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Pet owners & animal lovers – this one’s for you.

From cats and dogs, horses and turtles and birds and everything in-between, our animal lover’s clip art galleries feature lifelike line art and illustrations, cartoons and tribal interpretations for use on all of our customizable gifts, trophies, gifts and more.

● Surprise a special animal lover in your life

● Create a memorial for a beloved pet

● Honor a vet or anyone who works with animals, whether in a zoo, wildlife refuge or sanctuary

● Give a trophy award to an equestrian

● Craft a school mascot graphic

Any animal design is possible with a little imagination and PlaqueMaker’s animal lover’s clip art galleries.

Individual clip art galleries feature animals by breed or type in black and white or color, and all of our personalized plaques, signs, awards, trophies and gifts include one free clip art with no set-up fees.

You’re free to upgrade with as many pieces of clip art as your design allows. We also offer free shipping for pet lovers on personalized animal gifts and memorials.

Goatoit!

Get your personalized pet present or memorial today.

In a year when Ebola and the measles make international headlines … when a young woman from Colorado shares firsthand how her work touches her patients on national television, sparking media coverage, a social media movement, support from other caregivers and people everywhere, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) chooses the theme of “Celebrating the Courage of Nurses Worldwide” for Emergency Nurses Week™ October 10-16. This occasion, along with Emergency Nurses Day®, Wednesday, October 12, recognizes nurses who courageously stand at the front line of emergency care every day.

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice of creating harmonious surroundings that enhance the balance of yin and yang. Used primarily in architectural and interior design, the principles of Feng Shui determine the placement of furniture and accessories, a room, an entire building –even a grave to maximize the flow of energy (qi) and that of the person or people who occupy the place, in an effort to bring good fortune.

As Coach Taylor tells his team in the (shall we say epic) television series, Friday Night Lights, “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose!” Football players, cheerleaders, even coaches and referees. They’re all out there on the field for endless workout and practice sessions –and certainly on game day- getting the job done. Play by play. Game by game.

This Veterans Day –and especially on December 12- the people of Newington, Connecticut will honor their fallen heroes at the town’s newly refurbished veterans memorial, thanks to the work and dedication of Jacob Sirois.

When it comes to employee engagement, retention and turnover, employers have a tough job. These are considered the most pressing human resource challenges of the last two years, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Organizations are finding success using values-based employee recognition programs.

Usually awarded at the end of a school year, the Student of the Year award recognizes outstanding students who use their natural talents for good – achieving top academic marks while giving back to their school and their community.

Custom Paperweights are beloved by our customers for their beauty and ease of display, especially by teachers, who are known to wrangle a certain kind of paperwork: student tests! A thoughtful gift for most any occasion, our paperweights are individually packaged in white boxes – perfect for giving that parting present to a teacher on the last day of school. Here are just a few style selections.

One of the top two human resource priorities of any company, organization or enterprise, employee engagement not only makes for happy, satisfied employees, it can positively impact the ability to attain corporate goals. According to Dale Carnegie, the top three drivers of employee engagement are

“I ordered a custom LED sign for my fiancée’s graduation and it was delivered to a wrong house. PlaqueMaker was amazing and made me a new one in under 2 hours and had it shipped the same day so it would be here for his graduation! The sign was exactly what I expected and we cannot wait to hang it in the man cave!! Highly recommend to others!!”

Ah, the Boomer anti-establishment. Those were the days.

Those who attend know their company doesn’t have to host an event like this and are likely to be thankful, which encourages a positive return on investment in more ways than one.

“National Garden Month is an opportunity to learn more about USDA’s People’s Garden Initiative begun in 2009,” U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said recently. “Today, 2,116 People’s Gardens thrive on public and private lands across the United States and its territories and in 12 foreign countries. These People’s Gardens serve as models for uniting individuals, groups and neighborhoods in a common effort to benefit communities, promote food security, utilize sustainable practices, help mitigate pollinator habitat loss, and address environmental issues.”

Even though National Clean Out Your Garage Day* isn’t until the weekend after Labor Day, the First Day of Spring is March 20, only 10 days away … and we all know what that means: spring cleaning.

Eager to get outdoors and grow something, gardeners are continuously looking for the best varieties of plants for their gardens. Here’s a list of the top 100 plants every garden should have, according to the garden experts, florists, landscape architects and horticulturalists writing for the UK’s venerable Telegraph. Broken down by season, it’s a selection of the very best, most desirable flowers and shrubs for your garden.

This is the season to return to healthy eating. Making a few small changes for breakfast, lunch and dinner can add up to big changes in how you look and feel. Try these four doctor-recommended, totally-researched tips to get you started – it’s easy and fun!

Use PlaqueMaker’s Ship Today shipping upgrade on select custom plaques, signs, name badges and name plates if you need to ship today.

QR codes are those square pixelated boxes seen on products, advertising and other places that are only readable by digital scanners. Often referred to as two-dimensional barcodes, QR codes are originally designed by Denso Wave, a Toyota subsidiary, as a tracking mechanism that can hold about 100 times more information than a barcode. The “QR” stands for Quick Response and since the 1990’s, they are one of the most efficient ways to track parts through the manufacturing process.