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This ToyShow Preview was last updated on 9/2/2009


Creations By You is an award winning manufacturer of personalized, activity kits for children. Our products are represented in a variety of markets including toy stores, book stores, gift stores, craft/hobby stores, educational supply stores, catalogs and websites. The backbone of our product line is our kit called ILLUSTORY. With ILLUSTORY children (ages 5-105) can write, illustrate and publish their own hardcover book! Offsets of this kit (also popular in the toy market) include PLATE WORKS (make your own plate), MY CALENDAR (create your own 11x17 wall calendar) and our newest title, MY MASTERPIECE (create your own framed artwork or museum poster). Contact us today about making your special creation!

IlluStory — Write and illustrate your own book!
My Masterpiece (2009 Edition)
Give your child the thrill of being a published author! Budding authors simply write and illustrate their story using the markers and special book pages included in the kit. We even include our own unique story web to help authors plan the essential elements of a story. The completed story pages are mailed to us in the postage-paid envelope provided, or the book can be made entirely online using our Internet Production drawing and writing tools. In just a few short weeks you’ll receive back a professionally typeset, hardbound book your author will want to show everyone! The finished books include a title page, dedication page and “About the Author” biography page to give it a truly professional touch.

IlluStory is a multi-award winning activity kit and perennial best seller. Kids and parents alike enjoy the sense of pride and accomplishment IlluStory provides. The quality of the finished book is a tremendous value and rewards any level of effort. An ever growing number of families have made publishing with IlluStory an annual tradition, creating a collection of their published books. Extra books can be ordered and are the ultimate gift for family and friends, especially since each can be separately dedicated to the recipient. For ages 7 and up.

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Show off your young artist’s work! With My Masterpiece, original artwork is enlarged and placed into a wooden frame or transformed into a museum-style poster, which ever you choose. Submit original artwork or a favorite photo using the postage-paid envelope provided. Our kit includes art pages and markers, or you can make your item entirely online using our Internet Production drawing and photo tools. The finished masterpiece will be returned in just a few weeks. Your young artist will experience a sense of accomplishment and the entire family can enjoy their professionally reproduced artwork for a lifetime.

If you have chosen to frame your masterpiece, we enlarge the artwork to 11” by 14” and print it onto a plain or simulated canvas background, or for an extra charge, actual canvas. Frames are offered in red, blue, black, or gold leaf, and include a nameplate with the artist name, artwork name and date. The museum-style poster is a large 32” by 24” size, printed on heavy gloss paper, and includes artist name, artwork name and date in your choice of three different exhibit styles. Many other exciting options are offered, such as a plexiglass cover for the frame and replication of photos to appear as oil paintings. Extras of the artwork can be ordered with different options, and are a great way for Mom or Dad to decorate the office. Normal production time is approximately three weeks. Rush service is available. For ages 2 and up.

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My Calendar — Make your own calendar!
PlateWorks — Design your own plate!
Put your drawings or photos onto a 12 month, laser reproduced, 11" by 17" wall calendar to enjoy all year long. Use the art pages and markers included in the kit to make drawings or scrapbook layouts for each month of the year, or simply find favorite photos that will be sized to fit. A postage-paid envelope is provided to mail your materials in for production, or your calendar can be made entirely online using our Internet Production drawing and photo tools. Your finished calendar has a durable plastic spine and starts with any month you choose.

My Calendar offers many options to customize your calendar. The lamination option includes heavy-duty lamination on all calendar pages and a dry erase marker. Select the undated calendar format with lamination and you'll have a calendar you can enjoy year after year! The oversized option allows you to create a large 14" by 22" calendar. You can start your calendar with any month you choose, and you can add extra months to make a calendar up to 24 months in length. The special date option allows you to add an unlimited number of personalized events, such as birthdays and anniversaries. All US holidays are included at no charge. Order extra calendars for the ultimate gift! Normal production time is approximately three weeks. Rush service is available. Photos are returned. For ages 4 and up.

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Make your own personalized plate that will last a lifetime! PlateWorks includes everything you need to make melamine plates, or plastic mugs that are break resistant and dishwasher safe. Special drawing pages and washable markers are included in the kit to make your creation, or simply send in a favorite photo in the postage-paid envelope provided. We can even typeset your name, date or special message around the rim for no extra charge, or choose to have your artwork cover the entire plate. Extra plates, and mugs are available.

Our personalized plates are superior to others because unlike ceramic, they are break resistant and can actually be used every day without the artwork coming off or fading. Unlike with ceramic or other plastic plates, photos can be used instead of a drawing. Extra plates make the perfect personalized gift for parents and grandparents, and the special typeset wording makes them especially useful as gifts for fundraising, teams and classes. Our 12 ounce plates are over twice the weight of similar products and include an attractive raised rim style.
Ages 3 and up.

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 CONTACT INFORMATION:
Creations by You, Inc.
1500 W Hampden Ave #4e
Englewood, CO 80110
Ph: 800-706-8697
http://www.creationsbyyou.com
customerservice@creationsbyyou.com

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