Easy As ABC
I regularly write about monogrammed gifts here on the CGG, in part because I’m a big fan (dating back to a denim jacket I had custom monogrammed with rhinestones in high school). I think adding a monogram to even the most generic gift – like say, towels – helps ramp up the personalization and luxe factor, making it feel like it was chosen just for you. Of course in many situations, it is, as oftentimes monogramming requires some handcrafted customization. With that in mind, I’ve picked out five special gift ideas today that all incorporate a little bit of namesake customization.
Handpainted Still Life Monogram Letters – $48 each @ Anthropologie
I actually spotted these during a recent visit to Anthro and meant to write about them anyway. Essentially they’re large metal letters overlaid with a handpainted canvas. You can spell out a word, initials, or just go for the first letter of your first name for a bold design statement. Anthro, for the record, regularly has letter-inspired items, including, at the moment, hooks and another style of wall lettering made from vintage books. Cute!
Cursive Monogram Mugs – $8 each or 2 for $12 @ Indigo
Sip your morning brew with a mug that truly says ‘you’ with one of Indigo’s stylin’ cursive script mugs. The simple white and black motif won’t offend anyone’s kitchen decor sensibilities, while the customization can lead to all kinds of cute opportunities. To avoid fighting over hot chocolate after school, give each of your kiddies a different mug. Or, celebrate your nuptials by purchasing matching mugs with your new last name initial.
Made-to-Order Knit Sweater – $260 @ Good Yarns
The Harry Potter series famously highlighted the hand-knit sweaters Mrs. Weasley crafted for her children (and Harry). This Canadian-based shop can give you a Potter-inspired, snuggly sweater of your own, available in navy or red with the golden letter of your choice. A quirky yet lovely idea for the upcoming chilly season.
Monogram Candles – $11.25 each @ Illume
These all-natural candles make splendid hostess gifts – the price point is perfect while the customization highlights just how much you care. They come in an earthy red cedar scent that’ll bring a bit of the outdoors in, and each candle / box has its own unique label done up in a vaguely Victorian style. Note that sadly, not all letters receive representation from this line – if you’re friends with the Zimmermans or a girl named Frances, you’ll have to look elsewhere.
Gold Cursive Letter Necklace – $42 @ Olive Yew
Monograms and jewelry have been going hand-in-hand for eons, but Olive Yew’s dainty charm necklaces have a little secret: they’re actually made with a custom font that no other brand has, making this a truly special pick. You can select from any letter in the alphabet for this gold-plated beauty (which also comes in silver and rose gold). I personally adore it as a bridesmaid pick, or as a Sweet 16 birthday gift for your favourite niece. As an aside, be sure to take a peek through Olive Yew’s expansive and affordable line – you’ll be hard-pressed not to snap up a few gems for yourself!
Well I’m about ready to sign off (har har) but first, I’m psyched to give away one of Olive Yew’s beautiful gold cursive letter necklaces. No worries if you don’t win, their pretty pieces are also available at a range of boutiques in Canada (although not guaranteed to be in stock) including: Vancouver, BC – Complements Home Accents, Edmonton, Alberta – Shades of Gray Boutique, Vancouver, BC – Red Tulip Gift Gallery, Port Stanley, Ontario – She Sells Boutique, Saint John, NB – Canada In Pursuit. In the meantime, here’s how to enter:
1) Leave a comment by October 8th with a link back to your favourite piece on the Olive Yew website AND your favourite featured monogram gift idea from this post.
2) Entries are limited to one per person / per email address / per household (or more if you score bonus entries). A random draw will be conducted on or around October 2nd to select the winners, who will have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen in their place.
3) Entries are limited to Canadians that have reached the age of majority in their province. Quebec is not eligible for this promotion.
4) Bonus Entry: Check out what Olive Yew is up to on Facebook and Twitter by liking / following them, then leave a comment on their wall / tag them in a Tweet. Finally, leave links back to your social media activities in the comments below. For the record, you’re under no obligation to mention the CGG. In fact, get creative with your commentary – tell Olive Yew what you love about their line!
