We would like to wish our hearty congratulations to Neneh P., who has won a $25 Amazon gift card in our monthly photo contest drawing!  Neneh used personalized beer labels as part of a themed birthday gift for her best friend’s father.

The birthday boy, an avid golfer who already has everything he needs, got a real kick out of his personalized bottles of beer and hand-painted pilsner glass.  He was so delighted by his custom birthday gift that he can’t wait to take the extra labels out to his next golf game so he can brag to his friends.  It looks like this birthday gift was a hole-in-one!

If you have pictures of how you used our products in your celebration or event, you can enter our monthly drawing for a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card as well!  All you have to do is email your pictures to Gallery@BottleYourBrand.com and you’re automatically entered to win.  For full contest rules, please go here.

Personalized labels have the amazing ability to transform simple everyday things into custom gifts.  For any man who loves beer, a six-pack of his favorite brew with a personalized label is a thoughtful and enjoyable gift.  A custom gift doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg!  If you’ve used our personalized labels to help a loved one or friend celebrate a special event, send us your photos.  We’d love to feature them in our photo Gallery!

Anyone who’s ever helped support a sports team knows that sometimes, playing sports is about more than just making the shot/hitting a home run/scoring a touchdown.  A successful sports team requires a huge network of support.  Coaches, parents, fans, and friends all combine to help individual players achieve team victory.

In addition to showing up at games to cheer on your team, many sports teams require active fundraising efforts to stay afloat.  We’ve written before about how personalized bottled water is a smart way to raise money for a variety of causes, and now we’ve created labels specifically to help sports teams.

Our new line of sport water bottle labels are perfect for supporting your favorite sports team.  The new designs include a basketball water bottle label, football water bottle label, soccer water bottle label, and golf water bottle label.  We love creating new labels, however, so if your favorite sport is missing please leave us a comment and we’ll make sure we include a label featuring your sport!

These labels are completely self-adhesive, waterproof, and color-fast, so they’re ideal for keeping in coolers of ice.  You can completely customize the wording, which gives you the opportunity to highlight your team’s name and any statistics you’d like.

We also offer these labels with our bottled water as well.  Our bottled water is purified spring water and comes in 100% recyclable bottles.  If you’re planning a sports-themed party, celebrating a tournament victory, or keeping your favorite atheletes hydrated, this is a terrific option to look into.  We’re happy to provide shipping quotes and bottled water samples if this is something you’re interested in.

No matter what event you’re coordinating, personalized bottled water is a fantastic way to add a custom touch to the event and keep everyone feeling refreshed.  With our labels-only and customized bottled water options, providing your athletes with a personalized keepsake of their team is easier and more cost-effective than it’s ever been!

Coming up with a considerate gift for the men in your life can be daunting and challenging.  Every year, nearly seven times as many people search the Internet for Christmas gift ideas for men as do the same search for women, and it’s probably because coming up with gift ideas for men can be tough.

Here are some great holiday gift ideas that the men in your life will love:

1. Beer homebrewing kit.  Beer and men go together like chocolate and women, so this is a natural gift choice.  Brewing beer at home is a great hobby for any project-oriented beer-lover.  Many websites offer homebrewing kits, but our favorite place to get homebrewing kits is Mr. Beer.  If you’d like to give your gift a personalized touch, you can always include a set of personalized beer labels to commemorate your brewmaster’s inaugural batch!
2. Video games.  There are a lot of great video games coming out close to Christmas this year and some of them may be exactly what your guy has been hoping to unwrap this year.  This website has some great suggestions for new video games that are coming out this holiday season.
3. Electronics.  Guys love electronics.  If it lights up, does something obscure (yet cool), or can be used in the car, chances are very good that guys will love it.  This website offers some great advice about where to find good deals on electronics this year.
4. Food.  Most guys have a favorite food, recipe, or dish that they will eat until their stomachs are so full it’s painful.  An economical way to put a smile on a guy’s face is to make that dish for him and tell him he doesn’t have to share.  Some guys love cookies, others brownies, and for some guys it’s just a nice slab of steak.  Just do a little sleuthing to find out what food drives him wild and then hop to it!
5. Comfortable clothes.  Sweatpants, sweatshirts, and t-shirts are always a good way to go with guys.  Most men love changing into comfortable lounging clothes at the end of the day, so these gifts often go over really well.  It’s even better if you can find lounging clothing that shows off his favorite band or sports team.

