Personalized Graduation Gifts

With graduation just around the corner for many of us, we're all shopping for the perfect graduation gifts. Whether you're shopping for a brother, sister, son, daughter, niece, nephew, cousin, or friend MyPersonalPrint.com has great personalized graduation gifts that are sure to rise above the rest.

So what makes a graduation gift a hit? Personalization, of course! On graduation day every graduate is special and an individual. No matter if they're all wearing the same outfit, they all want to stand out from the crowd. I'm sure they'll all receive hundreds of cards, gifts to send them into the business world, and maybe even some personalized stationary. But if you want to make a real statement, nothing says, "Way to go!" like a personalized print... literally.

With personalized graduation gifts from MyPersonalPrint.com you can say exactly what you want in a very unique way. As your graduate goes out into the world, how about showing them what they're really worth with one of our personalized money prints! You can have a saying like "Congrats Ben" or "Way 2 Go Stacy" printed right on a hundred dollar bill. Or show them exactly how far they're going to go with a message on their own Hollywood Star or spelled out on the Hollywood Sign. Or maybe they're going to travel or study abroad... how about showing how proud you are with a personalized print saying "Congrats Amelia!" over the Eiffel Tower?

With hundreds of designs to choose from, MyPersonalPrint.com is sure to have the perfect graduation gift you're looking for. All of our images can be personalized with your special message for free. The perfect way to tell your graduate how proud you really are is with the perfect graduation gift.

Personalized Art Gifts

Personalization is not just a promotional tool anymore. With the advances in digital technology, we can now create amazing personalized art that you can give as gifts. Yes, gifts! By choosing one of our hundreds of custom designs and adding your own personalized message, you can give wonderful, professionally made personalized art as gifts to your friends and family. Interesting concept, right?

The most popular personalized art gift is an inspirational or motivational print. Everyone likes to inspire people and make them feel better. Personalized art gifts are a great tool in this regard. MyPersonalPrint.com offers inspirational art images include gulls flying over the water at sunset, a serene beach scene, or cherry blossom branches blowing in the breeze. Seeing your name spelled out in clouds is just the way to feel that you really can rise above the rest. Or just imagine the motivation that someone whose dream it is to be an actor when they see their name written on their own Walk of Fame star or spelled out on the famous Hollywood Hills sign! They will find hope in your personalized art and will really appreciate it as a gift.

Of course, since this is personalized art, don't forget to use that special someone's name or include an inspirational message. MyPersonalPrint.com also offers several personalized art pictures that allow for longer messages to be used making them perfect for motivational sayings like, "To Keith Our MVP!"

As you can see, personalized art can be a great way to inspire those you love to greatness. They are highly memorable and will always be kept very close to the heart.

Green Inspired Mother's Day Gifts

This week we're talking green. And of course, with Mother's Day just around the corner, what better to bring up than a Mother's Day gift that lasts forever? That's right. We're talking about personalized prints from MyPersonalPrint.com! With hundreds of options to choose from, finding the perfect Mother's Day gift has never been easier!

MyPersonalPrint.com has several prints that are not only green in the environmental sense, but also just plain green! How about the new flower arrangement print? This brand new design featuring a close up of an arrangement of lilies is a perfect gift for Mom. Add your personalized message and have it printed in silver on a green ribbon that weaves around the flowers.

Or how about some beautiful wildflowers? This personalized picture fits the green theme just perfectly featuring a field of green below a sunny blue sky. Wild purple flowers grow in the shapes of letters to spell out your mother's name or a personalized message like "i love you mom". Doesn't every woman love to get flowers?

Or maybe you're looking for a gift from a younger child or your mom has always had a truly youthful spirit. How about a personalized print of a little girl blowing the seeds of a dandelion into the breeze? In front of a field of green, the small white seeds float in the breeze to spell out any name.

No matter what you're looking for, we've got the perfect gift for any mother. And the best part is that it'll last way after the holiday is gone, making it one of the greenest gifts you can give. Check out our Children Category or browse through Holidays & Occasions for more ideas. With hundreds of options to choose from you can't go wrong with MyPersonalPrint.com this Mother's Day!

Going Green

There is a huge trend these days to "go green". The environment is probably one of the issues that is at the forefront of everyone's mind, which is surprising since we seem to be living in an almost totally throwaway society. I mean every day there are more products that are supposed to make our lives easier, but they actually just create more junk for the entire world to deal with. Does that really make anything easier?

Think about it. There are "new and improved" cleaning tools like Swiffer and Pledge Grab-it that, I admit, are great tools. But every time you use it you end up adding twice as much garbage to your trash can. Honestly, is a broom and dustpan really that bad? Can we no longer use a simple rag or old t-shirt scrap to do our dusting?

