Say It the Koozie Way

Sometimes, no matter how close friends or couples are, there are still some things that are best said through actions than words. So if you’re having jitters in saying it, tell it the koozie way! With just a sentence or an image, express how you feel for them. A simple “Cheer up, the worst is yet to come” line could be a fun way of saying that you’ll always be there to support them in sad times.
 Not only that, it may also be a nice approach to actually start saying something. Share a drink wrapped with an inspirational print koozie and sit down for a small talk. Loosen up a little by not only sharing your koozies but your important thoughts too!

Ask a Koozie Favor

Everyone goes to a party. It can be a child’s birthday party, anniversary celebration or much anticipates weddings. But whatever kind of party you are planning to organize or attend to, it should have the basic party favors. And one of the flexible favors in the market is your good old koozie.

Some may really not pay attention to these koozies. But little do they know that these bottle huggers are the celebrant’s way of showing their appreciation with the thank you messages printed on it. More than that, it shows that the person cares about you because these can coolers also help you stay warm. It is also a perfect way for showing their creativity and uniqueness. So the next time you see a koozie favor, go ask for one.

Koozie Gets More Personal

Koozie lovers sure know a lot about these little bottle huggers. They know what type is best to use, how to use it, how to decorate it and even how to make one. But another way of giving koozies as a gift is by turning it to a person’s memorabilia.

It makes a great gift. Have a favorite saying printed on the koozie then sign it. The birthday celebrant will be inspired and will get to know you better. Or have your photo printed on a koozie. It will remind others of you. Pass on your most loved koozie and your friend will surely never forget your kind deed that goes with the gift. But the best of all is to make a one of a kind koozie for a friend who needs one.

Koozies: The Perfect Gift

Most of us have a hard time thinking of unique gifts that will be liked by a friend or an acquaintance. There are times when it may be hard for some to choose a gift that would bring smiles to the receiver’s face. And if you’re already running out of time or options, go for something that everybody likes. Go ahead and grab some koozies!

Koozies are something that can be used everyday. It can be styled to easily match a celebrant’s fashion sense. These can also be wrapped up together with some koozie decorating stuff like buttons and prints so that the receiver can have a pastime koozie project. These can also have printed punch lines and funny images to lighten up the receiver’s day.

Koozies Unleash the Artist in You

Ever dreamed of being someone but haven’t achieved it yet? Then let your koozies fulfill that dream for you. Not being able to that lifelong goal is really depressing so why stay sad and mock? Through your own “baby” koozie, turn this disappoint to a happy moment by styling it.

Become a rock star by putting on that headset and putting a mini leather jacket on that koozie. Put that small pilot hat on top of the koozie wrapped bottle. Or have your koozie printed with a camouflage print and put your photo sticker on it. But to really keep on living that dream and having it fulfilled, inspire others to continue their dreams by giving them this kind of koozie that you personally made.

Koozies – the perfect priced party favor.

Based on research in the last 8 months it seems that the koozie is the one item that is still a valuable party favor.  There are a number of higher priced items that are being let go, but a Koozie at between .65 and $1.20 depending on quantity and style seems to hit the “sweet spot” for most consumers.

Obama says we have to cut back, well we will cut back in some capacity, but we still need to have a little fun.  So the cut back is in the high dollar extras.  A koozie is a low dollar, yet long lasting extra.  It is a party favor that can be used at the event, and taken home as a reminder of the good time,  and guests will remember it for next years party.

It is truly fun to be part of this business.

Koozies and the recession

Things are looking pretty good at this point for the Koozie business.  Seems that consumers feel that it is an inexpensive party favor or promotional item.  Koozie sales are still going up.

Thanks for your support.

Funny Koozie comments

It is very fun being in the koozie business, our customers ask for extremely funny sayings and sometimes sweet, on their koozies, and we very much enjoy them.

A few for your enjoyment:

We Won In The Game Of Love
Ashleigh & Aaron
Saturday, April 25, 2009.

FRONT of the Koozie:
No Nay Never, No Nay Never,

No more, single life!

2ND/back SIDE of the Koozie:
Meghan’s Crazy
Bachelorette weekend!
March 14, 2009

Cheers!! …to Debbie’s Next 30 Years! February 21, 2009

Crawfish Boil
Special Notes (if any): FRONT SIDE:
Sparrow’s Gumbo
*pic of crawfish boil*
2009

BACK SIDE:
Where the gumbo’s hot and the men are not!

Warm Cooler

From the Boston Globe Jan Freeman

DO YOU HOLD onto a cold beer with a koozie or a cozy? Or do you call that insulating sleeve for a bottle or can something else entirely?

“I’m from Texas and have lived in the Deep South for five years now, and it’s koozie all the way,” writes Jess Davis in an e-mail. “But my family is largely from the North, and refers to them as cozies.” Davis wonders if this is a regional thing, and if either word is accepted as standard in print.

