We have just added local delivery services for the live roses. Local delivery rate is for all areas within a 25 mile radius of Youngstown, Ohio for $7.00. This is a significant savings over UPS next day shipping! All zip codes starting with 161, 442 - 446 fall within this range! The website has been updated accordingly.

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YourCustomItems.com is proud and honored to announce our new product line of Speaking Roses by YourCustomitems.com.

With this unique product, you can give that someone special a gift that is not only unique, but will touch their heart in a way that cannot be put into words.

We can place any picture or phrases on a live rose and ship them next day to anywhere in the Contiguous Forty-Eight States.

Our standard phrases will allow you to choose a phrase from our existing catalog of over 50 phrases.

Available from a solitaire rose to a bunch of 24.

Find our more information on our Speaking Roses Standard Phrases Page.

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What a great conversation starter… YourCustomItems.com’s Photo-A-Sketch is a unique and exiting way to present pictures in a different format.

We can take your digital photo and turn it into an image of one of those time honored toys that we all can recognize.

The nice part is you don’t have to spend hours turning knobs to get your pictures on there…. and shhhh!… we won’t tell them you didn’t if you don’t.

You can also add your name(s) or personal message and we have the font to match!

More information…

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We tried some new things this past holiday season that did not seem to work out. Our goal was to have a standard flat rate shipping charge per order of $4.25. This did not work out since we were not able to get tracking information on all of the packages this year, and some really needed to be tracked. The lowest shipping rate that we can get, with tacking information is $4.80 for orders under 13 oz. We are not able to get tracking information on First Class orders; therefore, we are switching to Priority Class mailing.

In order to gain tracking information, we increased the flat rate shipping and handling charge to $5.00 per order (as of January 2, 2009). This is to cover shipping costs, packaging, and handling of the products to be shipped. With the increase in the shipping charge we now receive USPS tracking information on the packages that are shipped.

When an order is shipped, you will now receive an e-mail message with the USPS tracking number so that you can monitor the delivery of your packages on-line as well. Starting January 10, 2009, the tracking number will also be placed in your Order Status tab on YourCustomItems.com and linked to USPS.

We feel that the increase of $.75 per order to have the tracking information is beneficial to your our valued customer as well as to ensuring that customer satisfaction is delivered with all of the care that we put into each customized order.

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Do you know the origin of your last name? Where does your “people” come from? With our Family Name History you can find out the answers to these questions and preserve your family’s name history for generations to come. We will generate the history of the surname that you provide and send you a print which can be used to show all your family and friends.

Find out more information on our Family Name History page.

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From the Department of Elfland Security your child will receive a letter stating that their background check has been successful and they are officially on the good list.

Each certificate is certified by the “Big Man” himself with the official seal. This is an optional item when you purchase a letter from Santa.

Find out more information on our Letters from Santa Page.

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What child does not wish for Santa to bring them something special for Christmas?

How many children want to know if Santa really knows about them and get excited when something the mall-Santa says fits with their lives?

Let them see just how much Santa knows about them with a letter from Santa personalized just for them about their lives.

Is your child afraid of Santa?

Get them a letter from Santa delivered right to their home that shows Santa is friendly and knows them! Maybe they won’t cry next time you see Santa at the mall.

Need a Jolly Gift Giver to help you to get your child to clean their room or take a bath?

Let Santa help you to get your child to do the things that good boys and girls on the nice list do.

Find out more information on our Letters from Santa Page.

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Looking for a clever and unique game for a wedding shower which you can be used to give away prizes to your attendees? Take a look at our Wedding Scratch-Off tickets.

With these tickets, you can customize the winning tickets with up to 10 different phrases such as; her birthday, his birthday, wedding date, engagement date, last name, first names together, where they met, where they got engaged, where was the first date, when was the first date, or whatever you wish to use.

The loosing tickets will have clip-art symbols related to weddings such as; wedding rings, two hearts, bride and groom, wedding cake, bride and groom within a heart.

Each symbol or phrase is covered with a heart shaped scratch-off area covering the information below it.

You pass out all of the winning and losing tickets together and have everyone scratch-off there tickets. Whoever reveals the correct information wins the prize.

Each ticket is about the size of a business card. You can choose from one of our pre-mad layouts or upload an image of your own for the background of the tickets. You can also supply the couple’s name and wedding date which will be printed on each card.

Find out more information here.

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The Name Poems is one of those gifts you can get for that someone you do not know what to get. This item has a Poem made from the letter of the person’s first name. This is a truly personalized and unique gift item that they will remember for a lifetime.

You supply the name and select which background you would like it printed on. This item can be printed for framing on plain or parchment paper, laminated, or made into a stand-up sign.

Check out the page for this product for more information.

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I finally got the chance to sit down and figure out how to add the backgrounds we have to the website.

You will be able to see the new utilities that will let you view all of our available backgrounds now on items such as the Name Poems and First Name Almanacs.

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