Congratulations! You survived the nightmare that was the year 2020. Time to brush off your shoulders, change out of your custom PJ’s and get ready for a brand new year of opportunities. What are you looking forward to most this new year? Family gatherings? Going to sporting events? It feels like the world is our oyster compared to where we were just a few short months ago.
To celebrate the joy of being in a new year, we’re offering 10% off your entire order when you use the coupon code YES21. The coupon code is good for the entire month of January, so use it as many times as you want.
From all of us at Customized Girl, happy new year!
As 2020 comes to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on our sincere appreciation of your support through what may have been the most trying year in our history. Customized Girl is a small business in the truest sense of the word. We produce every single order that comes through our site in our small production facility in Columbus, Ohio with a dedicated team that truly cares about providing you with a quality product.
By ordering with us this year, you have enabled a small company to continue to persevere in the face of unprecedented obstacles, and we couldn’t be more grateful for your business. We know that your custom apparel and accessories are more than just products to buy, they are tokens of your moments and experiences and as such, they hold that much more sentimental value. For us, the same is true with your patronage.
As we look forward to better times in 2021, we can’t stress enough how thankful we are for your continued support. From our Customized Girl family to yours, thank you.
2020 has given us a lot of new experiences. Many of us are working from home or attending school virtually for the first time in our lives. Many of us learned the term “social distancing” for the first time. Some of us wore face masks for the first time in our lives this year. There were a lot of new things that were maybe not so welcome but needed to happen out of necessity.
Today, we want to celebrate some new things that we choose to do because they’re fun or because the old way of doing things just doesn’t quite work anymore. Read below to find out what some of our new favorite winter traditions are for a new normal.
# 1 Blowing Kisses Under The Mistletoe
In years past it was tradition to stand under the mistletoe with your special admirer and plant a holiday kiss right on their face. In a post-pandemic world, our new favorite mistletoe tradition is to stand under the mistletoe and just blow kisses to everyone standing a safe distance away! Just make sure to keep your mask on while blowing. Don’t want to spread any unnecessary germs.
# 2 Opening Gifts With The Family Over Zoom
Arguably the most important part of the holidays is opening gifts together. With many of us limited to the number of people we’re allowed to gather with it’s going to just be too difficult to fit the whole family in one room to open gifts this year. So instead, we’ll be hosting a Zoom meeting with our families just so we can all share and enjoy our gifts together without breaking any gathering limits. As long as we can still see each other’s smiles we’ll be fulfilled.
# 3 Attending Virtual Spiritual Services
Regardless of who or how you worship, spirituality is a huge part of the reason for giving. Unfortunately, 2020 has made attending your service of choice in person not only difficult but in some cases impossible which is why this year we’ll be attending our services online. Just remember to mute your microphone while the presenter is speaking…it’s just the kind thing to do.
# 4 Leaving Hand Sanitizer Out For Santa
For those of us that celebrate Christmas, leaving cookies and milk out for Santa has been a tradition for generations. With 2020 shaking up all things traditional, this year we’ve decided that we’ll be leaving Santa some hand sanitizer along with the rest of his treats. While Dr. Faucci has confirmed that Santa has immunity to COVID-19, the rest of us non-magical beings do not! This is why it’s so important to always wash your hands and use sanitizer even if you’re immune.
We all know that adjusting to new habits is difficult and often frustrating, but we hope our list has brought a smile to your face and possibly some positive ideas to mind on how we can all adjust our traditions when faced with new realities. From all of us at Customized Girl, here’s wishing you a safe and happy holiday season!
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us, so we want to make things just a little easier in December. To help with your holiday shopping we want to give you 10%off the entire month with coupon code CGWIN20.
The code will work for the entire month of December so make sure to come back and use it as many times as you want until December 31st, 11:59pm ET.
Thank you so much for shopping with us in 2020! Here’s hoping 2021 is a little nicer to all of us.
Outside the snow fell silently in large fluffy flakes. Elise and her dad were spending a nice quiet moment together drawing pictures with her favorite set of colored pencils. She remembered them as one of the gifts she had gotten last year for the holidays and they had lasted her all year long.
These moments with her father had become few and far between as he worked at the local hospital in their Emergency ward and a global pandemic had demanded most of his time this year. But she relished what little time he was able to spend with her when he was home.
One day while her dad was working, Elise wanted to do something special. She knew how hard this year had been on her father and wanted to give him something that would mean more than any other gift she could possibly give, she wanted to give him a truly one-of-a-kind gift for Christmas this year.
Elise remembered the drawing she had made just the other day with her dad during their time together and got to work to make her dream a reality. With a little help from mom and mom’s credit card, Elise knew just what to do.
Christmas Day came and her father found himself lucky enough to be able to open gifts before another long day of fighting a deadly virus. They spent all morning opening their presents until there was just one left. In a small box under the tree with a tiny tag that just read, “From: Elise, To: Dad”
As he opened the box, the first thing that caught his eye was the small paper tag. In a simple font, it read ‘Customized Girl’. He wasn’t exactly sure what that was, but it didn’t matter. Pulling the gift from the box a tear came to his eye.
