A cut-crystal champagne fluteAn antique wooden keepsake box inlaid with mother-of-pearlJars of traditional sweets in a shop windowA pair of gold cufflinksA gold charm bracelet hung with charmsA birthday cake with lit candlesA poker chip set in its case with cards and diceA pair of baby shoes

Personalised Gift Ideas for All Occasions

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Champagne flutes poured for a celebration

Anniversary Gifts by Year

By Occasion

Groomsmen in black suits at a wedding

Wedding Party Gifts

By Occasion

A Sheffield pewter tankard with a hinged lid

Engraved Tankards

Glassware

A poker chip set in its case with cards and dice

Gifts for Poker Players

Luck & Play

An antique wooden keepsake box inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Keepsake Boxes and Photo Gifts

Keepsakes

The entrance to Aintree Racecourse, home of the Grand National

Grand National and Cheltenham Sweepstake Kits and Race-Day Gifts

Luck & Play

A pair of gold cufflinks

Personalised Gifts for Him

Gifts for Him

Wrapped Christmas presents under a decorated tree

Personalised Christmas Gifts and Stocking Fillers for Grown-Ups

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Personalised Gifts

Ribbon & Tag is all about personalised gifts: how to choose them, what to have engraved or printed on them and how to give them well. Show that special someone how much you care with ideas for every occasion, from anniversaries and christenings to Christmas, Father's Day and race day. We sell nothing; we simply explain.

How to choose a personalised gift

Every good personalised present comes down to three decisions. Get them right and the price hardly matters.

  1. The person. What do they use every day, collect or care about? A tankard for the pint drinker, a keepsake box for the hoarder of letters, a card guard for the poker player.
  2. The material. Glass, wood, metal, slate or fabric, each personalised differently: engraved, printed or embroidered.
  3. The words. A name, a date and a short message, spelled correctly and checked twice. Our wording guide helps.

Gifts by occasion

Love and marriage. Anniversary gifts by year, from paper to platinum, and thank-you gifts for the wedding party: best man, bridesmaids, ushers and parents.

Birthdays and family days. Milestone birthdays from the 18th to the 100th, and Mothering Sunday and Father's Day ideas for mum and dad.

Christmas and the calendar. Personalised Christmas gifts and stocking fillers, plus our UK gifting calendar with order-by dates.

Luck & Play: gifts with a little thrill

Some of the most memorable presents come with a game attached. Britain is a nation of Grand National sweepstakes, office lottery syndicates, monthly poker nights and Saturday flutters, and those habits make brilliant gifts when they are given with a personal touch. Our Luck & Play department is where the gift guide meets the betting ring and the card table.

Start with gifts for poker players (personalised chip sets and engraved card guards), our Grand National and Cheltenham sweepstake kit and the right way to give a share in a lottery syndicate. Planning a party? See casino-night ideas for birthdays and stag or hen dos. For golfers and racegoers there are gifts for golfers who like a flutter and engraved hip flasks for the racecourse; for the big gesture, a trip to Las Vegas or Monte Carlo; and for a gift that keeps its value, Premium Bonds.

A quick budget guide

BudgetPersonalised ideas
Under £10Keyring, sweet jar, mint tin, card, engraved pencil
£10 to £25Printed mug, photo frame, golf balls, tea tin, deck of personalised cards
£25 to £50Engraved tankard or flutes, cufflinks, hip flask, keepsake box, card guard
£50 and upEngraved jewellery, poker chip set, decanter set, race-day tickets, a trip

More on spending, gift lists and office collections in our guide to gift etiquette and budgets.

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Thumbnail photos via Wikimedia Commons: Champagne flutes glasses bubbles (Jon Sullivan, Public domain); Box, early 20th century, carved wood with mother-of-pearl inlay - Museum of Vietnamese History - Ho Chi Minh City - DSC05970 (Daderot, CC0); Sweet jars in shop window - geograph.org.uk - 519847 (Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0); Cufflinks-round hg (Hgrobe, CC BY-SA 3.0); Gold charm bracelet (Mabsal, Public domain); Italy - birthday cake with candles 5 (Francesca Cesa Bianchi, Milano, CC BY-SA 3.0 it); Poker set (Frisko, CC BY 3.0); Classic baby shoes (JD Hancock, cropped by Daniel Case, CC BY 2.0); Groomsmen (5932979113) (Sean McGrath from Saint John, NB, Canada, CC BY 2.0); Salisbury - Cathedral - Baptismal font and nave (Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0); Heart shaped sandwich lunch box with cumcumbers and hummus (8459976360) (Melissa, CC BY 2.0); Charcuterie board - Massachusetts (Daderot, CC0); Toasting Champagne (Waldo Jaquith, CC BY-SA 2.0); Sheffield pewter tankard (cropped) (Blockhaj, CC BY-SA 4.0); Aintree Entrance - Home Of The Grand National (8593975823) (Paul, CC BY 2.0); Christmas Tree and Presents (Alhill42, CC BY-SA 4.0); Roulette-Tisch (Sozi, Public domain); John Phillip (1817-1867) - La lotería nacional (The National Lottery, Buying the Tickets) - 8-1982 - Dundee Art Galleries and Museums (John Phillip, Public domain).