Back to School Lessons: Personalized Gifts to Buy Now

2 days ago
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It's about that time, where kids take their supply lists into Targets around the country and come out with all the necessities for the next nine months. From markers and paper to backpacks and lunch boxes, they are ready for the first lesson of the year.

That brings me to schooling the adults this time of year! August isn't December but we are way past the "it's too early" and are fully into "it will be here before you know it". IT, of course, being the holiday season.

One category of gifts that I like to buy now is anything that falls into the personalized column. Any gift with names, initials, custom embroidery, embossing or hand-picked finishes and colors can be ordered now. This doesn't just save time around the holidays, it saves the shock of hearing from a vendor that it will take two to three weeks to finish your embroidered item when you only have two to three days before Christmas.

Long story, short: buy your custom and personalized gifts now!

Here's a custom gift idea to get you started:

Ralph Lauren's Custom Shop

On this site you can choose colors, embroidery, stripes, logos, accents--you name it! You can make the perfect custom hat, polo, sweatshirt, tee etc. for anyone on your list.

Here's a peek at at a gift where we chose the color of the shirt, the color of the contrast stripe, the color of the logo, the placement and size of the logo, and of course, the custom additions of their initials and birth year to the sleeves.