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Top Citizen Promaster Eco Drive Sports Watch Revealed

The Citizen Promaster eco drive sports watch is one of the best, if not the best, air divers sports watch, with waterproof watch band and several sporty and serviceable styles.

The Citizen Professional Diver, for instance, part of the Promaster eco drive sports watch family, is water resistant to 1000 feet, or well over 200m. The ideal air divers watch for mixed gas dives, it has a curved, non-reflective 6 mm crystal. With a urethane band and stainless steel watch casing this Citizen promaster eco drive sports watch is available for $375. A stainless steel watch band brings the price to $450, while the top of the line titanium case and reinforced watch band made of urethane retails online for 4575.

This Citizen Promaster eco drive sports watch has durable quartz movement, oversized hands and markers that are luminous, a ratcheted bezel with elapsed time feature and a six month reserve of power as part of its eco drive system.

Whether your choice of air divers watch band is urethane, or other waterproof material you’ll have a case with a screw backing, a crown that can be screwed down, water resistance to 200-300m, and a wet suit extender feature on the models with the urethane watch bands.

These Citizen Promaster air divers watches are very large eco drive sports watches, with a diameter of 46 millimeters for the case, and a thickness of 18 millimeters. You can also order a travel case for your Citizen Promaster eco drive sports watch. This carrying case is padded and zippered to protect your purple prized air divers Citizens watch.

Susan Bradford makes it quick and easy to find the best mens Citizen watches. Read expert information here.

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History of Orient Watch

Who is Orient Watch?

“Orient Watch has always focused on mechanical watches, primarily automatic watches with its own in-house automatic movements Orient was once part of the “Big Three” watch companies in Japan along with Citizen and Seiko. In the 70s, when mechanical watch companies faced hardship from the mass introduction of inexpensive quartz watches, Citizen and Seiko took the path of mass producing quartz watches, Orient stuck with what it did best, making mechanical watches.”
- Discount Watch Store web site, July 2006

Orient Watch was founded in Tokyo by Shogoro Yoshida, more than a century ago in 1901. And though the world was a very different place back then, everyone still needed to know what time it was - much like today’s world.

In those early watch making days, Orient Watch had some competition in the watch industry at home. Seiko and Citizen were big names in the watch making industry, and for many years Orient was ranked number three when it came to watch companies.

Mechanical Watches

“What sets Orient apart from other watch companies is really the fact that Orient has always been focusing on making its mechanical movements better and more reliable. It is unusual today to find a watch company that makes its own movement selling watches at prices offered by Orient.”
- Discount Watch Store web site, July 2006

From the early beginnings to today, Orient Watch has been focused on making the best mechanical watches that money can buy. The history of Orient Watch is interesting because Orient Watch is a company that started out with a good idea, and never once veered onto a different course. The long years have helped Orient Watch to produce high-quality, long-lasting watches that anyone can afford.

The History of Orient Watch, Today

“In 1985 Orient and Seiko established a joint factory. Orient produces a range of automatic and quartz watches ranging in price from reasonably inexpensive (about 50USD / 50Euro) to very expensive (7000USD). Orient Star and Orient Star Royal are the middle and high-end brands, with the Royal Orient being their flagship line.”
- Orient Watch Company, Wikipedia, July 2006

Today, Orient Watch is known all over the globe. With manufacturing facilities in Singapore, Brazil, and Japan, Orient Watch today offers more styles and types of watches than ever. Today, Orient Watch offers watches in many designs including quartz, light powered, and of course mechanical.

“In the Japanese market, we supply high-quality watches, such as “Orient Star Royal,” our prestigious mechanical watch series, which our customers want to carry with them for many years. In overseas markets, our strategy is to develop new outlets for our products mainly in countries and areas with high potential economic growth, and increase our sales of budget-price watches.”
- Mitsuo Mimura, President Orient Watch, Orient Watch web site, July 2006

Orient Watch

For more than a hundred years, Orient Watch has been a well-known and respected name in the watch making industry. Today, many other companies try to reach the success and the high standards that Orient Watch has set. When it comes to mechanical watches, Orient Watch is the first name in the business. For high quality at an affordable price, Orient Watch is one of the better choices in watches. But don’t just take my word for it. Let the history of Orient Watch speak for itself.

Zai Zhu is a watch collector and a watch dealer. Visit http://www.discountwatchstore.com to shop over 1000 styles of watches including many Orient watches, Invicta watches, Citizen watches, Luminox watches, and many more, as well as to learn about watches.

