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Less than two weeks until Christmas… don’t panic! You still have time to buy those last minute Christmas gifts.

Here at Epic Merchandise, one of the things we pride ourselves on the most is our fast shipping – we ship the personalized gifts line in just three business days or less. With just three business days of processing your gift, and five more business days of shipping, you MAY even be able to use Ground shipping if you place your order today.

However, since we’re sure you want your personalized Christmas gift to get to your recipient on time, we strongly recommend checking the posted dates below each order box. We give you options for expedited delivery if needed. Order by the dates posted, using the shipping method listed, and it means your gift will arrive just before Christmas – perfect timing!

Now that we’ve solved the issue of shipping, and “will it get there on time,” let’s give you some ideas for those last minute Christmas gifts.

1. Christmas ornaments are always a favorite. They can be personalized with your engraved message and a seasonal image and shipped quickly.

2. Christmas picture frames are a classic gift. They come in several designs and you can personalize them with a message or with the recipient’s name.

3. A personalized Christmas candle will brighten your recipient’s holiday season. The warm glow, highlighted by the recipient’s family name or your special message makes it a beautiful gift and very appropriate for anyone who celebrates Christmas.

4. There’s no need to limit yourself to Christmas-themed gifts. We offer many options when it comes to personalized gifts, including year-round favorites such as personalized beer mugs, an engraved wine bottle stopper, a cherry finish keepsake box, and many more.

With quick shipping, these gifts can get there just in time for Christmas. But don’t waste another minute! Visit our website today and place your order so that we can get the ball rolling on those personalized Christmas gifts.

Merry Christmas!

Wind chimes are chimes constructed from suspended tubes. They are usually hung outside of a building or house and are intended to be played by the wind. Sound can be produced when the tubes come in contact with a suspended central clapper, in the form of a ball or horizontal disk, or with each other. Wind chimes may also be used to observe changes in wind direction, depending on where they are hung.

Wind chimes make a beautiful house warming gift, whether you buy them for someone else or for yourself! The beautiful outdoor sound of quality wind chimes is treasured by everyone. They produce a tranquil, relaxing effect and make any house feel like a welcoming home. Wind chimes can also help with masking noises such as street or traffic noise.

Wind chimes are a popular Feng Shui tool, used for purification, protection and to enhance a room’s energy. Sound is one of the most powerful and popular Feng Shui cures, used for everything from increasing popularity to protecting a home or business from intruders. Wind chimes are not only effective Feng Shui remedies for a myriad of problems, they are also pleasing to both the eye and the ear, making them one of the most commonly used Feng Shui tools.

Epic Merchandise is a personalized gifts store that offers, among other items, high quality wind chimes. The beautiful, rich sound our wind chimes produce is a result of meticulous handmade craftsmanship. Each wind chime is crafted and tuned by a musician. But you don’t need to take our word… you are invited to listen to your wind chimes before you buy, and hear the quality for yourself!

All wind chime tunings are in the Key of C. Wind Chimes are handcrafted from thick tempered aluminum tubing with a soft brushed finish. Best of all, you get a free engraved wind plate of your choice. Many of our customers choose to engrave their, or the recipient’s, last name on the wind plate, but you can engrave anything you’d like, including inspirational phrases.

Visit our store today to order your set of high-quality, engraved wind chimes

Gift giving is not always easy. We are all pressed for time, always busy, and yet we want to give people – especially our loved ones and the people we truly care about – meaningful gifts.

If meaningful gift giving is important to you, follow these tips:

Take Notes

It’s very helpful to keep notes throughout the year. If your child talks about a toy she really wants, write it down. If a client mentions a book he’s been meaning to read, make a note of that too. When the time comes to buy a gift, those lists will prove priceless in helping you buy gifts that the recipients will actually enjoy.

Make it Personalized

Buying a personalized gift is one of the easiest ways to give true personal meaning to a gift and to make it unique. It’s no wonder engraved gifts are so popular. They’re the best way to make sure the gift feels truly personal.

Give a Gift That Expresses Your Relationship with the Recipient

Generic gifts such as gift cards, flowers or chocolate are okay, but they are not as thoughtful as a gift that is geared specifically toward the gift recipient.

