Bespoke orders prove to be a real hit

When I started the business I thought I’d identified a gap in the market with the combination of words and pictures created into beautiful, personalised prints. This business evolved out of the fact that I was struggling to find a suitable birthday present for a friend. Having wasted hours trawling the shops in person and online I had a brainwave and created a framed print for her using personalised words and photos. She absolutely loved it and showed it to all her family and friends and suddenly I was receiving orders!

Having delivered these orders I decided to do some research to see if this was something I could offer commercially and whilst there were lots of companies offering personalised word prints there were none doing what I’d done incorporating photos into the design to make it truly unique and bespoke to the recipient. And the rest as they say is history … BUT what is becoming very clear to me is that whilst there is definitely a demand for those kind of personalised prints, what people really want is something totally unique and absolutely personal. There are lots of websites now offering variations on the theme of personalised typographic prints but there is a lot of similarity on what’s on offer and many have lots of restrictions on the number of words or colours or frames.

With my background in the commercial design agency field I am totally at ease with bespoke orders and I don’t impose any kind of restrictions. I want to produce a personalised gift that the recipient will treasure and that does seem to be proving a hit! So look out for some changes to the website coming soon and in the meantime here’s just a few recent bespoke orders.

Can’t think what to get your mum for Christmas?

There are only so many pairs of slippers, bath bubbles and chocolates a woman can have…  Well actually maybe not on the chocolates but you know what I mean! We all love our mums and so we want to give them something really special for Christmas but finding that elusive perfect gift can be a real nightmare. If you’ve spent hours traipsing the high street or trawling the web then look not further because Dotti Diva has a range of fantastic bespoke personalised prints specially designed for mums that you will not find anywhere else.

A Dotti Diva Personalised Print makes the perfect bespoke gift and tells your mum just how much she means to you. Send us your chosen photograph and select from a range of loving messages and we’ll create a one-off unique personalised print for your mum to treasure. With prices starting from just £30 (unframed) you could even throw in some chocolates as well!

Take a look at some of our designs below or visit our website at www.dottidiva.co.uk

Totally unique and original design incorporating your own chosen photograph this fabulous and fun personalised Photo WordArt Print would make a perfect gift for any mother.

‘MUMS ARE LIKED FLOWERS’
Gorgeous personalised print for mums. What a great gift! Click on the image to visit http://www.dottidiva.co.uk and find out more.

Introducing Dotti Diva Personalised Prints Online!

Hello and Welcome to Dotti Diva! 

‘A MUMMY’S JOB MEANS GETTING PAID WITH HUGS & KISSES’
Gorgeous personalised print for mums. What a great gift! Click on the image to visit http://www.dottidiva.co.uk and find out more.

So who and what is Dotti Diva? Dotti Diva was officially born just over a year ago but its beginnings go back a few years further than that.

Dotti Diva is the alter ego of me, Joanne Somerville. Back in 2000 after my daughter, Megan was born I left my corporate marketing job in IT and started my own design and marketing business, Design Eclectic. Twelve years on and the business is still going strong, having survived the arrival of identical twin sons, Duncan & Callum along with Jess, a rather stupid dalmatian (she’s the real Dotti Diva!) and Alf, a rescue Weimaraner with all sorts of issues and lots of other stuff along the way! However, in amongst the madness that is my life I started designing quirky birthday party invitations using their photos for my kids and then their friends which proved a real hit. I toyed with the idea of launching a personalised party invitation business but for various reasons and principally lack of time that never happened.

Fast forward to 2011 and I was struggling to find a suitable birthday present for a friend. Having wasted hours trawling the shops in person and online I had a brainwave and created a framed print for her using personalised words and photos. She absolutely loved it and showed it to all her family and friends and suddenly I was receiving orders!

Having delivered said orders I decided to do some research to see if this was something I could offer commercially and whilst there were lots of companies offering personalised word prints there were none doing what I’d done incorporating photos into the design to make it truly unique and bespoke to the recipient. And the rest as they say is history …

Early in 2012 I launched the business on a fantastic website for handmade gifts called ‘amumstouch’ and now after lots of work I’m just about ready with my own online shop, www.dottidiva.co.uk.

The personalised options in my range are all unique and personal to the recipient so you won’t find them anywhere else! Take a look at www.dottidiva.co.uk and let me know what you think. Here’s one of our launch designs.