Shadow boxes
Custom-made with local carpenters, or bring your own box to have patches, ranks, photos, and flags mounted.
Bellevue, Nebraska · Since 1993
If it's cool, we made it.
Custom awards, shadow boxes, engraving, embroidery, and framing for squadrons, retirements, companies, and families. A family shop that has served Offutt AFB and Bellevue for more than thirty years.
Established
1993
Offutt AFB & Bellevue
1993
The year the shop opened at Offutt.
A family business
Scott, Rena, and Bob Thornton.
Owners Scott, Rena, and Bob Thornton have been serving Bellevue, Offutt, and customers who send work in from around the world. Scott and Rena, a husband and wife team, both grew up in Bellevue while their fathers were active duty at Offutt A.F.B. They bring a clear understanding of military and civilian needs for awards, shirts, and retirement gifts. With Scott's father Bob, it is truly a family business.
They specialize in quick turnaround and quality products, from engraved wedding glasses to mounted baby shoes, retirement flags, and one-of-a-kind keepsakes.
In house
Made here, not sent out and hoped for.
Canth Awards engraves, screen prints, and embroiders with 3 laser engravers, 2 embroidery machines, and sublimation, all in the Bellevue shop. Rush and custom orders are welcome. No order is too small or too large.
Engraving
Priced by the job, never by the letter. No hidden charges, artwork fees, or set-up fees.
Embroidery & screen printing
Moral T-shirts, apparel, and patches for squadrons, companies, and groups.
Framing & matting
Custom laser-cut mats with logos or images for certificates, lithographs, sports shirts, and art.
Trophies & plaques
Awards for military units, corporate groups, and personal milestones.
Guidons & flags
Specialty military work, including flags framed for a retirement or a family.
Name tags & plates
Name bars, assignment plates, and everyday identification pieces.
Giftware
Clocks, drinkware, acrylics, medals, ribbons, statues, eagles, signage, and other one-of-a-kind gifts.
How the shop works
Four promises from the Thornton family.
Make the event special
Retirement, a coworker's gift, a framed flag, or a shadow box of career keepsakes. The shop helps you find the right piece.
Never charged by the letter
Unlike shops that price engraving by the letter, Canth Awards charges per job so you can say what you mean without watching the meter.
Rush orders welcome
They know things slip. If you need a gift or a retirement project on a tight timeline, call and ask.
From customers
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Come by the shop
504 Galvin Road South, Bellevue.
(402) 733-6330
Fax (402) 733-7250
canthaward@aol.com
Hours
| Monday to Friday | 10 am to 6 pm |
Those are the hours listed on the current Canth Awards site.
Who they serve
Squadrons, corporate groups, and families. Military and civilian. No order too small or too large.