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Love the mugs, but also love the bow necklace seen here
http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-bow-necklace
Jewelry is my weakness, love the gold curvise letter necklace.
but fav is :http://www.oliveyew.com/products/rose-gold-gold-silver-bow-necklace
I have a thing for bracelets and I love this one :http://www.oliveyew.com/products/feather-bracelet-pyrite-brass-feather-bracelet
I have given those mugs for gifts and the candles! I really love the sweater.
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I love the gold cursive letter necklace as well. They have one with a small fortune cookie too, which was cute enough to give me a chuckle.
http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-cursive-letter-necklace
I like the Gold Cursive Letter Necklace but I love the Petite Double Flower Necklace:
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626857
The gold bow necklace is so sweet and dainty. http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-bow-necklace
Love those cursive mugs from Indigo so much, I bought one for each my husband and I!
Love the Cursive monogram mugs
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626765
I like the Silver Cuff Bracelet
http://www.oliveyew.com/silver-cuff-bracelet
My favourite piece on the Olive Yew website is the Rose Gold Tangle Ball necklace.
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/rose-gold-gold-silver-tangle-ball-necklace
My favourite featured monogram gift idea from this post is the Cursive Monogram Mugs.
I LOVE the Pink Rose Elephant Necklace on Olivia’s website! Super cute and I may buy it! I also love the idea of my very own monogrammed mug!
My fave piece is this organic linked necklace:http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626671
I love the monogrammed mugs from the post.
My favourite piece is the Origami Crane Necklace: http://www.oliveyew.com/products/origami-crane-necklace-gold-crane-simple-small-jewelry, and from this post, I love the sweater!
Rose Gold Connected Links Necklace http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626765
Gold Cursive Letter Necklace – $42 @ Olive Yew
My favourite piece is the silver extender chain. http://www.oliveyew.com/silver-extender-chain
From this post, I love the knit sweater.
Thought the paper plane necklace was unique.
Thought the paper plane necklace was unique. http://www.oliveyew.com/products/rose-gold
i love the initial necklace
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/large-hammered-gold-hoops
Made-to-Order Knit Sweater
i really like the Organic Connected Links Necklace Silver
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626670
from this post – i like the monogrammed mug – this would be great to have at work – that way nobody will steel my mug.
Rose Gold Connected Links Necklace is the one I like
Beautiful inital necklace.
I love the origami crane necklace , and I love the script of the monogram necklace. I’d like it for my daughter’s birthday.
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/tiny-lowercase-gold-initial-necklace
I like the lowercase necklaces.
I love the gold curvise leather necklace
http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-bow-necklace
I love them all……I love the Petite Double Flower Necklace
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626857
I also love the lowercase necklaces
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/tiny-lowercase-gold-initial-necklace
I love the gold capital letter necklace: http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-capital-letter-necklace
I like the bow necklace: http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-bow-necklace
And I really like the monogram sweater idea.
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/snake-anklet-in-gold-or-silver
I like the monogram sweater too.
I love the Orchid Flower rose gold necklace. I also like the monogram sweater gift idea.
I like the wish bone neckalace http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626840 I also like the mugs!
The fortune cookie necklace is cute! http://www.oliveyew.com/products/fortune-cookie-gold-necklace
I like the monogrammed sweater too.
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I really like the Still Life Monagram letters, nice for a teenage girl.
And I like the little silver elephant so much! http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626848
My fave monogramed item is the following – Handpainted Still Life Monogram Letters – $48 each @ Anthropologie. My fave piece from Olive Yew is the following – thank you –
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/sterling-silver-necklace
My favorite piece is the feather bracelet – http://www.oliveyew.com/products/feather-bracelet-pyrite-brass-feather-bracelet. My favorite monogrammed piece from this post is the Monogrammed Candles.
