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A Small Gift for Someone Who has Helped You

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When purchasing Calliope Designs ornaments most of us think of our own family. Our babies and children, our life’s special occasions, our grandparents, our pets. This is normal – we want to carry on a family tradition of getting a new ornament each year, perhaps for each child. We love choosing just the right special ornament to fit the year’s activities and celebrations.

Here are some ideas from our customers of different ways to use the Calliope Designs personalized ornaments as gifts to others. After all, they are reasonably priced and last a lifetime, and are custom made for each individual. What a nice way to say Thank You for improving the quality of my life!!

Ideas and Tips for Using Our Ornaments

Personalized Christmas ornaments make great gifts for:
– A child’s teacher, the school bus driver, the principal who all spend time with your children each day making school the best it can be!
– Your boss and his family to wish them happy holidays
– The mechanic who has so diligently kept your car in great shape!
– The orthodontist who has made your child’s teeth amazing
– The dentist or hygienist that took care of you and your husband’s cavities
– The nurse at your doctor’s office, so calming and patient while she takes your blood pressure
– Your postal carrier, always there rain or shine
– Your co-workers – friends you spend every day with, where a small gift would be super nice!
– Your banker who helped get that re-fi going when interest rates were low
– The babysitter or nanny who rarely complains about runny noses or tantrums
– Your gardener who makes the outside of your house look as beautiful as the inside
– The coaches that teach your kids to play soccer, baseball, football, tennis, etc.!
– The music teacher who so patiently helps your child appreciate their talent for piano lessons
– The housekeeper – what would you do without her (or him)?
– The neighbor kids who come to shovel the snow in the winter time
– The pet groomer who washes and trims your adorable dogs
– The Vet for all of the things they do to keep your pets happy and healthy
– Your minister and his family for his spiritual guidance and support
– Your new neighbor as a welcome to the neighborhood gift
– A hostess gift for that lovely Christmas dinner party
And many more!

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35 Reasons Why a Christmas Ornament is a Great Gift

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Calliope Designs brings you the original “personalized Christmas ornament” and here are some reasons a Calliope Designs ornament makes such a wonderful Christmas gift!

Popular Calliope Designs:

It is handcrafted one at a time.
It is personalized to your order.
It is reasonably priced.
It is a thoughtful gift.
It can start a family holiday tradition of getting an ornament each year.
It celebrates an important event in a person or family’s life.
It is sentimental and sweet.
It is playful and happy.
It does not get used up like a bottle of wine!.
It lasts forever.
It is a memento of a certain Christmas.
If you get a personalized ornament when you are 16 years old, it is fun to use it when you are 40!
You don’t ever outgrow it.
It has zero calories.
It is whimsical.
It can start a child’s Christmas ornament collection of one ornament each year.
It is not fattening.
It can be a souvenir of a vacation when personalized with the vacation location.
It can keep a memory of your pets.
You can use one to ask the big question, Will You Marry Me?
You can use one to tell your parents you are Expecting a Baby!
You can design one with your pets on it.
You can have the year on it.
All of the personalization is Free and done by hand.
The personalized ornament makes a cute wedding shower gift.
It can be used as a package tie with names on it.
Children enjoy ornaments that show their special interests – such as soccer, or ballet.
Kids like to see their names on their personalized ornaments.
Something small but meaningful for Grandparents.
They don’t require special storage.
The ink is permanent.
Something for everyone on your Christmas list.
It’s easy to pack and light to mail.
Personalization adds value to your gift.
It will bring a smile to your face.

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A Little Red Engine Brings the Christmas Tree to All

Little Train Engine for Four Personalized Christmas Ornament

Our latest addition to the Family ornaments group at calliopedesigns.com is the Little Red Engine carrying the Christmas tree.

Our Featured Little Red Engine Ornament

Santa can drive the engine as a single ornament for a train lover, or for a child that loves trains. But the most fun ones are the little engines that have family members decorating the Christmas tree. This pattern holds up to five family member heads. Each one can be carefully and expertly personalized to match your own family, a neighbors family, or friends. There’s a nice area – the smoke of the train – that can hold the year or a special greeting for this holiday gift.

