PlaqueMaker Blog

Susie and her husband are building a new home. One of the materials they’re using on the exterior and main staircase is called Old Chicago Brick. “The story behind the brick is very interesting,” Susie says, “particularly since my husband is from Chicago.” The couple wants to share the history behind the brick with friends, family and future visitors to their new home, so they decide to create a custom plaque to mount on the staircase.

We receive a lot of love letters from our customers –valentines, if you will- and we’re grateful for every one of them. Wishing all of you a Happy Valentine’s Day! oxoxo

Jenna Lawrence Grigg and her company recently order one large perpetual plaque for their office lobby and three additional smaller perpetual plaques from PlaqueMaker.com. “We could not be more impressed with the products and service we received from PlaqueMaker,” Jenna tells us. They are beautiful, high quality and most importantly they all go nicely together.”

A PlaqueMaker customer from the UK, Dann has searched for an economical source for the markers, and finds that PlaqueMaker’s price for a single marker is less than a third what he would have been charged by a local establishment in his country (a little over $200 US versus $750 US). He also discovers PlaqueMaker’s quantity discount on custom products, so when he orders several markers, the price drops even more.

Ricki needed a plaque to commemorate a member of her organization. She researched everything she could online to find the best product for the price.

“Service and products are first rate.”–Mark Passwater

Dave DiAngelo builds custom furniture and cabinetry. Recently he decides to refinish a mahogany doll bed his wife’s grandfather made for her mother. Dave and his wife wanted to gift it to their daughter for her fourth birthday.

John Scrip is the owner of Massive Mastering, an analog/digital audio and CD mastering company based in Chicagoland. Massive Mastering provides artists from around the world with an affordable, professional-quality, dedicated audio mastering service. John combines old-school and modern techniques with world-class analog and state-of-the-art digital technology to give his clients clean, crisp, loud and clear audio for any genre of music.

"I want to start off by thanking you for your contributions to my Eagle Scout Project," Seth Knoop tells us. "The project had amazing results and I wanted to share with you how your help truly benefitted the project."

We love to hear the heartfelt stories and inspiration behind every personalized plaque, award, gift and memento we help bring to life for our customers.

We all remember Kit from Knight Rider, Herbie the Love Bug, Lightning McQueen from Cars not to mention, Shaguar from Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery.

PlaqueMaker.com customer Steve Merkel recently shared a creation with us!In September 2013, America commemorated The Battle of Lake Erie Bicentennial with one of the largest celebrations in the Lake’s history.

“We wanted a beautiful way to honor the artists who have worked with us as well as the survivors we serve,” Founder Jessica Lamb tells us.