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The Golf Swing Is A Puzzle

The golf swing has been a mystery for decades. It’s a puzzle for most.

In the beginning the golf swing was simple and very personal. It was the goal that was important; the score. Eventually, adults came to the conclusion (bad mistake) that golf swing instruction would be the answer to better shots and better golf. Welcome swing teachers and everyone that has ever thought about holding a golf club.

With the advent of high speed photography, split screen video images and all the techy stuff available to the swing teachers today, the golf swing has been divided into millions of positions and components. And now the swing is even more of a mystery.

My evolution was no different. In the beginning (age it was easy to play golf. Just go play golf. Eventually I thought I could avoid hitting any bad shots by fixing my swing.

Thus began my downward spiral. Even though I continued to improve and compete on the PGA Tour for five years, my game was never going to reach the level it should have.

That’s what this e-zine is all about, avoiding the trap of “fixing” your swing to fix all your golf problems. It’s very tempting to think you are not entitled to any more poor shots and there is a solution. Just change your grip, adjust your feet, bend your knees a bit more, use your master eye, etc. You see what I mean about the swing being a mystery?

Our subject this week,

Don’t Try to Fix The Swing -

- Solve The Problem

What do you do when your game is not up to par? How do you “fix” it? What do you do when it breaks while you are playing? What do you do if your game stays sour for weeks or months?
Most often the mistaken “solution” to all the golfer’s problems is to try to fix their swing. Often a direct assault on your swing in an effort to make it look like some good player’s swing results in a life-long disaster.

I have repeatedly seen golfers seek out golf teachers and ask for help to get back on track. Sometimes it’s a teacher they have worked with before. Many times the answer to the player’s problems is sought from a teacher who is new to the player.

In any event, the assumed solution to the golfer’s problems is to fix their swing. The teacher and the golfer head to the range to diagnose the swing problem and “fix” it. You hit some wedges to warm up and then some seven irons to show the teacher a fuller swing. Finally the teacher pronounces that the problem is in your grip or your left arm, or your butt is not out far enough.

You try to make the change. You are completely absorbed in thinking about that specific part of your body while you are hitting shots for the teacher. And, like magic, your shots are now flying longer and truer. The teacher may mention one, two, or three things you are doing wrong with your body that are causing all your problems. Great! You feel “fixed.” You know what the “problems” are and what you “must” do to your body to fix the swing so that your shots are once again good ones.

You head to the course with great expectations. You start out with a drive down the middle, right off the sweet spot of the driver. Your confidence soars. You hit your 6-iron on the green, but it isn’t quite as solid as the drive. In the very back of your mind, the question light goes off and you are almost imperceptibly asking yourself “What went wrong?” What was different about this swing and the driver swing? You lip out the birdie putt and head for the next tee.

As you stand on the tee you are making practice swings trying to regain that “feeling” that you had on the range with the teacher, but you can’t seem to get it back. You try several things to no avail. You finish the nine and aren’t feeling all that good about your swing and your game.
The bright idea comes to you that the problem was with the teacher. You’ve heard about another teacher that has helped some players. You give him a call and set up a time.

The new teacher watches you hit some shots and tells you to focus on your rhythm and “take away.” The rest of your swing is fine. You start to hit some pretty good shots. They are solid, long and true. This feels good and you’re feeling on top of the golf world.

You go back to the course to play a quick nine to cement the new ideas. You hit it good for a couple of holes and then once again you start hitting some shots that don’t feel right. You search for the answers based on the ideas from the new teacher. The feel doesn’t return, and once again you end the nine holes thinking this game is a mystery.

I’ve compressed this experience, but you understand what is being said here. What has really happened? You were asked to focus on your body to fix your swing in an attempt to improve your game and lower your score. You went to two teachers that gave you conflicting things to think about to “fix” your swing. They worked on the range but disappeared on the course. You could never recapture the same feeling that you had on the range on the course.

The bottom line is that your game did not get better. What’s worse, because of the conflicting opinions you were given you now are confused about your swing. You are thinking full-time about your body and not at all about playing the game. You haven’t been fixed. In fact, you may be headed for a wreck.

The solution to your swing problem may very well have been to simply stop playing golf for a while. Do something else for a week then come back to it. If you continue to have a swing or shot-making problem, take another week off. Eventually you will find that the “good-old-you” has returned and all is once again well.