For example, if your client is an avid golfer, you can’t do much better than buying him a personalized golf putter set. If your friend likes to slowly sip from her soda can throughout the day, get her a pink can cooler engraved with her name – what a cool gift!

Give Something They Would Never Get for Themselves

While practical gifts are not necessarily a bad idea, sometimes the best gifts are those that are pure fun or indulgence – something the gift recipient would never buy for themselves.

Epic Merchandise is a personalized gifts store that offers high quality products, affordable prices and great service. Visit us today to select the best personalized gift for someone special in your life.

An engraved garden stone is a beautiful gift. It is unique, and it shows the recipient you cared enough to consider their personality and interests before buying the gift.

People love to give and receive engraved garden stones, because the personal message on the stones makes the recipient feel important. If someone actually took the time to think about a message that would be meaningful to me, that person must really care about me!

Engraved stones for the garden are a special, personal gift that will last a lifetime. They can celebrate and commemorate special events such as backyard weddings, anniversaries, and other important milestones.

Epic Merchandise offers beautifully engraved stones and rocks, each personalized and ready for your garden. Each stone is a unique, one-of-a-kind piece of nature, so colors, shapes, and sizes will vary.

You decide on the text or the image that goes on the stone. When it comes to engraved rocks and stones, if you can imagine it, we can engrave it! You get to choose the stone, font, words and images. Each stone is deeply engraved by hand, and engraving is highlighted in black.

The result is a truly personal gift, since there is going to be no other stone like it. This is so much more meaningful than choosing from a limited selection of pre-engraved garden stones, as is often the case.

Engraved garden stones make the perfect gift for that special person in your life who has everything. They are a beautiful way to convey a loving message to someone you truly care about. Visit Epic Merchandise today to order your engraved garden stone.

Nothing adds character and charm to a baby’s nursery quite like personalized wall decor. Don’t leave those walls bare! Bare walls always seem cold and uninviting, in any room of the house, and especially so when it comes to your baby’s nursery.

Planning and decorating a baby’s nursery is a lot of fun. The crib, the bedding, the rocking chair, and fun accessories such as toy chests, toy bags and diaper stackers all give the parents-to-be a great opportunity to tap into their creative side and create a warm, welcoming, beautiful space for their new baby.

Once you’ve come up with a theme for your baby’s room, it’s always nice to add a personal touch, and personalized wall decor is one of the best ways to do that. A great way to make the room truly unique and welcoming is to add a personalized baby room sign, which includes the baby’s name, her birth date and a short, sweet message. A baby room sign is also a great option for anyone looking for a unique, one-of-a-kind gift for the new parents.

The typical sign comes in blue for baby boys, pink or purple for baby girls, and includes all the important information, such as the baby’s first, middle and last names, her birth date, and any message up to 15 characters you want to include at the bottom, such as “Sweet Dreams.” Other favorite messages are “We Love You,” “Sweet Baby,” or “Happiness.”

One of the added bonuses of personalized wall art is that it helps to introduce and reinforce letter recognition and basic reading skills from a very young age. Most parenting experts agree that exposing young children to letters and words is one of the best ways to start teaching them how to read.

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Epic Merchandise offers a large, affordable selection of engraved gifts. Epic Merchandise provides you with great service and high quality products at very competitive prices. Shop with us and you’ll see why you can depend on our service, and count on your savings.

While bringing a hostess gift to a casual get-together such as a brunch, or to a cocktail party, is optional, you should definitely bring a gift when attending a dinner party, even if it’s not very formal. A hostess gift need not be elaborate or expensive: the idea is to say “thank you” to the hostess for her efforts, so keep the gift simple and inexpensive. There’s no need to spend more than $25 on a hostess gift.

What to bring

Bringing a bottle of wine to a dinner party is fine, especially when presented in a beautiful artist wine box. The host has no obligation of using your wine for dinner – he probably planned the menu and paired it with wine already – but a good bottle of wine is a nice gift that the host can use later on, so make sure you choose a bottle you think your host will enjoy.