Designing your own ornament, choosing the characters, placing the names of family members on the ornament, all add together to make it a very special gift, one that you’ve created. Of course, we have articles in our blog that tell you how to make your own dough ornaments at home. And articles that promote other crafty projects. Of course in this busy hectic world, we don’t always have time to sit down and mix up all the dough in different colors and spend hours making them, then baking and glazing them. Oh – and there’s the clean up too. But if you do have time, be sure to give it a try. You’ll never regret the time spent. If you can’t, make your own ornament on our website, and take pride in it as, without you, it wouldn’t exist!

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Secret Santas Emerge and Exchange Ornaments!

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Exchanging gifts with friends and family is a fun process! Why do so many of us say “I’m going to do this a new way next year!” Well, because sometimes it becomes stressful to find just the right item for each person on your list. Sometimes it gets way too expensive, with the credit card bills mounting up for January and February payment. And sometimes it takes us far away from the meaning of the holiday – whether religious, a family celebration time of joy, or a relaxing break from work or school.

Gift Exchange Celebration – Secret Santa

On idea to try to reduce the stress and expense and time and still enjoy the spirit of giving is to do an ornament gift exchange. Whether it’s for a large extended family, co-workers, or sorority sisters, etc., an ornament gift exchange lets the group give and receive a gift, enjoy watching others open their gifts, laugh and oooh and ahhh over the adorable selections, and enjoy the togetherness of the holiday season.

The Secret Santa approach is to assign or draw names to each person participating in the exchange. Then the giver can have fun shopping for one special ornament for that person, and find something that really suits them or something that had happened in their life that year. We really think a personalized Christmas ornament is the best option for this type of party!

We like the ornaments are hand-crafted, but it is also common to see exchanges of commercially produced ornaments, heirloom ornaments, or antiques. Usually, a basic standard of cost and style is set, to ensure that all of the ornaments are roughly similar. The ornaments should all be gift wrapped…. which is one fun way to get people to pick your ornament first!

Another exchange idea to have a “white elephant” approach. Everyone draws a number when they arrive at the party. When the exchange begins, the person with the number one picks a gift and opens it to see the ornament inside. The person with the number two can either pick a gift ornament and open the ornament or “steal” the first ornament, forcing the first person to choose another ornament. Limits may be placed on the number of times an ornament changes hands, and as a variation, the number system may be abandoned, and people may just pick wrapped ornaments at random.

A third way of exchanging would be to have all the ornaments out for view with a bidding type of system! Perhaps this would be an opportunity to raise a little cash for a local charity or Toys for Tots event.

Holiday foods, music, tree decorating and holiday-related games make this event even more festive. However, you decide to conduct an ornament exchange party enjoy yourself. Start a tradition in your neighborhood, workplace, or book club. In fact, you can even draw next year’s name at the end of the party!

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A Personalized Angel Christmas Ornament Gift

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In writing this post I decided to do a little research on Angels, and where and when they first began to be a part of our modern day religious thought. Wow!

Custom Christmas Ornament Gift

There are a lot of opinions on this subject and most are quite interesting. There are even discussions of whether or not angels have or should have wings! Most of the articles I saw thought that the concept of Angels came from Judaism and then to Christianity. That our image of an Angel was heavily influenced by Renaissance painter’s interpretation, and that their function was as messengers from God. I don’t pretend to be an expert in this field and wouldn’t want to offend anyone with a different opinion.
Angels have become very popular symbols in our culture and we think of them as creatures, mostly female in appearance, who do wonderful works on this earth. We use the phrase, You’re An Angel! often to thank someone who does something nice for us. And there are so many many ways one can be an angel to another. We a personalized Christmas ornament is a nice way to thank someone for being that angel. For going the extra mile, cooking the needed dinner, driving to the doctor, picking up at school, rushing to fix the car or whatever way one generous human being can help another in need.
Angel Christmas ornaments are always popular and make lovely additions to your own ornament collection or wonderful gifts during the Holiday season. Our unique clay dough angel ornaments can be customized and personalized for family or friends. Some wonderful examples of how we have customized and personalized them include Daddy’s Little Angel for a daughter of any age. Thank you for being an Angel for someone who has gone that extra mile for you this last year. You’re my Special Angel for a girlfriend or wife. Grandma’s Angel for a granddaughter. Our Angel for a daughter. We also create Angel ornaments for In Memory of gifts. This is a way we encourage children and family members to remember someone in the family that has passed away, and as a way to have great discussions of Christmas past when Grandma made the pies, or Grandpa built the fire for Santa, and other special Christmas memories. We even have Angel ornaments for Baby’s First Christmas ornaments, so be sure to search through our website, www.calliopedesigns.com to find just the perfect angel ornament for your gifts this year.

