Custom Photo Gifts - Featuring Your Favorite Image

This year we've had more orders than ever for custom gifts featuring children's drawings. The three above are customer designs featuring charming animal drawings. Each notebook features refillable lined pages for list-making and daydreaming.

 

We're still taking orders for Christmas delivery, but don't delay as our deadline is fast approaching. We accept digital files or hard copies and can work with you to select the perfect colors and cropping.

Order in our Seattle store, or online here.

New Lockets for Holiday Giving

We have many new lockets in stock in a variety of shapes and patterns.

We can personalize you purchase by editing, cropping, reproducing and inserting your favorite image in the locket of your choice.

Gift Guide: Mom, Grandma, Aunt

Our custom photo gifts bring new life to treasured family images. Showcase a vintage picture on a tote or makeup bag.

 Carry a furry family member's image on a wristlet or wallet.

Or have us insert important milestone images in a locket that she will wear close to her heart.

When you order our photo gifts in our shop, we'll consult with you on cropping, color and design. Schedule an appointment by emailing orderdesk (at) laurabeedesigns.com. Or order online on our website. Ordering from afar but need help? Feel free to email us so that we can walk you through the process.

Gift Guide: Seattle Spirit

Our all natural lip balms are packaged in old school slider tins adorned with an 1899 map of Seattle. Perfect for coworker gifts, stocking stuffers, or hostess gifts, the balms are $5.50 each or $5 each when you buy 6. Order here.

Our mini wallets are useful little gifts for men and women. Enhance your present by tucking a gift card for your favorite Seattle experience or business inside. Order here.

 The 1899 map in this pendant has soft colors and shows off Seattle pride. Order here.

Toss a map pillow on a couch or chair for some cozy Seattle spirit. Give this pillow someone who loves his or her hometown. Order here.

The cotton canvas central panel of each pillow showcases a carefully reproduced map. We frame the image in buttery soft microsuede. Order the Washington map pillow here.

We're obsessed with Trilby Hainstock's new line of canvas totes and cotton tea towels. Hainstock's illustrations boast quirky details that wonderfully represent Seattle and Ballard.

She screenprints the illustrations onto useful USA-made gifts. Totes - $28, available in Seattle or Ballard themes. Tea towels, $20, available in Seattle or Ballard themes.

Available in our shop. Visit, call. or email to purchase.

One-of-a-Kind Bags

 I've added a selection of special bags to the One-of-a-Kind Bag section of our website.

 These purses are ready to ship once you order them, so our lead time is about a week.

 Or visit our shop to browse in person.

 We have more bags to choose from in our shop, and we can email you pictures if you're out of town.

Or schedule an appointment to design your own custom bag.

More Map Wallets

Our stockist in Spokane recently ordered some custom map mini wallets. Ferrante's is an Italian cafe and boutique so they wanted some Italy wallets.

Of course they had us make some Spokane wallets to showcase their town. If you are in Eastern Washington, swing by Ferrante's, have a gelato, and say hello from Laura Bee.

Luxe in Eugene, Oregon commissioned wallets and coin purses for their gift shop. I love the colors on this vintage map. It nicely complements the Oregon Ducks green.

Vintage Map Accessory Collection

New lip balms featuring an 1899 map and an old-school metal tin.

I can scarcely believe it's September. The Seattle summer has been gorgeous and sunny. It's been a pleasure to meet so many out-of-town visitors to our shop.

Caroline wristlet in premium teal with an 1899 map of Puget Sound. Order here.

We've shipped bags, wallets and jewelry to far off places like Florida, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Caroline wristlet with 1899 map of Washington State. Order here.

Last month we unveiled our new map collection of accessories, and the customer response has been terrific. Men and women respond to these goods, often confessing that they are "map nerds."

Our ever-popular mini wallet design, featuring an 1899 map of Washington State. Order here.

We're proud to make our products in Washington State, and this collection is proof of our spirit.

Seattle necklace. Order here.

Our store is located in Ballard, a Seattle neighborhood featured prominently on this 1899 map. Back then, Ballard was its own town. Some residents still lament Seattle's annexation of the community in 1907.

