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Giving a plaque to a local hero is always a gift that is well received. Personalizing the plaque makes it both meaningful and memorable. You can choose from one of several ways to honor a hero - all which distinguish them in a special way.

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.

The conference room is a popular meeting place for small businesses in all industries. Since meetings can often have a lot of people sitting around, it's essential to make sure that you've got a strong foundation, which includes a sturdy conference table and plaques that are firm on the wall. Plaques can be described as objects typically bearing the informative or commemorative text attached to a wall. The color, design, and material of the plaque should reflect your company well since it is one of the parts of the conference room that people are generally looking at the whole meeting.

Every time you visit PlaqueMaker.com, you’re treated to a short list of featured items right on the home page. These eight selections are some of PlaqueMaker’s most popular and requested, so we make it super easy for you to find them.

Seeing your company or family business in the limelight of good news coverage is exciting. For many, it can be a once-in-a-lifetime thrill, one that’s worth immortalizing.

PlaqueMaker Designer: Laser engraving is a modern take on traditional engraving. We use four processes for laser engraving at PlaqueMaker:

Our personalized for birthday gifts are lively for grandparents, parents, spouses, children and other relatives – perfect for anyone who’s celebrating a birthday … and that’s everyone, pretty much!

Celebrate a retiring employee’s many years of service with a custom retirement gift. Our plaques are a classic choice to recognize their years of loyalty and service. Choose from full-color printed plaques or a variety of laser-engraved plaque styles. We even have an Easy Design style; just fill in the recipient’s name and the company name or submit a company logo. Choose the board type and metal color and you’re done!

Every February 14, all over the world and especially in the United States, candy, flowers, gifts and romantic messages are exchanged between loved ones. From ancient Roman rituals to the customs of Victorian England, find out more about this centuries-old holiday.

Ancestry sites are the second most visited category of websites, fueling what is now a billion-dollar industry complete with television shows, books, magazines, how-to’s and over-the-counter genetic test kits, all in support our obsession with DNA ancestry testing.

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.

Just what is a perpetual plaque, anyway? It is a display plaque that typically has a top plate and conveniently-spaced rows of space for the easy addition of nameplates at a future date. The ability to add new plates to perpetual plaques make them a highly customizable option for businesses to honor key employees, etc., without having to buy a whole new award or plaque every time they want to make an update. Some perpetual plaques also include space for a photo. The plates themselves are custom engraved with names, job titles, accomplishments and just about anything else you can say in a few words.

When people are looking for a little inspiration, many read motivational quotes, sayings, song lyrics, Bible verses – something that can sum up all of what they’re feeling or doing in just a few words. Many have become part of popular culture and society’s vernacular.

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.”

Today’s common meaning of “fame” is “celebrity,” although its original meaning is “renown.” And even today, a wall of fame harkens back to honoring individuals of great renown who, throughout their lives or careers, have exemplified greatness and glory.

They say it’s the thought that counts, right? People give plaques for all sorts of reasons – many times to commemorate an award such as Employee of the Year or an achievement such as Top Salesperson. What if you think of a plaque in a more unusual way –as a personalized gift for Christmas or to celebrate New Year’s Eve?

Here’s another installment of our Corporate Gift Buying Checklist. How do you choose that perfect corporate gift for your clients and your employees?

-Johnny Marks, Songwriter