Saturday, July 12, 2014

If You're Looking For A Unique Gift Idea...

Unique Personalized Gift Idea of the Day

Today we are looking at personalized gifts from a slightly different angle, rather than focusing on a single item we are looking at an entire category.

When it comes to buying gifts we're all looking out for something unusual, something unique. Have you ever thought about personalizing a photo bag? What most people don't realize is photo bags come in all shapes and sizes and can make great gifts for men and children as well as women.

The first thing that comes into most peoples minds when they think of photo bags is the good old fashioned tote bag, but you know, tote bags are just the tip of the iceberg!

The purpose of today's blog is to make you aware of some of the different types of photo bags that are available, and to provide you with some unique gift ideas of how they can be customized to create really unusual gifts for him, her or the children.

First of all we are going to take a look at the different types of custom bags that can be personalized with your own pictures, designs, logos and text.

Photo Bags for Women

Handbags

There are hundreds of different types of handbags that you can personalize with your own unique pictures for the women in your life. Some of the more popular designs include classic double handled handbags, shoulder handbags, chain purses, clutch bags, sling bags and oversize handbags that are suitable for both work and leisure.

Bucket Bags

Bucket bags are becoming increasingly popular. If you shop around you will find custom bucket bags made from all sorts of different materials, but if you really want to impress her you should go for real quality, and customize a leatherbucket bag.

Tote Bags

The good old fashioned tote bag is still really popular with women everywhere. If you personalize a tote bag with a meaningful picture and/or text it will always be well received, and of course it will always be unique too! Don't just buy the first tote you see.... if you check around properly you will find loads of different designs including classic totes, colored totes, two tone totes, accent totes, striped totes and many more.

Makeup or Cosmetics Bags

Most women own a ton of personal makeup, therefore a personalized cosmetics bag is always sure to be well received and it makes a great gift too!

Unisex Photo Bags for Men, Women, and Children

Everyone travels from time to time so a toiletries bag personalized with meaningful pictures and designs always makes a great gift for him, her or the kids.

Just about everyone owns a digital camera these days so if you are really struggling for a gift idea it's always worth considering a personalized camera bag - they always make a cool and unique gift.

Something else everyone owns is CD's and DVD's. Personalized CD/DVD wallets or bags are always a great gift idea that you can always fall back on.

If someone you know owns a netbook then a personalized netbook case makes an unusual gift.

If you are looking for a gift for a gamer you may want to think about personalizing a custom PSP or NDS Lite case?

Personalized pencil cases are pretty popular with kids so if you need an unusual gift for a child you may want to take a look at a custom pencil case?

Although there are a ton of other types of photo bags available.... we hope the examples we have given you here are enough to give you a good idea or two?

Popular design ideas

Photo bags can be personalized with any pictures, designs, logos or text you can think of. You really do have an infinite choice - if you can think of it you can probably create it!

When it comes to personalized gifts for women, pictures of children are by far the most popular design. Other popular design ideas for the ladies include pictures of pets, particularly cats and dogs, other animals, animal skin prints and vacation pictures.

Popular designs for men include pictures of their cars, logos, particularly golf club logos, dogs, monogram's and of course, just like the ladies, pictures of their children.

For youngsters you can't go far wrong if you create personalized photo bags with pictures of rock bands, sports teams, cartoons or even pictures they have drawn themselves.

Conclusion

When it comes to designing a photo bag, or for that matter any custom photo gift, your only limitation really is your own imagination, if you can think of it you can almost certainly make it!

Most of us are aware of the things our friends and family like, their loves, their hobbies and their dreams. With that knowledge in mind there is absolutely no doubt that you can find a perfect photo bag to personalize with the pictures and designs that will make them very happy….

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Personalized Gifts Make The Perfect Fund Raiser

The meteoric rise of the personalized gifts industry is well documented; with annual sales of more than $25 billion and growing, it is clearly a marketplace that is here to stay. 

Personalized Gifts enable you to give your members and supporters something they want – something they would buy anyway – regardless of your presence in the marketplace

Personalized gifts offer an outstanding fundraising opportunity for non-profit organizations because they allow your organization to provide your members and supporters with something they want, something they would probably buy from elsewhere anyway! 

Millions of people make their own personalized gifts every day of the week; they make everything from custom buttons to photo handbags, designed with photos depicting their loved ones, dogs, cats and other pets, or any other photo or design they choose to use.

It’s essential to be aware that the largest share of the personalized gifts market is made up from people making their own gifts, by this we mean people uploading their own photos and creating their own unique gifts. 

Make sure the base cost price of your custom products is low enough to be able to return a margin in the region of 25% to 30%, while ensuring you can still provide your members and supporters with competitive pricing

One of the most common mistakes organizations make when they evaluate fundraising  is to not look closely enough at base prices, mark-ups, margins and selling prices.

Any proposition you come across that offers less than a 20% margin, (a mark-up of the base prices of less than 25%), or relies on the goodwill of your members to pay higher than average prices, to allow you to accommodate your target margin, should definitely be avoided. 

One idea for fund raising is our fully customizable greeting cards and custom postcards. These can be personalized with your own photos, logos, designs and text. They are made from either (depending on style) heavyweight 300gsm or 12pt card. They are fully customizable from front to back including the inside covers. They can be designed in portrait or landscape and are finished with a matte lamination. Envelopes included. If you don't want to go to the extra work of designing your own cards,you can select one of ours here

We try to offer our customers some of the best gift ideas available - using our "state of the art" card creation software, making your own personalized photo card is easy, but more importantly, it's a lot of fun too!

If you like to make your own designs, personalized greeting cards are probably the best and most impressive way to show off your artistic talents - better still, you will enjoy creating them, and, when they're done, they make the ultimate photo card for any occasion! The same can also be said for personalized postcards.

A custom personalized greetings card always says more than a traditional card ever can - it expresses the thought and effort you have put into it!

To get started on your own one of a kind personalized greetings card, all you need to do is upload your photos and designs, add your personal message and you'll have your own custom personalized photo card with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Don't forget, you can make your own personalized postcards and greeting cards using any photos, designs and text you choose. Remember, you really can say it all when you design and create your own custom photo card

DIY personalized photo cards are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, Christenings, graduations, valentines, mother's day, father's day, Christmas or any other occasion.