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August 25, 2010

Personalized grill sets – monogrammed grilling gifts


Grill & Golf BBQ Tool Set

Price: 32.00These grill gift sets and golf bag themed bbq tool sets are the perfect marriage of two great hobbies, golf and outdoor or indoor grilling.  These bbq gift sets not only make the perfect groomsmen gifts or even bridemaids gifts for foodie brides, but they also make a great birthday gift or even wedding gift for the happy couple.  You can put one initial on the left, one on the right and their last name initial in the middle.

Personalized Grillmaster Apron

Price: 42.99This lightweight and fabulous personalized grill gift set is a grilling apron that makes the perfect gift for the grill master or grill mistress in your family. Fashioned in two-tone blue and black, this easy care apron includes an adjustable neck strap and back tie. With plenty of spacious pockets, this apron is like a toolbox for the grill. May be personalized with a monogram..

So I am completely not ready for Summer and bbq season to be over.  This is when I wished I lived in Texas so I could be just starting grilling season.  Not only do they get to enjoy a great spicey bbq all winter long in the perfectly warm weather but Texans really take pride in the bbq.

The thing is though that great bbq is not just limited to Texas but you have sweet bbq in Georgia, slightly spicey in Tenesse, thick and molasses in Alabama and a really nice cayanne pepper based one in Louisiana.  In California you get cilantro and lemon and in the West you get chipolte and tex mex styled bbq.  With the exception of Tenesse these states get to enjoy a fabulous winter season of grilling and bbq and the perfect way to kick off the winter grilling season in southern states, as well as the West and Southern California is by buying the chef a monogrammed grilling gift set.

Not only do men and women love grill gift sets for their bbq’s but they will also always use them as they serve a purpose and help to encourage them to do something they love.  Monogrammed grill gift sets are not only practical but there are personalized grill gift sets and tools in all styles, amounts and price ranges.

You can buy grill gift sets that come with aprons and toolbelts, ones that have automatic lighters and funny sayings or you can stick to a smaller and more affordable set that has the tools and a holder like a fork, tongs and a spatula.   No matter which monogrammed grilling gift set you buy the man or woman who you buy it for will love it and will think of you all winter long while they enjoy cooking steaks, burgers and other great bbq foods.

June 10, 2010

Personalized Party Coolers – personalized drink coolers

personalized party coolers Personalized Party Cooler – $ 39.95
“Your party will have a unique chill with this personalized party tub cooler. Pack it with a six packs and your shin-dig will be stylinÆ. Makes a great groomsmen gift, holiday gift or housewarming present. Personalize it with a three-letter monogram.”

One thing that never goes out of style and always comes in useful is a personalized party cooler or a personalized drink cooler. Not only do personalized drink coolers and personalized party coolers make excellent wedding gifts, when you have the bride or grooms initials embroidered into them, but they come in perfect when the couple or the person is having a picnic in their backyard, a party, a bbq, if they are tailgaiting and anything else outdoors.

The thing I love most about the personalized party cooler above is that it is so easy to fold up and store and pack in your car or to carry with you to and after the party.  It is fashionable, has handles and looks great.  Also, since it is personalized with a monogram it’ll be easy to remember whose it is when the party is over or if someone packs it into someone else’s car by accident.

Personalized party coolers like the one above are perfect for wedding gifts, the ideal gift for a housewarming present, it is great for a surprise gift if you are going to a bbq and even better for a thinking of you or an off to college gift for your grad.  If you only want to buy one for the couple, because it only has three spaces for the person’s initials, you can do the last name initial in the middle and the first initial of each person on each side of it.  If you are buying it for one person then you can do that person’s initials or two of them (one for the bride and one for the groom) you can have their initials on their own one so that they each get their own personalized party cooler.

Money clips and wallets will never go out of style for a classic groomsmen gift, but if you want to give something that is even more fun and one that will possibly be used more to your groomsmen for a groomsmen gift for your wedding, personalized party coolers are the perfect groomsmen gift and your groomsmen will thank you for their personalized party coolers when summer comes and they want to tailgate or have a party.

I love personalized party coolers for gifts and you can buy personalized party coolers and personalized drink coolers by clicking this link and going to my favorite wedding and gift shop Beau-coup.com.

April 20, 2010

Cherry Wood Humidor – Gifts for Father of the Bride or Groom

Personalized Cherry Wood Humidor – $ 50.99
“Every sophisticated man will want this personalized cherry wood humidor. Makes an elegant groomsmen gift or unforgettable present for a special man in your life. Holds up to 12 cigars and measures 8 1/2″” x 5 1/2″” x 2 1/2″”.”

When I was looking through my product catalogs for gifts for my Dad, I was remembering when I was younger and one of my favorite memories was lighting or cutting my Dad’s Cigars.  Although he would never let me actually smoke one, he would sometimes give me an unlit one to hold and pretend to smoke so I could feel grown up like him and also because it was a bonding thing for us.  Cigar smoking is a bonding activity and cigars are something many people use to celebrate.

People buy cigars to celebrate a baby being born, a wedding announcement, a bachelor party, an anniversary, a guys night out, a Vegas trip and pretty much anything that is fun and festive.  People don’t always associate cigars with cancer or smelling horrible, especially the cheap ones, but they associate it with class, fun and bonding with one another.  Cigars are an amazing way to not only create long lasting memories and bond with a heterosexual male, or a lesbian, and if you want to take cigar smoking or have a cigar aficionado or someone who just enjoys one every once in a while, you can go above and beyond giving them a zippo or pack of cigars and give them a humidor and if you really want to go above and beyond what you need to, fill the humidor up with high end or a mixed assortment of cigars and a cutter.  When I was looking for a gift for my Dad, although he actually quit smoking cigars and doesn’t keep any in his house, I saw the cherrywood cigar humidor pictured above and immediately thought of him.

