Enough of seeing an erasable whiteboard or a soulless board every day to write down the little tasks of the week? The memo board to personalise is perfect for keeping track of everyone's schedule: Annie has dance lessons on Wednesday, Dad goes shopping on Thursday, John goes to the dentist on Friday, and mum goes to get Granny on Saturday. Choose your background to brighten up your daily life (A sandy beach, a mountain photo, your flower garden, a pretty galloping horse...) and four photos for the left side part. For example a photo of each family member. If you are co-tenants, you can also use this memo board for household chores such as Monday Joe sets and clears the table, Jack prepares the meal and William and Averell do the dishes, etc. Tuesday, Joe pays for the pizzas, Jack plans the drinks, William the music and Averell looks for a board game or a nice activity. Also, at work, this memo board can be used to indicate the schedules of your small team and the main tasks to be performed by each during the week. An unusual gift, an original and useful decorative idea to improve your weekly organization at home or at work.

What child hasn't written or wanted to write on a wall or door with a pencil, ballpoint pen, marker or worse, to the great despair of their parents, and then been told off by them or by their teacher? Unfortunately, most of the time these drawings or texts are difficult to erase and sometimes even impossible to remove from a wooden door. On a wall, a coat of paint is obviously easier. But with our self-adhesive sheet, your children will have no problem and will be able to draw endlessly, as long as they use one of the chalks provided. This pragmatic, practical and versatile sheet can be used on multiple surfaces: windows, mirrors, wardrobes, bedroom walls, turning any space into a blackboard.

Of course, it is essential that the self-adhesive sheet is dust-free. However, the board is not detachable.  

The sheet is a fun, interactive way to communicate, leave messages, share ideas and draw up plans for a project. The self-adhesive chalkboard has an interesting and appreciable size and can be used to create drawings that can be used as decor for any party, birthday or New Year's celebration that friends, mami or grandaddy can admire when they visit.

This chalkboard is an ideal office gift and an original little gift from Gifts-custopolis.com.

A birth day is a very important celebration for all of us. On this day we are the heroes of the day. Originally (and still in some families and peoples), the birthday boy or girl gave presents to his or her parents (especially to the mother) to thank them for giving birth to him or her. Since the Middle Ages, it was the birthday person who organised the festive meal, so each guest brought a share of the meal. Later on, as not everyone worked in the catering industry, everyone brought the birthday boy or girl something from their own production. Today, giving a birthday present has become a custom and an occasion to show affection to a relative, friend or colleague. But what gift should you give to a friend, grandmother or colleague? We suggest a nice little gift: a personalised mug with a personal photo or a message of your own invention. For example: For the best granny in the world. To my lifelong friend. To the funniest colleague, "It's the crisis, everything is increasing, even your age", "50 years old = 30 years + 20 years of experience" or any other message... It's up to you to choose or to find the message that best suits the person concerned. The originality of the mug is its decoration inside, a special colourful and nice birthday decoration. An original birthday gift, a personalised birthday mug proposed by Gifts-custopolis.com

Greek water clocks

An early prototype of an alarm clock was invented by the Greeks around 250 BC. The Greeks built a water clock, called a clepsydra, where rising water told the time and eventually struck a mechanical bird that set off an alarm whistle. The water filled a tank with an hour scale inside and flowed out through a hole in the base of the container. Clepsydras were more useful than sundials - they could be used indoors, at night and even under cloudy skies - but they were not as accurate. Greek water clocks became more accurate around 325 BC and were fitted with a dial with an hour hand, which made reading the clock more accurate and practical.

Monastery clocks and clock towers

The life of the Church, and in particular the monks who called others to prayer, made chronometers a necessity in daily life. The first clockmakers in medieval Europe were Christian monks. The first recorded clock was built by the future Pope Sylvester II around 996. Much more sophisticated clocks and church towers were built by monks later. Peter Lightfoot, a 14th century Glastonbury monk, built one of the earliest surviving clocks, which is still in use at the Science Museum in London.

Getting a birthday clock from a family member or friend is cool : unusual gifts for birthday, best anniversary gift ideas and unique anniversary gift ideas that will always be in time for a family gathering or with friends