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.

A Valentine

In the dead of winter comes a day to celebrate love in all its forms. 

Best wishes to you and your loved ones.

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.

Presenting Our New Locket Charm Necklaces

Locket Charm Trio with Picture, originally uploaded by Laura Bee Seattle.

We can even make and archival print of your favorite image and insert it for you.

Locket charm necklaces, $38-$42
Image insertion, $12

Pooch Passport cover

passport_cover, originally uploaded by Laura Bee Seattle.

A lucky mom received this passport cover from her daughter for Mother's Day. Wouldn't you want to look at these pooches whenever you cross the border?

Our custom photo passport covers make great guy gifts (think Father's Day), as well as unique graduation presents. Order here.

Laura Bee Lockets

Forget-me-not locket, available here.

For several years, we've offered a variety of lockets our customers because they are such special gifts. I'm excited to announce that we now offer our own exclusive line of lockets.

We'll even add your picture to the inside of our designs. We print archival images and seal them under epoxy domes for durability.


Jade gem locket, available here.

So whether you are celebrating a new family member, remembering someone who is no longer with you, or sharing a special secret, consider a locket for yourself or a loved one.


We will process locket image insertion orders each Friday, so turnaround will generally be one week. Visit our store or order online.

Custom Photo Bookmark

Just in time for Mother's Day, we're introducing a custom photo bookmark. Supply us with a digital file or hard copy, and we will craft this one-of-a-kind personalized gift.


The one inch disk captures your image under resin. The silver-plated bookmark nestles into the spine of your novel, Bible, or journal.

Custom Photo Bookmark, $28 regular price, introductory price $21.

Personalized Picture Keychain

 

I just made this custom photo key chain for a customer and I thought it was so cute that I should share it with you. What a perfect gift for the mother who has everything. Plus these key chains are super-functional because they keep your keys from dropping to the bottom of your bag!

At only $16, you can get one for each person on your list without breaking the bank. Learn more here.

Chimp Rescue Donation: Annie & Burrito Love to Eat-o

For the last few years, we've made and donated items to the Chimp Sancutary NW auction each fall. This year I made two of our larger photo notebooks.


The seven chimps who live there were rescued from medical testing and brought to the NW to live out their golden years. You can read more about their amazing stories here.


The photographs the chimps' caregivers post on the sanctuary blog are incredible. I've chosen two of my favorites for this project. (Annie eating broccoli, right, and Burrito considers a coconut, left.)

Dog Days of Summer: Part III

We don't want to neglect our feline friends! Here's a photo pillow that I recently made for a customer to give as a birthday gift. The paprika suede complements the green of the background and the cat's eyes.

Customers often ask me for advice on what image color works best on our custom photo products. They wonder if they should use the color version of an image, or if they should elect to switch the image to black and white or sepia. This pillow is an example of a good use of a color image. The colors are central to the look of the image, and without the green, the cat would read as mostly mid-tone shades of gray.

I think that sepia and black and white are great options for pictures of people especially, because they eliminate the clutter of random clothing colors and keep the focus on the faces.

Order your own Custom Photo Pillow here.

Dog Days of Summer: Part II

I will admit that my favorite of our Custom Photo Products is our little notebook. I just love this pocket-sized pad for its cuteness and functionality. We made these with the little composition notepads that can be found at most drugstores and office supply stores, making refills easy.

Here are two that I made recently for a customer. She chose glossy black for the exteriors of each, and a fun pop of color for the interior.

 

Because she couldn't decide which of these adorable images to use on this special gift, we added a second image in the inside cover of this notebook.

Order your own custom photo notebook here. Additional image is $8, and must be added in our Seattle store or via email.

Dog Days of Summer: Part One

We've been busy with custom photo products lately, especially those featuring our canine friends. Here's a whole batch of checkbooks we made featuring the gorgeous professional photography of Barbara Karant.

In addition to taking portraits of furry clients (above) Barbara is active in Greyhound rescue, and many of the photo products we make for her are designed as fundraisers for this worthy cause.

PS - Checkbooks may seem old-fashioned or charmingly retro, depending on your perspective. We sell a lot of them. They can be used in alternate ways too; the two interior pockets are perfect for coupons and receipts.

Order your own Custom Photo Checkbooks here.

Her Mother's Wedding

A customer brought us this amazing image of her mother and father's wedding. We transformed it into a glossy black photo notebook.

Maybe we should make one of these for Kate M...

Customized Christmas (and Hanukkah too!)

Custom photo keychain, $16. Order online here.

I wanted to let you know our deadlines for custom holiday orders this year.

Hanukkah (December 1st): Deadline - November 18th
Christmas Shipping to a US Address: Deadline - December 1st
Christmas Eve (December 24th): Deadline - December 5th

Don't forget, we can ship your goodies to their destinations to save you time. We charge a nominal fee, and fuss with your gifts (at no charge) to make them pretty and fun to open, where ever they end up.

 Custom photo notebook, checkbook, and mini wallet. Order online here.

PS - Hop on over to our Facebook page to get some yummy Thanksgiving meal ideas via our current contest. Enter to win while you're there!

Meet Liberty and Justice

Their human won this Custom Photo Mini Wallet because she was one of many who ordered a Pug Pouch on our website. I randomly drew her name from the list of supporters.

We are still seven pouches away from our goal of $1000. We are hoping to meet our goal by the end of this week. Learn more about this project here.

Thanks to everyone who has supported our fund raising efforts to benefit Seattle Pug Rescue! We are making and shipping the pouches as fast as we can.

Pug-O-Ween is coming. Check out the flier here.

Introducing: Custom Photo Key Chain

If you're like me, you've had to dig for your keys at the bottom of your purse at least once recently. This key chain might help you eliminate this issue.

Simply clip your key ring in place, then drop the curved bar at the top of the above image over the edge of your bag. The photo stays outside your purse, while your keys stay in place inside.

Of course you get the bonus feature of being able to show off your favorite photograph or artwork to the world.

$16 for custom photo key chain.

Stockist Exclusive: Kobo Collection

These images are from a vintage Japanese game that the owner of Seattle boutique Kobo played with as a child.

She commissioned us to use these drawing on several of our best-selling wallet designs.

You can buy these items exclusively at Kobo, which as two locations here in Seattle.