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Gutsy or Geeky? Typography & Personal Style

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Here’s our Classic Monogram engraved on a cork coaster.

Here at Giftsin24, we are completely and utterly ga-ga over typography. It’s really our first love. We offer so many different lettering styles and monograms just so you can find one that perfectly expresses your personal style.

Yes, we completely enjoy the creamy, dreamy, thick paper we use. And yes, we can’t get enough of our shimmery raised inks and foil colors. And yes, we “lurve” embossing, which is, ahem, half the name of our brand of stationery, Embossed Graphics.

But typography is where it all begins. For us, typography is really all about an essential attitude. It’s about personality. It’s about STYLE.

Express Your Personal Style with Typography

If you select Dune, a bold lettering style, for your stationery, you are telling others you have the courage of your convictions. You’re a risk-taker who doesn’t back down.

If you select our Classic lettering style– best represented by our Classic Monogram — maybe you love history and custom and see yourself as part of a long tradition of manners and community and fellow-feeling.

If you select Anthony, a casual hand-lettered font, you signal a fun-loving attitude and that you’re not too invested in “the rules.”

See what we mean? Typography expresses the un-erasable part of you, the area of your psyche that can’t be denied or squished into someone else’s idea of what’s “cool.” It’s your personal style.

Not caring about typography is like not caring about the clothes you wear or the food you eat. Crazy, right? Yes, you could walk around day after day in a white t-shirt and khaki pants and eat plain pasta 3 squares a day. But where would that get you in life? And perhaps the more important question is: would life be any fun?

So the next time you select personalized stationery, pay attention to your gut reaction to each lettering style and select the one that really speaks to you. Don’t worry about what’s popular or what that next guy or gal chose. Typography is all about you.

That’s why we offer so many options– many of them exclusively created by Embossed Graphics. We know that secret, inner you is just dying to announce herself through an expression of personal style.

 

 

The Party Rookie: How Many Napkins Do You Need?

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Serenity Napkin gives a wedding shower or engagement party a spark of sophistication

Oops…Did you order too few napkins? Personalized party napkins can take an uninteresting table setting from humdrum to hubba hubba. At Giftsin24 it’s easy to create the perfect personalized napkins for your next party. But do you know how to estimate napkins so you order the correct amount? Order too many, and you’ll be using them for the next several months. Order too few and, well, your guests will be a little uncomfortable.

Now that you’ve added some glitz, don’t make a rookie mistake and order too few napkins. There’s nothing more awkward than getting caught short-handed at the buffet table, beverage bar or powder room.

Here’s how to estimate the number of napkins or guest towels you’ll need:

How to Estimate Napkins

  • Drinks during an open bar or cocktail hour: one napkin per hour per guest.
  • Passed hors d’oeuvres before a meal:  one napkin for each piece of appetizer you serve.
  • Dessert or cake: one napkin per guest.

How to Estimate Guest Towels

  • Dinner napkins for a meal: one towel per guest, plus extras “just in case.” Order two per guest if serving saucy food or food that is eaten with the hands.
  • Hand towels in the restroom: two to three per person for a three- to four-hour party. If you have a longer reception, plan on more.

Whether you want traditional, white embossed napkins or snazzy foil-stamped napkins in vivid hues, you can find an amazing array of designs, motifs, paper colors, foil colors and lettering styles that hit the right note for your event. You can find napkins for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, holidays and many more occasions. They’ll add that special touch to your next party.  See all of our precision-crafted napkins here.

Have You Seen This Must-Have Party Accessory?

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Personalize our Terrace Monogram Keepsake Ornament with your guests’ initials and use them as place tags and party favors.

So, you’re planning a party. You’ve got the date, the guest list and the location set. Now you need to figure out the decor or theme.

We’ve got the perfect party accessory for you…the one that will turn your guests’ heads and make them say, “wow!”

Ready? Keepsake ornaments.

Surprised?

They work beautifully for all kinds of events and occasions as party favors, place cards, gift tags and more.

(Yes, our personalized keepsake ornaments are perfect for the holidays, too.)

We offer a range of designs and themes, from children to new marriages to monograms, sports, memorials of loved ones, graduations, pets and awareness ribbons. You can personalize them in so many ways. Here are a few of our favorites:

Personalize our keepsake ornaments with your guests' monograms

Create memorable party favors by personalizing our keepsake ornaments.

Party Favors

Personalize a keepsake ornament for each of your guests, or make every one the same. Give them out individually or hang them attractively by your door so guests can pick them up as they depart. Our ornaments are a unique party favor — more interesting than the standard goodie bag filled with sweets — and certainly will remind your guests of all the fun they had at your event.

Table Place Cards

For more formal occasions, you can use our keepsake ornaments as place card holders at banquet tables or dinner parties. Think: 50th anniversary parties for parents, intimate wedding receptions or rehearsal dinners, memorial service dinners, retirement parties, or even corporate events like sales meetings. For weddings, you can personalize one for each of your bridal party and use them as place card holders and bridal party thank you gifts at the rehearsal dinner or wedding reception.

