I know how much each and every one of you loves anything and everything monogrammed and personalized. What a way to wow your gift recipient…make it personal!! Look at what I found for you….

• Custom Made For Kids – Personalized children’s book. You simply fill out a questionnaire …email it to them…and presto…an amazing personalized book lands in your mailbox! This book was so cute. It was a high quality hardback book with great illustrations. The book is called The First Adventures of Incredible You. It is all about your child’s world…what they like to eat, where they play, and who they live with. I still remember getting my first personalized book when I was little – The Adventures of Ytak the giraffe. Get it? Ytak is Katy spelled backwards. Well, my first book looked like someone sat down and actually typed it on a typewriter. These are high quality professionally created books. Man times have changed! Order one for your little one for only $32.95…they will love it forever. I can’t wait to give my little buddy Cooper his copy!

• Sweet Arts Designs – This site has so many amazing personalized items for kids that it is really hard to pick my favorite. The T-shirts and bags are great, the note cards are super cute…but my favorite is the personalized alphabet book. This is a soft or hard cover book that is personalized on the front with your child’s first name. What I love about it is that you can order it bilingual. Yes, you can choose either Spanish, French, or Italian! What a great way to introduce a child to another language. I also like the fact that you can choose your cover color – pink, green, or blue. These are great little alphabet books. I had a pink French & English book made for Caddy’s daughter Olivia – Merry Christmas Olivia!!

• Kind Living Designs – Again…where to begin? Another site that I just love! I had a long chat with the owner of this company and I really like her style. She is super friendly and has come up with some of the neatest gifts for kids. She really has put a lot of thought into them. I ordered a personalized binder for Cooper (yeah, I like to spoil him) and not only did a super sturdy binder come with Cooper’s name on it….it was filled with all kinds of things to keep him happy while he is on the go. Paper, stickers, crayons, glue sticks….on and on! The fabric that is covering the binder reminds me of the kind of stuff that backpacks are made out of. Very sturdy. I had to get a little something for my house too…I picked out a personalized journal for Riley. It has a picture of a little girl chef on it and it says “Chef Riley”. Now she has a place to write down all of her recipe creations. What I like about this cover is that it can be used over & over again. It fits over a regular size composition book. You have to go look at her site…she also has Bible covers, party favors, hair bows, totebags….and a ton of other stuff.

• Preppy Parade Minky Wrap – This is the softest thing I have ever seen!! It could be the cutest thing I have ever seen too. This ultra soft generously sized towel wrap would make the best Christmas present! This is truly one of those items that you would not buy for yourself but could never live without after having one. Look how cute mine is….I just love it! I’m sure you have an In-law, sister, or BFF that deserves one of these under the tree.

• The Polka Dot Press – Here are my picks from this amazing site. For my Mother-in-law I picked out personalized recipe cards with a matching notepad. They are super cute with fun little green polka dots on them. They came packaged in cellophane bags tied with a lime green ribbon. All ready for giving! I even found a gift for Riley’s male teacher on this site. I ordered Mr. Jones a cute little personalized notepad with a male teacher on it. They even put the name of his school on the bottom! They are so generous over at the Polka Dot Press that they want to give all of you a 15% discount on your entire order – simply put in the code KS15 at checkout. Thank you!!!

• In The Pink Designs – Amazing photo jewelry!! How cool is this…a photo on a piece of sterling jewelry? She will take your photo..tweak it…and create the most beautiful show stopper with it. I sent in two photos of my girls…she combined the photos so they look like one photo with both of the girls in it and made it into a sterling silver Tiffany style necklace. Let me tell you…I get compliments every time I wear it. She can also turn your photos into bracelets, rings, and tidbits. Tidbits are my favorite. These are sterling silver Croc shoe adornments that have your photo on them. I have both of my dogs on my Crocs! Again, I get so many compliments on these pieces…this would be an amazing gift for someone special. How about Grandma? Why not get yourself one too?

• The Paper Menu Wall Art – These are available from FineStationary.Com. Another great site for gifts! When I found these simple, beautiful, framed monograms I was ecstatic. What a great gift idea for babies, newlyweds, or anyone who loves a pretty monogram. They come framed for only $35.00 – how great is that? They have many different styles & colors to choose from…I’m sure you could find one for everyone on your list. I found one that matched my kitchen perfectly – Merry Christmas to me!

• Cayenne Paper – With a name like that you know this site is HOT! Just incase it isn’t so hot where you live check out the monogrammed scarf sets. The pink plush set include the gloves & a monogrammed scarf for only $24.00! It is super duper soft too. I was thrilled when the weather got cold enough for me to wear this. I got the girls some too. Riley loves her pink striped set…a hat, scarf, and gloves for $32.00. I don’t even have to remind her to put them on…she can’t wait to wear them every time she heads out the door. I can think of lots of people that would love to receive one of these sets for a gift!

• Stacy Claire Boyd - The queen of all things monogrammed! Beautiful amazing colors & patterns, unique and innovative ideas….pure heaven for a monogram maven like me. I was first draw to this company because of their beautiful personalized paperweights. You pick what you would like to have on them – name, initial, photo, special date, monogram, etc. Then comes the hard part…choosing the beautiful pattern. Floral, plaid, striped, dots…and so much more. So many people will be getting these this year. While searching for my paperweights I came across a site called Pen&Parchment that sells Stacy Claire Boyd….there I found personalized candy bar wrappers for the holidays by Stacy Claire Boyd. What a great idea! I ordered a set of these to pass out from our family…a great alternative to Christmas cards. You can order them all made up or you can wrap them around the Hershey bar yourself. You can get 10% off of your order through the month of November at Pen & Parchment by entering the code Nov10 at checkout.

• Pierce Point Laser – Shhhh…don’t tell Riley…I ordered her a set of Personalized Spatula Set. Her lime green spatula set has Chef Riley engraved on it. She will love them! I also ordered a Rolling Pin Recipe Card Holder for my mother-in-law…two more great gifts!! This site has a ton of unique personalized gifts.