Golfers without a solid foundation, or clear understanding of the swing, try any and every “fix” for their golf problems. They want immediate solutions to problems with their game. Trouble’s brewing when you’re looking for a quick fix.

When I asked for help, even when I was playing on the PGA Tour for a living, this is exactly the type of instruction I got. It didn’t help my game. Sometimes my shot quality improved, but the instruction was never designed to improve my golf game.

You want your game to improve. You want ideas that are permanent. You may need to become a better ball-striker, but your big quest is to consistently score lower. To accomplish that, you need a teacher who is really a coach. Your coach needs to play golf with you, or at least watch you play. It would be best if he can watch you play tournament golf.

This is the only way he can assess your golf game and find out what is really causing your scoring problems. Your coach needs to assess what your problem really is. It could be your short game, course management, fear, doubt or confusion. If you have a swing problem, your coach needs to fix your swing problems without telling you to focus on a part of your body or on what your body is doing. Your swing and game are an outward expression of your thinking. If your game is to improve, you must address your thinking.

Only after your real game problem has been identified by a qualified, detached coach should solutions of any kind be suggested.

What do you do if you are in a tournament and your warm-up session went poorly? I was always tempted to try to “fix” my swing before I went to the first tee. What about you? Are you tempted to try to fix it?

I have a lot of wise friends. One of them, Dave Graebel, saw that happening to me in an amateur tournament in Wisconsin. He took me aside and asked me to consider the idea of a situation he was going to present. He set up the situation. “You are a good shot with a rifle. You are given three bullets and asked to hit the bull’s eye. Your first shot is high and to the right. You have two bullets remaining and need to hit the bull’s eye with one. Do you adjust the sights or aim low left?” That’s right: “Dance with what brung ‘ya.” You can try to fix the problem later, but not as you are headed to the first tee.

Moral of the story; understand the five Concept Golf swing principles because they are the solid foundation to a consistently good shot-making. Develop your own authentic swing and play golf to enjoy the game.

John Toepel is a Veteran PGA Tour Player, instructor, author, and professional speaker. He is also the discoverer of Concept Golf, the quickest way to immediate, life-long lasting improvements to anyone’s golf game. To learn more about Concept Golf, including the most comprehensive golf instruction system ever, “The Concept Golf Perfect Shot Making System”, please visit http://www.conceptgolf.com/PSMS.htm and Discover the Par Golfer in You!

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Madonna Says “TV is Trash”-Here are the Top 10 Reasons to Trash Your TV

Madonna raised some eyebrows when she declared that “TV is trash” and that she does not let her children Lourdes and Rocco watch TV, save one movie on the weekend. Madonna: “We have TVs but they’re not hooked up to anything but movies. TV is trash. I was raised without it. I didn’t miss anything. TV is poison.”

Getting rid of the family TV is not as horrible as it may sound. In fact, not allowing her children to watch TV is perhaps the best decision Madonna could make as a parent. It was certainly the best decision I made for my children and me. Here are the top ten reasons why Madonna is right:

1. Heavy TV watchers are twice as likely to be obese.
2. Average US parent spends only 38 min/week in meaningful conversation with children.
3. TV viewing in young children is associated with ADHD symptoms later on.
4. Viewing TV violence is the single strongest predictor of aggression later in life, according to 32-year-study.
5. Children witness 16,000 TV murders by age 18.
6. Viewers are exposed to 40,000 commercials per year on average.
7. Commercials influence in an estimated $300 Billion/year in sales.
8. Students who watched an hour/day or less scored the best on achievement tests.
9. TV is addictive.
10. The Average American watches four hours of TV per day. There is simply so much else to do in life.

As a parent, I encourage you to make your own decision about what to do with your TV. Don’t take Madonna’s word or mine. Take note of the amount of time you watch TV. Then consider if there is something better you could do as a family. Also, the next time the TV is playing just look into your precious children’s eyes as they assume a zombie-like stare. Then take note of how many times your child nags for something she saw on TV. Finally, take our TV Addiction Quiz and measure how much TV is controlling your life.

Once you really examine the costs and benefits of watching TV, you will probably agree that the former Material Girl is right. TV is trash. Trash Your TV.

Katherine Westphal is the founder of a daring new website Trash Your TV!, that makes it fun and easy for people to get control of their TV set. Are you addicted to TV? Take our TV Addiction Quiz and find out!

