All our lives, our mothers have been our biggest cheerleaders and our most ardent allies. Want to go beyond the traditional Mother’s Day greeting card and flowers this year? Here are some creative ways to celebrate mom on her special day.

1. Write a beautiful letter to her. Whether you are young and still at home with mom, or grown with your own children, you likely have many examples of the ways that your mother is special. The letter needn’t be long, but it should be personal and specific. Not sure where to start? Sometimes creating a themed list can loosen those creative juices and get your writing flowing. List the ways she’s helped you over the years; her delicious recipes; or most quotable quips and sayings that have saved you/inspired you/made you smile. She’ll likely want to save this letter, so write it on pretty stationery, such as the Anthony Letter Sheet.
   
2. Plant flowers. Cut flowers from the florist are lovely, but try something different and give her a living plants she can enjoy this summer or all year long. Help her set up a container garden, filled with tomato plants or herbs. Create a window box filled with colorful annuals. Research native plants that grow in your area that attract special wildlife, such as butterflies or hummingbirds.
3. Shhhhh….kidnap her and take her on a picnic. Tell her to be ready at a certain time for an “outdoor adventure.” Pack a picnic, and bring her to a pretty natural area or park for dining al fresco. Bonus points if you go for a walk or bike ride. Remember to take a selfie with her, then put the photo in a pretty frame, such as the Mother’s Day Picture Frame.
   
4. Bake together. Even if you use a boxed mix and store-bought frosting, you can create a pretty layer cake or mini cupcakes. Don’t forget the sprinkles. This is especially fun with little kids. Serve cupcakes or cookies on the Valentina Cutting Board personalized with her initial.
   
5. Donate or volunteer to help women. Sometimes the most meaningful gifts are the ones we spend in service to others. Sign up to volunteer at a food pantry or shelter. Knit baby caps or quilt baby blankets for drug addicted or sick babies. Ask your community’s women’s shelter what they need and go shopping for sanitary supplies or clothing.

Fresh new notepad designs for spring are crafted in one day and shipped free by FedEx.

Look what’s blooming for spring. We’ve expanded our line of notepads and memos to include colorful backgrounds and new sizes. These personalized products feature the most popular lettering styles, ranging from tailored to playful, so you can choose the font that’s right for your decor or personality. The paper is thick and sturdy and bright white.

New Notepad Designs for Spring

As always, we make these notepads in one day, so it’s just a matter of days before they land at your door. Check out these new spring beauties:

Napa 3-Tablet Set. (top middle) It doesn’t come with a glass of wine, but this notepad set can lift up the mood of your kitchen counter or work space.

Rosa Memo Square. (bottom right) Brighten your work space with this new notepad featuring soft pink rose artwork and a selection of 10 fonts and 8 matte ink colors. Includes acrylic holder.

Delavan Monogram Tablet Set. (bottom left) Wrapped with a decorative, navy blue ribbon with white stitching, this 4-tablet set offers a choice of monogram and ink color on our exceptional white paper.

Tranquil Dream Memo Square. (top right) Add a splash of color with this memo square featuring colorful bouquet artwork. Holder included.

Damasco 3 Tablet Set. (top left) Why settle for plain notepads, when you can have exceptional ones? This new notepad set includes 3 different notepads in 3 sizes and designs. The personalization is in black matte ink.

Zip Code Watercolor Desk Slab. (bottom middle) Celebrate your neighborhood, city and home with these fun and fresh Zip Code Desk Slabs. A perfect housewarming gift for family and friends.

See of all our new spring products now, including more notepads, as well as napkins, guest towels, cutting boards and more.

Accessorize your gifts with cute engraved mason jars from Giftsin24.com

You’ve spent a lot of time and money to find the cutest top for your sister, or the most elegant item on your friend’s bridal registry, or the perfect man-cave item for your husband. Why not make the gift presentation the best it can be, too? One answer is to accessorize your gifts to make them feel extra special to the gift-ee and help them stand out above the rest.

Here are 3 easy ways to dress up your gifts with a personalized touch.

