It's the Holiday Season again - and time to start spinning some ideas on how to get the perfect Christmas present for your girlfriend or wife. Is she into fashion? Is she constantly flipping through magazines to get ideas for what to wear and how to look good in everything she wears? Does she have a large collection of shoes? Well, we can take these as signs that a Christmas gift that she may enjoy might be a hand bag. But rather than hitting up your local Macy's department store and heading for the nearest designer rack, what about actually creating a custom made purse as a gift for her?
Step Three: Accessorize. You will put the finishing touches on your custom hand bag by choosing from a selection of complementary straps and handles. Are you leaning towards a true hand bag or maybe a shoulder bag instead?
4. CRAIGSLIST:
Another great source is Craigslist, which if you live in a big city like NY and LA
Bally Handbags, makes it easier to find designer purses. If this the venue you choose
Nike Free 5.0 V4 Women, exercise the same caution as listed above. Get a lot of pictures, DO NOT do a bank transfer -EVER!!! and ask a lot of questions.Be Safe! If after following the above precautions, the purse looks good and you're ready to buy. Meet in a public place and bring a friend if necessary. Make sure you're not followed home. Pretty much exercise common sense.When I was a teenager, we used to take our annual holidays in Italy and my mum insisted my father drive non-stop through France rather than risk another horrifying encounter with a French pissoir.
Step Two: Choose the shell of the bag. This is where the fun part comes in. The shell of the bag determines how it looks to the ########## eye. You will find that there are many different styles and looks to choose from to create your one-of-a-kind hand bag. If you're particularly artistic or creative you can actually design your own shell or choose from the hundreds of user-submitted custom shells available on the Miche website.
Let us count the reasons - first
Nike Jordan Fusion 11 With Air Cushion, she will have a one-of-a-kind bag that she can wear on her arm throughout the year. With so many customization options, chances are close to nil that she'll have the same purse as anyone else, and when asked where she got it from she can just smile and say to them, "Well, it's custom made." Second, she can brag to her friends that her honey bunny made it for her. Third, you can make as many purses in as many styles as she needs - one bag for professional enough for work, one sophisticated accessory to accompany her on Date Nights. If you're a little bit style-challenged or nervous about customizing a handbag to her specific tastes - enlist one of her best friends or sisters to help you get it right the first time! (But of course, she will love anything you buy for Christmas for her, especially a gift with so much care and thought put into it).
v. Use PayPal or another payment type which gives you recourse to contest a purchase
Don't do a bank transfer it's too risky and you have no recourse should the purse end up being ########. I like PayPal's dispute resolution, which allows you to dispute a purchase if it does not work out due material misrepresentation of an item. Also use PayPal and back it up with a credit card. You must protect yourself as much as possible.vi. Get the item authenticated
Before you bid or soon after the purchase you can have the purse authenticated.
There are several professional authenticators who for a small fee (around $10) will authenticate a purse for you. These folks have years of experience and can also help you with any Paypal disputes. I highly recommend Castira for Gucci, Carol Diva for Louis Vuitton and MyPoupette for other designers.
If you're a guy then you've probably never heard of Miche Bags. This company's claim to fame is to create customized designer bags. What's even cooler about Miche Bags is that you can actually change the look of your purse in minutes. How? Well, each bag is outfitted with a base (the inner part of the bag) that you can easily swap out to fit inside of different shells (the outer part of the bag visible to everyone else)! What this means is that you can use the same base with an unlimited number of shells to create an endless number of one-of-a-kind handbags. Pretty cool, huh?
Why She'll Love This Gift
You can customize an unique Christmas gift that she can use throughout the year in three easy steps:
Step One: Choose the base for the bag. You can choose from two sizes - either small or large.
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