The blogger Photoboothgirl asked a similar question last March, but her geographical impressions were different. “As a Seattle-ite by birth, I grew up with the use of Beer Cozy,” she wrote. “But after years of living in New York, I am tongue-tied and often say, Beer Coozy.”

I didn’t know any of these words for the cold drink holder, though cozy meaning “a covering to keep warm things warm” – as in “tea cozy” and “egg cozy” – dates to the mid-19th century. The half-dozen local beer drinkers I polled, though familiar with the thing itself, also didn’t call it koozie or cozy.

On the other hand, the terms aren’t exactly obscure; online ads offer dozens of koozies and coozies. Newspapers across the nation print the words, though sparsely, and usually as koozie with a k.

Is it a Southern creation? Could be; 10 years ago, members of the koozie/coozie clan appeared only in newspapers from the Southern states and Texas. (Twenty years ago, neither word appeared in the Nexis news database.)

The evidence, however, is puzzling. The earliest beer cozy I could find is also Southern – it comes from 1989, when Steve Hummer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said the boring World Series could use a gimmick: “This is a Series in need of a Beer Cozy Night.” (Obviously, his readers were already familiar with the beer cozy.)

David Sedaris, who grew up in North Carolina, also chose cozy in “Barrel Fever,” his 1994 collection. “She wore, I remember, a skirt the size of a beer cozy.”

Koozie, on the other hand, first pops up in print not in the South but in Newsday, in 1991, pointing readers to Free Koozie Night at a Long Island bar. “In case you aren’t clear on ‘koozies,’ they’re those darling foam things you shove a beer can into to keep it cold,” the writer explains.

Other local terms are out there. In 1994, for instance, a reader asked the Austin American-Statesman where she could get personalized “coolies” or “huggies” for soda cans. Australians have a word to suit their short beer bottle: Koozie, wrote one Web commenter, is a dorky name for “what is correctly known as a stubby holder.”

Older readers might be considering an etymological detour, for coozie once had a ruder meaning. The Historical Dictionary of American Slang lists it as a vulgar word for the female genitals, in use from the 1920s to (at least) the 1970s. But I’ve found no evidence of a connection. In fact, the Dictionary of American Regional English gives coozy as a variant of cozy – “Sit here in the coozy corner” – in 1911, before the crude sense is documented. “Variants like coozie and cozy, doosie and dosie [or doozy and dozy] are not uncommon,” it adds.

Discuss
COMMENTS (13)
(Globe Staff photo illustration)
Koozie seems much more likely to be a variant of cozy. But why – aside from sheer playfulness – would we change a beer cozy into a koozie?

One reason might be that cozy sounds off-kilter in the context of keeping something cold; the adjective cozy has always meant safe and snug, strongly implying warmth. And if you’re selling koozies, a unique name – one that sounds cool-ish and doesn’t evoke tea cozies – is clearly an improvement.

My guess is that koozie started as a regionalism for cozy, but is making a bid for independent status. Its fate rests in the well-insulated hands of the koozie-using public.

Koozies – good fit or not!

This comes from the Futon Report – make no mistake about it.  Thanks for the writing.

FUTON REPORT: Rockets’ free koozies escalate “war on 20-ounces”
Written by Matt Sussman | | news@toledofreepress.com

At first I thought it was just a mere misunderstanding when I wrote last weekend that the 20-ounce bottles sold at Savage Arena don’t quite fit in the armrests. But it appears I was mistaken.  (It is important to keep up with these things.)  After attending UT’s win over Eastern Michigan on Saturday, I really have to wonder if the Rockets care at all about the ease and comfort of 20-ounce bottles in their arena.

As fans approached the turnstiles Saturday they were handed little blue- and gold-colored drink koozies in the shape of what appear to be cheerleader outfits. They’re adorable, yes. But the real question is: do they fit a 20-ounce bottle? It’s a tight fit, but let’s just say O.J. Simpson’s lawyer would probably move for acquittal. It seems more designed for certain slimmer water bottles and alcoholic beverages which are not sold at Savage.

And here’s something more mildly disturbing. The 20-ounce fits in so snugly, the cheerleader outfit appears to be featuring a couple of … um, let’s just say if you stare at them too long, you’ll get slapped. Know what this means? Even though the inside tag reads “MADE IN CHINA,” it’s entirely possible that perverts were involved in the design.

Nevertheless, the Rocket koozie — which has no bottom — serves its purpose in keeping one’s hand safe from slightly cold sensations while drinking from containers that hold 19 ounces or less. It also functions as a great way to spruce up your conversation, provided you’re talking to a claims adjuster. Or a cameo star of “To Catch A Predator.