Love the link necklace, something about the colour of rose gold http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626765 beautiful simple statement piece that wouldnt go unnoticed
I love the skull necklace so cool! http://www.oliveyew.com/products/rose-gold-skull-necklace-tiny-skull-necklace-rose-gold on here I would love the sweater
I love the Gold Bow Necklace, and I also love the idea of the monogramed necklace as a gift. So sweet.
Sorry, forgot to link…..http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-bow-necklace
I must admit that they are all very beautiful pieces.
I love the Organic Connected Links necklace. http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626670
And my favourite featured monogrammed piece is the Olive Yew Gold Cursive Letter necklace.
I like the cursive necklace and the sweater! My fav from Olive Yew is the Superstar necklace http://www.oliveyew.com/products/superstar-rose-gold-necklace-double-strand-rose-gold-star-necklace
I love the gold cursive letter necklace and the small fortune cookie
http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-cursive-letter-necklace
My favourite item is: http://www.oliveyew.com/products/mint-blue-chalcedony
Liked and commented on FB
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626857
I think this is really pretty. I also like the mugs.
We’re a family of five, so this piece really speaks to me:
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626765
I really like the idea of the OOAK (one of a kind) monogrammed sweater! I can appreciate the time and effort that goes in to making a statement piece like this
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/new-lowercase-letter-initial-necklaces
my favourite monogram item is the gold cursive letter necklace!
My favourites from the post are a tie between the necklace and the sweater! I also love the top hook earrings from Olive Yew 🙂
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/rose-gold-gold-or-silver-square-top-hook-earrings
My favourite monogram item is the gold cursive letter necklace.
I really like the rose gold anchor necklace
http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626839
I like the silver elephant necklace and the monogramed mugs
It was hard to choose just one item to be my favourite, the origami crane is something unique that I don’t have yet http://www.oliveyew.com/products/origami-crane-necklace-gold-crane-simple-small-jewelry
I love this: Gold Cursive Letter Necklace – $42 @ Olive Yew & http://www.oliveyew.com/products/handmade-hammered-organic-gold-earrings
I like this necklace http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626857 my favourite featured monogram is the handpainted monogram letters
http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-capital-letter-necklace I like the gold capital necklace from the site and its my favourite on this post as well:)
Love this http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626850 and I have always loved the monogram mugs from indigo. Liked and commented under my name on fb. Thanks for the great ideas as usual!
I love the Orchid Flower Necklace http://www.oliveyew.com/product/1626856
The Handpainted Still Life Monogram Letters are such a cute idea to liven up a room.
I like the gold leaf anklet from the site http://www.oliveyew.com/products/gold-leaf-anklet
and the mugs from this post.
Thanks for the chance!!
i like the goold horshoe necklace from the site and the monogram sweater from your post…http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-horseshoe-necklace
I like the gold horshoe and I love the hand painted letters from this post http://www.oliveyew.com/gold-horseshoe-necklace
I love the gold plated double strand heart necklace.
My favourite piece on the Olive Yew website is her, “Silver Cuff Bracelet”, http://www.oliveyew.com/silver-cuff-bracelet AND my favourite featured monogram gift idea from this post is the, “Handpainted Still Life Monogram Letters – $48 each @ Anthropologie”
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so many lovely things here…
i really love this rose gold necklace: http://www.oliveyew.com/products/new-lowercase-letter-initial-necklaces
My favourite piece on the website is the Orchid Flower Necklace Rose Gold. My favourite featured monogram gift idea is the Gold Cursive Letter Necklace.
I love this letter elephant bracelet!!
I also loved the monogramed sweater up above, and the monogramed necklace 🙂 All the stuff is super cute.
http://www.oliveyew.com/products/tiny-gold-elephant-bracelet
Opps, meant LITTLE elephant bracelet
yeah i have a neice that would love to get something from olive yew
like the knitted sweater!!!!