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Summer signals many fun activities, from planting fresh gardens to visiting the beach, and they all share the summer heat. It marks a popular time for marriage, as well as the end of school. The season invites everyone outdoors, inspiring a sense of rejuvenation and encouraging new adventures. Summer’s right around the corner, arriving on June 21st this year. We’ll make sure you’re prepared for any outing, however rousing or relaxing.

National Gardening Day, celebrated on April 14th, is a great opportunity to plant and harvest everything from flowers to peppers. Gardening is a peaceful hobby that promotes patience, growth, a strong work ethic and endless possibilities.

Happy holidays are rarely possible if you wing it, so you’ll need to be prepared early on for every holiday and finish off this season with something special for all your friends and family. The holiday rush is brimming with gift exchanges, but our customizable presents will allow you to add a personal touch for a lasting impression.

The scariest time of year is here, so dig up your gifts and costumes, and make the most of pumpkin season for Halloween. It’s a holiday that encourages families and kids to get creative, mischievous, and loaded up on candy. But there’s something for everyone, between ripe pumpkins, hayrides, and costume contests. We’ll help you find fresh ways to celebrate, from themed gifts to activity supplies.

The warmest season of the year is finally here, so it’s time to find some creative ways to make summer camp fun and safe for kids of all ages. There are plenty of activities to entertain and educate kids during any camp adventure. However, they also need careful guidance and supervision. As such, it’s also important to plan ahead for basic safety measures.

After a five-year process, VFW Post 5181M in Dove Creek, Colorado finally receives delivery of an Army issue, self-propelled artillery machine for display. After members decide an informative plaque is in order, Bob De Groff creates the design online.

A few years ago, one of Kristen Case‘s good friends was diagnosed with breast cancer. She survived a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. “She thought she had it beat, but this past year the cancer came back,” Kristen tells us. “She fought really hard, but in July, Barb passed away.” Barb’s husband, her sons and many of her friends were by her side through the good and the bad. “It was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through with someone.”

The unofficial start to the summer season is here and that could only mean two things: cheering on your favorite little league team and trips to the cabin at the lake for fishing.

The Frost School in Rockville, Maryland is a nonpublic special education school serving children and adolescents who live in the Washington, DC metro area with emotional, behavioral and autism spectrum disorders. Founded in 1976 by the non-profit Family Foundation, The Frost School offers a variety of programs designed to integrate specialized academic instruction, counseling, transition services and behavioral modification strategies that are customized for the students themselves.

… and her uncanny ability to give just the perfect present, drawing oohs and ahhs from her family. At the time, Kori exclaimed what an easy gift idea PlaqueMaker’s LED Light-Up Signs really are, “affordable and personal, can’t get any better than that!” and how appreciated each glowing gift is by the recipient.

you’re likely sitting by the fire this winter planning your spring plantings. With the Vernal Equinox more than a month away (the first day of spring is March 20 this year), there’s plenty of time indoors to pore over seed catalogs and log on to interactive garden design tools, dreaming up ways to attract more song birds, grow heirloom vegetables, add fresh herbs to borders or feature that Japanese Maple that’s attained specimen status.

We are a military family and it is hard to find cool gifts that show someone how proud we are of them,” says Kori Cioca, who served in the U.S. Coast Guard. “There aren’t many military gifts we don’t have or haven’t seen.”

If you have, then you are already acquainted with the spatial problem-solving method of wayfinding. Coined by American architect and urban planner Kevin Lynch in the 1960’s, wayfinding is a traditional design principle of navigation that helps visitors make their way around an unfamiliar place, getting to a desired destination with ease. Lynch calls it the “imageability” of a space, the way people visualize it using clues that help them get from point “A” to point “B,” such as landmarks, paths, edges, intersections and the signs that help to identify them.

The summer vacation season is almost here. Is your bed & breakfast, hotel, resort or other seasonal business ready?

Besides tasty recipes that feed a hungry, appreciative crowd, what are some of the essential tools of a great home cook? Here’s a partial list:

Nothing helps make you fall in love with your home faster than a little sprucing. Just-planted containers full of flowers, a fresh coat of paint, even new house numbers can keep that visual interest exciting. Just think what personalized signs can do! Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Looking for extra-large signs? PlaqueMaker can help you with that.

“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!!”