Inside was a regular looking coffee cup with one defining feature. Right on the front was the picture Elise had drawn with him the other day. Under the drawing were the words, ‘I love you’. He was completely overwhelmed.
As the two embraced, her father told her it was the best gift he had ever received and would use it every day at work. It would be the thing that gave him the strength to keep fighting through the toughest times. It was truly a one-of-a-kind gift.
With the insanity that is the year 2020 ever so slowly crawling its way to an end, there are still a few challenges we’ve yet to overcome. One of these being the holiday gift-giving season that comes at the end of every year. Even these traditions are now at risk of being canceled unless we can find a way to work around it.
Gift giving in 2020 comes with its own challenges, but we’re here to say that we think we have the best solution figured out. When you’re holiday shopping in a pandemic there are a few things that we think are most important; it has to be contact-free, there has to be something for everyone on your list, it has to be that much more special so make it custom.
With these points in mind, read below to see why buying gifts on Customized Girl is the best decision to make for your holiday shopping needs this year.
# 1 Contact Free Gift Giving
One of the many benefits of eCommerce is the ability to give a gift to anyone almost anywhere in the world with just a few clicks of a button. This becomes even more important during a pandemic where being physically close to someone can be a risk to you and them. So don’t risk it this year, order from Customized Girl online, and let us ship your unique one-of-a-kind gift to your loved one right to their door, completely contact-free.
# 2 Something For Everyone On Your List
Another major challenge during the holidays is getting something for everyone on your list. What do you get the person who has everything? Well obviously something only you can give, a completely customized gift made just for them. Whether you’re shopping for custom kids apparel, custom men’s apparel, or super cute custom women’s styles for yourself or your girlfriends, you’re sure to find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Don’t forget our huge selection of custom accessories for your stocking stuffers either!
# 3 Completely Personalized Gift Giving
Gifts should always hold a personal touch to them, they should mean something to the person you’re giving them to. When you make custom gifts they immediately gain that personal something that you just can’t give with other types of gifts. Add their name to any product on our site, place some special art that speaks to that individual, but most importantly upload your custom photos to remember other special moments from the past year.
Now that we’ve convinced you to complete your holiday shopping on Customized Girl, might we suggest our fantastic selection of custom ugly Christmas sweaters as a good place to start? Let’s make them extra ugly for the year that was 2020!
The holiday season is always a time to come together with friends and family to share our love for one another that maybe we haven’t been able to show the rest of the year. Whether you’re giving gifts or making the family a delicious dinner, togetherness is ultimately the feeling of the season.
2020 has been unlike anything we’ve lived through before and I think it’s safe to say that that feeling of togetherness is even more important than it’s ever been before. When it’s cold outside and there’s a global pandemic still keeping us apart, we can still feel the spirit of the holiday together at home.
What better way to spend that time at home together than by getting the whole family some matching sets of pajamas. You’ll have plenty of time to lay around in your super comfy family-themed PJ’s, so here are our selections for the top 6 family PJ designs.
# 1 Custom Poinsettia Christmas Jammies
Personalize this beautiful poinsettia design with your family name and the year!
# 2 Mix & Match Pajama Sets
Who says every pair of pajamas needs to match? Personalize your tops and mix up your bottoms to spread some holiday cheer!
# 3 Oh Christmas Tree! Ladies Pajamas
Is the Christmas tree your favorite part of the holiday? Personalize this design to show it off!
# 4 Family Photo Ugly Sweater Fun
Remember the best moments from the last year with custom photo uploads right on your pajamas!
# 5 Cousin Crew Custom PJ’s
Represent your cousin crew with matching PJ’s for every member. Personalize each tee with a name!
# 6 ‘We Cut Our Own Tree’ Christmas Family Jamjam’s
If your family is still one of the lucky few that can cut down your own tree for Christmas, these custom jamjam’s are just the thing to top off the holidays.
Nothing left to do this year but snuggle up in your new custom jammies and put on your favorite holiday movies. Let’s make this holiday season the coziest one we’ve ever had!
Looking for a one-stop-shop to find gifts for everyone on your list? Why not try something fun, easy, fast, and contact-free this year by customizing your gifts on Customized Girl. Our easy to use design center combined with your creative spirit is a holiday recipe for gift-giving success. Check out our list below of the top 9 gifts to give for 2020.
With so many custom options to choose from, the gift ideas are limitless!
# 1 Custom Varsity Jacket
Our classic varsity jacket always makes a great winter gift. Customized, comfy, and warm is exactly how you’ll spend your winter in this jacket
# 2 Custom Stocking
Spread holiday cheer with a beautifully customized stocking featuring your name or the name of someone special!
# 3 Custom Baby Christmas Pajamas
Start your shopping with custom pajama’s for the smallest family member then work your way up! Personalize an entire set for the whole family this year.
# 4 Custom Holiday Mug
Use one of our super fun templates, like this one, for your design or start from scratch. At Customized Girl you are the designer!
