Our second variation is called a round/square folding purse hanger. It is the same concept as our previous version with the exception that the hook is always exposed as shown in the imagery below.

Our third and final variation is a purse hanger with hook. Unlike the previous two variations the hook does not fold and is always exposed as depicted below.

Our beautiful, trendy, sophisticate, lightweight imprinted purse hangers offers a nice companion accessory to your purses no matter where you go. Almost all of our custom logo purse hangers come with an individual gift box or velvet pouch to store your purse hangers in. The most important thing about our imprinted purse hangers is that you can customize it to your needs whether is it is showcasing your logo, name, organization or event. Our most popular ones are the ones that come standard with the option of full color printing, where you can imprint photo quality images right on the surface and your logo or brand will be exposed to many to see. If you wanted engraving, we do have custom laser engraved purse hangers as well. And if you want a bit of bling…we have that too! Some of our purse hangers have a crystallization/rhinestones option as well. Here are our top custom purse hangers.

Posted by Lorena, Design Specialist

One of the most common questions I get is, “how do I pull off the most creative and original idea, but on a limited budget?” Our suggestion is to utilize four color process printing (full color printing). Full color printing gives the opportunity to utilize as many colors as wanted and/or needed and the best thing is that there is only one set-up charge that covers all the colors (unlike silkscreen printing where you need to pay a set-up for each color screen made). Full color printing is like if you were using your regular conventional color printer at home—it can print full color logos, images, patterns, gradients, photo quality images, and so much more! There is no extra charge to do this since our machines are already set-up to print the spectrum of colors. There’s no long turn around time and most importantly, to our creative enthusiasts, no constraints on creativity.

So go ahead and be bold! Express yourself freely through color! It will definitely make your next promotional product campaign go from bland to grand. Here are some of my personal favorites in which you can fully customize the artwork with any full color design—by the way, if you need help with designing, give me a call.

Posted by Lorena, Design Specialist

Keep up with the new fashion trends in 2011: be part of this rapidly evolving era of e-commerce and now, even f-commerce.

2010 was definitely the year of e-commerce and now that the economy shows signs of recovery (finally!), retailers are aiming for more growth in 2011, with great focus on technology. Most of the major retail brands have launched (or will be launching soon) custom apps for iPhone, Android, iPad, and more. For example, Burberry’s app live streams their fashion shows and provides the option for consumers to purchase the runway collection directly from their iPad. It’s all about instant gratification. It’s 2011 – if consumers want it, they want it now.

Another big trend to look out for in 2011 is the “f-commerce”, which basically is the ability to execute shopping transactions in Facebook without leaving the network. Retailers have caught on to the wildfire called Facebook. What better place to connect with consumers than a platform which reaches 500 million users all around the world and even turned over an entire Egyptian government in under 20 days. Facebook is powerful stuff. It is estimated that Facebook users spend approximately 700 billion minutes per month browsing, sharing, and interacting. Currently, few brands like Hallmark, Victoria’s Secret, Dunkin’ Donuts, Ford, and Starbucks are using f-commerce, but it will soon be more and more common to see that around.

What’s still a staple of the fashion industry are the fashion shows each year where designers reveal their new looks. Here are the upcoming dates of the leading fashion shows of 2011:

Feb. 7-10: Montreal, (Quebec) Canada – Montreal Fashion Week
Feb. 10-17: New York, NY – Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Feb. 18-23: London, United Kingdom – London Fashion Week
Feb. 21-27: Washington D.C.- D.C. Fashion Week
Feb. 22-25: Buenos Aires, Argentina – Buenos Aires Fashion Week
Feb. 23-Mar. 1: Milan, Italy – Milan Fashion Week
Mar. 1-9: Paris, France – Paris Fashion Week (Mode à Paris)
Mar. 3-6: Miami, FL – Miami Beach International Fashion Week
Mar. 15-18: Los Angeles, CA – Style Fashion Week LA
Mar. 18-25: Tokyo, Japan – Japan Fashion Week
Mar. 22-26: Charleston, SC – Charleston Fashion Week
May 2-6: Sydney, Australia – Rosemount Australian Fashion Week
May 30-Jun. 4: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Fashion Rio
Jun. 13-18: Sao Paulo, Brazil – Sao Paulo Fashion Week
Jul. 4-7: Hong Kong – Hong Kong Fashion Week

As usual, in 2011 we will also make sure to provide you with the trendiest, stylish, and most fashionable giveaway and promotional products, for fashion, women, and health & beauty industries.

Here are some of our top promotional products for the year :

Posted by Eunice, Operations Assistant

Neoprene is a highly innovative material that is most commonly known for use in bodysuits or wetsuits for surfing and other water sports. It’s thick, washable, soft, and waterproof. Neoprene can even be twisted and pinched and not lose its shape or have weird stretch lines in it like plastic or leather. The reason surfers use it is because it can hold your body’s temperature for hours, so they can stay in the cold water for longer periods of time without getting hypothermia.

