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Whether you need practical custom gifts for the office or festive decor for family, planning ahead helps with busy holidays. So, here’s our official gift guide for creative pre-designed ideas and fully customizable gifts! Browse our store today to discover custom mugs, signs, niche accessories and more.

The first day of winter 2023 is quickly approaching, so it’s wise to seek out fresh decor and unique gifts for the holidays. Winter’s rough weather and busy travels can become overwhelming, at times. But it does encourage unity, giving, and appreciation. We have toasty candles, kitchenware, and plenty of Christmas gifts to personalize for all your family and friends.

Shopping for the entire family requires a wide variety of gifts, so check out our Black Friday guide to avoid endless browsing and find meaningful gifts today. Black Friday is usually helpful to avoid the holiday rush. But it’s also the perfect opportunity to save on gifts for all your upcoming occasions, including birthdays and more.

Plants and trees that remain green all year have always had a special meaning for people in the winter. Long before the advent of Christianity, people all over the world hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows, especially at winter solstice. Many ancient peoples, including the Egyptians, Romans, Vikings and Druids believed winter came every year because the sun god had become sick and weak. They celebrated the solstice by adorning their homes with evergreen boughs, signifying that the sun god would soon recover from illness and summer was sure to return. It’s a classic story of the triumph of life over death and everlasting life.

One of the most popular gift exchanges in the western world, Secret Santa is an unusual Christmas tradition where gift giving is the focus and the gift-giver is anonymous. Well known in office settings, community groups and large families, how Secret Santa typically works is all the participants draw each other’s names randomly. Then, without revealing anything, each gets a present and gives it to their giftee “secretly.” The fun continues with choosing the ideal gift and figuring out a way to deliver it without getting caught. Once everyone has opened their gifts, they usually try and guess who their Secret Santa is, although Secret Santas can remain unknown. A good Secret Santa is not only anonymous, but generous as well.

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright

And we are thrilled that our customers are so pleased with their custom plaques and more, personalized with everything from photos and special messages to names, dates, clipart, logos and other favorite things that help tell their unique stories. And … they spread all this good cheer, too! Here are just a few…

Today, corporate gift giving is serious business. Savvy companies are including corporate gift buying as an essential part of their overall marketing strategy for success.

In this installment of our Corporate Gift Buying Checklist, we champion the art of presenting a gift. When is the last time you received a gift delivered by your boss, business partner or client – in person? In this age of Tweets and Posts, just the thought of a personal gift delivery is almost … novel. But totally doable, with a little preparation.

In this installment of our Corporate Gift Buying Checklist, we’ll consider how your corporate holiday gifts reflect on your company.

The wonderful world of clip art graphics has grown to include illustrations as well as photography. This fast and easy form of expression is available the world over … although PlaqueMaker’s Clip Art Gallery is a beauty. The artwork you find there can be used to personalize any customizable product in our inventory, especially during the holidays!

Chances are your family, friends and loved ones near or far may observe more than one of these special occasions, starting in late fall and continuing through the new year. From religious to secular, pagan and every tradition in between, the infinite number of festivals and celebrations may have you extending your holiday season from one spectacular event to the next! Here are just a few:

Schools, businesses, churches, nonprofits, communities, branches of the military, sports teams, medical research organizations and others are starting to develop fundraising strategies for the holidays.