The Swizzle Blog

Northern Nevada Schools – 5 Awesome reasons Swizzle Loves Supporting them
Celebrating Schools, Community, and Northern Nevada In Northern Nevada, community isn’t just a word, it’s a way of life. Supporting schools, non-profits, and small businesses isn’t a side project, it’s part of our identity. Northern Nevada is a small community and thrives because of collaboration. We are proud to partner with the organizations that keep our neighborhoods strong. From Friday Night…
Swizzle LOVES Community
Swizzle Gives Back to Northern Nevada We LOVE Northern Nevada!  At Swizzle Brand Solutions we take pride in being deeply involved in our community. WE DO MERCH, and we are often invited to participate in local events and show support of LOCAL nonprofits. So, we enjoy partnering with them whenever possible. In 2025 alone, Swizzle partnered with over 25 local nonprofits, and in our 6+ years of bu…
5 Super Ideas for Holiday Merch
It’s that time again to start thinking about your Holiday Merch! Here are 5 ideas to get you started! It sneaks up every time.  It isn’t even quite Pumpkin Spice season, but as we head into Fall and the holidays, it is indeed time to start thinking about what to do for your clients or staff for the Holidays. The good news is,  we Swizzlers LOVE helping with the holiday MERCH. And, even better ne…
5 Sunny Summer Fun Merch Items
HOT HOT HOT We feel so fortunate to live in such a beautiful area that gives us four very distinct seasons, especially summer!  Since we are in the business of promotional merchandise, we must also think about the needs for our clients as each different season approaches.  Well, SUMMER, here we are!  Personally, Summer is this Swizzler’s favorite season.  I’d like to provide a list of my 5 favori…
5 of our Favorite Pet Products
If you’ve followed our social media posts, you might notice that Swizzle LOVES pets. We have an  “open dog” policy at the office and we love when pups walk through the door. You may have also noticed that many of our posts include our fury friends, and guess what, the posts that include animals are always our MOST VIEWED posts! There are many good reasons that animal posts are so pupular (pun i…
NFC Merch – Our Top 5 Fascinating Picks
Check out this amazing new NFC Merchandise! WHAT is NFC? You may not know what it is called, but you’re likely already using it. Near Field Communication, or NFC is a short-range radio frequency technology, different from Bluetooth that allows for secure, short range transfer of information between devices. One example of it being used is when making a payment with a hand-held device to a termin…
Fabulous Color in 2025
And the COLOR OF THE YEAR for 2025 is… Did you know that there is a “Color of the Year?” Pantone, a company founded in 1962 is known for creating the Pantone Matching System, which created a common and standardized “language” in color matching for industries like printing and graphic design. Every year the company chooses a Color of the Year (and there are thousands to choose from), with the cho…
Holidays Are Coming – 10 Super Gift ideas
It’s way too early to start planning for the holidays….no one should say ever. The beginning of FALL may feel early to start shopping for your promotional Holiday GIFTS. It may even feel overwhelming and scary to know where to start.  But the ONLY holiday that should be associated with a fear factor is Halloween, and it’s coming up too. ???? As for the other holidays, we’ve got you. Just breathe…
5 Tips for the Great Reno Balloon Race
The Great Reno Balloon race is coming up, and if you’ve never been, you need to go. Everyone needs to experience this event at least once.  Why?  Here are just a few adjectives I’ve used to describe the event…Magnificent, Breath-taking, Awe-inspiring, Surreal, Peaceful, Beautiful, and Serene. Northern Nevada has some spectacular events, and this one is not only a Swizzle favorite, but a pers…
The #1 Reason We Keep Cool Old Merch
The #1 Reason We Keep Old Merch Recently, I was cleaning out garage bins and amongst the dust and other sentimental merch I came upon my favorite concert t-shirt and an old jean skirt from high school. Neither fit anymore, and the shirt has holes in it from whatever critter decided to eat it.  I also found a 15-year-old mug from a wedding, and a keychain from a charity event. Looking back, the…