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Ideas for gifts for Single Parents at Christmas

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We understand that Christmas time for a single parent can be challenging – both financially and emotionally.  But the desire is always to have a holiday that’s filled with love and meaning, and to take care that the children get excited, have fun, and create family tradition together.  We’ve made groups of ornaments for single parents and shown how to personalize them for Christmas with Mommy and Christmas with Daddy.

Here’s an article I found on the internet written by Christina Gregoire back in 2011.  Food for thought!

First of all, I want to say that single moms are not all the same. Some mothers don’t have much money, and they worry about what they’ll give their children for Christmas. These moms don’t care about opening presents for themselves. And, most women without financial problems just want to be included in people’s holiday plans because they’ve lost their support group of married friends.

Gifts for Single or Divorced Mothers With No Money

Most single moms don’t care very much about what presents they get; their gift is seeing their children’s eyes light up. However, holidays are generally awful for divorced moms. Few families can live up to the phony Madison Avenue hype. And, divorced families, even reconstituted-remarried step-families, have almost zero chance of ever feeling like a Norman Rockwell painting.

So, as much as I dislike the idea of gift cards, money and gift cards are perfect for financially-strapped single moms. But, here’s the kicker: You should give the gift card before Christmas, not on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

If you are a grandma, a guy dating a single mom, or a coworker of a financially struggling mom, ask your friend what she needs to make her holiday less of a burden. Most of the following gifts will be appreciated more if you give them a few weeks before Christmas, and you should tell the mom that she can use the card right away if she wants:

  •  If the mom has little kids, consider a gift card for Walmart, Target, Toys R Us, or Amazon.com. Give her this card before Christmas, so she can buy presents for her kids.
  • Gift Card for Clothes: If the mom has teen or tween girls, give her an early gift card for Macy’s, Nordstrom, Claire’s (for younger girls), Zappos, or Amazon.
  • Try to find out what her boys like. Some boys like outdoor equipment from places like REI or Cabela’s. Other guys are into tech toys, so something like a gift card for Best Buy or Amazon might be good.
  • Gift Wrap: If you want to be thoughtful, give gift-wrap along with a pre-Christmas gift card. Wrapping paper is expensive when someone is scrimping, but it adds to the charm of the holiday.
  • Christmas Tree: Before buying your friend a tree, ask her if she already has one and if that would be a good gift. I like real trees, but consider a fake tree. Then, if you are a real friend, you could help her decorate the tree by making salt-dough ornaments and stringing cranberries (or popcorn) with her and her kids.
  • Gift Card for Food: Even people with a decent income are noticing increases in food prices. So, imagine what it must be like trying to feed kids on a meager income. Sure, her kids might be getting school lunches and the family might qualify for food stamps, but when you don’t have a ton of money for groceries, it’s really nice to have a full refrigerator.

Single Moms With Money for Presents

You have two ways you can go with this. You can give a gift that’s for the single mom’s whole family or you can give a gift that’s just for your friend.

Sometimes it’s easier to come up with something that a whole family will love.

  • Gift Passes for Movie Theaters: Find out what movie chains are near your friend’s home. Big chains include Cinemark and AMC, but you might have a local favorite.
  • Netflix Gift Card: Get this for the longest time you can afford because Netflix is addictive. Make sure that the family has a TV and a DVD player or something like a Roku Netflix Box to facilitate downloading.
  • Tickets to the Nutcracker Ballet: Feel this one out, but my girls loved the Nutcracker every year when they were young.
  • Old-Fashioned Board Games:
  • Gift Baskets: Gift-of-the-month companies have yummy presents in all price ranges.

