Custom Photo Dog Flags for Your Beloved Mutt

These past few years have been the first time in my life that I haven't owned a dog.  I loved them all like family and each and every one of them was a mixed breed dog.  They were all smart and loving, although my last one had a bit of an attitude, I loved her still. We have created a couple Custom Photo Dog Flags so that you can brag about your own mixed breed dog.  If you own more than one, get one of these decorative dog flags for each one. Buy your flag at www.FlagsandGifts.com and upload your photo.  Also don't forget to type in your dog's name.  These dog flags really are great fun.   

Mixed Breed Custom Photo Flag

Best Friend-Pet Custom Photo Flag

Mutts Custom Photo Flag

 Thank you for reading our Custom Flags and Gifts blog. Marilee & Josie

National Grandparents Day

Grandparents Day is Sunday September 8th.  Surprise them with a special gift of a personalized garden flag.

Grandparents Day was founded by Marian McQuade, a housewife in West Virginia.  Her main motive was to champion the lonely elderly in nursing homes and hoped to inspire grandchildren to develop more of a relationship with their grandparents and take advantage of their knowledge and wisdom.  In 1978, Jimmy Carter proclaimed National Grandparents Day would be celebrated the first Sunday after Labor Day.

Custom Flags and Gifts has a great variety of decorative flags and custom flags that can be personalized to make great gifts for grandparents.  We also have photo gifts that would make keepsakes for years to come.  Any personalizations shown can easily be changed to suit the situation.  Grandma can be changed to Grandpa, Grandparents to Grandma, etc.

Grandma's Favorite Monster Decorative Photo Tile

Grandkids Loved Here Garden Flag

Grandkids Spoiled Here Garden Flag

Frugal Fridays at Custom Flags and Gifts

We've noticed Fridays on the internet seem to be a popular day to offer great deals.  So starting today, Custom Flags and Gifts is joining in.  Each week will be different.  We might choose select garden flags to put on sale at a great price, offer a free gift or give a discount on your entire order. So check us out every Friday and add to your decorative flag collection and save.  Also a great opportunity to stock up on gifts for upcoming holidays.

This week's special is a popular summer flag and a back to school flag, both at 30% off.  Go to our website at www.FlagsandGifts.com to see what they are.

Happy Frugal Friday!

Thanks for reading.
Josie and Marilee

Happy Birthday Garden Flags

No matter how old I get I still think birthdays are fun.  I don't necessarily want my birthday to hurry up and get here, but once its here, I want to do something fun.  More than anything, I love other people's birthdays. Combine that with the fact that my daughter loves throwing parties and needless to say we do a lot of birthday parties.

A custom birthday flag has become a  part of our decor at every party.  They can be so much fun.  We recently threw a surprise party for a friend that just turned 60 and made a Happy Birthday flag that displayed a collage of pictures of her through the years.  For my grandson's birthdays we have made a variey of flags with pictures of him in the hilarious expressions that toddlers make and then add funny captions. There are also a great variey of  garden flags from all the popular flag makers that can become a personalized birthday flag simply by adding someone's name.  These flags also are handy for hanging outside to help people locate your party.

The possibilities for custom flags are endless and can be so much fun.  Check out what is available at www.FlagsandGifts.com   If you have an idea for a custom flag that you do not see at our site, please contact us and we will do our best to make your idea work.

Here are some of the Birthday Garden Flags we have at Custom Flags and Gifts.




Happy Birthday Garden Flag

Happy Birthday Garden Flag

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Birthday Confetti Garden Flag

Custom Photo Birthday Flag

 

 

 

To thank our readers we are offering 10% off your entire order at www.FlagsandGifts.com

When you are finished shopping view your cart type in the Coupon Code:  "blog" and click apply to see your savings.

Back to School Garden Flags

As Labor Day quickly approaches we are nearing the end of another summer.  In many parts of the country Back to School decorative flags are already displayed in front yards and children are back in the classroom.  We are among some of the more traditional areas that don't go back till after Labor Day so there is still time to purchase a garden flag or house flag to celebrate the milestone. 

We have some great flags available:



School Bus House Flag




Back to School Flag

School Time Applique Garden Flag

School Days Garden Flag

 

 



We want to thank you for reading our Custom Flags and Gifts Blog.  In appreciation, we are offering 10% off your entire order.  When viewing your shopping cart apply the coupon code "blog" to see your savings.

 

Josie and Marilee

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Are You Ready for some High School Football?

I don't know what it is about the summer months, but they also fly by.  Here it is the middle of the summmer already and the first half is just a blur.  As fall approaches here at Custom Flags and Gifts, we have started looking at ordering fall garden flags.  One thing that stands out about fall is the starting of high school football. 

There are plenty of decorative flags that root for Pro and college football or for the schools themselves, but we see only a handful of yard flags that can be purchased to show support for our own local schools and their sports teams.  So we are offering custom flags and pre-printed garden flags and house flags that can be personalized with your favorite school, complete with your choice of mascot, school colors and/or player number.

We also offer a fun Football Jersey Bottle Koozie in your school colors that displays your favorite players name & number and your school's initials.

Thank you for reading.
Marilee & Josie

Custom Flags and Gifts

Personalizing Garden Flags

 We just received a new shipment of summer garden flags.  As I am choosing which flags would make nice personalized flags, I am again researching the proper usage of last names in personalizations.    Do you use possessive or plural?  Is the decorative flag referring to The Smith's house so you make the name possessive? or is it a declaration that there is more than one "Smith" here therefore putting "The Smiths".   Then there is the problem with some names that end in "s" they can sound and look rather awkward when pluralized such as the Edwards becoming the Edwardses.

 

I have been doing personalizations for quite a few years now between my embroidery business and our garden flag venture. To simplify and remove any question I have found adding "family"  the last name helps to take away any doubts and makes the personalization sound more natural.  Putting "The Davis Family" on a flag sounds much better to most people than the "The Davises".  There are some decorative yard flags that could really benefit from a personalization but have limited space and on those have to opt for the last name only.  I have learned in those cases to ask the customer to write their name exactly as they would like it to appear.  Proper or not, I have found some people are not happy with the way their name looks or sounds in the plural.

As to whether to use  the last name in a possessive or plural form, possessive does work if you add "House" or "Getaway" or anything along those lines.  We have a new  Lake Garden Flag that is a good example.  We offer personalization of the last name

Personalized flags are a lot of fun and make your flag unique and a one of a kind. We have lots of flags that can be personalized. Come see us at www.FlagsandGifts.com .  If you see a flag that is not listed for personalization but you would like it to be, just let us know.  We will do our best to accommodate. 

Here is a few of the House Flags and Garden Flags we carry that can be personalized.

 

Personalized Welcome to the Lake Garden Flag