Summer vibes: why summer tastes better from a personalised glass
It's a quarter to seven at the campsite. The chairs are standing crooked in the grass, someone is slicing a lime on a board that was really meant for the barbecue, and further along a kid is trying for the fourth time to get a frisbee over the hedge. I pour a gin and tonic. Not into a plastic cup from the supermarket shelf, but into our own glass — with our name engraved on it. And honestly: that matters more than you'd think.
Why an engraved glass makes summer better
Summer is a season of loose moments. You're away from home, everything is a little improvised, and most of what you pack is disposable. That's exactly why the one thing that really is yours stands out so much. A glass with your name on it isn't a luxury — it's a small anchor in a week full of temporary things. You spot it straight away among the other glasses on the table, you don't accidentally throw it out, and next summer it's simply there again.
Our personalised gin and tonic glass is engraved one by one in our own workshop in Geetbets. No sticker, no print that disappears after three trips through the dishwasher: the engraving is in the glass. If you'd rather have something else in your glass, there's the personalised whisky glass — same idea, different evening. And if you prefer to take the apéro to the beach or on a walk, there's an engraved hip flask as well.
Tip: engrave something you'll still like in five years
A name always works. A date does too. But the nicest of all is an inside joke from this particular summer: the name of the campsite, the year, or that one phrase you kept repeating all holiday. That turns a glass into a souvenir all by itself. We often see people order two glasses, each with its own name — handy, because then there's never any discussion about whose glass is whose.
Apéro by the caravan
The glass is only the beginning. A summer apéro is mostly a matter of small things being right: a slate serving tray big enough for cheese, sausage and olives, a few coasters so your glass doesn't tip over in the grass, and a bottle opener you won't lose because it has something on it. Small detail, big difference.
Visiting friends with a garden? An engraved beer crate or a wine box with your own design is the kind of gift you bring along and that stays out afterwards — as a herb planter, as a storage box, or simply as the place the bottles go. And for whoever is permanently stationed at the barbecue there's the King of the BBQ cutting board.
Summer with kids: more outdoors, less plastic
Anyone going on holiday with children knows the problem: after two days nobody remembers whose water bottle is whose. A personalised drinking bottle with the name on it solves that in one go — and saves a lot of disposable bottles. For outdoors there's the frisbee with your own photo or text (ours is simply called "Summer Vibes") and a box of sidewalk chalk — you'd be surprised how many hours that can fill next to a caravan.
And afterwards: keeping the summer
The saddest thing about a good summer is that the photos stay stuck in your phone afterwards. Print one out and put it in a wooden photo block with clip, or collect the shells, the wristbands and the beer mat from that one evening in a personalised memory box. In ten years' time that little box will be worth more than all the photos put together.
Summer vibes aren't expensive things. They're the small things that are just a little more personal than they need to be.
Our summer favourites
Need more inspiration? Browse the full summer collection with all our personalised summer gifts.
Everything is made right here
Every glass, every board and every crate is engraved and packed by us in Geetbets — you can take a look behind the scenes. Got something specific in mind that isn't in the shop? Then we'll make it to measure. Meanwhile, I'm getting back to my gin and tonic. Here's to summer.