Tuck in a Personalized Gift Enclosure

A beautifully embossed or printed gift enclosure folded into its envelope and tucked into the gift bag is so easy to accomplish when you have a supply in your gift drawer at home. Try Henley Monogram Portrait Enclosure in raised ink, which offers a selection of our most popular monograms in your choice of raised-ink color.  Like embossing? Try the Durham Framed Portrait Enclosure with gorgeous embossed borders and your first and last name.

Make them yours! See the full collection of Gift Enclosures

Use Keepsake Ornaments as Gift Tags

Want to add something a little unusual, and a little sparkly, to your gift wrapping? Try using a personalized keepsake ornament as a gift tag. The Classic Monogram Keepsake Ornament works beautifully when you personalize it with your friend’s monogram. It makes hand-delivering your gift that much more special when you give a gift with such a wow-factor presentation. Other options are Giftsin24 sports-themed ornaments, such as the Baseball Keepsake Ornament, which offer a range of sports themes for the children, teens and sports fans in your life.

Make them yours! See the full collection of Keepsake Ornaments

Accessorize a small gift, like a pair of earrings or necklace, by tucking it into a personalized shot glass.

Use an Engraved Glass as the Container

For something even more unique, try using a personalized, engraved glass as the container. This strategy creates wonderfully simple gifts for larger groups, such as bridal parties, party favors or work colleagues. Try slipping a pair of earrings wrapped in tissue into the Altamira Monogram Shot Glass for your bridal party besties. Or roll up a fabric gift — a cute tank top, set of cloth napkins, fuzzy socks, fashion scarf, etc. — and tuck it inside a personalized mason jar like the Iguala Mason Jar, personalized with each work colleague’s name. The possibilities are endless.

Make them yours! See the full collection of Engraved Glassware

This is the time of year when our thoughts turn to spring. Whether you are in the deep freeze up north, or beginning to see the trees budding out in the south, right about now, everyone’s had about enough of winter. So, naturally, we here at Giftsin24 think about new stationery designs and patterns, in anticipation of all the excitement soon to unfold outdoors. Here is some of our new stationery for spring in your choice of vivid raised-ink colors.

Blossom Note has been given a new, colorful treatment just in time for Spring

A Breath of Fresh Spring Air

These new designs have personalities all their own.  You’ll see that we’ve added new twists to some favorites and have created beautiful new lettering styles for completely new looks in others. And we’ve given them wonderful names, some of which are exotic and fun. They are all printed in your choice of raised-ink color. Whether you choose bright and sassy –think fuchsia, emerald green, ocean blue, red or purple — metallic — think silver or gold — or traditional and true — black, mocha, navy or slate — this stationery will bring you a breath of fresh spring air.

Classic Frame Monogram Note features our beautifully embossed frames with a precision-printed raised ink monogram.

Classic Frame Monogram Note – Raised Ink. We’ve given our Classic Frame Monogram note a re-fresh for 2018.  We’ve combined our traditional embossed frame with a raised-ink monogram. This folded note is perfect for peole who are a little bit traditional AND a little bit daring. Enjoy a choice of ink color and paper color as well as 5 monograms: Classic, Circle, Whitlock, Sydney, or Diamond.

Spring Blossoms Note – Raised Ink   A cheerful spray of cherry blossoms gives this folded note a happy vibe. Choose a lettering style and ink color, and we will print your name in vivid raised ink over a lighter version of the same color. Add coordinating hand-inserted envelope linings to boost the happiness factor.

Magnolia Note features a screened back, large initial with your name transposed over it.

Magnolia Note.   This handsome notecard offers many ways to create stationery that reflects your personal style. The Magnolia Note offers a choice of lettering style with one line of raised-ink personalization, plus an initial printed in a lighter shade of the same raise ink color selection.

Cristobal Monogram Card offers several new lettering styles for your monogram in the lower right corner.

Cristobal Card.  Amp up your correspondence with the Cristobal Card, offering five masculine lettering styles that imply refinement and strength. Your monogram, printed in your choice of ink and paper color, appears in the lower right. Add an optional colored border to highlight your message.

