Custom Shot Glasses With Your Photo, Name or Logo
A custom shot glass is a small glass with a big job: a favour at a bachelor or bachelorette party, a souvenir of a trip, a bar's logo, a birthday photo passed around the table, or a twenty-first that deserves a keepsake.
How personalizing works
- Pick the giftAny piece here. Order one, or many of the same.
- Send a logo, photo or noteUpload a file, write us a note, or both.
- Approve your proofWe design it and email you a proof. Nothing is printed until you approve it.
Same logo on every piece: order one or many, no minimum.
The shelf is short. The 1.5oz shot glass comes printed, with a photo, a logo or a name in colour bonded into its surface, or engraved, with the design frosted into the glass in a single tone. A second printed shot glass sits beside them. Because a shot glass gives a design very little room, bold work reads best: a face cropped close, a name, a date, a monogram, a simple logo. Small print and wide group photos shrink until they are lost. Prices run $20.99–$22.99 depending on the glass. Upload your photo or artwork, or add a note with a name; we design it and email you a proof, and nothing is made until you approve it.
Designing for a 1.5oz glass
A shot glass gives a design very little room, so plan for a glance rather than a close read.
- Photos: crop to one or two faces and lift the contrast; a wide group shot turns into a blur.
- Text: a name, a date or a few words in a heavy font.
- Logos: the simplest version of the mark, without a tagline.
The printed shot glasses carry colour bonded into a coated surface, which reads truest on light areas, as the guide to colour bonded into a coating explains. The engraved 1.5oz glass frosts the design in a single tone with no shading, so keep it bold; the guide to engraving glass shows how.
Shot glasses for parties, trips and bars
Shot glasses are the favour that fits in a pocket, and a matching set with the date and names suits a bachelor or bachelorette weekend, a wedding after-party or a milestone birthday. For a party-sized run, start from bulk and group orders.
Round out a bar with custom whiskey glasses and custom beer glasses in the same design, or send guests home with custom can coolers. For a toast that calls for something taller, the custom wine glasses include engraved champagne glasses.
Custom Shot Glasses With Your Photo, Name or Logo — common questions
- Can a photo fit on a 1.5oz shot glass?
- Yes, on the printed shot glasses, as long as it is cropped close. One or two faces filling the frame stay recognisable, while a wide group photo shrinks until nobody can be picked out. Look hard at the proof before approving and ask whether every face is still clear.
- Should party favour shot glasses be printed or engraved?
- Printed if the favour needs colour, a photo or a party theme. Engraved if the names and the date are the whole design and you want them frosted into the glass in one tone that matches across the set. The 1.5oz shot glass comes in both finishes.
- How much text fits on a custom shot glass?
- Less than you might expect: a name, a date or a short phrase in a heavy font reads well, and a full sentence does not. If the message is long, let the glass carry the key word and save the rest for a card in the gift bag.
- Are the engraved and printed shot glasses the same size?
- The engraved shot glass and one of the printed ones both hold 1.5oz, so a mixed set lines up. The other printed shot glass is listed without a capacity, so check its product page if the size matters to you.
- Which shot glass works for a bar or a brand logo?
- The printed 1.5oz shot glass if the logo uses colour, since engraving reduces a mark to one frosted tone. Use the simplest version of the logo without small print, and for a run of glasses for a bar or an event, start from the group orders page linked above.