Why Now Is The Time To Shop For Personalised Christmas Gifts

If you’re a parent to a newborn and are wondering what to get your partner for Christmas, bespoke baby feet casts are a wonderful choice. This is a beautiful way to commemorate your child’s arrival into the world and it will be a gift that your loved one treasures forever. 

Because you’re having a cast made of your baby’s feet (or hands if you’d prefer), you need to allow some time for the process. 

So, although it’s only September, now is the perfect time to arrange this kind of gift as it will take a minimum of eight to 12 weeks for your casts to be ready. If you like the idea of bronze feet casts, or ones made of gold, silver or nickel plating, the lead time is longer, approximately 20–25 weeks for bronze and 22–28 weeks for other metals. 

However, if you order a pair of glass or plaster ornaments made from casts of your baby’s feet, the lead time is eight to 12 weeks for plaster and ten to 12 weeks for glass, which means they should be ready in time for Christmas. 

One study even found that people value personalised gifts more highly than more generic presents, due to feelings of “vicarious pride”. All the more reason to get ahead of the curve with your gifting plans now!

An alternative to casts of your baby’s hands or feet is to use a fingerprint to create a bespoke piece of jewellery. 

Once the fingerprint is taken, it can be engraved onto a charm that can be worn on a necklace or bracelet or onto a signet ring or cufflinks. This gives you another charming option for a personalised gift to commemorate your growing family. 

As these pieces of jewellery are also bespoke, it’s best to get in touch sooner rather than later if you’d like your gift to arrive in time for Christmas.