If you can think of any other great gift ideas for guys please share in the comments section.  New ideas are always welcome!

Congratulations to Julee D., the winner of our November photo contest drawing!  Julee used personalized wine labels in her wedding and the results were stunning!  We are proud to display her photos, as well as the many other wonderful photos submitted by our customers, in our Weddings Gallery.

We love seeing how people use their customized labels in celebrations, showers, weddings, and promotions!  We created our Gallery in order to give our customers a place to show off their amazing creativity, and also to lend inspiration to anyone who’s curious about how they can use personalized labels in their own event.

Every month, we host a contest and the winner gets a $25 Amazon gift card.  All you have to do to enter the contest is email us a photo of how you used your personalized labels in your event (for full contest rules, please go here).  The winner is chosen randomly, so don’t worry about your photography skills.  Every customer is welcome to enter, so don’t be shy!

Planning a bachelorette party can be a lot of fun.  A bachelorette party (aka a Hen party) is a lot less formal than a bridal shower and is a great opportunity to give the bride some time to let loose with close friends and family before her big day.  Activities for bachelorette parties vary wildly from drinks and dancing to weekends in Vegas.

No matter what you end up planning for your bride-to-be, an important part of any bachelorette party is  bachelorette party favors.  As with any party, favors are important because they thank your guests for spending time with you at your event.

One of the best ways to do this is with personalized bottled water.  Handing out customized bottled water to your guests throughout the course of the party will keep everyone refreshed, hydrated, and ready to have fun.  After the party, the bottles of water are a neat reminder for everyone of the bride-to-be and her amazing last night out.

We have some brand new water label designs that are perfect for bachelorette parties.  Our bachelorette party favors feature designs that range from sassy to classy and will blend well with any plans you may have for the evening.  Our custom water bottle labels come in two sizes (small and large) and are completely water-proof and self-adhesive.  The labels are relatively small and will fit perfectly in a carry-on if you’re planning a destination bachelorette party.

You can also order these designs on bottles of our purified spring water and have them delivered.  This will take all the prep work out of your bachelorette party favors and give you more time for other things.  As always, we are happy to provide samples of our products if you’d like to see the quality of our labels and water for yourself.

Personalized water bottles, prominently featuring the bride-to-be’s name and other choice details, are a wonderful way to give your favorite bride a unique memento of her last night out, and the perfect way to keep everyone feeling great all night long.

Every day at Bottle Your Brand, we are fortunate to get to work with some of the most creative people around.  Every single one of our customers has an idea they’re bringing to life with our labels, and it’s a pleasure to help bring those ideas to fruition.

Whether it’s a bride who is crafting a custom wine label to match her wedding invitations or a small business owner using custom logo water bottles to market his company, everyone who orders from us has a creative idea they’re excited to share.  We love working with our customers to create labels they’ll love, and it’s even more fun for us to see how they end up using our products at their events.

That’s why we started our Gallery.  We’re proud of the labels we help our customers create and we want to show off their talent and showcase their creativity.  Our Gallery features pictures, submitted by our customers, of how they used our products in real life.

This is a great resource for anyone who’s looking for ideas for baby or bridal showers, celebrations, weddings, marketing opportunities, and more.  Flip through our photos and you’re bound to get inspired by these great ideas!

There’s something more than just inspiration in it for you as well.  If you’ve used our products in your event, you can email us your photos and automatically be entered in our monthly drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card!  All you have to do is send us an email with photos attached and a short note about how you used our products in your event and we’ll enter your name into the drawing and showcase your photos on our gallery.

For contest rules and details, please visit this page.