Throw pillow featuring vintage map of Puget Sound. Order here.

Throw pillow featuring vintage map of Washington State. Order here.

Ready to Ship Bags and Wristlets

 Becky tote bag with two exterior pockets, available here. 

I've been posting bags that are all made up and ready to ship in one of the newest sections on our website, One-of-a-Kind.

Zig Zag Travel Bag, available here.

That way, far away customers can receive bags more quickly than our typical custom design process.

 Licorice squares travel bags, available here.

Once an order is placed for an item from this section, we'll pack and ship it within two business days.

 

 Art Deco wristlet, available here.

You can set up your order to ship directly to a gift recipient, or you can save on shipping by picking up your web order in our Ballard store.

 

  Quilted wristlet, available here.

The response to this section has been quite strong, we I'll continue to add new styles each week. Follow us on Facebook to learn about the latest updates.

Pouches, Case, & Wallets, Oh My!

Travel season is here and we've stocked up the shop with pouches that carry your stuff with function and style. These mesh pouches are customer favorites because they are sturdy and you can see your stuff for easy organization. $12-$18

While we call this compact size a coin purse, it's really a small pouch that works perfectly for little things like lip balm, memory cards, credit cards, cash and more. Plus, a brightly colored case is easy to spot inside of even the most messy bag. $20 each. Order here.

Our snap coin purses are among our all-time favorite designs. We're stocked with bright color combinations for you or for gifts. $21.

Enamel Jewelry by Bemused Creations

 I'm excited to share a new one of our new artists with you.

 Debbie of Seattle-based Bemused Creations makes gorgeous, affordable enamel pieces.

She uses a jewelry torch to fire powdered glass onto metal. We have three styles in candy colors available just in time for Valentine's Day.

Prices start at $23.

Gift Guide: Lucky, Pretty, Calm

 Lucky horseshoe necklace by Classic Hardware - $24

Pretty hair clip by Seattle's Orange Box Jewelry - $17

Calming bath salts - $6

"The world will have to wait, I am taking a bath."

Gift Guide: Northwest-made Presents

We're making new infinity scarves daily because they have been selling like crazy. We have dozens of colors and prints available for everyone on your list. My favorite is this mustard and gray sweater stripe. $30 ea. Order here.

 

These wood inlay Washington state necklaces by Seattle designer Amy Bengtson are great gifts for any woman whose heart is in Washington State. $40 each

 

Heather Lewis is the artist behind Crescent Moon Designs and she lives in the same neighborhood as our shop. We've sold her sterling and gemstone earring for years, and her delicate, colorful work appeals to so many different women. She just brought by a new batch next week, and I'm in love with these butterscotch and teal earrings.

Our Clara wristlet continues to be a popular gift. Its compact size and exterior back pocket make it functional inside a larger purse or on its own. $48, available ready-made in many colors and patterns in our shop. Or custom design one in our shop for the ultimate personalized purse.$48 each.

Custom Order Deadlines 2012

Custom photo checkbook cover, order here. 
Custom phone mini wallet, order here.

Our branch of Santa's workshop is in full swing sewing custom gifts. We're open late during this busy season to make it easier for you to visit us. Check out our holiday hours here.
 

Here's our custom order turnaround time schedule:
Orders complete* by December 7 must be placed by November 18.

Orders complete* by December 15 must be placed by November 25.

Orders complete* by December 20 must be placed by December 2.

Orders complete* by December 23 must be placed by December 8.

*Please note that "complete" means ready to ship or ready to be picked up in the store during  business hours.

Visit our website, or contact us at (206) 789-4044 to set up an in-store design appointment.

Feeling the Photo Love

There is so much joy in the custom photo products that we make. Customers often tell us the story behind the meaningful images. The Becky bag above showcases a gorgeous wedding picture of our customer's parents. I love it with the Lollipop faux leather. The tweed makeup bag is her mother with her grandfather. Can you feel the love?

Checkbook covers and wallets can be compact ways to feature favorite images. The checkbook above is a gift for someone who misses her Springer Spaniel very much. The wallet is embellished with an image of a brand new kitten friend.

View our custom photo product options on our website here.