Another cool idea is to give the family an annual pass to a zoo or museum.

Christmas is a difficult time for single moms and I’m not talking about money. If you are going caroling, driving around to see Christmas lights, or baking cookies, invite your friend. Any social activity (especially if kids are involved) will help your pal feel less excluded around the holidays. Ask your friend if she wants to come along. She may say, “No,” because she’s too tired, but you should ask, just to let her know that you are thinking of her.

If you want a gift that can be wrapped, here are some ideas:

  • Gift Card for a Spa
  • Baby-Sitting: Print out your own certificate for several nights of sitting. Only do this if you know you’ll be able to follow through.
  • Cute Cashmere Hat or Scarf: Give this with a gift receipt in case she prefers a different color or style.
  • Homemade Sugar Cookies

Another idea, if you have enough time, is to take your friend’s children shopping and have them pick out inexpensive items to fill a gift basket for their mom. Help the kids wrap this and help them make cards. If that’s too expensive, make fudge or cookies with them. Mom will be overwhelmed with the time and thoughtfulness of your gift.

Some of these Christmas presents can be a bit expensive, so you might want to get the whole office or the entire family to chip in for a group gift.

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Why kids love personalized gifts – Ornaments included!

Our Three Grandkids Personalized Ornament

Do you pay particular attention to text that includes your name? You do !!! Well so do children and so do gift buyers who love personalized baby and children’s gifts! – for good reasons!

At Christmas time children will love to receive a personalized Christmas ornament, especially one made at www.calliopedesigns.com!  Obviously, we have ornaments for newborns to graduates, and every age in between!  You can be sure that each year when the ornament box comes out of storage to begin decorating the Christmas tree, your child will search for his or her very one personalized First Christmas ornament to be hung on the tree in a prominent place!  The search will resume for the Second Christmas ornament and any others that have been gifted over the years!  Sounds pretty fun to me!

Kids adore to see something with their name on it, then they can definitely say ‘ITS MINE!’ or “its Me”. These items become special keepsake gifts. In addition, if the personalized gift is of practical use to the child, then it will be used often by the child.  A personalized book, record, bib, blanket, or stuffed animal will be loved year around.

Not only do personalized toys/gifts help promote their growing self-identity, but it also helps children distinguish/individualize themselves from other members of the family, particularly if there is more than one child sharing a bedroom. This is particularly true with twins/triplets.

Not only do personalized gifts give them a separate identity they also give children a unique play activity if that personalized item is a toy. If your name is Tom, it gives you little joy to push a train named Jane around your room.

The gift giver can also benefit. Personalized toys/gifts do become treasured by the child and therefore take pride of place – often pride of public place. So uncles, aunties, godparent and grandparents buying personalized items get public brownie points which is a lot better than your expensive 1920′s genuine Teddy Roosevelt bear being shoved in the big bottom toy storage drawer for eternity.

So what are the sociological benefits of the various personalized gift categories

  • Enhancing Reading Skills: If my name is in the paper, I know I would want to know for certain what is being said about me . Same with a child regarding a book. So personalized books when the text is at the correct reading level are natural accelerators of reading skills.
  • Enhance Listening Skills Children love to hear their own names, also pattern learning is a great foundation for all education the child will subsequently get exposed. Encourage them early to learn songs – which after all are just aural patterns – thereby starting them on the way to rapid knowledge acquisition
  • Encourage worthwhile habits: Personalized cups/dishes & cutlery. We all want a reasonably certain set of activities from day to day. Personalized tableware reduces once off surprising tantrums “because today I hate all yellow things”. Granted you now need to have those exact pieces on hand for every meal but the guesswork of occasional tantrums are gone.
  • Increase gift-giver Feel Good Factor: Personalized teddy bears/baby clothes/books are great for Godparents, Grandparents and other relatives. You know that within 6 months these will be used twice daily for 6 years or more. However such regular use may result in a disintegrated piece at the end of that period. These cuddly companions usually stand 45 cm tall. What makes them personalized are the writing on each of the foot. These can be a date or a name.

