Do you want a surprising and unusual personalized mug? The magic mug is a great idea. Ordinary at first sight but as soon as you pour a hot drink the cup changes little by little and lets appear your favorite photo. Unexpected the first time but always funny each time. If you have several magic cups the surprise of discovering which cup you have chosen is total. You can play to guess which photo will appear. Daddy's photo? or mom? from younger or older? Granny? kitty’s photo?… When the mug is filled with a hot drink, the colored thermo-reactive coating becomes transparent and reveals the printed pattern. Then when the cup cools it regains its blue color. We recommend washing your mug by hand so as not to alter the magic effect. This magic mug is available for all occasions: at Christmas, for a birthday, a wedding, a baptism, a communion or to thank your hosts for an invitation to your friends or relatives. The customizable magic mug will enchant your meals or your moments of relaxation at home, it will surprise your guests at home. It will surprise your visitors or customers in your company or association when the logo or photo of your featured product or company buildings appear.

An excellent choice of unusual and unique gift is to offer a personalised plate with the photo of the toddler for his baptism or of the couple celebrating their… th wedding anniversary or grandparents for their party or for any other reason… A traditional but very important gift, a decorative gift to immortalise your most beautiful moments, a gift that will stand the test of time. A souvenir gift idea for a wedding anniversary, a birth, a baptism, a communion… To offer mum for her Mother’s Day or her birthday, a plate decorated with a funny photo of the children with their dad who each holds a balloon in the shape of a heart. A nice gift for mum, she can display it near her bed or in the living room. Gift to give to dad for his Father's Day or his birthday and another plate with another equally hilarious photo of the children with mum this time. Thus, each of the parents will have their personalised plate. As an original Christmas gift, if your child loves to draw, a beautiful plate decorated with a photo of his prettiest drawing will please grandparents immensely, or godparents. A decorative gift personalised according to his imagination, to offer for all occasions.

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

I am sure that many lovers would love to own a mug decorated with hearts inside and a picture of their loved one on the outside of the mug. This mug is really ideal, nice, attractive and has a comforting and invigorating effect. Thanks to this cup, every time you have breakfast or a cup of coffee during the day you will feel happier and more privileged. This mug, decorated with romantic motifs and accompanied by a very nice message of love, will remind you of your beloved, your children or your family. The peace and love aspect of the hippie years is a great advantage when selecting a cup. You will feel like you have a cup that many friends will envy you. This original mug will remind you that you are loved and that he or she is thinking of you. This unique mug will cheer you up, thanks to the shimmering and enchanting heart designs. In short, you will never get tired of this unusual mug. This romantic mug is the perfect gift for him, her, mum, dad, her fiancé or fiancée, for Mother's Day, Valentine's Day or for any other event in his or her romantic life. A pretty personalised mug to say "I love you".

13th century. Mechanical clocks began to develop. More than thirty testimonies are quoted from all over Europe at the end of the 13th century. In these texts we find the purchase of iron and weights and the acquisition of expensive clocks in monasteries, cathedrals and princely residences. These prices were often considerable: six marks for the clock of the monastery of Colmar in 1278, thirty pounds for that of Canterbury in 1292, fifty pounds for a simple repair or transformation of the clock of the cathedral of Sens in 1319. Gradually, the mechanical clock, whose movement is permanently maintained by a motorised weight, replaced the boring water clock that had to be constantly cleaned and filled or emptied. It seems that these early clocks - like the water clocks - were first intended to strike a particular time (e.g. alarm clock) and a little later to strike different times of the day; these clocks were "blind": they had no dial! The striking mechanism was operated by one or more pins on a wheel of the mechanism. This transfer of technology from hydraulic to mechanical power enabled the original purpose of the clock to be retained: the striking of a precise hour; this invention has therefore remained practically anonymous. It was not until a little later, in 1336, that an important innovation changed the history of clock-making: striking clocks. A clock with a reproduction of the top 10 works of art are unusual artwork ideas,cute artwork gift ideas , perfect to buy a artwork gifts and unusual to personalise artwork gifts, special artwork gift ideas, to personalise artwork gifts for…best artwork gifts for… unique artwork gift for…

