personalized gifts

Looking for a Great Gift Idea?

If you are the type of person who is always looking for a unique gift idea that nobody else has thought of then you will love the idea of a custom belt buckle. You can design your own personalized belt buckle for every lady in your book club for instance. Your design might include a beautiful belt buckle in the shape of a book or bookshelf and finished in any number of high performance finishes.

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University Promotion Using Custom Belt Buckles

The Value of University Branding. As more venues and options for higher education are being created, the resources to run them are being spread thin. Many campuses are underfunded, forcing increases in tuition costs and decreases in availability of quality services. While the cost to students to attend college or university is still rising, the concept of promoting universities has been – for the most part – overlooked, and understandably so; the objective of a school has never been to…

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The History of the Fashionable Belt Buckle

The origin of belts and belt buckles dates to the Bronze Age, the period between 3300 B.C. and 1200 B.C. Always considered a fashionable choice for attire, it was rare for women’s fashion to incorporate the belt buckle until the Middle Ages, when it began to gain popularity. During the late second and third centuries B.C., the Chinese wore long Tunics with belt buckles adorning the waist. These intricately decorated belts were a status symbol. Common among Germanic invaders, animal…

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A Belt Buckle for Every Occasion

Belt buckles are excellent for nearly any occasion, albeit it a classy, formal event or a more casual celebration. Belt buckles come in a variety of shapes and sizes, including oval, circular, rectangular and custom shapes. Inola Castings offers two base materials – pewter and zinc. The sizes vary from two inches, two-and-a-half inches, three inches, three-and-a-half inches to four inches. The standard thickness is 0.125 inches, but special arrangements can be made for 0.25-inch thickness.

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A Unique History at Inola Castings

Inola Castings is a name well known throughout the United States. For over 20 years we have designed and created high quality belt buckles and pins. In 1991, our company was asked to design an amazing piece of jewelry: a bracelet for the family and friends of those soldiers who served our country in the Persian Gulf during Desert Storm.

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Promoting Your Company in a Whole New Way with Customized Branded Belt Buckles

Whether you have a new and on the rise company or a large corporation that is well established promoting your business, no matter the size, is imperative to gaining new clientele and assisting in word of mouth interest. Usually promotion of a business takes place in various types of advertisements on TV, the Internet, or in paper publications; this is all good for a business’s bottom line but it does set the company apart from their competitors or create a…

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