Neoprene was invented just a few weeks before nylon in the 1930’s by DuPont Performance Elastomers through a corporate research project. This was the first ever, successfully made synthetic rubber in history! Polychloroprene is the technical name for neoprene. Originally, it was used for automotive parts like fan belts, and other industrial applications like hoses and tires. During World War II, ALL of the neoprene in the U.S. was sent to help with war efforts. Neoprene is a tough material and it can stand up to water, oils, solvents, heat and is even somewhat resistant to fire.

So why make a laptop sleeve out of it? A custom neoprene laptop cover is the perfect promotional giveaway! The material is thick, protective, and it oozes sophistication due to its high quality –which means the laptop sleeve won’t go to waste because people will actually use it. Neoprene laptop cases are versatile and can even stretch up to 0.5” to fit different size laptops. We recently added a wide selection of new neoprene laptop cases and other custom neoprene products to our site and they can be imprinted in a variety of methods, including full color sublimation, screen print, heat transfer, deboss, and embroidery.

Posted by Cathy, Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Most of us are somewhat familiar with the idea of embroidery or silkscreen for custom imprinted bags. A less familiar term is dye sublimation, another method to imprint your logo or custom design on corporate apparel, sports team uniforms, totes, bags, make up cases, and anything polyester, neoprene, and a plethora of other textile options. The cool thing about sublimated print and what sets it truly apart is that you can imprint 4 color process and all over design on any tote, bag, or t-shirt.

So what’s the skinny on soy vs. traditional paraffin wax candles? Besides being eco-friendly and grown on American soil, soy candles on average burn 50% longer, produce little to no soot while burning, are non-toxic, and their scent reaches farther and emits stronger fragrance than traditional promotional candles made of paraffin wax. If you think about how much is spent on $5, $10, and $15 traditional candles that promise to produce good quality fragrance but then falls short, one can easily see that the investment in soybean candles is well worth the cost.

Did you know that our candles are poured after you place the order? That’s how we can offer such a plethora of wonderful fragrance options and you can be assured that you’ll get fresh candles to giveaway to your customers and partners.

Here are our favorite, hand-poured, all-natural custom made soy candles perfect for any promotion or event:

Personally, I only give out soy candles as gifts to my friends and family because I know with soy, no matter which brand I go with, they will always smell fabulous. Now if you are looking for a really premium candle to give as a corporate gift or spa treat (like something you would find in a high end hotel), I recommend Seda France’s Custom Luxury Candle Gift. Lifestyle guru, Colin Cowie, recommended these candles as the “perfect gift” on Oprah and Martha Stewart has also featured them as “the gift of luxury.” These candles burn for 40 hours and are hand poured in the USA. The packaging is extremely premium with a wide selection of box and ribbon options. Recently we did a promotion of 100,000 pieces for a Gift With Purchase program for a nation-wide retail chain and it was one of their best promotions to date.

Posted by Amanda, Marketing Associate

For example, my smart phone and laptop computer both pale in comparison to the mini Moleskine day to day planner that is kept in my purse for quick jotting and note taking. I don’t know about you, but I happen to have the short term memory of a gnat, therefore my pocket notebook does more than come in handy, it’s a life saver!

My number one reason for owning a journal is for the feel of it! Yes, I could easily log my daily thoughts in a tidy file on my computer but it just doesn’t feel the same as having a pen in hand and scribbling my thoughts down as they come. There’s a sense of self expression that one gets from writing that can’t be replicated. Not to mention the fact that while the use of phones and computers is prohibited in some settings, notebooks and journals conveniently are not.

For these reasons, you’ll never see a customized notebook or journal go out of style.  It will always be one of the top promotional products to give away because it is perfect for an executive gift, a sales person, a professional, a nurse, a student, a doctor, a mom, a teen, a meeting attendee… you get the idea. And if you choose an exciting look and feel, you can bet your logo will be seen and recognized daily on your custom notebook or journal.

This brings us to the next question, what type of promotional notebook will be the most loved and widely used?  Small compact notebooks, sizes 4×6 or the most popular 5×7 are easy to carry and extremely popular since they can be used for jotting notes, brainstorming, making lists, and as a pseudo day planner.  Full size notebooks are more formal and give you greater area for a cool design.  The material selection is essential since you want something that will stick around for as long as possible. Leather (or leatherette), vinyl, and polypropylene are popular. However, eco friendly notebooks made of recycled paper and organic inks are gaining popularity and may be the way to go.

