About Engraving
At Tekla Estelle, we provide custom engraving so that you can make your gifts personalized and customized for your special gift receiver! Popular engravings include initials, dates, names, and milestones, but you can put anything significant to you or your gift receiver on a charm at Tekla Estelle!
We are committed to giving you the best shopping experience possible. With this in mind,
We promise to inspect every engraving order to make sure we don’t see any obvious errors or problems.
If we come across an obvious error or problem, or if we have any questions about your engraving, we will reach out to you via email or phone before beginning the engraving process.
Please note, however:
Engraved items are final sale and may not be exchanged or returned.
How to Add an Engraving
To add an engraving to your engravable charm, simply click on the "I want to engrave this item!" box on an item's product page. Scroll down and you will see text boxes to add in your custom engraving.
Here you will also be able to see if the charm you are viewing is able to be engraved on the front, back, or on both sides of the charm.
Types of Engraving
Not all charms can be engraved the same way. At Tekla Estelle, we have 3 possible ways of engraving, depending on the size and shape of the charm. Those 3 possible ways of engraving are:
1. Text Engraving - Can include any customized name, date, or other text of your creation
2. Monogram Engraving - Can only be done in ALL CAPS. Monograms only include a first, middle, and last initial
3. Greek Letter Engraving - Can include Greek letters for sororities or fraternities
Types of Font
The next step is choosing what kind of font you'd like to use. At Tekla Estelle, we have two options for font: BLOCK or Script. We will go over these two font styles below.
BLOCK Font is only available in ALL CAPS.
Above is the alphabet, letters, and symbols available in BLOCK font.
These are examples of a Text Engraving with BLOCK Font on our Boy and Girl Silhouette charms and our Disc charm. See that the letters are all in ALL CAPS.
This is an example of a Monogram Engraving with BLOCK Font on our Disc charm. See that the letters are all in ALL CAPS, and that the middle letter is larger.
Script Font is customizable with upper and lower case letters and has a stylish, cursive effect to the font.
Above is the alphabet, letters, and symbols available in Script font.
These are examples of a Text Engraving with Script Font on our Girl Silhouette charms. See how there is a cursive look to the font and that in the name "Maggie" the customer was able to use upper and lower case letters.
These are examples of a Monogram Engraving with Script Font on our Disc charm. See how there is a cursive look to the font, but the letters are still in ALL CAPS with the middle letter being larger. If you'd like, you can also create a custom initial charm by putting the single initial into the largest size place, the center space.
Greek Lettering is available as well. Below is a guide to the Greek Alphabet.
How Many Characters and Lines of Engraving Can Fit on a Charm?
Each engravable charm will be able to fit a unique number of characters and lines of custom engraving. Some charms will only be able to be engraved on the front side of the charm. Some charms will only be able to be engraved on the back side of the charm. Some charms will be able to be engraved on both sides of the charm, and some charms may only be able to be engraved in certain areas of the charm.
We at Tekla Estelle have made it very easy for you to see exactly how many characters and lines of engraving can fit on an engravable charm. After you click "I want to engrave this charm!," a set of text boxes will open up underneath the Add to Cart button. Here is where you will be able to see what fonts, what style, and how much engraving is available on your unique charm.
The text boxes will look something like this:
As you can see, for this particular charm the charm is able to be engraved on the front and back side of the charm. You see a drop down menu for the font, which is defaulted to BLOCK Font for this charm, and that you can do custom text and Greek engraving, but he Monogram style is not able to fit on this charm.
For both the front and back sides of the charm, you can have up to 3 lines of engraving and each line can fit up to a maximum of 9 characters. As you begin to type in your personalized text in these boxes, the 0/9 will keep track of how many characters you have used on each line. Once you reach 9/9 characters for this charm, for example, you will not be able to add anymore characters on that line since this charm cannot fit more than 9 characters on a line.
Double Check Your Engraving
Remember:
Engraved items are final sale and may not be exchanged or returned.
Before adding to cart, please double check your engraving for any misspellings, extra spaces, wrong font, or incorrect text. For example, if you'd like to engrave your daughter's birthday on a charm and you type in "01-01-01" we will assume you want all the 0's engraved. Type the engraving exactly how you'd like for it to appear. If you'd rather have the birthday be shown as "1-1-01" please type it this way.
Add to Cart!
If you are happy with your selections and have double checked your engravings, click Add to Cart and keep on shopping!