# 5 Custom Hats
Keep your head warm and stylin’ with our awesome selection of custom headwear. Perfect for the sportswoman in the family!
# 6 Custom Santa Hats
Looking for a more festive piece of headwear? Our customizable Santa hats are just what you need. Make one for every member of your family!
# 7 Custom Bags
Available in a variety of colors and styles to match any outfit, sport, or group, these custom bags are perfect for the on-the-go student or athlete in your life!
# 8 Custom Undies For Them
Write a cheeky message on these comfy undies for your lover this holiday. Just don’t end up on the naughty list
# 9 Custom Stadium Blankets
Planning on attending any outdoor winter sports? Make sure to bring your customized stadium blanket to stay warm all season long!
Now that you’ve got some great gift ideas don’t forget to order early this year. Ordering early will make sure your order arrives before the big day of giving and prevent any delays as many shipping companies are already experiencing. Let’s all make this holiday season a huge success together!
We wanted to do something fun to celebrate October this year, the spookiest month of all! So we asked the people on our marketing team what their favorite movies to watch for Halloween are. Get to know us and get some great movie recommendations below!
Andy: As the Marketing Team’s resident horror buff, I watch scary movies all year long and have a huge place in my heart for all the classics, Freddy Kruger being my all-time favorite horror villain. Having said that, I still think my favorite movie to watch during Halloween has to be Ernest Scared Stupid. It’s just the perfect mix of campy Halloween fun, simple but effective storytelling, and some of the best practical effects of all time. Even after all these years, it continues to hold up as a great Halloween film for folks of all ages.
Ernest accidentally unleashes an ugly troll that plots to transform children into wooden dolls in the town of Briarville, Missouri.
Kathleen: Well, for someone who hates scary movies, Halloween isn’t really my favorite movie holiday. I still have nightmares from watching Poltergeist, Freddy, Halloween, and Friday the 13th as a kid. The worst. So if I had to pick one, I’d say my favorite movies are the Harry Potter series. Not technically Halloween, but it still fits the season and I’m always in the mood to re-watch them when October rolls around.
An orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
Hannah: I never was a fan of horror or scary movies growing up. Still today it isn’t something I gravitate towards regularly. When I was a kid, the first scary movie I watched was Friday the 13th. I remember not being able to sleep for a few days after even though it really isn’t that scary. I am only now starting to watch more of the horror section on Netflix since it is spooky season, but I still don’t watch scary movies alone. I am almost done with Haunting of Hill House, and it’s really good! Of course, American Horror Story is incredible too… but the intro is always more frightening than the actual show haha. My favorite Halloween “movie” though, is The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
Madeline: Growing up, it was one of Mom & I’s favorite Fall traditions to watch Hocus Pocus together. We’d carve our Jack O’Lanterns––fresh from the pumpkin patch––and afterward, we’d cozy up on the couch in pajamas for the event. I had a huge crush on Thackery Binx (and still do, if we’re being honest). More recently, though, I’ve been enjoying indie horror films like The Invitation, or the all-too-disturbing psychological thrillers like The Lodge and Mother.
A curious youngster moves to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.
Hazel: Has anyone ever heard of The Halloween Tree? It’s an animated Hanna-Barbera made-for-television movie that aired on Cartoon Network every Halloween season in the 90’s. It tells the story of four friends who skip trick-or-treating in favor of chasing after their fifth friend’s spirit in an attempt to save them. The film explores the way different cultures celebrate their own version of Halloween and in retrospect, is really educational. Which would have completely turned me off as a kid, but it’s done in a really fun way.
Fun fact: I recently learned that this movie is based off Ray Bradbury’s 1972 novel by the same name, is narrated by Ray Bradbury, and also features Leonard Nimoy in the voice cast!
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
So there’s the list of our favorite movies to watch for Halloween! Have you seen any of the films we mentioned? What are some of your favorite films to watch during the month of October to get you in the Halloween spirit? Leave your movie recommendations in the comments! Happy Halloween!
October is breast cancer awareness month. As we’ve done in years past, we continue to show our support for this wonderful cause by donating a portion of all breast cancer designs to the Side-Out Foundation. This will be our third year donating to this group!
To help kick off this year’s awareness campaign, we’ve collected our top 5 favorite custom breast cancer designs for 2020 and posted them here. Why not start your own designs with one of these templates?
# 1 Breast Cancer Virtual Event Tank
Represent your team at the virtual walk with a custom tank.
# 2 All Our Fights Custom Virtual Event Sweatshirt
Stay warm and cozy while attending your virtual event for breast cancer in a custom sweatshirt.
# 3 Design Your Own Pink Ribbon Cancer Sash
Customize your own pink ribbon sash for someone you know who beat this terrible disease.
# 4 Custom Breast Cancer Team Name Tee
Add additional custom text to these tees to show your support for your whole team.
# 5 Custom Breast Cancer Survivor Face Mask
Stay safe while working for a good cause. Personalize these survivor face masks for your next in-person event.
Thanks for being a part of the solution and working with us to put an end to breast cancer! Together we can wipe this awful disease out entirely.