Alas, Halloween is behind us and the holidays are literally right around the corner.  In fact, Thanksgiving is in almost four weeks and Christmas is next month!  Pretty soon, we’ll see Christmas lights going up, menorahs in window sills, and egg nog specials at coffee stands!

Unfortunately for many of us, the economy is still an issue that threatens to make holiday shopping an altogether grim experience this year.  Not to worry, though, because we’re always on the lookout for ways to help you give personalized gifts while sacrificing neither quality nor your bank account.  Regardless of the economic situation, personalized wine and custom beer continue to be our favorite gift ideas.

Even though alcohol can get really expensive, there are ways to find it cheap and at a discount.  A great site that delivers wine at a steep discount is The Accidental Wine Company.  This company finds wines with labels that have been stained or with outdated labels and sells those wines to the public for as much as 40% off.

This wine is perfect to give for the holidays, because the wine labels are already damaged and will be easy to remove.  Just order your wine, remove the damaged labels, apply our completely self-adhesive labels, and you’re done.  You have a personalized bottle of wine that you can give to friends and family as a custom holiday gift!

Another great place to find cheap beer and wine is at your grocery store or Costco.  Oftentimes, these stores will give you a discount on wine if you buy multiple mismatched bottles.

Even if the economy has made it necessary for you to slap a budget on your holiday shopping, don’t let that stop you from giving out personalized bottles of beer and wine.  These gifts are thoughtful, tasteful, and sure to be appreciated.

As an added bonus, we’re offering free shipping on all labels only orders.  Simply enter Labels08 as your promo code and your holiday gifts just got a lot cheaper!

We all love to express our congratulations.  Whenever someone we know lands a new job, buys a house, has a baby, gets engaged, or earns an award it’s cause for congratulations and celebration.  Picking out a gift of congratulations is almost as fun as saying “Congrats” to someone.

Congratulations gifts are a lot of fun to pick out because there are so many to choose from.  One of the best congratulations gifts is a bottle of wine.  Wine means a lot of things to a lot of people, but one of the most popular meanings of wine is “celebration.”  Here are our top five favorite ways to use personalized wine labels to turn any bottle of congratulatory wine into a unique and personal gift:

1. Housewarming. Give the proud new homeowners a bottle of wine personalized with their closing date and new address and they’ll be sure to treasure it forever.  This is a housewarming gift they’ll enjoy and remember!
2. Retirement. If someone in your family or team is retiring, use a personalized bottle of wine to send them off with your gratitude.  Buy a nice bottle of wine (or non-alcoholic cider, if he or she doesn’t drink alcohol) and customize it with a wine label that thanks them for all their hard work and includes their years of service.  This is a warm, thoughtful way to congratulate someone on their retirement.
3. Engagement. Toast the happy couple with a bottle of personalized wine that includes their names and the date they got engaged.  You can even suggest to them that they wait to enjoy the wine until their wedding day!
4. New baby. You can still use personalized wine labels to congratulate the new parents, but you might want to put the label on a bottle of non-alcoholic cider instead.  You can customize the label with the baby’s name, birthdate, and measurements and give the new parents a gift they’ll cherish.
5. Milestone birthday. If someone you know and love is celebrating a milestone birthday, give them a personalized gift to mark the special occasion.  Our birthday wine labels are a fun way to commemorate any birthday!

If you can think of any other ideas for congratulations gifts please let us know in the comments!

Here in the Pacific Northwest, the only thing cheering us up now that the weather’s gone cold is the fact that Christmas is right around the corner.  For the most part, Christmas is a wonderful time to relax with family, exchange gifts, and eat way too much. 

For some people, though, coming up with gift ideas that won’t break the bank can be stressful enough to cast a shadow over the whole holiday.  Don’t worry, though, we put our heads together to come up with our top 10 cheap Christmas gift ideas.  Hopefully these ideas will inspire you and help get you into the holiday mood!