One of my favorite memories of being a kid was hanging out with him and talking while he smoked a cigar.  I remember the smell, the way it puffed and how cool and mature he looked smoking.  Although I know it is bad for you and can kill you, back then it was one of the coolest things on earth and since we were never close or had bonding time, I always remember these evenings and still hold on to those memories today.

Although I am opposed to smoking now a days, I used to be a smoker, I do have to admit, on a special occasion I will probably have a cigar.  One of those occasions will be if I get married.

Not only will I probably have to get stuck with a Waspy or Firey Latino Father in Law, but I’ll have to do something important to impress him, especially if he is anti gay or ends up being one of those, no one is good enough for my kid Father in Laws.  You all know the kind I am talking about.  The nightmare kind you always see in wedding movies where they are never satisfied and make the Groom’s life hell.  Chances are that I will probably get stuck with one of these types of Father in Laws and one of the ways I am going to try and break him in is by bringing over a nice wooden humidor, even maybe one that isn’t overpriced but still looks classy like the cherrywood humidor above, fill it with a large assortment of nice cigars (the assortment is so I can almost ensure there will be one he likes) and also pair it with a bottle of scotch or brandy, depending on what my Partner would say his Dad prefers.

I love Cherrywood and Mahogony and a Cherrywood or Mahogony Humidor to me screams class and even if you don’t smoke or your Father in Law doesn’t smoke, Humidors still make great gifts for the Father of the Bride or gifts for the Father of the Groom.  Humidors can be used for storage, to hide things from his Wife, to store pictures or pretty much anything else that you wouldn’t want people to find.

I love the idea of giving a humidor for a gift and think that it makes a perfect gift for the Father of the Bride or the Father of the Groom to not only bond with him but show him you can be thoughtful and you made an effort to win him over.  Again, I am opposed to smoking, but I think that a cigar to bond with your future Father in Law is a perfect gift and way to build a relationship with him as well as show him you have some class and made an effort.  You may want to do a quick check with your Partner first though just to double check and make sure he was never addict as that could actually be a bad thing and you may want to rethink giving him a humidor for a gift to bond with him.  Anyways, order your cherrywood humidor here.

March 20, 2010

Best Man Wedding Speeches – Last Minute Speeches

So something that people are always honored to get to do, but then when reality kicks in and the person realizes they are not prepared or that it really takes a bit of skill to do is is deliver a wedding speech.  Whether you prepare it the same day you are asked to make the wedding speech or you forget to write it and all of the sudden the wedding is tomorrow, there is another solution.

I came across a site and have been talking to the Marketing Department of a company called Instant Wedding Toasts.  Instant Wedding Toasts features tons of wedding speeches available instantly and last minute for those of us who forget to write our own or get stuck with writers  block.

I know that when I have had to write best man wedding speeches and I do them to early I 1.  Miss out on important and really funny things to rip the bride and groom apart with and 2.  Always second and triple guess what I wrote for the couple so I always recommend that if you are giving a best man wedding speech or Best Man wedding toast to the bride and groom you don’t do it too early so you can include all those last minute embarrassing and funny stories but you also don’t second guess what you were going to or wanted to say and end up scrapping the entire best man wedding speech.

Now if you have writers block and need some ideas, or just forgot to write a best man wedding toast to the bride and groom, groom and groom or bride and bride, then this is where Instant Wedding Toasts comes in handy.  Not only can you get ideas for last minute wedding speeches and prewritten wedding speeches for the best man, but you can also use them as a template for your own best man wedding speeches and toasts.

Here is a sample best man wedding speech to the bride and groom from Instant Wedding Toasts:

Toast to Bride & Groom From Best Man
May you have enough happiness to keep you sweet,
Enough trials to keep you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human,
Enough hope to keep you happy,
Enough failure to keep you humble,
Enough success to keep you eager,
Enough friends to give you comfort,
Enough faith and courage in yourself, your business, and your country to banish depression,
Enough wealth to meet your needs,
Enough determination to make each day a better day than yesterday.

And if you are anything like me and want to add some humor in, I would put in Enough Sex to Keep you Together then wink at some random person in the crowd.  I personally think every best man speech and best man toast needs to have something funny in their speech and everyone expects it anyways since you are the Groom’s best friend normally.  You can also tease and say Enough Man or Enough Woman, ohh wait you Married “insert bride or grooms name here” so obviously there is never enough.  lol.

Here is another example or sample best man wedding speech from Instant Wedding Toasts:

Example Speech Best Man

I want to start by saying what an honor it was when Frankie asked me to be his best man. Which now also gives me the opportunity to toast two of my most favorite people in the world. But also, as a result of his mistake, I’ve got a microphone in my hand!

But before I begin telling you even more about Frankie, I would like to say a few words about the lovely bride. Lindsay, you look absolutely beautiful today. Since meeting you a few years ago it is clear to me why Frankie has fallen in love with you. You have a wonderful personality, a great sense of humor and a huge heart. It is an honor to be welcoming such a special person into our family.

I was actually having some trouble when I started to write this speech. I was drawing a blank on memories I had with Frankie. To be honest, I can’t remember half of them…and the other half I’m trying to forget!

Anyways, wedding speeches can be really hard to write and can be even worse to deliver.  There is even more pressure on the Best Man when he (or she if it is a Lesbian Wedding) has to give the best man’s wedding speech since they not only have to be funny, but also inviting warm and really keep everyone else under control.  If you need a last minute best mans wedding toast or ideas for a best mans wedding speech, Instant Wedding Toasts is a perfect place to begin looking for templates and ideas.  Click Here.

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