You are looking for a Valentine’s Day gift idea. A necklace with a personalized photo on a military plaque is a great gift. it's great to think back to the good times spent together. Choose one of your romantic photos as: the two of us on the beach, the two of us at the top of the mountain climbed during the last holidays or the two of us during the last music festival. A photo and the first name of your partner is also a very good idea for a romantic gift: everyone will have their necklace with the photo and / or the first name of their partner. Do you want a necklace with a photo of your children? This necklace with personalized military plaque will be perfect.You will always have your children near you. It’s also a gift idea for grandma or grandpa’s birthday. A good idea for a small Christmas gift from your wife or spouse. Do you want a necklace with a photo of your favorite animal or your pet? We print your best photo on the necklace plate. A nice photo of your faithful companion: dog, cat, horse, rabbit, hamster, parrot … Your logo, your motto, your cult sentence, your favorite saying,your maxim, your master of thought on a necklace is very original. Your favorite landscape, your travel dream, your collector car… Everything is possible!

Are you looking for a nice little personalized gift, a dog birthday gift, a pet Christmas kdo idea, a personalised dog accessory? We offer you this aluminium pendant in the shape of a bone where we print for you one of your beautiful photos that you took of your puppy or your friend's dog. An original gift idea for animal friends. You can also treat yourself by hanging this small object with a pleasant design on your key ring or on your backpack. So the photo of your pet accompanies you everywhere. Your pet is part of the family and deserves all your affection. Unfortunately he could get lost during a walk. It is therefore essential to find him a dog identification tag. We can print your phone number and animal name on the bone pendant. This pendant is easily attached to your friend's collar with its connecting ring. A dog disc is reassuring to quickly find your favorite animal. In addition to being useful, this tag for the best friend of the man is pretty with its original bone shape, your doggie will be elegant and protected.

A metal keychain is elegant and durable, with a chic design. An everyday accessory must have a pleasant look and aesthetic. In a few clicks add the photo of your choice. How about a photo of your fiancé (e) to always have him near you and vice versa. A brilliant and imperishable idea to offer a gift on the occasion of small and big romantic moments. For mom's or dad's day, what parent wouldn't be super happy to receive such a cute keychain with the photo of their adored children. Send us the most beautiful portrait to make mom or dad fall in love. Offer this key ring in shiny or matt metal according to your preference with a beautiful photo of your choice. It is the ideal personal gift for your grandparents, godfather, godmother, daughter, son, friend... For all occasions or during an exceptional event such as the arrival of a new baby in the family! This key ring in matt or shiny metal is particularly suitable for business gifts. Give us the photo of your logo, badge or label, and we print for you. Your customers will be delighted to receive an elegant and durable keychain just like your establishment. Certainly a popular, traditional and stylish promotional gift.

Stamping Stamping is a technique for manufacturing and modifying objects from a flat, thin sheet of metal (a piece of metal obtained by rolling) whose shape cannot be developed from a mould (e.g. a one-piece car body). The raw material that has not yet been stamped is called Becker. Stamping is a technique widely used in the household appliances industry. Stamping is a technique of "plastic" deformation of the material: elongation or local constriction of the sheet to obtain the desired shape. Stamping is done with very powerful presses. Gifts-custopolis.com proposes metal tins with a lid that can be personalised with different decorations: Mother's Day, Secretaries' Day or professional birthdays, with an unforgettable holiday photo or with a photo of whoever you want. A white metal box personalised as a birthday gift, an unusual birthday gift idea, is already very nice, but decorated with a work of art on the lid it becomes totally unexpected, birthday gifts for a work of art enthusiast!