Finally you’ll need to decide on a type of binding. There are quite a few to choose from such as spiral, comb, sewn, clasp, pressure, and perfect bound. Personally I’m a big fan of spiral bound notebooks. Being that I am left handed I find them to be much more efficient. It’s more comfortable and I’m able to use the entire page instead of one fourth of it! Spiral notebooks are also more convenient in that they have built-in pen holders. Although, spiral or bound, nowadays there are hundreds of custom notebooks and journals that include a pen look or a built-in pen holder feature to make your next promo journal or notebook completely functional.

Here are a few of our most popular notebooks and journals:

Posted by Amanda, Marketing Associate

Our CMC line breaks this entire process down into 4 simple steps that will take you from concept to completion:

Step 1: Select an idea. Choose from a variety of product options to select a general concept for your Custom Made Creation.

Step 2: Define material, shape, size, style, pattern/imprint, and colors. Once you have a product idea, you get to do the creating!

Step 3: Approve mock-up. After you’ve put the finishing touches on your Custom Made Creation design, we’ll create a virtual mock-up for you to approve. That way, we’ll be sure that we understand your vision!

Step 4: Ideas come to life. After you approve, production begins! Depending on the product you have designed and the quantity you need, we will have your order to you within 4 weeks for most orders! Only the very high quantity ones (in the thousands) would require a couple of months lead times.

The options are limitless with our new CMC line: custom bags and totes, custom leather merchandise, promotional jewelry and key chains, books, journals, notebooks, spa and beauty items, housewares, and so much more! And with our Custom Made Creations program, you can be sure to get high quality materials with excellent construction.

With each order, you receive first a virtual mock-up and then upon approval, a prototype to approve where you can touch and feel your custom made product. Our easy, streamlined process will ensure that your design is clearly understood prior to production, so you can rest easy knowing that your full run order will produce exactly the way you want.

Our Custom Made Creations line makes designing and producing completely custom products simple! Here are a few ideas of what we can do to design your own custom made products:

Posted by Amanda, Marketing Associate

Signature cosmetic bags and travel make up bags are a great way to get your brand in front of customers and potential buyers. Custom made cosmetic cases make great corporate gifts for employees or clients, giveaway items at trade shows or expo’s, wedding favors for bridesmaids, branding/marketing items to promote your business, fundraisers such as church groups and non profit fundraisers for women’s groups like breast cancer or ovarian research, and as mentioned above, a really great Gift with Purchase program that never gets old!

Most importantly, these promotional make up bags are one of the most easily customizable and inexpensive products to produce.

The most important thing to keep in mind when creating a designer bag is the material and the color. Why? Because the goal is to get your bag used and adored daily. The cosmetic bag’s goal is to become a “best friend,” an item that your recipient takes along with her wherever she goes! We recommend choosing a fashion-forward (non-traditional) material, which doesn’t necessarily mean that you are required to pay more. In fact, sometimes you can find more cost effective options choosing a trendy fabric or combining different fabrics together.

For example, some avant-garde materials are patent leather, quilted satin, cotton canvas, organic cotton canvas, genuine leather (premium faux leather is OK too) or neoprene, one of our most cutting-edge materials (it’s made of a surfer’s bodysuit material, which is very durable, washable, and ultra cool.)

The next step in the process is choosing the right pattern. Think of your logo or design, then think of the recipient. Do you want it feminine, sophisticated, fun, darling, funky, or unisex? Do you want solid colors or prints? You may also consider using two fabrics to achieve a catchy two-tone design, which is a great way to make your bag stand out amongst others. The icing on the cake in my opinion is the interior of the bag. Adding a satin liner that contrasts the exterior color is a simple way to give the bag more of a luxurious feel. Often times we can even do a classic step-and-repeat of your logo making your custom cosmetic case feel premium with a unique, signature liner which can be seen with many high priced designer bags nowadays.

Finally, if a simple bag is what you have in mind then think of a (very creative or visionary) imprint or logo to use that will give the your bag that stylish and inspired look. Using one or two imprint colors keeps your costs low but if you make the design more fashionable, it will be the most bang for your buck therefore the recipient will probably like it more and use it frequently.

Posted by Amanda, Marketing Associate

With the increasing demands and pace of daily life, the need for more getaways and personal pampering is on the rise. For health, wellness, spa, and personal care focused companies looking to promote and market their products and services, we know that pens and coffee mugs just won’t cut it. And for resort-themed events, like retreats and exclusive parties, finding spa and beauty promotional products can be down right challenging.

Luckily, Femme Promo has a wide selection of spa and beauty promotional merchandise with top products like custom imprinted cosmetic bags and candles. Here are some of our top sellers:

For more personal care related items, we feature custom imprinted mirror compacts, lip balms, chapstick, promotional manicure sets, lotions, and so much more!

Click here to visit our unique and stylish collection of Beauty & Spa related promotional products. For unique signature packaging, resort towels, robes, and custom spa sets, our Custom Made Creations program can offer unique solutions to fit almost any product or packaging needs.

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