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History of Mido Watches

Talk of vintage watches and one name that springs to the mind immediately is Mido. Mido continues as a strong favorite among the watch collectors of the world today. Mido has been a name to reckon with throughout its history of over 80 years, with watches that are meant for watch connoisseurs and discerning users. It specializes in mid price range watches that offer something special and out of the ordinary. Mido prides itself with making timeless watches.

Mido’s history goes back almost 90 years to 1918, when the company was born. Mido was started on November 11, 1918 by George G. Schaeren in Biel, Switzerland. Mido is a Latin term that means measuring. Since its very inception, Mido has been in the forefront of technical innovation and timeless designs.

The next several decades that followed the birth of the company, saw Mido advancing both technologically and aesthetically. While path breaking innovations such as the first automatic watch, the first watch with unbreakable springs, the first center chronograph, the world’s most powerful winding mechanism, and the world’s smallest ladies’ watch hall marked the technological advances, Mido’s collaboration with luxury brands threw up unique and attractive designs like the Mido Bugatti.

In 1934, Mido introduced the Multifort model, the first watch in the market to have a self-winding movement. The introduction of this automatic watch for the first time in the market was a major milestone in the history of Mido. The watch was also shock resistant, anti magnetic and water resistant - all firsts at that time. Mido reached yet another milestone in the same year when it introduced watches with unbreakable springs. This was also the first time that any company had introduced such springs in the market.

Mido was the first to introduce center chronograph (a watch with all hands arranged in the center) in the year 1945. In 1954 the company introduced the world’s most powerful winding mechanism. In 1967 Mido was recognized as the maker of the world’s smallest ladies’ watch.

With so many firsts to its credit and a history of innovations, it was small wonder that Mido was in the forefront for a number of decades. Mido’s first automatic, anti-magnetic and water resistant watch remained in the forefront for over three decades right through to the sixties. Another model, the Mido Robot was a symbol of robustness in the fifties. So much so that a famous comic strip of the period was dedicated to the Mido Robot and its adventures.

Mido introduced its commander model in 1959. This was a single shell watch, the first of its kind and a novelty at the time. The single shell case revolutionized the industry, and improved the life span of watches significantly. Mido commander has survived to this day, and is among the most highly recognized watches with several individual models. Among the models featured under this range is an 18 karat gold model. The range also includes chronographs and COSC certified chronometers.

In 1970 Mido introduced the Aquadura Crown Sealing system, an innovation that earned a place for it as the king of waterproof watches. The Aquadura crown sealing system uses a natural cork that is treated and shaped to ensure the water resistant characteristics. This is used to seal the crown, which is the part that is most prone to, and affected by, water leakage.

In the nineties, the Mido World Timer was introduced. This was a functional watch that could show the local time at any part of the world. The user had to just bring the concerned city to the 12 o’clock position and press the crown to see the local time in that city.

Mido is today a part of the Swatch group, which is a vibrant organization with over 150 production centers all over the world. Most of the production centers are in Switzerland, with the rest spread over countries like France, Italy, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia and China. Swatch group also owns brands such as Omega, Longines, Rado, and many more.

Zai Zhu is a watch collector and a watch dealer. Visit http://www.discountwatchstore.com to shop over 1000 styles of watches including many Mido watches, Citizen watches, Orient watches, Invicta watches, and many more, as well as to learn about watches.

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How Much Water Resistance in a Dive Watch is Enough

It would appear that a watch claiming to be water-resistant to 100 meters or 330 feet should be sufficient for recreational scuba diving. Especially since those safe diving limits are set at 130 feet. So what’s the deal?

First off, the water-resistance ratings provided by manufacturers are from testing done under controlled circumstances. Basically they indicate resistance to water penetration assuming there is no movement by either the watch or the water, at a particular depth. Also, they don’t account for what happens if the watch is bumped or jarred.

Several factors are at work simultaneously on a watch while underwater. Pressure is the most significant. At sea-level there is one atmosphere (atm) of pressure on everyone and everything. That equates to 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi). For every 33 feet of depth, divers and their equipment are subject to one additional atm of pressure. Thus at 132 feet down, the pressure is 5 atm or 73.5 psi.

Furthermore, as a diver moves through the water, additional pressure is exerted. All this simply means there is significant force against the case, trying to compress it and force water inside. To withstand this force, a dive watch must be put together in such a way as to prevent any seepage.

