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Where to Get Things Engraved in Kitchener-Waterloo (2026)

Things Engraved's Conestoga Mall store closed in 2020. Where Kitchener-Waterloo actually gets engraving done now, and how to order a finished engraved gift direct from a Canadian maker.

Things Engraved's Lime Ridge Mall store closed in 2020. Where Hamilton actually gets engraving done now, and how to order a finished engraved gift direct from a Canadian maker.

Things Engraved closed every Canadian store in 2020, but the directory listings never caught up. Where Quebec City actually gets engraving done now, and how to order finished engraved gifts direct from a Canadian maker.

MapQuest still lists Things Engraved at 535 Portland St in Halifax. Drive out looking for that counter and you won't find it — the chain closed all 73 of its Canadian mall stores in January 2020. The listing outlived the...

By Chen Deng · Founder, LAMOSE · Calgary, Alberta Somewhere in your groomsmen group chat right now, someone is linking the same 5-in-1 gift set: flask, knife, multi-tool, cufflinks, bottle opener, all stamped "Best Man" in a font a marketing...

The best firefighter retirement gift is one they use every day, not one they set on a shelf. See why an engraved tumbler beats a plaque or challenge coin.

An engraved water bottle sized right for pilates class, built to survive daily studio wipe-downs — not another tote-and-sticker gift set.

Skip the paddle keychain — the pickleball gift that survives a season is a laser-engraved water bottle, not a printed one.

A vinyl name sticker survives about one trip through a dorm dishwasher. Two Calgary-made bottles built for campus, and what to check before you order.

Stickers peel, Sharpie rubs off. What actually keeps a kid's name on a water bottle all school year, plus two Calgary-made bottles sized by age.

Yellowpages still lists Things Engraved at 3147 Douglas Street in Victoria. Drive over looking for that counter and you'll find it's been gone since January 2020, when the chain closed all 73 of its Canadian mall stores in one winter....

Map listings still show Things Engraved at 1120 Grant Ave in Winnipeg. Walk in looking for that counter and you'll find it's been gone since January 2020 — the chain closed all 73 of its Canadian mall stores that winter....

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