We suggest you this round metal box with photo to store, keep, collect and reuse endlessly ... Add a personal touch with one of your most beautiful photos or choose a nice personal suitable text. A classic or crazy photo of your children, a photo of your favorite place, a photo of your couple, of your friends at a memorable party, a royalty-free photo chosen on the internet, a photo of your logo, emblem, label of your team ... Give free rein to your imagination! Metal containers are great for storing food or items, they don't leave light or moisture, and stay beautiful over time. Store, organize and decorate your kitchen with our boxes to keep loose tea or tea bags, coffee, chicory, rice, flour, cookies…. For your bulk purchases at the organic store near you … Offer our boxes decorated according to your choice. Use our boxes as gift packaging. They can contain sugared almonds, candies, cookies, chocolate or any other gift ... They are pretty, useful, solid and unique. Your friends or loved ones will keep it for a long time because it will be used to store many treasures.

History of the cup

Long ago, before we had cups or even pots, people drank from clay calabashes or jars that they made themselves by hand using the local materials available at the time. No wonder it took them so long to invent a pottery vessel that could keep a liquid hot or cold without burning up!

As to who actually invented the cup, it is not entirely clear!

But it was in ancient times that pottery cups were used for drinking water and other beverages in Asia and Africa, as well as in Europe and North America. The oldest cups found in different parts of the world are clay vessels that were discovered in Egypt during excavations conducted between 1933 and 1938 by the archaeologist Amelia Biliotti. They date back to 4000 BC and have certain similarities with today's ceramic cups.

In ancient times, drinking vessels were mainly used to store water, not to drink it, as most modern glasses are today!

The cup used to be made of wood in the countryside, and of thick earthenware in the cabarets where it was often decorated with floral motifs.

History of the cup

Making a mug

7) All cups are hand dipped and painted to ensure a quality coating every time. The cups are set aside for at least 12 hours to dry completely before they are now put in the oven. It's time to bake them, which makes them permanently hard. 

8) Rows and rows of cups are placed on a conveyor belt that moves them through the oven and onto the other standard side. The oven temperature is about 2200 degrees Fahrenheit. 

9) Good news, your cups are now ready and looking great. The shipping equipment wraps them in plastic boxes and ships them to lucky customers around the world. 

10) Some mugs are left blank and others have a logo or text printed on them, making them a brand superstar. The next time you enjoy a cup of coffee, tea or chocolate milk, take the time to look around and appreciate all the hard work and craftsmanship that goes into your favourite mug.

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History of the cup

A special Father's Day gift mug is the most essential for this unique occasion to give an unique Father's Day gift. You can select a background dedicated to fathers and decorate this mug with your personal message for your father who supports you and helps you in everyday life.

Mugs (and cups)

Synonyms

Mug, cup, bowl, bowl, container, tumbler...

Different definitions

- Cup: A cup is a small container with a handle, often made of earthenware or porcelain, designed to hold a hot drink (coffee, tea, chocolate, milk, herbal tea, etc.).  

- Mug: A large cylindrical cup with a handle. A mug is usually simpler in shape and somewhat larger than a cup. Because of this shape, the mug is a popular object to put an image on.

 Expressions : 

French expression “Boire la tasse” : When swimming, it sometimes happens that you involuntarily swallow water. This is called drinking the cup. The expression is a variant of the old expression "to drink from a big cup" and appeared towards the end of the 18th century and its figurative meaning is "to fail".  

- It's not my cup of tea: it's not my favourite thing to do, it's not my favourite activity; this expression is a literal translation of the same expression in French ("Ce n'est pas ma tasse de thé"). Dat is niet mijn meug in Dutch.

Etymology cup 

Old English cuppe, , from Late Latin cuppa "cup" (source of Italian coppa, Spanish copa, Old French coupe "cup"), from Latin cupa "tub, cask, tun, barrel," which is thought to be cognate with Sanskrit kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Greek kype "gap, hole; a kind of ship," Old Church Slavonic kupu, Lithuanian kaupas "heap," Old Norse hufr "ship's hull," Old English hyf "beehive." (etymonline.com)

History of the cup

Making a mug

A unique coffee mug Mother's day is always a pleasure, you will find many decorations dedicated to Mother's Day as a starting point. You can add to this best gift idea for mum your little word dedicated to the most important person in your life.