Moderno Monogram Note features a brand new lettering style in raised ink.

Moderno Monogram Note.   With its clean lines and Mid-Century feel, the Moderno Monogram Note imparts a sophisticated impression. This folded note offers a choice of ink and paper color. Add an optional coordinating lining paper to up the wow-factor.

Let’s Hear From You

What do you think of our new stationery? We’d love to hear from you! Tell us your favorite design or lettering style.

In addition to these five new stationery sets, we’ve also created a number of new party napkin and guest towel designs. See these and other new products in our New Selections area of our website. As some of these lettering styles become more popular, expect to see them on our engraved gifts and personalized notepads.

Pair personalized coasters with bridal registry items like glasses, trays and ice buckets.

Every now and then, when we go to a bridal shower, we see a gift that elicits those oohs and ahhs from the guests. “Wow! Look at that gift!” “Oh, that’s so neat!” Want to be that gift-giver? We’ve got some bridal shower gifts that really shine, especially when you combine them with bridal registry gifts the couple asked for.

These days, most brides- and grooms-to-be create bridal registry lists at major retailers, so it’s easy to choose something you know they’ll use.

Often these lists are very utilitarian: whisks, cookie sheets, and colanders. So it’s fun to customize gifts to give them something not only that they’ll use, but that they’ll LOVE too. It feels great to hear all the oohs and ahhs, and to see the delighted surprise on the couple’s faces when they open your gift.

Here are ways to combine a typical gift registry item with a personalized gift that stands out in a crowd. We’ve chosen some of our favorites.

How to Personalize Beverage-Themed Gifts

Couple registered for ….ice bucket for holding bottles of wine or champagne
Personalize this shower gift by adding … 2 engraved Altamira Monogram champagne flutes with a couples monogram and bottle of champagne.

Couple registered for…a pretty glass or metal tray
Personalize this shower gift by adding… 2 Fortaleza shot glasses with their last name and initial.

Pair shot glasses with bar-themed bridal registry items.

Couple registered for…wine opener
Personalize this shower gift by adding…2 engraved Iguala stemless wine glasses   with their last name and an inspirational or fun inscription.

Couple registered for… a bar cart
Personalize this shower gift by adding…Camden Embossed Frame Monogram personalized napkins with their new last initial in an elegant embossed and foil-pressed design

Couple registered for… a beverage dispenser
Personalize this shower gift by adding…a set of 8 Pareja personalized mason jars with their initials in a pretty design

Couple registered for…everyday beverage glasses
Personalize this shower gift by adding…a set of cork Bronson Chevron Monogram personalized coasters with a couples monogram in an eye-catching design

How to Personalize Food-Themed Gifts

Couple registered for… knives
Personalize this shower gift by adding…Established Cutting Board with their new last name and wedding year

Pair muffin pans, cheese knives and knife sets with our bamboo cutting boards

Couple registered for…cheese knife and labels
Personalize this shower gift by adding…  Millport cutting board for instant appetizer set with lots of appeal

Couple registered for…muffin pans
Personalize this shower gift by adding…Merida serving platter, a pretty tea towel and your favorite muffin recipe

Couple registered for… dinner plates
Personalize this shower gift by adding…Rosario personalized guest towels for their first dinner party

Couple registered for…appetizer plates
Personalize this shower gift by adding…Blissful beverage napkins with their names

One you experience the thrill of giving the most popular gift at the shower, you’ll never go back to using just the straight gift registry again.

Foil pressing

January…it’s the time of year for new beginnings and new ideas. New pledges. Resolution. Sometimes bold or even wild imaginings. You don’t stay in business for more than 40 years without taking some risks.

Here at Giftsin24.com, the retail website of Embossed Graphics, we emphasize precision and quality above all else. But we also stand for…

• Optimism.
• Passion.
• Effort.
• Will power.
• Grit.
• Determination.
• Resolve.

We are proud of our products and the effort we put into them. Our New Year’s resolution is to continue our pursuit of excellence in all we do.

