New Online Custom Boots Service Part of Baker?s Holiday Gift Ideas for Men Who Love the Outdoors

Eugene, OR (PRWEB) November 28, 2009

Eugene, OR, November 30, 2009 -- ?No more ties, cologne and putter warmers, please!? That?s what many men are pleading this year. Baker?s Top 7 Coolest Holiday Gift Ideas for Men Who Love the Outdoors list (http://www.bakershoe.com/holiday/) includes a gift eCertificate for their new Build A Boot? system for ordering custom boots.

With a Build A Boot? eCertificate, outdoor enthusiasts and outdoor workers can go online and create their own one-of-a-kind custom boots choosing from three different USA boot brands and numerous boot attributes, including color, lacing, welt, toe vamp, heel, sole and others. It?s the only custom boots website with these options.

Build A Boot? is the creation of Baker?s Shoes & Clothing, an outdoor outfitter run by three generations of Eugene Oregon?s Baker family. Owner Gene Baker said, ?We have a legacy of building custom boots. My Dad, Dave Baker, and my uncle Bill Baker made custom-order boots for customers starting back in the 1950s. Now we?re expanding this unique service to the world via the Internet. Our family believes this online method for creating custom boots (http://www.bakershoe.com/build-a-boot/) will revolutionize the footwear industry? finally letting people create boots with the exact custom features they always wanted.?

As outdoor outfitters who live the outdoor lifestyle themselves, the Baker family knows what pleases their customers. They?ve assembled the following ?Top & Coolest? list to offer special holiday savings, FREE SHIPPING and GUARANTEED CHRISTMAS DELIVERY on qualified orders:

1.????Carhartt Classic Pocket Tee

2.????Rivers West Cascade Mountain Jacket

3.????NEW Gunflint 816 Ultra Dry Waterproof Boot

4.????Lowa Renegade GTX Hiking Boot (2 styles)

5.????Large Briefcase/Computer Bag by Filson

6.????Baker?s Shoe & Clothing Gift eCertificate

7.????NEW Baker?s Build A Boot? Gift eCertificate

About Baker?s Shoes & Clothing

In the early 1950's, Bill Baker started working with his father-in-law in a Eugene, Oregon custom boot shop and 1,200 sq. ft. store known as Purkey's Shoes. Bill's brother Dave joined him in the early Sixties and it soon became Baker's Shoes. Dave's son Gene Baker took over the business in 1985 and worked with his cousin and brother to keep the family business growing. Since then, Baker?s has expanded the footwear selection and added outdoor clothing and gear to its inventory, now in a 7,800 sq. ft. store plus a retail website. Gene?s sons Kyle and Brandon also work for the business. In 2009, the Baker Family launched the interactive Build A Boot? website with the ability to select attributes and enlarge/zoom in on features to create custom handmade boots. Gene Baker said, ?We believe boot-buyers everywhere will enjoy this exciting new system based on our business model from 50 years ago: the ability to order a pair of boots to your exact specifications.?

Baker?s Shoe & Clothing also offers all kinds of holiday gifts for women, teens and kids who love the outdoors. Visit their website (http://www.bakershoe.com) to browse their WOMENS, JUNIORS and KIDS sections; plus their GEAR section.

For more information about this release, Baker?s Build A Boot? system or their holiday gift list, contact:

Gene Baker

Baker?s Shoes & Clothing

1-800-879-0514

Email: orders (at) bakershoe (dot) com

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Loss of Family Dog and Passion for Creating Launches 'Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns'

Sauk Rapids, MN (PRWEB) August 15, 2011

Sometimes a new business is born by combining the use of a lifelong talent to help cope with a tragic personal loss and then sharing this to help others. This was certainly the case for Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns. ?We lost our family dog when he ran away from relatives that were watching him for us when we took our kids on a weekend vacation," says Tony Korman owner and artist of Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns where he creates unique hand sculpted and painted representations of pets based on photos. ?After an exhausting search of the area over the course of several days we had to come to terms that we would never bring Buddy our dog home again."

With the relatively short lifespan of pets as compared to their owners it is inevitable that if pets are wanted in our lives we are destined at some time or another to suffer losing them leaving an empty spot inside that they once filled. So why do people so willingly set themselves up for this unavoidable tragedy? ?It?s easy, the positives outweigh the negatives," Tony states. ?Pets give us so much affection and joy that it supersedes the pain of their death. It is proven over and over by how we often deal with their loss?by getting another one. In some way we honor a pet after their loss by getting another showing how much their companionship and unconditional love is missed. Creating memories so strong and cherished that life is better with them in it than without,? says Tony.

Since a child, Tony had a great love and talent for creating art that represented the world around him. He began wondering how he could use that to honor the memory of Buddy. This was the genesis of ?Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns.? He began to construct a small sculpture from the photos he had of him out of polymer clay. Making Buddy?s collar with the little tags and bell on it just right and making sure he painted the unique markings of his fur. ?Throughout the project I felt a sense that this tribute to our lost dog brought a sense of closure to the emptiness that I had been experiencing. I was forever memorializing my dog through my art and when looked upon brings back memories of the good times that we shared and I could now move forward from this point.? Kormanstudio allows Tony to share this experience and talent with others every time he creates a custom sculpture for a client. He works closely with them sending images of the sculptures during different stages of the process. ?I want my clients to feel that they have had an active role in the creation of the sculptures I create for them. That I can recreate that sense of closure for them that I did for myself when I lost my dog. I believe that everyone?s story of pain and loss is unique and I hope in someway I can model my experiences of healing to help them with theirs.?

About Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns.

Founded by Tony Korman, Kormanstudio has created dozens of sculptures for his clients of pets both living and that have passed away. A lifelong artist and pet owner he believes that good communication and working together on a project is the key to its success. Customer service and the uniqueness of his work are the hallmarks of his studio.

Tony Korman, Owner/Artist

Kormanstudio Custom Pet Sculptures and Urns

320-420-0584

http://www.kormanstudio.com


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Custom Logo Golf Balls Rated Highest Perceived Value for Promotional Product Giveaways

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 24, 2012

Promology101 surveyed 250 participants to list the top five promotional products under $ 10 that elicit the greatest response from their recipients because of the perceived value. For any promotional product giveaway, the goal is to elicit a positive response and a specific call to action. Whether utilized to cultivate a relationship, create awareness, drive people to a website, motivate a salesforce or simply spread goodwill, a product that lacks a high perceived value will fall short of its intended goal. A higher perceived value promotional product with a measurable ROI has a far greater chance of a big impact.

In an Industry that offers thousands of product options, narrowing the selection to the top five was less difficult than expected. The products selected most in the top five by percentage where as follows; Golf Balls 72%, Pens 68%, Stainless Steel Travel Mug 63%, Custom Hat 61%, Cooler 56%. An overwhelming 70% of respondents agreed that packaging and presentation of the product increases the overall value. The purpose of the study was to determine which promotional products are purchased with greater frequency and success to help other businesses translate promotional marketing dollars into successful marketing campaigns.????

About Promology101

Promology101, located in Atlanta, Georgia, works with fortune 500 companies as well as single person business owners. Promology101 is a promotional product and corporate apparel distributor offering a wide variety of brand name promotional products and apparel from Nike to Carhartt and from Bic to Swiss Army. For more information about promology101 please visit (http://www.promology101) or contact Joe Boccelli at 1.888.658.2418 or 404.351.9146

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