You can help a child embrace their identity and celebrate their name by giving them personalized gifts. Personalized children’s gifts can be small or large, extravagant or very inexpensive. But regardless of the size or the cost, children feel extra special because that gift is uniquely theirs and was created entirely for them. Kids just love that! But then again, don’t we all?

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Choosing a Gift for an Adopted Child

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This carefully written and thoughtful article was written by Chantel Alise, an eHow Contributor, and published on the internet.  I thought our customers might enjoy some of her ideas for the newly adopted child in their family or friends circle.

We have a nice selection of Christmas ornaments and a long list of sweet and sentimental phrases that can be added to create a gift that will be cherished for all Christmases to come in this child’s life.  And Chantal has some great ideas too.

Great Gift Ideas for Adopted Child

Adopted children often don’t know what to make of their first Christmas with a new family. That is particularly true when they are not at all familiar with the holiday and all of its traditions. For some, it can be a frightening time; with lots of strangers hanging around, loud parties, and strange customs. For that reason, it is important that everyone involved do their very best to make the  first Christmas as special as possible. For warm memories that will last for years, consider some of the following gift ideas.

1.  Give the child a gift that you made yourself. It matters not whether the item is a wooden toy, a handmade doll, or a knitted scarf, he will appreciate that you spent the time to make the gift. The new family members are sometimes suspicious or uncertain. They need constant reassurance of love and care. Nothing says that more than a handmade gift. The cost can be as minimal as you want to make it.

2. Present the child with a gift from from their culture. So many children that are adopted today come from foreign countries. Just because the child has moved from one country to another, doesn’t mean that he wants to turn away from the important aspects of his culture. Many toy stores like Toys R Us and even some discount department stores like Target carry at least a few toys aimed at foreign markets. If you don’t find something you like at a retail store, try an online source like Ebay. A gift of a toy from their own culture is also a gift of comfort for the child as she makes the difficult adjustment. It also shows that the gift comes straight from the heart because the gifter took the time to find just the right present.

3. Buy books and movies in the child’s own language as well as the language of the new parents and children. Again, if the adopted child comes from another country, that should not mean that he has to speak only the language of the new family. Encourage the child to become bilingual by providing books and movies in both languages; one in his language of birth and another in his new family’s language. By reading the same book or watching the same movie in both languages, the child will become fluent in both more quickly and easily than many structured environments. Prices will vary depending upon the type and number of books or movies included, letting you have some control over the amount spent.

4. Try a teddy bear or other stuffed animal. Some toys transcend cultures. Teddy bears and other stuffed animals definitely fit into this category. Plush toys that can be cuddled and used as a temporary security blanket can help a child assimilate more quickly into a new environment. You can even personalize the animal to the child by having her name stamped or embroidered onto the toy, choosing clothing from his cultural heritage, or recording a personal message that actually becomes part of the bear.

5.  Give the child an Adoption Life Book . Like a baby book for newborns, the life bookstores memories for the adopted child. These include things like the first time she met the adoptive parents; the first night home; the first family dinner; and much more. Adopted children need to know they are loved just as much as naturally born children. Carrying out some of the same traditions that families do with birth children will help them make a more natural transition.

6. Frame the child’s adoption certificate along with his photo and a poem that outlines why he is special as a “chosen child.”

7. Develop a representation of the family tree, including the adopted child. Let the child know that she is an important branch on the family tree by making it clear through visual representation. Draw it out on paper; print it up on the computer; or purchase something online at sites like Gifts. The cost can be minimal if you make it yourself.

8. Gift the child with a piece of jewelry that he can keep forever. Like a baby’s bracelet from the hospital, a pendant or bracelet that lists the child’s new name can help solidify the child’s place in the family. Engrave a personal sentiment on the underside such as “We will love your forever,” or “You will always be the child of our hearts.”