1) First of all, the raw material is put into a grinder and ground into a smaller, more manageable clay powder. The clay powder is combined with quartz feldspar and water in a mixer for 15 hours. 

2) The refining process continues when the clay slurry is fed into moulding tubes and formed into clay balls which are cut into specific portions. The portion discs are placed in a disposable mould and take the shape of your cup.

3) After drying, the mug is removed from the mould by hand and is ready for the next step. Processing the applications, the mud handles are made in the same way as the body of the mug. 

4) Once the handles have dried and been removed from the mould, they are dipped into a mixture of clay and water called slip, which acts as a glue. Now it is time to work on the details.

5) A technician carefully removes any excess clay or rough edges, removing any dust or debris and giving the cup a perfectly smooth finish.

6) It is now time to give the mugs their characteristic colour and ceramic glaze. Some mugs are dipped in a single colour glaze, the edges are padded and they are ready for the next step. Other mugs need a little more Flair. For example, a specially painted rim or a different colour on the inside than on the outside.

History of the cup

The mug as the perfect gift for everyone

The main way to personalise a mug is by writing designs and texts on it.

For example, you can write motivational phrases, photos or drawings or your company logo. This boosts self-esteem, especially if the object is a gift and has a special meaning.

Although it is a common object, the mug, the best coffee cup to buy on Gifts-custopolis.com, is a remarkable gift. Our custom mugs are gifts that you can use to please a loved one, friend or colleague. With a little imagination, these personalised mugs can become a source of joy and memories. Indeed, mugs are generally very affordable and easy to obtain.

Our cute mugs are original gifts that can be personalised for the person who will receive it.

A morning coffee and hot chocolate lover would love to have her own unique and inspiring mug. You can have cool coffee mugs : a mug printed with funny jokes or pictures or a mug with a photo.

It is also possible to have something that is particularly appreciated by the individual printed on it. For example, flowers, favourite animals or characters from comics and science fiction or a personal photo to personalise magic mug

History of the cup 

Mugs

The evolution of the human species has been made through many small changes in habits and ways of acting. One of these changes is undoubtedly the way we eat and the utensils and objects we use, as we have already mentioned in our article. Kitchen items have diversified over time according to cultures and needs. 

The mug is one of those illustrious everyday objects that have a history and whose usefulness is no longer in question.

The mug is now tending to be rivalled by the mug, which is a large, much more fashionable cup used without a saucer.

A mug is a large cylindrical container with a handle, used without a saucer, which looks similar to a mug and is used for drinking or measuring in Europe and Quebec, and only for drinking hot liquids in North America.

A mug can also be made of clay, glass or enamelled metal.

Its use varies from region to region and it can be decorated and personalised as desired. You can therefore offer or buy a mug personalised with your company logo, to drink a cup of coffee while motivating yourself at work.

A mug has the particularity of being able to be decorated according to one's taste and wishes. They are available in different sizes and formats, as well as in different colours. 

History of the cup

The Calabrian goblet cup is slightly rounded at the base, with a slightly flared upper rim.

The Etruscan cup made in 1786 for Queen Marie-Antoinette in the Rambouillet dairy.

The jasmine cup, intended for chocolate: slightly flared, on a small base that serves as a pedestal, called a piédouche, it is decorated with animal claws and has rolled handles that are higher than the cup.

The duck cup is small and is used to dip a sugar cube into three drops of coffee.

The same name is given to the cup that bedridden patients drink from. It has a handle for the carer and a long spout that can be slipped between the patient's lips to avoid spilling the liquid. The analogy between the spout and the bird's beak led to the name "duck". The duck was mainly made of earthenware until the end of the 20th century, when this material was replaced by plastic.

The filter or herbal tea cup is large and has a built-in filter.

The broth cup is wide and flared, with a lid and two side handles.

The moustache cup, created at the end of the 19th century, is a cup with a semi-circular inner rim. The rim has a crescent-shaped opening that prevents the liquid from reaching the hair of moustached drinkers.