The watch case itself must be strong enough to withstand higher pressures. This usually means stainless steel or titanium, although some polymers work as well. Something like solid gold may be a problem just because it’s softer. Likewise with plastic, which may flex under pressure.

Seals must be used at each point where the case can be opened, and at other joints. This is primarily the case-back and crown (covering the stem). They may also be placed between the crystal and case unless a sealant is used. These seals, or gaskets are usually o-rings made of rubber or some other synthetic.

Every watch made for diving should also feature screw-down case-backs and crowns. A case-back that screws down tight against a seal works much better than any type of back that is pressed in. Same goes for the crown - it needs to screw in so it seats tight against the o-ring to prevent any seepage around the stem.

When trying to determine if a particular watch is suitable for diving, look for all of the features previously mentioned and for a water-resistance rating of at least 200 meters or 660 feet. That will be about 20 atm. Some watches will have a depth rating of around 500 feet and adhere to an ISO standard saying they are made for scuba diving. Those are suitable as well.

The apparent overkill on the depth rating means the watch should hold up fine underwater for most normal diving conditions. The additional durability will also help them survive a few bumps, as long as they aren’t jarred so much that the case or seals give way enough to allow moisture to squeeze inside.

This also brings up the subject of care. Subjecting your watch to quick hot and cold temperature changes make it much more likely to leak due to rapid expansion and contraction of the metal. In addition, chemicals like chlorine are hard on seals.

Take time following any saltwater diving, or swimming in a chlorinated pool to rinse off your watch with fresh water. Rotate the bezel also to flush out any salt and sand. Taking an extra couple seconds for rinsing will make a big difference in terms of longevity, same as it does for the rest of your dive gear.

John Allen writes on a wide range of topics. Visit his blog to read more or obtain feeds. He can also be reached through his website which sells dive watches and provides current news to the diving community.

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History of Croton Watch

Introduction:

Watch is not only used for time but since a long time it is also used as a fashionable item. The variety of look and design were used to modify and make the watch attractive. Various jewelry items such as silver, gold, diamond and platinum were incorporated in various proportions by the manufacturers to give watch an attractive look.

Early Watch Manufacturing:

In the history, 1524 is known to be the earliest watch manufacturing year, however early manufacturing begins in France and in the year 1574 a watchmaker named as Charles Cousin shifted to Geneva in Switzerland from France and settled there and got citizenship after thirteen year. During that period, the watch was being used a jewel and became available for masses much later.

Charles Cousin founded a watch guild in Geneva and during the period Switzerland watches became famous. There were various watchmakers in Switzerland before Charles Cousin, but the commitment of Charles Cousin to organize the sector has given boost to the quality manufacturing and propagating the quality to the world. The timepieces made during the period were not perfect as of today. These first timepieces were inaccurate and most of the watches have only hour hand and had to be wound twice a day.

During the period 1600 to 1700, the watches remain a jewelry pieces and the period also saw technical innovation. Two types of watches pendulum and pocket watch were made available during the period. During 1675, a spiral balance spring was used, which improved the accuracy of timekeeping from a fraction of hour earlier to a fraction of minute. Till 1675, the pendulum type were used in the neck, Charles II of England introduced long waistcoats and men used the pockets of these waistcoats to put the watches.

By 1715, English watch makers started using diamond as bearings. By the ends of century the upper bearing of the balance shaft were likely to have the diamonds. During the early 1800’s, the machines for manufacturing watches were developed and clock parts were being manufacturers and subsequently the cost of various watches came down. In late 1800’s many well-known watch companies came and croton watch is one of them.

Croton Watch Company:

Croton Watch Company Inc. was established in the year 1878 and since then the family is continuously running business. Croton Watch Company Inc. is operated from New Jersey, USA. More than 128 years old company is known worldwide for the classical watches. Since the inception of the business, the family is fostering the business in not only United States, but throughout the globe.

Croton wristwatches are classically designed to keep the trends and advances in trend setting for the future generation. The various models of Croton watches have been featured in various magazines including Harpers Bazaar magazine. The models available with Croton are sometimes better than the costlier models supplied by other companies. Croton watch comes with a lifetime warranty.