History of the clock from its origins to the 16th century, The origins No mechanical clocks seem to exist before the fourteenth century, but several mentions in manuscript sources reveal some of the early history of the clock. The Latin word horologium, horologia, derived from the Greek [ὡρα, time and λέγειν, to say], has been used since Roman antiquity to refer to all time-indicating devices, but the use of this word for all time-measuring instruments hides from us the true nature of their mechanisms. The hydraulic clock A hydraulic clock is an ancient type of clock, which tells the time by allowing a liquid in a container to flow through a small hole. From the beginning, in ancient times, the liquid used was water, hence the name water clock. Later, mercury clocks could be found, especially in Arabic and Chinese writings, but this seems to be anecdotal. The first hydraulic clocks evolved from the simple clepsydra (see the France 2 television game show), to which a more or less sophisticated time indication was added (essentially a graduated scale); over the centuries, we have encountered different types of hydraulic clocks, monumental or not, with sophistications to animate skits, for example, or to strike a precise time. Accepting a clock for a wedding anniversary, an event that remains engraved in one's memory, are ideas wedding gifts,wedding keepsakes, unique wedding gifts, wedding gifts ideas for an important date in a couple's life, whether it is 1 year of marriage, or 50 years of marriage

Mechanical clock A mechanical clock is a time-measuring instrument that tells the time by an originally entirely mechanical action. It is based on the combination of three functions: a driving weight for the rotary movement, a regulator such as a balance wheel and a display (a graduated scale and hands). The mechanical clock is the successor to the various horologia. The Romans, and before them the Egyptians and Greeks, had already developed time-measuring instruments that demonstrated great astronomical knowledge. The invention of the mechanical clock can be placed around the 1300s and appeared in Western Europe at the end of the 13th century. Originally, it was a weight motor and foliot. A foliot is a vertical pendulum that controls the energy supplied to a wheel by a weight. The motion is then transmitted to gears that drive the movement of the hands. A weight suspended from a rope provides energy to the machine, while a system of rods and foliots periodically interrupts the fall of the weight. By placing the weights at each end of the foliot, the rhythm of the back and forth movements can be adjusted. The low precision of this mechanism, from 1 to 2 hours of deviation per 24 hours, renders the minute hand useless, and it will undergo a long evolution and an important diversification over the centuries. Having a clock as a birthday gift with a decoration dedicated to a specific birthday, 20 years, 60 years or more, is fun: unusual gifts for birthday, best anniversary gift ideas and unique anniversary gift ideas for an event that is celebrated every year and that will remain unique.

Sundials and obelisks Ancient Egyptian obelisks, built around 3500 BC, are also among the oldest ghost clocks. The oldest known sundial comes from Egypt. It dates from around 1500 BC. Candle clocks The first mention of candle clocks comes from a Chinese poem written in 520 AD. According to this poem, the graduated candle, whose burning rate was measured, was a means of determining the time of night. Similar candles were used in Japan until the early 10th century. Hourglass Hourglasses were the first reliable, reusable, reasonably accurate and easily manufactured time measuring devices. From the 15th century onwards, hourglasses were mainly used to tell time at sea. An hourglass consists of two glass spheres connected vertically by a narrow neck that allows a controlled flow of material, usually sand, from the upper sphere to the lower. Hourglasses are still used today. They were also introduced for use in churches, industry and the kitchen. Candle clocks were another timekeeping device used in the ancient world, from China to England to Mesopotamia. Chronometers were developed in places like India and Tibet and the hourglass (which was widely used throughout Europe) came a little later. Receiving a clock for your birthday with a decoration dedicated to a specific birthday, whether you are 20, 40 or older, is great : unusual gifts for birthday, best anniversary gift ideas and unique anniversary gift ideas for an event that is celebrated every year and that will remain unique.