Personalized Tote Bags

It’s chic. It’s simple. It’s practical. Personalized tote bags make a great accessory for carrying weekend essentials while you’re on the go or for schlepping the stuff from your daily routine. Find crisp totes in cotton canvas from solids to prints. Embroider your initials as a gift to yourself or with your friend’s initials and give it away as a gift. If you’re looking for an upscale tote you can take with you on the town, get a petite version that comes in feminine prints. Cabooseinc.com lets you select the tote bag type, the interior and exterior fabrics and the color of the handle. If you’re thinking about giving away personalized tote bags on a grander scale, brightly colored polyester totes make great gift bags at fundraising events. They’re perfect for screenprinting and carrying items from giveaways.

Personalized Tote Bags

CustomInk Tip: Customink.com carries a range of products you can turn into personalized tote bags. A polyester two-tone tote works well for outdoor events – poolside or by the beach. For an event that requires a casual tote with a bit more panache, try their Piccolo Mini tote. Don’t have a large event? Customink.com can work with you to turn a few pieces into personalized tote bags, as well. Customize personalized tote bags for your bridesmaids or create a goody bag full of favors for a party.

Personalized Bags For Adults And Kids

Trying to find personalized bags? Whether they’re for you or the kids, you’ll find personalized bags in all kinds of shapes and sizes. To help you with your search, we’ve compiled a list of places where you can find what you’re looking for.

L.L. Bean – Their Web site has clothes, outdoor gear and home furnishings. And would you believe they have personalized bags too? L.L. Bean’s bags are affordable, well-made and give you lots of choices. They have solid-colored totes, striped totes, dog breed totes and fabric print totes. Put a monogram on it to make it personalized. Want to get a rolling duffle? You can monogram that, as well. For kids, get a backpack. Then add a name and an image to make it custom.

Pottery Barn Kids – Whether you’re looking for luggage, messenger bags, rolling luggage or lunch bags, the Pottery Barn Kids Web site has a colorful assortment of quality bags you can personalize with an embroidered name. Their products are a bit pricier, but you’ll find a large selection in a multitude of colors.

Flashbags – If you’re looking for something different, these bags aren’t quite like your tame cotton totes. Virtually works of art on a bag, Flashbags takes the work of designers or your own high quality digital images and turns them into wallets, bags, checkbook holders or placemats.

Personalized Accessories and Gifts For Dogs

If Fido or Fifi are important members of the family, you’ll want to add them to your shopping list. Personalized accessories and gifts make the perfect present for pets. Personalized accessories and gifts for pets range from the ordinary to the extraordinary. Some are clearly more for the owners than the pets. But wherever your sensibilities lie, we have some gift ideas for your beloved pooch.

Personalized collars and leashes– If your pooch could use a spruced up collar and leash to go walking in, choose from a selection of personalized collars and leashes. Choices include standard nylon collars and leashes which come with an embroidered name and contact information, reflective embroidered versions, collars with personalized charms and rhinestone collars spelling out your dog’s name.

Personalized dog bowls – Choose from colorful ceramic versions with your pooch’s name handpainted right on the bowl. For a more regal pooch, get a stainless steel bowl studded with ornaments and add a finishing touch with a personalized plaque with your dog’s name.

Personalized Bathrobe – Pamper your pooch with a doggie bathrobe. It’ll keep him warm and dry after a bath and help keep the house dry. Get a plush hooded terry version designed just for dogs. On the back, embroider his name.

Personalized dog bed – Your four-legged pal probably enjoys lounging around on his comfy dog bed, but it’s so much more fun when you personalize it. A more practical approach would be to select from cozy fabric versions embroidered with his name. But if you want to go all out, get a four-post wood frame version, complete with bolster pillows.

Personalized dog house – Your pooch would probably be happy enough with a basic doghouse – four walls, a door opening and a roof. Hang a little plaque with his name and he wouldn’t complain. But why settle for that, when you could go all out? A replica of a French Chateau or Colonial mansion scaled down to a multi-thousand dollar dog house is a must for the luxury pooch.

Personalized Accessories For Splurging

Got a lot of cash on hand and don’t mind spending it? Here are some ideas for personalized accessories if you’re looking to splurge.