Classical Models of Croton Wrist watches:

Some of the classical watch models of croton includes RC 307335 wrist watch for male, RC 211069 wrist watch for female, Croton ladies watch model 207758 RHMP, Croton men’s stainless steel limited edition Swiss automatic multifunction diamond bracelet watch, Croton men’s nicolet sport stainless steel bracelet watch, croton skeleton dial watch. All these watches are available from a range of $ 70 to $ 700 in the market.

Zai Zhu is a watch collector and a watch dealer. Visit http://www.discountwatchstore.com to shop over 1000 styles of watches including many Croton watches, Invicta watches, Orient watches, Luminox watches, and many more, as well as to learn about watches.

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Have Fun on Your 75th Birthday Celebration

It’s coming up on your big 75th birthday bash or at least you should be planning a big bash. There’s nothing like gathering all of your friends and family together to celebrate all the years that you have been on the earth. Sometimes you’ve been grumpy, sometimes you’ve been happy, but today of all days only happens once a year and the seventy-fifth birthday only ever happens once.

The 75th year is usually considered the platinum year. It would be nice if your guests could give you lots of platinum gifts, jewelry and watches and so forth, but that usually doesn’t happen. Try celebrating this year with lots of platinum and silver colored decorations. Many party supplies can be found that sport this theme and you can even come across some party supplies with the appropriate number year printed on theme. Hang colorful dangles from the ceiling and you just might find sporting the number seventy-five. Silver colored glitter and confetti strung about the party area make things a little brighter.

If you don’t really want to go through with the bother of putting seventy-five candles on the birthday cake get a single candle in the shape of the number seventy-five. Or get an unusual cake that itself is shaped in the form of the number seventy-five. A birthday party can easily be made special with just a few small changes to the traditional approach. For instance the reversal party is a fun idea.

Everything at the reversal party is backwards. So maybe you aren’t celebrating your seventy-fifth, maybe you are celebrating your fifty-seventh birthday. You can ice the cake and serve it upside down on the platter. Have the guests come to the party with their clothing inside out and hang all of your banners upside down. It’s a nifty little way to have fun and maybe turn back the clock for a little while.

Mrs. Party… Gail Leino is the internet’s leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies (http://partysupplieshut.com), using proper etiquette, and living a healthy life while also teaching organizational skills and fun facts. The Party Supplies Hut has lots of party ideas with hundreds of free coloring sheets, printable games, and free birthday party activities. Over 100 adorable Party Themes (PartyThemeShop.com) to fit your birthday celebration, holiday event, or “just because” parties is at the Party Theme Shop. Party themes include cartoon characters, sports, movie, TV shows, luau, western, holidays, and unique crazy fun theme ideas.

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Men’s Watches Review Breitling Navitimer

Breitling Navitimer has an automatic mechanical movement. It uses the Breitling 23 caliber with 25 jewels running at 28,800 vibrations per hour (vph). It is a COSC-certified chronometer.

The functions it provides are the hour, minute, small seconds, date, as well as a chronograph with three counters. It also runs on a 42 hours power reserve function.

Its counters present on the dial are the

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Show You Care With A Personalized Gift

There’s nothing that says, “I care about you,” more than a personalized gift. Often one-of-a-kind objects, personalized gifts are usually cherished forever and many times handed down from generation to generation.

Today there are dozens of personalized gifts available, everything from the simple, inexpensive coffee mug to the more sophisticated sterling-silver letter opener.

The next time you’re choosing a gift for someone special in your life, show how much you care by personalizing it. There are several ways to do that.

1. Have the Gift Engraved. Adding an engraved date, initial or name gives the gift your personal touch and makes it more meaningful to the receiver. Pen and pencil sets, letter openers, watches or pendants can be easily engraved. Or, choose an item that is already monogrammed with the receiver’s first or last initial.

2. Help Design the Gift. Add a part of yourself to a personalized gift by participating in its design. Working with a jeweler to create a unique piece of jewelry or simply selecting the ornaments for a charm bracelet will add your special touch.

3. Select Something You know The Recipient Wants or Needs. Having a quilt made in colors to match a nursery for a new baby, or ordering a frame with the bride and groom’s names on it is not only personal but practical in a special way.

4. Choose a Gift You Know Will Become a Personal Favorite. How do you know what will become a personal favorite? By being familiar with the kinds of items your friend or family members loves, collects, wishes for, etc. Select a gift similar to items he or she already has or choose a gift that can be added to an existing collection.

5. Choose a Gift That Will Complement the Receiver’s Home’s D

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