Personalised Cufflinks

Personalised cufflinks are one of the few gifts that get worn on the days that matter most. They sit at the edge of a shirt cuff, glimpsed when he shakes a hand, raises a glass or signs the register, and they carry whatever picture you choose. We make one thing: square cufflinks with a polished, silver-coloured finish, printed with an image you upload yourself. The same image appears on both cufflinks of the pair, so the design reads as a matched set from either wrist.

Occasions and the people who wear them

Weddings are where many people start. Grooms wear the date or a photo of the couple, best men get a snap from the stag weekend, and fathers of the bride often carry a picture of her as a little girl. Beyond the big day there are milestone birthdays, retirements, graduations, Christmas and a first Father's Day. Plenty of orders mark no event at all; someone simply found a photo of the dog asleep on the sofa and decided it belonged on a shirt.

The wearers are just as varied. Husbands, dads, grandads, sons, brothers and godfathers fill most baskets, but women who wear double-cuff shirts order pairs for themselves too. Teachers receive them from a leaving class, sports clubs present them at the end-of-season dinner, and businesses hand them to staff and clients. Families also choose them as a quiet way to remember someone, wearing a grandfather's handwriting or a favourite photograph to a funeral or an anniversary.

Design ideas that suit a small square

The strongest designs mean something at a glance. A few that work well:

• Faces: a child, a grandchild, or the two of you on your wedding day.
• Pets: a spaniel's nose, a cat's green eyes, a horse's white blaze.
• Words and numbers: initials, a wedding date, map coordinates or a name.
• Artwork: a child's drawing of Daddy, a notebook sketch, a line of handwriting from an old card.
• Emblems: a club crest, a family coat of arms or a company logo.

Because one pair carries one image, a set of pairs can tell a bigger story: a pair with each grandchild's face, or a different name for every usher. For logos, crests and badges, please only upload artwork you own or have permission to use; we may decline anything we can't print lawfully.

Preparing your photo

Start with the largest version of the picture you have. We print from your full-resolution original rather than a compressed thumbnail, so a photo straight from your phone's camera roll will look sharper than one saved from a messaging app or social media. Crop tightly in the preview: a face that fills the square reads far better than a whole group standing in a field. Contrast helps as well, so a dark logo on a pale background, or a bright subject against a plain wall, stays crisp at cufflink size. If you're working from a paper print or a drawing, photograph it flat in daylight without a flash to avoid glare, then drag and zoom until the framing looks right on both cufflinks.

Pricing and mixing designs

A single pair costs £40 with shipping included, and two to four pairs are £40 each on the same terms. Once your basket reaches five or more pairs in total, every pair drops to £15, with one £5 shipping charge for the order. Five pairs come to £80, ten to £155 and twenty to £305.

The pairs don't need to match. The basket counts pairs across every design, so five groomsmen can each have their own name, three grandsons and two sons-in-law can each get a different photo, or you can order the same crest five times. The £15 price stays flat however many pairs you add, so a team of forty is priced exactly the same way as a wedding party of five, with nothing to request and no waiting for a price.

Why made in Cornwall

Every pair is printed and finished to order in Cornwall by KF Online Ltd. Nothing is pre-printed or held in stock; each cufflink starts life as the file you uploaded, which is why a scribble, a scan or a faded photograph can end up on a shirt cuff. Making them ourselves means we look at every order as an individual piece rather than a line on a pick list, and each pair leaves us in a gift box, ready to hand over.

Checkout is secure and we deliver across the UK. If you're still deciding what to print, the guides linked above cover weddings, birthdays, hobbies, professions and memorial pieces in more detail, with ideas for the kind of image that suits each one.