--- title: This Vermont Toaster Puts Selfies on Toast description: The Vermont Novelty Toaster company invented a toaster customizable to print your selfie on a piece of bread. canonical: https://time.com/2987868/you-can-finally-start-that-shrine-to-yourself-with-this-selfie-toaster/ author: Kyle Chayka article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-15T18:12:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:42.088Z og:title: Put Your Selfie on Toast with This Novelty Toaster og:description: Eat Instagram for breakfast og:url: https://time.com/2987868/you-can-finally-start-that-shrine-to-yourself-with-this-selfie-toaster/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5955eb539b757799/69869bcee8524ba581603e47/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=275&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 275 og:image:height: 155 og:image:alt: selfie og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Put Your Selfie on Toast with This Novelty Toaster twitter:description: Eat Instagram for breakfast twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5955eb539b757799/69869bcee8524ba581603e47/selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=275&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # You Can Finally Start That Shrine to Yourself With This Selfie Toaster > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Jul 15, 2014 6:12 PM UTC  Vermont Novelty Toaster by [Kyle Chayka](https://time.com/author/kyle-chayka/) ## Kyle Chayka Jul 15, 2014 6:12 PM UTC For further evidence that selfie culture is turning from a form of self-expression into pure kitsch, we offer up the Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation’s new [selfie toaster](http://www.burntimpressions.com/toasted-selfies.php#.U8VutI1dUp8). For only $75, you, too, can put your face on a piece of bread and then eat it for breakfast in the morning. It only takes a week to deliver! “Yes, you don’t have to be famous or Jesus to have your face on toast,” company president Galen Dively says in the device’s [press release](http://pressreleaseheadlines.com/vermont-novelty-toaster-brings-home-magic-artisan-toast-custom-images-222783). But you do have to pretty narcissistic to buy a toaster for the sole purpose of making your face appear more places! It’s one thing to take a photo of yourself and Snapchat it to a friend in an earnest attempt at communicating something; it’s entirely another to stamp that face all over the world around you, turning your kitchen into a nightmarish temple to yourself. With the help of CNC technology, making a custom-design toaster is cheaper than ever, so you can buy a toaster that prints just about anything, according to the company. They even take Bitcoins. 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