Somethings just buy better in person instead of online. How personal of a touch do you get from your computer? When you are creating a gift/award for someone to show them how you feel, you need to be able to hold one in your hands and work face to face with the person creating the award to make sure you get the effect you are wanting. When you are trying to tell someone what you are looking for in an award, it is so much easier face to face instead of face to keyboard. The keyboard might feel you but it does not get your feelings. In the showroom you not only get to see and hold the award you can also see the different sizes and available colors and compare it to similar awards to feel confident you have made the right choice. You are working with a person with years of experience in designing and making awards that can give you advice and options on what you can choose.
Just some of the advantages of working with a person at a store, when the day of your ceremony arrives and your computer for whatever reason did not get the awards to you, at the last minute you want to add an award for someone else, at the last minute you find a name is misspelled.
Take the time, do it right, drive to the store and have fun creating an award that you and the person receiving it will be proud of.