TOASTING THE BLOOMING COLORS OF SPORTS.

• Position: WHATS NEW? - Sporticulture's tumblers and Tervis' flower pots - Product/service evaluation

We here at Gift Guide central have been collecting sports memorabilia for a number of years. The tradition continues this season thanks to a pair of interesting sources: Sporticulture and Tervis.

The latter produces reusable drinkware with a lifetime guarantee--water bottles, tumblers, mugs, and wine glasses in gazillions of different designs. They have your favorite sports team, superhero, flower, and so much more. They also provide the option to design with personal photos--and recently introduced a tumbler you can customize using Augmented Reality--very cool.

However, it was the "favorite sports team" category that caught our eye. Always looking to add to our ever-burgeoning collection, it was imperative we check out what was in stock for our three favorite teams: MLB's San Francisco Giants, the NFLs Cleveland Browns, and the NCAA's Tennessee Volunteers. (Yes, we know: all have orange as one of their team colors.)

The Tervis website offered lots of eye candy that inspired us to order: S.F. Giants All Over and Colossal 2 Pack Gift Set Boxed; S.F. Giants Classic; Stainless Steel Tumbler Cleveland Browns Rush; Cleveland Browns All Over; Ten nessee Volunteers College Pride and Prep Gift Set Boxed; and Tennessee Vols Aztec Stripes. All are different shapes and sizes with team logos that absolutely pop. While they are guaranteed to stand up to heavy use and...