Embossing

Which got us thinking…do you know how we do what we do?

The world of printing is fascinating. There’s a lot going on in our production facility. Here are a few of the processes behind the products you buy from us.

How We Do What We Do

Embossing – Our embossed stationery features elegant, textured images. We achieve these through a traditional, centuries-old process known as embossing, where we press a die (a block with a reverse image of your monogram) into paper. While we employ no ink in this process, nevertheless, our embossed monograms and lettering styles convey meaning: tradition, quality, energy and style.

Foil Pressing – Our foil-pressed napkins and stationery embellishments offer just the right amount of color plus shimmer to make your personalization stand out. To create foil-pressed products, we use a heated die to adhere a thin sheet of foil to the paper. The result can range from soft and elegant silver or opal … to vivid blue or red … to bold gold or black.

Thermography

Thermography – It’s a big name that means “raised ink.” We use this process on our stationery. First, we print an image on paper. While the ink is wet, we dust it with a powder and apply heat. The heat fuses the ink and powder together and makes it raise above the paper surface. The result is a delightful, shiny image filled with texture and color.

Laser Engraving  –  We use a laser to personalize our engraved gifts, such as wine glasses, bamboo cutting boards and cork coasters. It’s flashy and fun and high-tech. We use a laser beam to etch into wood, glass, cork or other material. The laser creates such high heat that it vaporizes the material. It takes just a pulse with the laser, so we work very quickly and precisely.

The embossed Delavan Monogram Napkin offers several monogram choices. Shown here is the Classic Monogram.

In the 16th century, bespeak came to mean “to order or arrange in advance.” As with many words, it was only a matter of time before people started using it in a new grammatical form: the adjective bespoke, referring to clothes and other things that are ordered before they are made, according to the fabulous online resource, Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Fast forward five centuries, and the word bespoke is enjoying a renaissance in U.S. culture. In our mass-produced and digital world, we have come to appreciate beautiful objects that are custom made just for us.

The Millennial generation is taking this trend and bringing it to one of the most important occasions of anyone’s life: the wedding day. As young people seek to personalize their wedding according to their own tastes and interests — on a budget — they are looking for bespoke wedding napkins and other  elements of their event.

Young people are using our personalized wedding napkins and guest towels to create that special touch on the wedding buffet or dining table. Here are our most popular wedding napkins and guest towels. Lickety split, you can design the perfect napkin for your wedding shower, reception, cocktail hour, rehearsal dinner or bachelorette party, and in a day, they’ll be in the mail on your way to you.

Follow Your Bliss

Nuptial Napkin with Mr & Mrs artwork.

Blissful Napkin. Perfect for two first names, the raised personalization shimmers on these high quality, three-ply napkins. Choose your lettering style, paper color and foil color to match your wedding theme. Also offered as a guest towel.

Delavan Monogram Napkin. Make it special with a couple’s monogram. The last name initial appears in the center. The first initials of the couple appear on the left and right. Delavan Foil-Pressed Monogram Napkin offers a variety of monogram designs and a wide range of paper colors to coordinate with your wedding colors. Also offered as a guest towel.

Initial & Name Napkin. When it’s time to celebrate the happy couple, reach for these bespoke wedding napkins. They feature a large initial and two lines of personalization arranged in a pleasing design. Available in a wide variety of lettering styles and ink and paper colors to complement any event. Also offered as a guest towel.

Nuptial Napkin. Tying the knot is easy…and so is getting tied up in all the details of wedding planning. Luckily, it’s simple to choose your wedding shower or party napkins: The Nuptial Foil-Pressed Napkin offers you up to three lines of personalization and a choice of lettering style, motif, foil ink color and paper color. Motifs include wedding bands, Mr. & Mrs., To the Moon and Back, bow tie, diamond ring and xoxo. Also offered as a guest towel.

Blissful Napkin from Giftsin24

Wedding Napkin.  The Wedding Foil-Pressed Napkin offers you three lines of personalization in a choice of lettering style, motif, foil ink color and paper color, affording you endless opportunities to create the perfect napkin for your wedding event. Motifs include wedding bells, rings, love, love birds and hearts. Also offered as a guest towel.

