20 Unusual Personalised Gift Ideas: New Prints Made to Your Words

If you want a personalised gift that is a bit more unusual than a name on a mug, pick a print built around something only they would recognise: their seat at the ground, their best round of golf, the train where you met. Here are 20 new personalised prints we have just added, each with a live preview that redraws as you type, so what you see on the page is exactly what we print.

Every one starts at £7.99 for A5, goes up to A2 unframed or A3 in a black frame with a Perspex front, and is printed in the UK on 180gsm lustre photo paper. UK delivery is free on orders over £30.

For couples and anniversaries

1. Rail Ticket Print

For the couple whose story starts on a platform. Type the two stations, the date, your names and a line of small print, choose first or standard class, and it becomes a modern British rail ticket with a tear-off stub.

2. Our Story Timeline Print

Up to eight dates that changed everything, from the first drink to the first flat, laid along one clean line with a heart on the latest chapter. A thoughtful anniversary or Valentine's gift, and a good one for parents reaching a ruby or golden anniversary.

3. Wedding Vows Print

Your vows set in a readable serif under your names, with the date above and the venue at the foot. It suits a first (paper) anniversary or a present from the best man, and the text resizes whether you said three lines or a full page.

4. Signature Cocktail Print

Give your drink a proper name and recipe. Pick the glass, the colour of the drink and the garnish, then type the ingredients and method. It looks at home above a bar cart and makes a fun wedding or housewarming present.

5. Constellation Name Print

Each letter of a name drawn as its own small constellation in a field of stars, with a date line underneath. It suits a nursery or christening, and two names with an ampersand make a quiet anniversary gift.

For the family and the home

6. Family Periodic Table Print

Everyone becomes an element. Type a name and a role on each line and each person gets a colour tile with a symbol taken from their name. It fits one to twelve people, dogs included.

7. Family Coffee Order Print

Type each name and their usual order and a matching cup appears on its own tile, from a teacup to a takeaway flat white. One for the kitchen wall above the kettle, or the office tea round.

8. Front Door Print

Your front door drawn in flat colour: panelled or arched fanlight, your door colour, your brick, with the house number, family name, street and the year you got the keys. A housewarming present with their own front door on it. See more personalised new home gifts.

9. Christmas Traditions Print

Your family's Christmas written down as a numbered list: the matching pyjamas, the walk, the film. Add the family name and the year it started, and it goes up with the decorations every December.

10. Birth Flower Family Print

Type up to eight people with their birth months and each gets their own flower in one tied bouquet, names listed underneath. Made for the Mum who has everything.

11. Nan's Garden Birth Flower Print

Every grandchild grows as their birth flower in Nan's planter, with their names on the front, up to twelve of them. Change the title to Grandma's or Mum's Garden if that suits your family better. There are more ideas in our personalised gifts for grandparents collection.

For birthdays and milestones

12. The Day You Were Born Print

Type in a date and the print works out the moon phase from that night, then adds the time, weight, place, star sign, birthstone and birth flower. A new baby keepsake, or an unusual 18th, 40th or 70th present.

13. Aged to Perfection Print

A birthday print styled like a bottle label, with the age as a big numeral, the year they were distilled and a line of tasting notes you write yourself. Good for a 40th, 50th or 60th with a sense of humour.

14. Retirement Certificate Print

Officially Retired, with a rosette seal, their name, job, years served and a short line like No more alarms. A leaving present from the office that lasts longer than the card.

For hobbies, pets and pastimes

15. Our Seat Football Print

Type in the stand, block, row and seat from the season ticket, pick the club colours, and the print draws the stand with their seat picked out. For a dad and son, or a grandad who has held the same ticket for decades.

16. Golf Scorecard Print

Their best round kept for good. Type the 18 scores and the par and the print adds up the front nine, back nine and total, circling every birdie and marking any eagle or ace.

17. Peaks Climbed Print

List up to eight mountains with heights and dates and each is drawn to scale, so Ben Nevis towers over Pen y Fan. For a Three Peaks finisher or someone working through the Wainwrights.

18. Favourite Walk Print

The Sunday loop as a modern travel poster: hills, coast or woodland, a dotted path to a heart, and your names. Add the dog's name and a small dog trots along the route.

19. Dog House Rules Print

Up to eight house rules written in the dog's voice, with its name in bold colour at the top and a sign-off like Love, Biscuit. For the friend whose dog is clearly in charge.

20. Gamer Profile Card Print

A player card for the bedroom wall: gamer tag, real name, a level bar, their favourite type of game and up to five stats you choose, from goals scored to bedtimes missed. One for kids and teens who would rather be online. More ideas in personalised gifts for kids.

Browse all of them, plus maps, star charts and family prints, in our personalised posters collection, or shop by person: Mum, Dad, couples and Christmas.

How to choose a size

All 20 designs come in four A-series sizes, so the layout in the preview scales up or down without changing.

• A5 (14.8 x 21cm), from £7.99: a shelf, desk or bedside print, and an easy add-on gift.
• A4 (21 x 29.7cm): a good all-rounder for a kitchen, hallway or bedroom.
• A3 (29.7 x 42cm): a proper wall piece, and the size to choose for prints with lots of detail, like a scorecard or a long list of traditions.
• A2 (42 x 59.4cm), unframed only: for a big wall or a frame you already own.

A5, A4 and A3 also come framed in a black frame with a Perspex front, ready to hang.

Questions about personalised prints

Will the print look like the preview?

Yes. The preview on each product page is drawn by the same code that makes the print file, so the names, dates, colours and layout you see are exactly what we print. Long names shrink to fit rather than getting cut off.

Can I leave some details out?

Most optional lines, such as a subtitle, a time of birth or a dog's name, disappear from the design if you leave them blank, and the layout closes up around them.

What paper and frames do you use?

Every print is made in the UK on 180gsm lustre photo paper, which has a soft sheen rather than a high gloss. Framed prints come in a black frame with a Perspex front.

Do you deliver for free?

UK delivery is free on orders over £30. A framed A4 or A3 print gets you there on its own, as does an A4 and an A3 unframed together.