalalinen strives to live up to.
Lalalinen was created as a home for self-expression, just as the art of embroidery was for founder Katherine. It is a place where no project is too big or too small, where no idea is too outlandish to explore. We love to encourage creativity, after all, that is what embroidery is all about. We believe that gifting — whether it is for a loved one or equally important, for indulging in a little self-love — is and should be fun. We offer hundreds of options for true customization — from colors to designs and specific placements, the palette is endless.
At Lalalinen, our clients feel very much like family. Katherine makes a point to spend dedicated design time with each customer, customizing each item to every client’s liking. Whether that entails sorting through dozens of different shades of light blue threads to find just the right hue or perfect color matching to a specific home’s wallpaper, Katherine takes the time to fine-tune each design until the piece feels perfect. All of our orders are handmade with love and care that can’t be purchased directly off the shelf. The result is a piece that is just as unique as the individual gifting and receiving. We take great pride in the personalized details we add to each and every order, it is what sets us apart from all the rest and why we do what we do.
So take a look around and get inspired — we can’t wait to see what you create!