A Gracious Plenty

Special Moments / Special People Frame Series

Commemorate a significant event or honor a particularly extraordinary individual in your life with our Special Moments/Special People personalized photo frames. A bold caption signifies your relationship to the recipient or notes a distinctive occasion worthy of an elegant frame such as this one.  

     

Add a name, date, or unique message for a truly personal touch. Personalize each line with up to 20 characters per line. Frame measures 8” x 10” and holds a 4” x 6” picture.  Click here to see more of our special frames.

 

Traditional Housewarming Gifts

Many traditional housewarming gifts have significant meaning. But today it may be a little strange to give a new homeowner a broom, even though it represents a clean home and to sweep away evil spirits.  The same symbolism can still be offered with a gift but perhaps with a more contemporary items. Understanding the meaning behind the traditional gift will help you decide on something a little more fitting to today's world.

Bread:  May those in your home never go hungry.

Broom:  May your house always be clean and free of evil spirits.

Candles:  May you always have light through the darkest times.

Coins:  May you receive luck and good fortune.

Honey:  May you always enjoy the sweetness of life.

Knives:  May your home always be protected from intruders.

Olive Oil:  May you be blessed with health and well-being.

Plants:  May your home always have life.

Rice:  May the love in your home multiply. (fertility)

Salt:  May there always be flavor and spice in your life.

Wine:  May you always have joy and never go thirsty.

Wood:  May your home have stability, harmony, and peace. 

 

A keepsake for baby...

Do you have a newborn on your gift list this year?  Give the precious little one our Engraved Sterling Silver Baby Rattle.  It will make a treasured keepsake for years to come!

We will engrave it with a single initial or standard three-letter monogram at no additional charge.  Order soon!  

For the new baby during the holiday season

What do you get for the new baby that arrives right before the holdays?  You want to give them a gift but he or she is too small to even notice it.  Why not give the new arrival this Personalized Alphabet Block Bank. This ideal gift can be personalized with two lines of up to 15 characters per line.  The bank itself is 2.5” x 2.5”.  It will look very cute sitting on the baby's dresser or a shelf in their room.

 

As an additional gift, you can jump start the savings by adding a little to it yourself. This item typically is ready to ship within 3-5 business days from the time we receive your order.  (Please allow a few extra days prior to holidays.) 

A perfect gift for a new bundle of joy!

Are you looking for a special gift for a new mom?  With cooler weather coming, nothing is more perfect than a Personalized Baby Blankie!  Ours is available in natural or white microfleece, and can be personalized in a variety of fonts, thread colors, and embroidery designs.

   

Boy or girl, blankie or bib, visit our shop to find a wide selection of personalized baby gifts for that new bundle of joy in your life!

A Gracious Plenty is Blogging Again!

Hey everyone!  Yes, A Gracious Plenty is back in the blogosphere!  We actually weren’t too far away…we just got a little sidetracked with moving our studio and the necessary renovations to help us settle in to our new space.  Unfortunately, amidst the moving, renovating, and making beautiful personalized gifts for all of our wonderful customers, blogging on a regular basis became a challenge!  We’re sorry we have been so out of touch for a while but that is all about to change!

Did you miss seeing our updates and specials?  What about our suggestions for great personalized holiday gifts?  Well it is all back! (Do you follow us on Twitter? We are there too as @AGraciousPlenty? What about Facebook?  “Like” us at www.facebook.com/AGraciousPlenty.) We look forward to connecting with everyone again, so keep your eyes open for our news, special offers, and unique gift ideas!

 

Graduation Gift Ideas - We Agree with the Experts!

About.com's Parenting Teens pages have lots of suggestions for raising your kids including their Top 50 Graduation Gift Ideas. A Gracious Plenty provides these gifts, both mid-priced items (Engraved Jewelry, Money Clip, Personalized Graduation Item) and economical gifts (Picture Frames, Desk Accessories). Visit our selection of personalized graduation gifts and start shopping!

Get personalized graduation gifts -- order now!

Tassels mean … graduation! (Not window treatments. What were you thinking? ;) A Gracious Plenty has many personalized items that would delight a graduate: stamps and stationery, custom silver jewelry, key rings, branding irons for the grill, and more! Just follow our link to our selection of graduation gifts.

The Cure for the Back to School Blues

 

Homesickness is often a big challenge for students making the transition to college life. The sudden independence of living on one's own for the first time - sometimes far from home - is exhilarating, but also can be filled with pressures, doubts and fears.  Children who are starting kindergarten or first grade, or who are transitioning from one school to another, can experience similar feelings of stress and anxiety.

One of my friends recently shared with me that one of her most cherished possessions, that helped her through times like these, is a charm bracelet that her mother gave her on her first day of high school.  If she was feeling like an outsider or, if she couldn’t find a seat at lunch, she would take hold of a charm on that bracelet and know that her mom loved her. As she says, "It might sound cheesy, but it really did help.  As the year went on I found my crowd of close friends, friends I still have to this day, and high school wasn’t so scary anymore." 

At A Gracious Plenty, we know that personalized jewelry is so much more than just a 'vanity' item, as it often becomes the keeper of memories and a wonderful reminder of love and support.  We invite you to browse our collections of engraved and hand-stamped silver jewelry, where you'll find dozens of personalized styles for students of all ages!

'May you always be blessed with a gracious plenty!'

If we have had the pleasure of shipping an order to you already, you may have noticed this phrase printed on your packing slip. It is our wish for you, included with every order we send out.  It is, in fact, also the sentiment behind our company name, A Gracious Plenty...as we feel that we have been so abundantly blessed in life, and it is our hope to share this feeling, indeed this blessing, with all of you.

There must be something to that maxim - the one that holds that what you share is what comes back to you - because this year at A Gracious Plenty we have indeed been blessed.  Despite the chilly economic climate, our business has blossomed.  What started out three years ago as one woman (yours truly!) with a dream has now developed into a thriving little company with an expanded studio, staff, and product lines. To all of our customers, we offer our most heartfelt gratitude for choosing us these past few years to serve your personalized gift needs.

In the midst of all of our recent growth, however, one thing we had to put on hold for a while was posting to our blog.  Providing our customers with the very best products and service possible is and always will be our first priority.  With that said, thanks to a few strategic hires of some very talented individuals, we are ready to start blogging again!  So we are back with a renewed dedication to letting all of our clients, and soon-to-be clients, know what great monogrammed jewelry and gifts we have for you at A Gracious Plenty.  While we realize that an Internet-based company can seem distant and removed, we want you to know our goal is to provide you with personalized service as well as personalized gifts, to be your convenient and dependable 'go to' source for exceptional items to help celebrate the special people and occasions in your life.

On that note, we can't help but mention that with the change of seasons comes a new school year, holidays, and more. Over the past few months we've added literally hundreds of new personalized stamp designs and other great gift items that we will begin featuring here starting this week.  Remember to check back often for updated blog posts about new products, gift ideas, special offers (including giveaways!), and occasional peeks into the goings-on 'behind the scenes' here with our studio and staff. 

Thank you for stopping by.... and may you always be blessed with A Gracious Plenty!