Other nice gifts for your host are candles, soaps, picture frames, a set of herbs and spices, kitchen gadgets, artisan chocolates, or something for the next morning such as homemade muffins, a muffin mix or homemade jam.

If you have enough time before the event, go ahead and order a personalized, engraved gift. This type of gift is extremely thoughtful and unique, and is appropriate for any occasion.

Gifts to avoid

Avoid bringing anything that would distract the hostess and send her searching for something to contain the gift. Flowers, for example, would force the hostess to search for a vase and fill it with water. It’s OK to bring a small potted plant or a flower arrangement already in a vase.

Avoid bringing food for the meal itself, unless the hostess has asked you to do so. The assumption is the hostess had planned the meal, and any extra dish would create an uncomfortable situation for her and force her to accommodate a dish she wasn’t planing on serving.

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No doubt, the recession is impacting our buying habits. We spend less on ourselves, and we probably spend less on others too. Still, life goes on. People get married, have babies and celebrate birthdays. How do we give during a recession while sticking to our budget?

The best way to give during a recession is to forget about spending a lot and, instead, to make sure your gift is truly thoughtful. Before spending, ask yourself, what does the person want? Did he say anything, drop any hints? What would be useful to her and make her truly happy?

It’s OK to spend less – but make it personal. Consider this survey, for example, where it turned out that while men considered expensive roses to be the ultimate Valentine’s day gift, women actually preferred love notes.

If you’re aiming at making your gifts more thoughtful instead of just spending a lot, a great place to start is by taking the time to write a hand-written note instead of buying a card. There’s nothing wrong with a card, of course, but writing a few sentences in your own handwriting is so much more personal.

Personalized, engraved gifts are another great way to turn even a low-budget gift into something special the recipient will remember and cherish. Take a look at this pendant necklace, for example: it’s beautiful even without personalization, but engraving an initial on it makes it truly unique.

One of my favorite ways to give while sticking to a budget is to give homemade gifts. Ideas can range from gifts in a jar, to a “coupon book” with coupons for free babysitting or housecleaning, to a handmade recipe book with treasured old family recipes.

Once you focus on what people will actually enjoy, and accept that the best gifts are not necessarily the most expensive ones, it’s quite easy – and fun – to give great presents without spending a fortune.

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Epic Merchandise offers a large, affordable selection of engraved gifts. Epic Merchandise provides you with great service and high quality products at very competitive prices. Shop with us and you’ll see why you can depend on our service, and count on your savings.

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Groomsmen gifts are an important part of your wedding and a beautiful tradition. Your groomsmen and best man are probably the most important people in your life. They’ve been there for you, and now, in recognition of the special relationship you share, it’s time to give back and show your sincere gratitude to them.

But how can you acknowledge this very special friendship and honor the tradition of giving groomsmen gifts while sticking to your budget? Try the following gift ideas from Epic Merchandise. Almost every gift can be personalized with a name, with initials or with your wedding date. To keep it simple, consider buying the same item for everyone, or the same item in different colors.

1. An Engraved Shot Glass, personalized with a single initial, is a fun, classic and very affordable gift. At just $10.95, you can buy several of these, engrave them with the groomsmen initials, and rest assured that your groomsmen will go home with a beautiful token of your appreciation.

2. A Leather Business Card Case is another truly thoughtful gift that can be given to all groomsmen. This sophisticated stainless steel and leather business card holder has a stylishly engraved front plate and can be personalized with up to two lines. Cost: $14.95.

3. I love this Leather Wrapped Pen because it unites class, beauty and affordability, and it is also very useful! The pen can be personalized with one line and costs $20.95.

4. Flasks are always a very popular groomsmen gift, and this silver flask, with a genuine black leather covering with its classic design and rich leather, is one of the best. Engrave it with the groomsmen initials to make it unique and personal. Cost: $24.95.

5. Personalized cufflinks are a classic gift. They appeal to the older generation as well as to young businessmen and executives. Even your most casual groomsman will use them on formal or business occasions. At $24.95, with free engraving, these Oval Polished Cufflinks are a timeless gift.

Engraved groomsmen gifts are a wonderful, personal way to say “thank you.”