Gift Tags

Why use an ordinary paper gift tag when you can give the recipient something special? Each ornament comes with a silver ribbon. You can attach the ornament with the silver ribbon to a gift bag or box to provide extra sparkle and shine.

Look at all of our personalized keepsake ornaments.

 

 

 

Nifty Napkins for Company Picnics

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Create fun company picnic napkins in just a few minutes.

Your company picnic is an expression of unity and togetherness. It’s a chance for folks to kick off their leather work shoes, don some sandals, and get a chance to chat.

Napkins are an easy and affordable way to add some color and your corporate logo to the festivities. We offer two sizes: 4.75″ x 4.75″ beverage napkins and 4.25″ x 8.25″ guest towels. Choose from an array of foil colors and paper colors to reflect your corporate colors or party theme.

You can easily upload your logo file with our clear instructions. Don’t want to take the time to upload a logo? We offer text-only napkins , as well.

Here are some of our favorites:

Custom Foil-Pressed Napkin. Upload your logo in a specified file format and choose from a wide selection of napkin colors and foil colors to reflect your company colors. We can orient the design in either square or diamond format.

Custom Embossed Napkin. Feature your company logo on these embossed, high quality, three-ply napkins. Choosing from a wide selection of napkin colors to reflect your company color. Offered in either a square or diamond format.

Create festive picnic napkins for your company picnic with our Custom Foil Napkin.

Personalize our Custom Foil Napkin with your company logo. Then choose a festive color for your company picnic.

Custom Foil-Pressed Guest Towel. For a larger napkin, choose our guest towels. We offer the same vivid foil colors and an array of towel papers so you can create a winning combination.

Expression Foil-Pressed Napkin. Our Expression Foil-Pressed Napkin offers three lines of text, enough for your company name, the words “Company Picnic” and the date. You don’t have to worry the extra step of uploading a logo. Just order as you would normally order any of our personalized products.

See all party napkins.

 

New: Embossed AND Lined Envelopes

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Harvest Card from Giftsin24 features a deeply embossed initial. Choose the return address and lining on the envelope.

Sometimes one small change creates big results. If you’ve always wanted to order an embossed return address on lined envelopes, now is your chance.  We now offer eleven new luxury linings on our Pinnacle envelopes:

  • Black
  • Emerald
  • Fuchsia
  • Mocha
  • Navy
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Slate
  • Gold Foil
  • Opal Foil
  • Silver Foil

The new paper linings are wonderfully thick and rich. Embossing the envelope flap does not punch or show through the lining paper. The result is a lush, textured return address on one side and a smooth, satiny feel on the other.

We’re so excited to offer this new feature. Once you try it, we just know you will love it.

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The embossed Banner Card comes with optional lined envelopes with embossed return address.

Eye-Catching Combinations

Order a gold foil, opal foil or silver foil envelope lining, for example, to give your embossed stationery set some shimmer and shine.

A black or navy lining is classic. Whereas a red, purple or fuchsia lining really gets noticed. Mocha or slate are more subtle.

Whichever lining you choose, it will complement your new embossed stationery beautifully.

Shop embossed stationery.

 

 

 

Our Best 3 Gift Ideas for a New Grad

A newly minted diploma is cause for celebration. The new graduate is jubilant. Parents are beaming like the sun with pride. The party is planned. You’ve dug out your favorite summer outfit and are ready to fête the student of honor and his or her new achievement.

We’ve gathered our 3 favorite gifts we think no new graduate can do without.

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Any new graduate would love the Highland Card from Giftsin24. Customize it with a lettering style, ink color and optional border or hand-inserted envelope lining.

Personalized Stationery

Nothing says “grown up” more than having your own personalized stationery. Particularly for a college grad looking for a new job, think of all those circumstances where personalized stationery will really come in handy, from the interview thank you to keeping key professional connections alive.

Monograms, names, embossed, raised ink, the possibilities are endless, but we particularly like the classic good looks of the new Highland Card. Because young people are so mobile these days, skip the optional return address. But a border or envelope lining or even 100% cotton paper could be very, very nice.

 

 

 

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Personalize the Treasure Moment Picture Frame and include a favorite photograph from the graduate’s school years.

Picture Frame

A new graduate probably has at least several cherished high school or college photographs. A special prom date. Earning straight A’s.  Hanging out with your best buddies. Scoring the winning touch down. Giving a speech. Crossing a finish line. All of these moments and more make up the memories of our school years.

We like the Treasured Moment Picture Frame, but we offer frames with other motifs that could work just as beautifully. You can personalize it with the graduate’s name, school, graduation date, nickname, small caption, or any other short message.

 

 

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Personalize the Senior Class Keepsake Ornament to use as a gift, gift tag or table place marker.