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Rememberance Ornaments

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Everyone in the family is saddened by the passing of a dear family member during the year.  Memories of him or her are precious and come to us over and over as they things we do remind us of the loss.  The holidays can be an especially challenging time, for the entire family, but especially for the children of the family.

Ornaments for Remembering Moments

The idea of a remembrance ornament was brought to me a very nice young man and his 4 or 5-year-old son at Gump’s in San Francisco many years ago.  This father and son came into the store and carefully chose a special ornament for me to personalize for them.  It was inscribed for another child, another son and little brother, who had recently died.  Our interaction was emotional – I felt their sadness, as they knew they wanted to hang an ornament on the tree for the boy who was no longer with them in the body, but with them in spirit.  The father of a son continued to come each year and purchase a remembrance ornament – the brother now a grown man, the father a little older, but the lost son still in his heart.

We have offered remembrance ornaments on our website and know that these special ornaments, personalized and dated with the legacy of the departed family member will be a keepsake forever on our customer’s Christmas trees.  Often the first holiday season without a loved one is particularly difficult, and that is when a beautiful gift wrapped and presented a gift to the family will be cherished.  It’s likely to receive premier placement on the tree as well.

Each year at Christmas time the family will take the remembrance ornament out of the storage boxes and find a special place on the tree, and take the time to remember and talk about the departed family member.  This will be a time of sharing fun stores of Christmas past, gifts exchanged, special meals together, or special trips to gather.  A personalized In Memory of ornament will always be appreciated.

 

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Bring Christmas Joy into Gift Selection

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Personalized Christmas Gifts Make the Holidays Sparkle

This article by author Thomas Galvin gives us some nice insight into why a personalized ornament from www.calliopedesigns.com will make a lovely and reasonably priced gift this Christmas.

Ask any child what’s special about Christmas, and most will tell you that it’s all about the gifts. As we grow older, however, we understand that while it may be all about the gifts, it’s really all about gift-giving, not gift-receiving. But gift-giving isn’t always so easy. We get bogged down with shopping, striving to find the perfect gift without spending too much…or too little. We worry that we’ll give the “wrong” thing, will purchase something the recipient already owns, or perhaps something they’ve received from someone else.

Christmas gift giving needn’t be that stressful! Personalized Christmas gifts put the fun back into holiday shopping and help the shopper provide their friends and family members with presents that are truly unique. When you give a personalized gift, it means you spent a little extra time thinking about the ideal present for each person on your list, and unlike the gifts that come from the mall, it’s highly unlikely that this one will be duplicated.

If you’re looking for a gift that truly marks the holiday, consider a personalized Christmas ornament. These are available in a diverse variety of designs, from bells, stars, and trees, to the standard Christmas ball shape. Some include a sentiment, like “Merry Christmas”, “Happy Holidays”, or “Peace on Earth”. Others are suitable for newlyweds, proclaiming “Our First Christmas Together”. Some are also designed for “Baby’s First Christmas.” Most include room for a name or names as well as a date. Similarly, personalized Christmas signs are a fun gift and a great addition to any Christmas décor.

However, all gifts don’t have to be Christmas-specific. Just about any personalized item is suitable for Christmas or any other occasion when gift giving is expected. For those who enjoy shiny gifts, personalized jewelry is always a smart choice. Heart-shaped necklaces, pretty charm bracelets, cuff links, and pocket watches, engraved with the recipient’s initials, are lovely and are sure to thrill the recipient when they open that tiny box on Christmas morning.

Looking for something less ornamental and a little more practical? Other personalized items include picture frames, various types of wall hangings, religious gifts, sports-related items, tote and duffle bags, mugs and glasses, wine- or cigar-related items for the serious aficionado, keepsake items, and even sports knives and pocket tools.

When you choose personalized Christmas gifts for your loved ones, each item becomes uniquely theirs, featuring their name, the year of the gift, and often another special sentiment that tells them just how much you care and how happy you are that they’re part of your holiday festivities!

Article written by Thomas Galvin

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Christmas Ornaments for your Holiday Decorations

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Choose Personalized Christmas Ornaments for Your Holiday Decorations

This article by Craig Miller has some interesting points!  It makes our ornaments at www.calliopedesigns.com even more fun and useful!