Or how about all of the 100-calorie packs that food companies are putting out in endless supply? Now this all caters to everyone's diet obsession (that's a topic for another day) but think about this for just one second. Every time you tear open one of these small snacks you end up with a plastic or paper bag that goes in the trash times however many servings are in the box. Why not just buy the whole thing and divvy up your snacks in reusable containers? That's a little bit greener I'd say.

So how does all this relate back to MyPersonalPrint.com? Well, we probably offer one of the greenest products on the planet. Every print is of the highest quality and completely non-perishable (especially if you have it framed!). It's printed on paper that is 100% recyclable (should you ever choose to get rid of it). And we do all our work by candlelight to save on electricity... not really, but it doesn't take that much energy to create one of our fabulous prints! Where else are you going to get such a great gift that's personally tailored to your recipient and green? That's what I thought.

Where Do Easter Eggs Come From?

When you think of Easter, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Getting up super early for church, maybe? Or possibly getting a new Easter dress or suit? Or is it the basket full of candy you're sure to find at the foot of your bed? Well, as I consider the topic the first thing that comes to mind is, of course, the infamous egg hunt. But where do Easter eggs come from?

Legend has it that the mythical Easter Bunny sneaks into children's homes the night before Easter Sunday and places a basketful of goodies at the foot of their bed or spends the evening hiding trinkets and eggs for them to find upon waking. And on top of that, it is told that not only does this stealthy rabbit bring treats, but it actually is believed to lay the eggs itself! While that's a little off the beaten path of reality, these Easter symbols actually do have a rhyme and reason.

Easter, as a concept, is representative of a time of birth, renewal, and fertility. Whether it is the Christian belief of the resurrection of Christ or the Pagan influence of the goddess Ēostre, certainly it is easy to see the relationship to renewal. Both eggs (naturally) and rabbits (hence the many sayings) are symbols of fertility. But why all the colors?

Well, while no one knows why we color our eggs at this time of year, it is believed that this all started, again, to symbolize fertility and renewal. Red is often used by Christians to represent blood, both as the birth of spring and as the symbolic reference to the blood of Jesus Christ. Green is also one of the most popular colors as it represents the bursting forth of the green trees and plants as springs moves in.

So that only leaves one question... where do Easter eggs really come from? Well, I think I'll stick with the Easter Bunny on this one. While over time we do not stick as steadfastly to the true egg, I'd hate not to get my basket filled right before the holiday.

Personalized Easter Egg Picture
MyPersonalPrint.com offers three personalized Easter egg prints that can be customized with your name, message, date, or gift recipient's name. All of the images can be seen above in our blog post: one containing the traditional colored Easter eggs, one with a close-up of a painted egg in an Easter basket, and one with the more modern colorful foil-wrapped chocolate eggs. These make unique gifts for any child at Easter. Plus, we offer numerous secular and holiday images that are perfect for Easter. Visit us at MyPersonalPrint.com to see all of our Easter holiday products and order yours today!

Personalized Piggy Bank Gift

Personalize this piggy bank print with a name or message. Fun as personalized gifts for kids, graduation gifts, or as wall decor for your office.

History of the Piggy Bank

Whether or not it was actually pig shaped, most of us have dropped coins in a piggy bank at one time or another. This simple savings tool makes the tedious task of budgeting far more interesting for children.

The piggy bank provides children with the satisfying clink of coins each time they make a deposit. Children can also check their accumulated wealth by simply holding the increasingly weighty bank.

Of course there is a dark side to the piggy bank, at least the traditional kind. In order for children to cash in their investment, Mr. Piggers had to be, well, shattered to bits. For many children, this represented a slightly traumatic event. The piggy bank has guarded their hard won wealth faithfully. It seems a cruel payback to retire him in such an unseemly manner.

Modern toy makers have largely eliminated the dark side of this lesson by including a stopper to easily free coins. Thus turning modern piggy banks into long term learning companions. This may be one of the piggy bank's most recent changes, but it is certainly not the first. In fact, the original piggy bank bore no resemblance to the animal.

In medieval times, an inexpensive form of orange clay know as “pygg” was widely used in the production of household pottery – including the “pygg pot”. Many early pygg pots had the familiar coin slot, and served the modern purpose, but they lacked any specific shape.

At some point, both the material and the word faded from common use, but the concept – and the name endured. Over time, “pygg” became “pig”. At which point it didn't take long for someone to decide to cast a token collector in the image of its namesake.

In the modern world, piggy banks are popular not only in the United States and Europe, but also in Japan and other eastern countries.

Of course, the modern banks are much more likely to be made of plastic than ceramic of any type. If you happen across a piggy bank made out of actual pygg, it is likely to be worth far more than all the coins you could stuff into it. Even more recent banks can bring home the bacon. Piggy banks from the early 1900's have been valued at over $300 in auction.