STARBUCKS Custom Tumbler
My sister came up with a fabulous gift for her guy for Christmas and recruited me to bring her thoughtful idea to life. Her guy is a snapshot photographer and loves to photograph flowers. She sent me her favorite photos (of his) to choose from along with the quote, “Earth laughs in flowers” by Ralph Waldo Emerson and told me to perform my design magic. This is what I came up with:
I chose an old Polaroid picture frame to capture the essence of his thought process while snapping the photo, added a note to a random few using a casual handwriting font and scattered them around like you might do while admiring your favorite things (no matter what those “things” are). The quote was well thought out too… the word EARTH is sky blue and the words laughs in flowers is in a fluid and spiky font that resembles grass.
Here it is in all it’s glory! I went to STARBUCKS on New Year’s Eve and found a Create Your Own Tumbler just so I could photograph the finished product for my blog! However, I didn’t pass up the chance to get a seasonal Eggnog Latte while I was at it! Not until I was waiting for my husband to finish his First Night 5k race (while talking to my sister in freezing cold temperatures) did I realize just how fun this project was – and that I really wanted to do one for myself as well!
Have you ever considered a “create it yourself” project and wished you had some creative assistance? Let me help you! It’s very easy… I promise! My sister is 2,000 miles away in Washington state and she simply traced the template and emailed it to me. I used the template to design the tumbler and then sent her the final printed templates having never seen the actual tumbler – live and in person! It was a team effort to create this very personal gift for her special guy. He’s lucky to have such a thoughtful lady in his life!
While talking to my sister about this creative adventure we experienced together I got to thinking about what a great client gift this would make… hmm… think about it… I sure am! The options are ENDLESS!
Speaking of coffee… it’s a balmy 11 degrees here in Northeast Missouri and I need to go get a warm up on my coffee and get to work! Have a warm and wonderful day. A great big thank you to my sister, Paige, for recruiting me for this project… I loved doing it for her… for him. Cheers!
January 6th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Those are some pretty darn nice ‘snapshots” as well! Thanks for doing this!!!!!!!!! I love the results and am a very lucky guy! When are you going to market a line of these????
January 7th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Well Larry… if only I had another eight hours every day to do all the things I wanted to do (instead of have to do), I might give it a whirl! Until things quiet down though… I’ll continue to design them just for fun. Thanks for the compliments… they are much appreciated. Cheers!
March 23rd, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Hi there,
This mug looks fantastic!! I was just wondering how you did it and if you are offering to do it for others ( wasn’t quite sure) it really does look fantastic
Many thanks Geena
March 25th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Hi Geena,
I used a Starbucks Create Your Own Tumbler template to design this one specifically. I designed it in Adobe InDesign and used images provided by my client. And, yes, I do offer this service to any and all readers out there. Thanks for following my blog! Have a great day!