Christmas is nearing once more, and one of the best ways that you can perk up your house is to use personalized Christmas ornaments. These customized decorations have the ability to make your holiday festivities a lot more thrilling and meaningful this yuletide season.

Personalized Christmas ornaments are extremely impressionable as well as enchanting to check out. They are available in many forms and designs. A few examples of best-selling merchandises are figurines, Christmas balls, stockings, toys as well as candies. They may be produced from various resources such as glass, metal, plastic, wood and the like. So no matter what type of custom décor or materials you prefer, you’re certain to locate the item you want easily because of the emergence of online ornament shops on the internet.

Customized decorations also provide a chance to make your ornaments much more essential because they typically include unique dedications, special names, and even memorable dates. You may also submit your personal design if you want a particular decoration, and your selected online shop happily produce them for you! Your family will certainly be impressed by the ornaments and the effort you’re putting into making this year’s celebrations much more extraordinary.

One more thing that’s truly incredible regarding personalized Christmas ornaments is the fact that they’re extremely inexpensive. Many people think that they’re costly because they’re custom-made, but they’re usually in the same price range (sometimes they’re even less expensive) compared to the typical décor. This will make the actual adornments much more available to consumers who would like a distinctive method of enhancing their houses this Christmastime.

To get your hands on these types of customized decorations, the first thing you need to do is actually visit a décor shop on the internet. Afterward, select the styles you want from their catalog as well as the type of personalization you would like. You may want to add names, dedications and other special messages to make the ornament more memorable. As soon as you’re certain of the details, go ahead with your order and they’ll be shipped to you quickly.

But apart from utilizing customized decorations to adorn your home, you can give them as gifts to your loved ones as well. Pick an ornament style that your recipient will enjoy and don’t forget to include a personal message. This way, your friends and family will cherish your present because you put some effort into it. Custom decorations additionally function as inexpensive giveaways for your co-workers, neighbors, organizations, and so on.

Whilst it’s definitely practical to make use of the same décor every year, there’s always the risk that your ornaments may become boring and out of style. Christmastime should be a season full of fun and excitement, that’s why it’s essential to make your yuletide decorations as attractive as possible. So instead of choosing the same, dull decorations every year, why not incorporate a new style to your home adornments? Utilizing personalized Christmas ornaments can certainly help you apply your creativeness and make your place much more appropriate for the occasion.

Now that you know just how custom ornaments can improve your holiday decorating process, you should go ahead and secure your orders while there’s still time. Your personalized Christmas ornaments are guaranteed to bring the charm you’re looking for and make your yuletide celebrations truly remarkable this year!

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December Weddings: Wonderful Wedding Favors

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We love everything about the holidays here at Calliope Designs and one of our favorite holiday events are holiday weddings!

The Perfect Gift for a Holiday Wedding Couple

What better time of year to take advantage of then one brightened by tiny Christmas lights, gold and silver decorations and beautiful, deep reds and greens. We became interested in weddings at this time of year because so many brides and mothers of brides came to us to solve their Christmas wedding favor dilemma. Our personalized wedding ornaments became the perfect centerpiece accent, wedding favor and commemorative wedding gift for many holiday brides and we’ve since developed even more perfect Christmas wedding items!

Here are some great tips from Calliope Designs on planning your Christmas wedding and some great holiday gift ideas as well!

Holiday Wedding Scheduling and Planning:
If you decide to be a holiday bride and you know where you want to have your Christmas dream wedding, make sure you book well in advance. Remember that hotels, inns, restaurants and other festive locations will be booked for holiday parties as well, so make sure you secure your Christmas wedding location as soon as possible. If you decide to have a holiday destination wedding, the same planning tips apply – and it will be especially important to give your family and guests the information about your venue, whether you choose a cruise, a ski resort or a cozy Vermont Inn.

