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Engrave a Heart for Heart & Stroke

by Trish

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. – Lord Byron

I really like this quote because while many think of Valentine’s Day as a ‘romantic’ love occasion, LOVE is so much more than that. Yes, we do love our romantic partners, but also our family, friends, customers, communities and more. But love is hard sometimes – whether it is because of distance, misunderstandings, or life’s stresses and challenges (the ‘wolves’), loving someone is not always easy.

Which makes it even MORE important to express and celebrate love, and let love inspire us all to make a difference, both personally and for others.

And that is what we want to do this year for Valentine’s Day.

Not only do we want to help YOU to give a beautiful, personalized keepsake gift to someone special for a celebration of love, but we also want to help solve one of the biggest ‘wolves’ that threaten our loved ones – heart disease and stroke.

Until February 14th, we are asking our customers to partner with us to help raise money in support of The Heart & Stroke Foundation by engraving a filled heart onto their gifts. We will donate 50% of the engraving cost of the heart! Our goal is to raise $10,000 by February 14!

Not only can you show your heart to your loved one, but together we can show our heart to the world and to those impacted by heart disease and stroke.

When you visit one of our stores to purchase your gift, you can add an engraved filled heart to almost any gift. If you prefer to shop online, we have a select group of specially chosen gifts that can be engraved with a filled heart and a message of love.

Here are just a few of the gift options you can engrave for Heart & Stroke during this fundraiser to get you inspired.

Pink Optic Crystal Heart with SILVER FILL

Military Style Dog Tag Set

Stainless Steel Copper Plated Mug

Silver Plated Pink Rose

To engrave a gift for Valentine’s Day and Heart Month (or for any special person or occasion), you can find a store near you by clicking HERE. Together we can meet our goal of raising $10,000!

“I know of only one duty, and that is to love.” Albert Camus

You can learn more about our fundraising event for Heart & Stroke by clicking HERE.

Memories on Display – Engraved Christmas Tree Ornaments

by Chelsea

So here’s the thing. I LOVE Christmas. Not only do I love it, but since the dawn of time…well, my time anyways, the very mention of Christmas has conjured up nostalgia so intense that I’m overwhelmed by the memories of times long ago. I think of traditions. I think of family gatherings, seeing faces light up as gifts were opened and before all of that, decorating the tree with my parents while the Carpenters crooned their Christmas Portrait in the background. Ahhhh the tree. The tree, in all of its glory, covered in twinkling lights and tinsel and bobbles and decorations of all sorts, the star the crowned jewel peering down from the top.

I don’t know what Christmas memories are close to your heart, but personally I relish the moments of unwrapping carefully packed ornaments, each specific to a time and place with memories all their own. I have dozens upon dozens, an ornament and a memory to go with it. Some make me laugh, some make me thoughtful, some bring a tear to my eye, but they all make me smile. There’s the Merry Mice that from years of wear are no longer fuzzy, the one half of a pair of turtle doves whose counterpart hangs on the tree belonging to best friends in England, the Santa hat-wearing basketball from when my dad and I road-tripped to Indiana and, most recently the two new ornaments that will adorn my tree this year, the Big Sister and Little Sister ornaments I’ve personalized for my daughters.

The Christmas tree, to me, is a collection of memories hung on display for a brief period of time. In their shiny surfaces we remember Christmases gone by, we relive the magic and wonder of our childhood Christmases and we build memories for future generations. What a special gift it will be this year to share this experience with my little ones. I’m hoping that they will eventually grow to love this tradition as much as I do.

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Opening engraved ornaments year after year takes your tree decorating party to the next level of sentimentality and nostaglia.

To purchase, visit our website to view our full collection.

Keepsake Baby Gifts to Welcome the New Arrival

by Trish

The birth of a new baby is a cause for great celebration. While some gifts are great and practical (like a diaper cake), other gifts are perfect to create the keepsakes that the child will keep forever (unlike a diaper cake…we hope…)

We love these pieces to have engraved or embroidered for the baby with their name, birth information or any message you want them to always keep close to their heart.