Your guide to personalised gifts and present ideas

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With Valentines Day approaching fast, romantic minded people are turning their minds to customised presents for a present that will be treasured and kept.

A personalised gift is one way to get into the good books of the one you love so here’s some suggestions for you this Valentine’s Day…

Apple continues to go from strength to strength with its fantastic touch devices and the “app store” eco system that they have thrown up. If your better half is a bit geeky but doesn’t yet have one, why not treat them to either an iPod, an iPhone or an iPad – all of which can be personalised with a lasered message before Apple sends them out. Click here for Personalised iPods and iPads.

Champagne is the indulgent bottle of fizz that everybody likes to receive and there’s a range of customised champagne bottle options to suit your budget.

If your fella is footie mad (or your girlfriend, of course), how about their team’s kit customised with a name emblazoned on the back. This soccer-themed idea will hit the back of the net on the big day and maybe help you score too? (Apologies, but sometimes football punnage is just too tempting).

There’s more personalised gift ideas in the side bar of this site but don’t leave it too late as customised presents usually take a bit longer to order than standard off the shelf gifts.

Chocolate is the perennial favourite gift which goes down a treat whether it be at Christmas, birthdays, Easter or any other occasion. I really like these personalised chocolate bars which allow you to put the name of a loved one across the outer wrapping of a chocolate bar. The bars are 100g bars of milk chocolate covered in foil and with a paper wrap – which is a classic look which always reminds me of the Willy Wonka movie.

There’s loads of outer layer designs waiting for you to customise with the addition of a message or friend’s name. There’s generic gift ones, ones perfect for him or for her, funky ones and some really romantic ones. Here’s a selection of some of the best but click here to see the full selection.

Generic customisable Chocolate Bar

‘Happy Birthday’ Chocolate Bar

Year and Name Chocolate Bar

‘Thanks’ Chocolate Bar

‘Mr & Mrs’ Chocolate Bar

Visit Getting Personal to see the customised chocolate bars or visit our personalised gift chocolates page for other cocoa inspired ideas.

Here’s some example photos to show how great a personalised Monopoly set can look. In this one, all the locations have been changes to names of Greenwich streets and land marks for a local news website competition.

To find out how to order your own, visit our personalised Monopoly page.