Once you book your wedding site make sure you send out your Save the Date cards. Choose a holiday theme and send them out six to eight months in advance since people make Christmas plans very early. By sending out your save the date cards, you’ll make it possible for more people to come and celebrate with you! If you’re having a destination wedding, this is even more important and you may want to include a hotel and other information about the wedding destination to help facilitate the planning of your guests. The same early planning goes for your Christmas wedding invitations – don’t go by the usual four to six weeks prior, send them out a bit further in advance so people can plan.

Christmas Destination Weddings:
Many brides and grooms love to plan a holiday wedding at a specific location that makes the theme so much more festive. When you host a destination wedding you’ll need to plan additional parties, activities and events and Christmas is a wonderful time of year to offer themes and ideas for your events. Imagine your guests enjoying a festive sleigh ride, Christmas caroling, snowshoeing, sledding or skiing, snowball fights, and snowman making. Plan a festive cocktail reception in a fire lit, decorated room with mulled cider, eggnog and wassail!

Don’t forget, when you have a destination wedding it’s always nice to provide your guests with a thematic gift bag on arrival. Include directions and any special instructions related to the wedding and venue, a list of activities and events, restaurant recommendations and maybe even a small token to thank them for their travel, like a personalized holiday ornament related to the destination. Calliope has several festive regional ornaments that could be perfect!

Decorating for Your Holiday Wedding:
When it comes time to decorate for your December weddings, use Christmas colors and decorations that are on hand everywhere, and look online to find the right theme for you. Here are some typical thematic decorating ideas:

Holiday Themes:

    • Angels
    • Snowflakes
    • Snow Globes
    • Colored Glass Balls
    • Clear Glass Balls
    • Simple Traditional Christmas Colors

 

Color Schemes:

  • Silver and White
  • Silver and Light Blue
  • Burgundy
  • Forest Green and Gold
  • Gold and Cream

Flowers:

  • Sprigs of Holly
  • Poinsettias
  • Spruce
  • Eucalyptus
  • Ivy
  • Deep Red Roses
  • White Roses
  • Lilies
  • Mistletoe Accents
  • Pine Boughs and Garlands

Centerpieces

  • Flowers with deep red velvet or burgundy bows
  • Large pillar candles with garlands and flowers
  • Christmas ornament accents, like personalized Christmas Ornaments by Calliope
  • Designs nestled in greenery to add a festive look
  • Candles and Snow globes surrounded by garlands and holly

Cake:
You can use a traditional wedding cake design, decorated with the same flowers you’ve used in bouquets and centerpieces. Don’t forget to look at our special personalized wedding ornaments and wedding cake toppers to add some creative flair to your cake. You can also choose a cake that has the look of a Christmas gift or a traditional Buche de Noel. Use marzipan to create sugar plums and candy holly berries like the traditional Christmas cakes.

Wedding Gown and Attendant Dresses:
When you are choosing your wedding gown, think about winter white and deep cream because either will work beautifully with the deep reds, greens, blues and purples usually associated with the holidays. Add velvet accents like a long red hooded cape or a deep green velvet sash to your dress, depending on which color scheme and flower colors you choose. If you decide on silver and white, work with a snow and ice theme choosing delicate, sparkly beading. For your attendants, look at dresses of deep red, deep green, deep purple, light or royal blue or metallic colors depending on your choice of color scheme and don’t be afraid to choose a group of colors and have your attendants in different colors. This can often ensure that you choose a color that works with their individual skin tone and it also helps them to feel like individuals.

Wedding Favors:
Choose something really special for your Christmas wedding favors, like a personalized Christmas ornament from Calliope Designs. We have a variety of styles featuring brides and grooms, Santa Claus’ and Angels and they can be personalized with the names of the bride and the groom and the date of the wedding.

Thank You Gifts:
Using personalized wedding ornaments as wedding-related thank you gifts are an especially thoughtful gesture. Choose a theme and personalize ornaments for the wedding party as small mementos for the bridesmaids and groomsmen. Be sure and give both sets of parents a special ornament to remember this special day when two families come together. Make sure you also choose a special First Christmas together ornament as well to commemorate your new family in the same theme as your wedding. You can also use holiday ornaments to thank the service providers for your weddings like the caterer, the hostess or wedding planner at the venue, your bridal gown designer and your florist.