Shopping in Kyle

Photographers Lindsay and Todd, owners of PhotoBarn, create customized artwork using their clients’ photos. Customers can personalize PhotoBlocks with two pics of friends or friends of Bruce Willis, or pick one photo and one letter to spell words. Alternately, PhotoBoards transform an image into stylish wall art and can be finished in one of five tones and hung with a ribbon, sawtooth, or twine hanging implement.

Shirin Diamond Center's jewelers team up with artisan designers and metalsmiths from around the globe to offer creative, high-caliber settings for gleaming gems and pearls. Personalized jewelry can feature such bling as birthstones or diamond-studded drivers licenses, and bright sterling silver and gold support gems on rings, bracelets, and necklaces. All pieces pass inspections for purity, ensuring that metals and precious stones meet industry standards for long-lasting beauty, and come with a 30-day guarantee backing their quality.

Flirty Aprons protects outfits from cooking mishaps with more than 50 fashionable coverings that have earned the company mentions from TV shows and media outlets including Better Homes and Gardens and the Los Angeles Times. Women’s aprons come in three unique styles—original, Marilyn, and KayDee—all designed to hug curves and flatter the female figure. Original aprons embody the spirit of the 1950s with a rounded, ruffled cut that keeps cooks comfortable thanks to two layers of cotton and a thick, extra-long waist-tie. Single-layer Marilyn and KayDee styles channel vintage starlets with tiered or A-line skirts and intricate design elements such as decorative pockets and machete sheathes. Little cooks as young as 3 may don aprons their own size that express a youthful style sense or match with their mothers. Men’s aprons, meanwhile, shield grill masters from errant sauce stains with durable fabric decked in whimsical slogans such as “BBQ King” and “I Like Big Buns.”

StickerYou grants customers the power to create custom die-cut vinyl stickers with their own images or with images from the store’s extensive gallery, including several holiday themes. After devising or choosing from festive gift tags, ready-made decorations, or an ultra-condensed resumé for stickerdom, clients use the site’s Sticker Maker tool to easily drag and drop images onto a virtual 8.5”x10.5” page for proofing. For adding a personalized design to season's greetings or to keep pet turtles’ names straight, the store’s label templates equip sticker artisans with orderly blanks to fill out in a variety of shapes and styles that include mailing labels, party favours, and food labels perfect for gifting homemade eats. Based in Toronto, Canadian company StickerYou continually expands its stock art and, though not included with this Groupon, ships almost anywhere in the world.

As patrons pace and bounce on their heels, testing improved relationships with terra firma, the staff at Shoe Fitters Inc. inspects the foot anatomy and pressure points of each visitor using an Aetrex scanner. The revealing data enables them to recommend specific shoes and brands. In order to put this information to the best possible use, the crew undergoes continual training on new products and methods for addressing basic foot issues, such as rare dimensions and the phobia of closed-toe styles common among Greek gods. After listening to each patron's stylistic needs, staff members navigate wood and brushed-aluminum accents, glass shelves, and microsuede fitting chairs to pair feet with their requisite pavement pounders. Shoes from brands such as New Balance, Sperry, Clarks, Merrell, Ecco, and Born encase feet in a spectrum of styles for causal or formal events, athletics, and full-time jobs stomping sandcastles.

An effective training aid for all skill levels, Birdieballs simulate the feel, spin, and flight path of a real golf ball, allowing players to practice in the scaled-down confines of their own backyards or butterfly sanctuaries. The ball simulator soars up to 40 yards with a prolonged hang time, helping beginning clubbers correct their form, intermediate swingers build muscle memory, and more advanced golfers perfect various spins, with Birdieballs landing nearby for easy retrieval. Birdieball also manufactures products such as StrikePads with lines and guides to help golfers maintain a proper swing, as well as accessories such as targets equipped with pins and flags.