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Christmas Gifts Last Posting Dates For Standard Delivery 21st December
Our last posting dates for delivery by Christmas to the UK is the 21st December, based on Royal Mails final posting dates. If you would like to guarantee Christmas delivery after this date or perhaps you are still worried the parcel will not arrive in time for Christmas please select our guaranteed next day delivery service. Our last guaranteed Christmas delivery dates for 2010 is Thursday 23rd December 2010 by 14:30.
We have had some fantastic feedback this year and I would like to thank all of our customers who have helped to support us in 2010 and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Best Wishes
Andy Smith
Cheap Personalised Gifts For Less Than £15
Most people do not have unlimited funds, not everyone can afford to spend more than £30 on a gift. Personalised gifts tend to have sentimental value attached to them, which on receipt, will be well received and treasured for a lifetime.
Check out the following personalised gifts you can buy for under £15 which include the cost of engraving!
Personalised Pint Glass:
We have several personalised pint glasses with varying designs for less than £15. Choose from a traditional pint glass, found in most British pubs, which can be engraved with any message!
This is a cheap personalised gift which is popular for many occasions such as Birthdays, Fathers Day or even as a retirement gift.
Our personalised pint glass include some unique designs which cannot be found anywhere else and at just £14.95 this pint glass represents excellent value for money.
This particular personalised glass is engraved with a celebration theme of balloons with a striking font which is suitable for many occasions.
Personalised Cufflinks
We have several sets of personalised cufflinks which can be engraved with any initials, with some unique wedding cufflinks designs engraved with the wedding guest role, such as “best man”,”Groom”, “Usher” etc. These cufflinks include engraving as standard and are available in several shapes and sizes including square, rectangular and oval. This elegant pair of silver cufflinks have a crystal embedded into the cuff link which adds a touch of class and increases the aesthetic appearance and perceived value of the gift.
Again at just £14.95 these cuff links represent exceptional value for money.
Personalised Photo Frames
We have a large range of personalised photo frames which include engraving as standard. For under £15 it is possible to purchase a silver plated non tarnish 7×5 photo frame which is suitable for absolutely any occasion!
Photo frames have exceptional sentimental value and are the type of gifts that are not just put at the bottom of a cupboard drawer but will be displayed for all to see! As a wedding gift, for example, imagine the joyous expression of the bride and groom when unwrapping a personalised photo frame – this will likely display the main important photograph of the happy couple on their “Big Day”.
These are just a few of our cheap personalised gifts for less than the price of a takeaway for two – now that represents excellent value for money!
Tankard Engraving Tips
I had an enquiry recently from someone who was caught up in the recent volcanic ash cloud troubles in Northern Europe. This unfortunate fellow was unable to catch a flight home to the UK and was stranded in the Czech Republic. Fortunately a kind hearted friend drove them all the way home through Europe.
“We started from Eastern Czech Republic, east of Brno and then went through Prague, Nurnberg, Frankfurt, Liege,Brussels,Gent and on to Dunkirk, the guy deserves a medal!”, stated Mrs Davey.
Mrs Davey wanted to purchase a fitting gift to thank her friend for their gallantry but needed a few ideas.
We assisted Mrs Davey by engraving a map of all the countries and cities which her “Chauffeur of the Year” had driven them through during the route home onto a pewter tankard.
To achieve this daunting task we decided to create a map with the journey shown with a dotted engraved line highlighting the cities driven through and a chequered flag marking the “finish line” in Dunkirk where the journey ended.
I achieved this by using Google Maps and just tapped in the route travelled through Europe, used the print screen tool and pasted the image into a paint program.
I then proceeded to trace a basic line image of the map as shown below:
This image was now suitable for engraving on a diamond drag machine and the image wrapped around the tankard perfectly!
Tips For engraving logos:
- Make sure the image is created at 300 dpi at the size of the engraving area on the tankard.
- Trace using the pen tool or hairline tool to create the fine lines required for the engraving machine.
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New Polished Glass Keepsakes For Father’s Day
I have just designed a brand new gift for Father’s Day which will hopefully be popular this year. This is a laser engraved polished glass keepsake which I have designed in Photoshop and have lasered the text onto the reverse side of the crystal and also onto the front of the glass block which gives a cool looking 3D mirage effect.
This father’s day keepsake is one of my favourite designs and it reflects the light beautifully and the engraving is very clear – when I presented it to the guys in the office everyone asked in astonishment “How did you create that?”, “wow” and “cool”!.
It is possible to engrave any verse or message on the reverse and a short message to Dad(or Mum,Brother,Sister) etc on the front.