Explore our collection of wedding napkins here.

Highland Three Tablet Set with Ribbon

Finishing up those last-minute stocking stuffers is easy at your go-to gift headquarters: giftsin24.com. It’s quick and easy to personalize these notepads. Answer a few questions, check a few boxes, and you’re done. The items ship in 24 hours, so they’ll be ready for Santa to stuff into to stockings.

Customize our notepads for everyone on your list. Everyone loves to see their monogram or name in print. Plus, the clean, sturdy paper and crisply printed personalization will excite the most persnickety gift recipient.

FedEx ground shipping is always free, and if you order by our holiday deadlines, you can rest assured your gifts will arrive by Christmas Eve.

5 Stocking Stuffers That Please Everyone

Delavan Monogram Memo Square offers a choice of lettering styles and ink color

Delavan Monogram Memo Square. This gift idea will please the person who loves things just so…or the person with the perennial messy desk. Basically, anyone who is a get-things-done kinda person, no matter his or her tolerance for mess. Dress up this attractive memo square with an attractive monogram and their favorite ink color. The acrylic holder keeps pages neat and tidy.

Highland 4-Tablet Set.   Make their desk, credenza or counter more interesting with the Highland 4-Tablet Set. Create one line of personalization in a choice of our most popular lettering styles. Offered in a range of vivid ink colors on thick, white paper, this set offers four distinct memo sizes for any use: messages, casual letters, enclosures and more. Includes a holder to keep notepads in order.

Perfectly sized for a stocking, the Highland List with holder is easy to personalize and ships in 24 hours.

Delavan Monogram 4-Tablet Set.  They’ll love showing off their monogram on these square notepads. For anyone who just moved into a new home, achieved a new job or promotion, or loves to organize their day and tick off to-do lists. This set offers a three letter monogram in a choice of 10 popular lettering styles and 8 matte ink colors.

Highland List.   Get the write stuff for your loved ones. Perfectly sized for a stocking, the Highland List offers 260 long, rectangular sheets. Surprise them by customizing two lines of personalization with a choice of lettering style and ink color. The acrylic holder keeps pages neat and tidy.

See our entire collection of personalized notepads here.

There’s nothing like hosting a winter party to bring the warmth of friendship and love into your home. With the fire ablaze, comforting foods on the stove and the camaraderie of your guests warming your soul, the winter holidays provide plenty of reminders of what’s important in life. These events deserve personalization so that they reflect your own joyful intentions as a host. Our personalized accessories feature holiday themes and exclusive lettering styles.

Party napkins and guest towels boast 3-ply paper that offers a beautiful sheen and stands up to use. Our personalized glassware is laser engraved for staying power, and dishwasher safe to boot. Bamboo cutting boards are eco-friendly, sturdy and attractive. Coasters, made from cork or class, protect your table and counter surfaces beautifully.

Here are four of our favorite winter party accessories. Order now, and you’ll have them within a few days. Shipping is free and fast, so you’ll get them in plenty of time for the festivities.

Personalize a stemless wineglass to warm up your next holiday party

Pour Good Cheer into Engraved Glassware

Whether you are sipping wine by the fire or pouring a shot of schnapps to put some heat in your belly, use elegant engraved glassware personalized with your monogram, like the Altamira Monogram Wineglass . Or try the Fortaleza Shot Glass with a handsome initial and optional last name. The Iguala Mason Jar is perfect for mulled cider or your favorite microbrew. Give it a special message for the occasion. See the whole engraved glassware collection here.

Brighten Your Table with Festive Holiday Party Napkins 

Coming home for Christmas dinner to celebrate family style. Gathering for the annual holiday office party. There are as many ways to customize our personalized napkins and guest towels as there are reasons to gather together. Personalize the Yuletide Foil-Pressed Guest Towels with up to three lines of text in your choice of foil ink color, typography and paper color. Motifs include: snowman, Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer, ho-ho-ho and snowflakes. Or try the embossed Christmas Napkins which come in an array of paper colors to match any decor. See the whole holiday napkin & guest towel collection here.