1. Create a home-made gift and give it a touch of class with a personalized label.  One of our favorite gifts is a mason jar of hot cocoa mix, complete with marshmallows.  Simply put the preparation instructions, and your family’s name, on one of our personalized wine labels and adhere to the jar.  It’s an instant thoughtful gift that costs less than $5 to prepare!
2. Give your favorite beer lover a gift they’ll remember!  Find out what his/her favorite kind of beer is, and then personalize the beer with personalized beer labels.  It’s a thoughtful gift you know they’ll enjoy, and they are sure to appreciate your gift’s personalized touch.
3. If you are attending any holiday parties this year, bring along a bottle of personalized wine to give the hostess.  The hostess will appreciate the wine and have no trouble figuring out where it came from.
4. Those of you who are crafty will have a lot of fun with personalized labels this year.  Our labels come in a variety of sizes that look great on many container sizes.  Our customers have put our labels on their homemade soap, cider, olive oil, and honey.  You can easily turn your hobby into a Christmas gift with a personalized label and tasteful packaging.
5. Personalized bottles of cider, beer, and soda make great stocking stuffers.  Kids will love a personalized bottle of Jones Soda, while grown-ups will get a kick out of personalized beer or hard cider.
6. Assembling a gift basket is a fun way to turn lots of small gifts into one amazing gift.  Our favorite gift basket is wine themed, simply place a personalized bottle of wine, a corkscrew, two wine glasses, and a bar of chocolate into a basket, tie it up with ribbon, and voila!  Instant romantic gift basket!
7. If you have a wine or beer brewer in your family, consider giving him or her personalized labels for the next batch.  Your home brewer will appreciate your supportive and thoughtful gift.
8. What do you get for the oenophile (wine lover) who has everything?  Wine, of course!  A great gift for the wine lover who has it all is a personalized bottle of their favorite wine.  With a little sleuthing beforehand, you can give them a gift that will make their day.
9. Many families distribute family photos every Christmas.  A new twist on this is to put your family photo on a personalized label.  We can help you turn your family portrait into a custom water, beer, or wine label that your friends and family will love.
10. Share your home brew with friends and loved ones!  Your home vintage makes a great gift, simply personalize it with a custom label and you’re good to go.  We offer a wide range of templates and can also help you create a new label from scratch.

If you have any other ideas for cheap holiday gifts, please feel free to share in the comments section!

The beginning of a baby shower can sometimes be a bit awkward if not everyone knows one another beforehand.  A great way to break the ice and get people mingling is to get everyone involved in a baby shower game.

Baby shower games are fun, sometimes hilarious, and always sure to bring a smile to the mom-to-be’s face.  There is a huge range of games to play at baby showers, ranging from silly to sweet to shocking.  The best way to prepare games for a shower is to keep in mind the people you’re inviting and the mom-to-be’s personality.

For example, if you’re planning a shower for a lady who’s suffered morning sickness for the last eight months, playing the “dirty diaper game” (wherein the hostess melts a chocolate bar in a diaper and then asks the guests to guess what brand of candy it is) may not go over well.  Likewise, if the invitees are mostly older family members, like grandparents, you may want to plan on games that aren’t very physically challenging.  If you’d like more ideas for baby shower games, you might find this site helpful.

Whichever games you choose, always make sure to prepare favors for your guests to take home.  Baby shower favors are a vital part of planning a successful shower and a great way to thank your guests for making the day special.

We highly recommend handing out personalized baby shower favors that will help your guests remember they were part of a very special event for a loved one.  Our personalized water bottle labels are ideal, easy to make baby shower favors that won’t explode your budget.

Our label templates range from gender-specific to gender-neutral and display bottles, bears, butterflies, and even dragonflies!  All the wording on our labels is completely customizable, which means that you can showcase the mom and dad-to-be’s name, the baby’s name, and even the date of the shower.  We offer a quick turnaround time, so even if you’re planning a last-minute shower you’re good to go.

Our labels are waterproof, tear resistant, and feature photo-quality printing and completely self-adhesive backing.  Creating personalized baby shower favors has never been so easy or cute!