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Epic Merchandise offers a large, affordable selection of engraved gifts. Epic Merchandise provides you with great service and high quality products at very competitive prices. Shop with us and you’ll see why you can depend on our service, and count on your savings.

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Some argue that Father’s Day, just like Mother’s Day, has become over-commercialized and that there’s too much emphasis on buying gifts and cards. We disagree. We think Father’s Day is a beautiful day that reminds us all to honor our fathers and acknowledge the important role fathers play in our lives.

Since gift-giving is a natural way to show appreciation, there’s nothing wrong with giving dad a gift. On the contrary: giving a thoughtful gift is a beautiful gesture that shows you care. Just remember: a hand written note telling dad how much you love him is a must. Never rely on the message in a store bought card to convey all that you want to say to dad. Even a simple hand written “we love you, dad” is better than nothing.

These unique, fun gifts are sure to make dad happy:

1. For most men, an engraved beer mug is something they are actually going to use – and treasure. At just $15.95, this great, inexpensive gift can be personalized for free and is boxed for easy gift giving.

2. Whatever dad does for a living, he will appreciate – and use – an engraved, silver plated business card case. Price: $20.95

3. Oval Polished Cuff Links feature a classic, timeless design and are perfect for any formal or business occasion. They can be personalized with up to three letters. Price: $24.95

4. Dad will use this handsome leather wrapped pen every single day! Personalize it to tell dad how much you love him. Price: $20.95

5. This classic Leather Valet Tray may seem like a luxury, and in a way it is, with its handsome leather details, but it is also very useful: it will finally provide dad with a place to keep all of those little things that tend to get lost, such as spare change, cufflinks, keys and notes. Reasonably priced at $24.95

In addition to an engraved gift and a personal, hand-written note, most dads would appreciate a family meal or a special family outing on Father’s Day.

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Epic Merchandise offers a large, affordable selection of engraved gifts. Epic Merchandise provides you with great service and high quality products at very competitive prices. Shop with us and you’ll see why you can depend on our service, and count on your savings.

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Teachers are overworked and underpaid. Somehow this has become a fact that everyone just accepts. But as a parent, you want to show your appreciation at the end of the year. A great way to do that is to give the teacher a thoughtful, personalized gift that shows you care.

Since many families have more than one child, and each child has several teachers, the financial burden of buying teacher gifts can become prohibitive. This list of thoughtful, inexpensive teacher gifts will help.

1. Leather Wrapped Pen. This is one of those gifts that you know the recipient will actually use. It features an attractive leather-wrapped exterior that provides a solid grip. The cap has a sturdy clip which attaches securely to a pocket, a PDA, or a briefcase. The pen can be engraved with one line of up to 15 characters. Cost: $20.95

2. Pendant Necklace. A classic, timeless design makes this a beautiful gift for a female teacher. The pendant doesn’t need to be polished and won’t scratch or nick like sterling silver. Can be engraved with a single initial. Price: $18.95

3. Monogrammed Luggage Tags. Another stylish AND useful gift, monogrammed luggage tags in fun colors make luggage easy to find. Each tag can be personalized in monogram style with the teacher’s initials. Price: $21.95

4. Silver Plated Personal Cooler. This stylish gift can be engraved with the teacher’s name or any other message. It looks pretty while keeping the teacher’s beverage cold. Price: $23.95

5. Memory Picture Frame. With its smooth, curved edges and soft shine, this beautiful frame complements any decor. It holds a single 4” x 6” photograph. Engrave it with a simple “Thank You” and place your child’s photo inside for a truly memorable teacher gift. Price: $22.95

Another way to keep the cost manageable when shopping for teacher gifts is to join other parents, or even organize the entire class, so that each family contributes a small amount (say $5) that can be joined into a nice gift.

When wrapping the gift, always remember to include a personal letter from your child and a hand written card from you. Many teachers say that a personal letter is the most treasured gift of all.

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Epic Merchandise offers a large, affordable selection of engraved gifts. Epic Merchandise provides you with great service and high quality products at very competitive prices. Shop with us and you’ll see why you can depend on our service, and count on your savings.

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