Spice Things up with Cutting Boards

Our engraved, bamboo cutting boards have so many uses for holiday entertaining. In particular, the Desmond Cutting Board gives you plenty of room to personalize a holiday message in 3 lines of text. Use a personalized cutting board as an elegant cheese board for your appetizer course. Measuring 8.75 by 11.5 inches, there’s plenty of room for a selection of cheeses. Or serve up freshly baked muffins or quick breads for a warm treat on Christmas morning. And of course, Santa and his reindeer would love to see a tray of cookies and carrots waiting for them on Christmas Eve. See the whole cutting board collection here.

Accessorize Your Entertainment Spaces with Coasters

The Bronson Monogram Coaster in cork, featuring our classic monogram, one of six choices.

Our cork and glass coasters are like earrings for your tables. Coasters dress up a coffee table or counter, breaking up the large plain space with a little sparkle or pizzazz. Not to mention, coasters help protect your surfaces and invite your guests to put down their drinks and relax. Giftsin24 offers more than 30 styles to choose from, including the Bronson Monogram, offering six attractive lettering styles in cork or glass; the Reynosa Chevron Monogram in cork or glass; the Desmond, offering three lines of text in cork or glass; and the Wheat Leaf Initial, in cork or glass. See the whole coaster collection here.

Personalized Accessories Add Polish and Shine

As you can see, we offer a range of attractive accessories to warm up your winter party. You will feel terrific pulling out these accessories during your preparations. Our personalized cutting boards, coasters, glassware and napkins will give your home some polish and shine, and help your guests feel right at home.

We’ve recently expanded our selection of bamboo cutting boards. Have you seen them? Let us make a bold statement: they are your all-in-one holiday entertaining purchase. Whether you are attending a holiday party, hosting one, or giving a Christmas gift, a personalized, engraved bamboo cutting board makes the cut for any occasion.

Who Wants One?

Because everyone cooks, entertains… or at least eats, you can create all your holiday gifts with one easy-to-personalize product.

• Going to Aunt Mary’s for Thanksgiving? Bring your crackers and cheese appetizer on the Valentina Cutting Board that doubles as a hostess gift.
• Looking for that perfect Christmas gift for your newlywed neice? The Established Cutting Board will do just the trick.
• Is your son learning to make his own lunch? Motivate him with his own Master Chef cutting board under the tree.
• Has your mom’s circa-2000 cutting board seen better days? She’ll love how the Wheat Leaf Cutting Board instantly updates her kitchen counter.
• Did your brother just get a new apartment? The Comida Cutting Board will instantly warm up his new digs.
• Maybe your daughter just got a job doing “cutting edge” software development? The Delavan Monogram Cutting Board is just the thing.

One Cutting Board, Many Uses

The durable bamboo stands up to the knife (we recommend using the non-personalized side for slicing, dicing and chopping) for everyday meal making.

And it also makes a great serving platter for any number of yummy party foods, from breads & spreads to Sunday morning muffins to evening charcuterie in front of the fire.

It also makes a particularly attractive cheese board, with ample room for a selection of cheeses and a knife.

Make it Yours in Minutes

When you are running short on time, but running long on your gift list, personalize our bamboo cutting boards in under five minutes. Our personalization tool helps you make customization choices quickly. Fill out the initials or name. Choose a lettering style. Decide whether you want the cutting board displayed on the vertical or horizontal. You’re done!

And One For…

Someone else needs one: You do! Our multi-faceted cutting boards will become indispensable in your home, and perhaps even save the day a few times. Holding pride of place — and the dinner rolls — on the holiday buffet table.  Serving up breakfast for your spouse’s birthday. Chopping scallions and tomatoes for dinner (while sipping a glass of your favorite wine.) A quick serving platter when your neighbors pop in unexpectedly. No matter the occasion, you’ll reach for this item again and again.

Shop the whole collection here.