PlaqueMaker Blog

The history of Boss’s Day is rooted in a family workplace, but it’s important to celebrate all strong leaders in the office, and practical gifts are often ideal. An effective boss with genuine leadership skills can make the workday much easier. They can improve your own abilities, and foster a healthy office environment. Whether you want to impress or recognize your boss, we’ll help you find the right balance between formal, creative and useful gifts.

What’s that finishing touch for your office that everyone appreciates – even admires? That’s right – it’s a beautiful personalized name plate. Whether for a desk or an office wall, custom name plates are ideal as a personal pick-me-up or better yet – a thoughtful gift.

Custom engraved name plates are often used in business environments to identify a worker’s office location, their desk, name and position they hold at their company. Businesses also use name plates to label rooms or specific areas within an office complex, or identify a suite of offices. Even cubicles can be identified with specialized name plates. Custom name plates add a professional touch to any office environment, too.

A New Year’s gift is just that much more special when it is engraved with a name or personalized with a caption that matches the recipient’s tastes or personality.

The giver doesn’t need to worry about including hardware for hanging, because these plaques stand elegantly on any desk, table, book shelf or credenza.

Perhaps it is the soft green color or the delicate round shape; the way the disc feels in your hand or slips smoothly from your grasp. Or maybe you love the simple-yet-elegant glass crystal it is made from. There’s the impressive laser that strikes the glass, frosting it white with a personalized engraving or the vibrant color of the custom UV-ink printing catches the eye. Whatever it is, it immediately becomes a favorite.

Corporations are no longer installing rows upon rows of bland, isolated cubicles. With the traditional nine-to-five work schedule morphing into flexible hours and telecommuting, the traditional office setting is changing. The trend is to create an open, freeform space where employees work wherever they want. Comfy sofas, chairs and large tables give them ample room to work or hold a meeting, creating a new conference room or personal work space trend.

The first annual American Business Women’s Day was held almost 40 years ago on September 22, 1982. Officially recognized as a national holiday by congressional proclamation in 1983 and in1986, it was conceived by the American Business Women’s Association, which was founded on this same day in 1949. American Business Women’s Day celebrates the accomplishments of over 68 million American working women and almost eight million women business owners.

Paperweights – yes, paperweights – help some of the world’s most successful people stay organized and efficient. They’re also a stylish way to adorn a tabletop, combining beauty with productivity.

When your office décor is boring and blah, it gives the impression that you don’t care. Unintentionally, you may be telling visitors that you lack passion for your work, your space and your life.

A desk wedge refers to a stylish design for a desk nameplate for the modern office. Sleek, elegant and often made from natural wood such as walnut, red alder and rosewood, displaying your name, a meaningful quote or inspirational phrase on a desk wedge in your office can say a lot about you.

A lot of us will be heading back to the office in the coming weeks and months, and for that reason we will also all be looking for ways to personalize our long-vacant desks with essential items that help make us feel comfortable in the workplace.

If you’ve been working at home over the last year, chances are good that you are still figuring out how to make yourself feel most comfortable while on the job in your own home.