Personalized Ornament

Every year, we open our box of Christmas ornaments to discover a treasure trove of memories, from a birth to family vacations, the school years and much more. Giftsin24 is proud to offer personalized ornaments that mark important occasions. These engraved glass ornaments also can be used as gift tags, table place markers, party favors and more.

For graduates, we love the Senior Class Keepsake Ornament. It comes in clear or red glass and includes space for the graduate’s name. Presented with a silver ribbon in a velvet pouch, the ornament will serve as a proud reminder of the graduate’s achievement for years to come.

Fill a Mason Jar with Love for Teachers, Grads, Dads & More

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Fill our personalized mason jars with treats to create cute party favors or gifts.

Sometimes giving is the best present. The feedback and love you get back can catapult your week from ho-hum to spectacularly happy.

Like when Lupe and Michaela, our wonderful customer service representatives, decided to thank a group of people by personalizing our Desmond Mason Jars, filling them with candy and sending them off as a “surprise.”

As you can see, they turned out really cute.

“We brainstormed some of our favorite sayings and played around with the different lettering styles to find combinations we liked,” says Michaela.

“The fabric and gift tags were on sale at our local craft store. It was really easy, affordable, and fun to put everything together,” says Lupe.

And when their friends opened the package? They sent a ton of warm fuzzies back to Lupe and Michaela.

“We really made their day. They were super excited to receive our surprise gifts,” says Michaela.

Endlessly Customizable Mason Jar

Personalize our mason jars for a lot of different purposes throughout the year…

  • end-of-year teacher thank you gifts
  • graduation gifts
  • Father’s Day gifts
  • party favors
  • thanking clients
  • cheering up friends

With a little bit of advanced planning, you can create an affordable, cute, practical gift that is endlessly customizable for just about any occasion. Above all, they enable you to respond to the people around you and express the love and gratitude you hold for all of your relationships.

See our collection of personalized mason jars here.

 

 

Easy, Instant Photo Gifts for Mom

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Our photo notepads are perfect for Mother’s Day.

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. Do you have an amazing gift for mom? You know, the kind that brings tears to her eyes? We’ve got it! Giftsin24 photo gifts are perfect for personalizing for Mom, Grandma or that special friend in your life.

Giftsin24 will print a special photo  in vibrant colors on a range of notepad sizes, add a line or two of personalized text, and ship your gift within 24 hours most days.

Terrific Photo Gifts She’ll Love

Check out…

Family Photo Super Slab We will feature your photo on the bottom right of the slab and one line of personalization at the top. We custom create each set  using an easy-to-use download tool for your .jpeg photo.

Family Photo Desk Slab  Smaller dimensions than the Super Slab above, but perfect for Mom’s desk or counter top.

Family Photo Agenda  If Mom has lots of children (or even pets), this long photo can show all of them off. Comes with a holder to keep the sheets tidy.

Sneak Peek: Ovation Note

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The Ovation Note is an exciting new design by Embossed Graphics

In the coming weeks, we will be launching an exciting new line of stationery. These exclusive designs are unlike any others on the market right now, and we are so proud to offer them to you. The Ovation Note is one of them.

This folded note features two beautiful lettering styles: the first name is an exclusive calligraphy font and the last name is a more tailored serif font. These lettering styles coordinate beautifully and add interest to traditional personalized stationery.

Choose your favorite ink color on your choice of ivory or white paper.

The raised ink, also called thermography, adds delightful texture and a shimmery shine.

The double-thick paper has a pleasing weight and is crisply folded, offering you three panels of writing space.

Color-Matched Envelopes Included with Ovation Note

As with all of our stationery, 50 Pinnacle envelopes come with the 50 notes.

You can specify an optional matching or contrasting border for extra interest. Other options include hand-inserted linings and return address on the envelopes or 100% cotton paper for even more luxury.

Come back and see the Ovation Note and more than 2 dozen other exclusive designs in the upcoming weeks.

Meet the New Orchid Monogram

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The new Orchid Monogram Cards is full of romance.

If you love our Elise or Paris monograms, you will surely enjoy our new Orchid monogram. It’s the same flirty lettering style, but it features a dramatic embellishment that swirls along the edge of the card.

There’s nary a straight line to be found. All romance and soft curves, the Orchid monogram displays your love of life. You are not content to follow the straight and narrow. You like to savor life’s pleasures.

Made from triple-thick paper in a 4.5″ x 6.2″ size, the Orchid Monogram Card offers plenty of room to write. We print the monogram in your choice of 11 raised ink colors, including red, gold, fuschia, purple and black.

This card, like all of our notes and cards, comes in a set of 50 cards with 50 envelopes.

Optional Hand-Inserted Linings with Orchid Monogram Note

To make it even more special, opt for hand-inserted linings with your envelopes. Choose from satiny silver, opal , gold, red and many more papers.

Designed by Embossed Graphics, America’s favorite social stationery company, this folded note is made in the USA. Their long-time, experienced craftspeople dedicate themselves to perfection. In some cases they have been creating stationery for 20 or even 30 years.

See the Orchid Monogram Card here.