Custom fashion design kit – Got a young fashion designer in the house who would love to design her own accessories? Get her a custom fashion design kit to create her own designer handbag. FAO Schwarz offers a kit by Imagine This that allows budding designers to work with a design portfolio full of swatches and templates. Once she’s given the handbag her creative seal of approval, the designers at Imagine This turn her design into an actual handbag. The cost? It’s a mere $400.

Bling Cases – Want to make your cell phone, PDA or iPod into instant bling? Get custom Swarovski crystal faceplates made. If you have a Motorola phone, spend a hundred bucks to cover it in bling. For a Blackberry, $170 will have your PDA shiny and sparkling in no time. Let’s Crystal It covers your coveted electronic equipment in Swarovski crystals by hand with a sturdy adhesive.

Custom made shoes – Want to design your own shoes from scratch? When Manolo Blahnik just won’t do, have custom made shoes designed just the way you want them. Have your feet measured, go through a design consultation and select the fabrics, heels and any buckles or trim. Pasquale Di Fabrizio and Grisha’s, both located in Los Angeles, will custom make shoes in a range of styles for you. Prices start at a few hundred dollars for these personalized accessories. But for most shoes, expect to pay much more.

Four Personalized Accessories For Under Twenty Dollars

Looking for personalized accessories to give as gifts or perhaps as a gift to yourself? Personalized accessories don’t have to be high-priced items. Here are some ideas for affordable personalized accessories.

Personalized key chains – They’re functional, affordable and a great looking accessory. Engraved key chains make the perfect gift that’ll help you stick to your budget and impress the recipient.

Engraved Tape Measure – Get a sleek looking silver version and engrave the recipient’s initials. Anyone who’s got a creative streak will appreciate an engraved tape measure as a gift.

Personalized Belt – It’s a fun gift, great for any teen or the young at heart. Get a canvas belt in virtually any color with a personalized belt buckle with the first initial of the recipient’s name. Shops that carry custom tees and do embroidery carry these.

Personalized mirrored compact – Choose from fun choices like an elegant round compact, heart-shaped compact or a cute handbag version. Have the personalized mirrored compact engraved with the recipient’s initials. You can make these trinkets for bridesmaids, showers or as favors.

Personalized Jewelry Gift Ideas

Personalized jewelry makes great gifts for all sorts of occasions. Valentine's Day, anniversaries, birthdays or Mother’s Day are some of the perfect occasions to get custom jewelry. And personalized jewelry isn’t just for the fairer sex. You can give them away to men, as well. Here are some ideas for giving away these special gifts.

• Very modern, clean and decidedly understated, give custom gemstone necklaces etched with the initial of the recipient’s name. Pick one out in a cool pink jade or a fashionable green aventurine.
• For the gal who’s living a charmed life, why not get a bracelet full of custom charms? Select from little silver stones with uplifting words like “strength," “wisdom" and “love." Select meaningful charms like a turtle, which symbolizes longevity, or the symbol for peace.
• For men, try an engraved ring as a personalized gift. It’s a perfect anniversary gift – engrave the inside of a platinum ring with a special message written by you.

Four Uses For Custom Embroidered Hats

Trying to come up with ideas for personalized gifts? Custom embroidered hats make great gifts for groups, events, individuals and favors. In case you want a little help, here are four ideas for custom embroidered hats.

1. Are your employees forming some teams for a friendly game of softball? Custom embroidered hats work well for company sports teams. It’ll help build team spirit and give your players an identity.
2. Planning an upcoming bachelorette or bachelor’s party? Get all the attendees customized embroidered hats to identify the gang. If you’re throwing a co-ed version, these hats work well too. Get blue for the guys and pink for the girls.
3. Don’t limit yourself to just baseball caps. You can get visors custom embroidered, as well. Have custom embroidered visors for tradeshows or outdoor gatherings. They make great advertisements for your company logo or product.
4. For cold weather gear, get custom embroidered hats in the form of knit caps. Knit caps are great for family reunions or as personalized wintertime gear for all of your friends during the holiday season. Embroider your family's last name, your friend’s initials or just add a cool phrase.