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Remember beloved family members, friends, pets or anyone who has touched your life with a custom memorial made for a tribute stand display. Our memorial plaques and headstones are beautiful dedications to display in gardens, cemeteries, stadiums, parks and other outdoor areas.

Customer (via Facebook): I need a plaque that needs to be weatherproof as it will be affixed outdoors. Recommendations?

PlaqueMaker Designer: Once you submit your order on PlaqueMaker.com, a free digital proof and a quote is sent to you directly via email within one business day of submission. After you approve the proof and provide payment, your order will ship from our warehouse in Fortville, Indiana USA two business days later. In fact, 98% of orders ship within two business days; larger orders may require additional production time.

Each year, we celebrate America’s teachers on National Teacher Appreciation Day, traditionally the Tuesday of the first full week in May. Part of Teacher Appreciation Week May 2-6 this year, students, parents and school administrators are honoring them with that special day on May 3, 2022.

When words are not enough, remember a beloved infant who has touched your life with our custom engraved memorial stones. Your personal memory is laser engraved on granite, leaving a permanent message that lasts for years to come.

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.

Whether it’s for the happy couple, the bridal party or the wedding guests, custom gifts make unique and cherished favors and keepsakes.

Choose from full-color printed plaques or a variety of laser-engraved plaque styles. We also have Easy Design styles that are just as personal, yet fast and easy to order.

Gifts can be personalized with names, monograms, dates, quotes, scripture and dedications, as well as a photo or art such as wedding clip art.

Crystal picture frame plaques are very popular – a gold or silver plastic frame holds a photo, or choose to the image engraved directly on the glass. Includes a black metal base for freestanding display.

Customizable Wedding Guest Book Signs are a perfect gift for the bride and the groom, groomsmen, bridesmaids, parents, relatives and friends. Display sign during the wedding and have each guest sign it for a truly unique decoration that will memorialize everyone who came to celebrate love.

Live coverage of the 94th Academy Awards presentation at the Hollywood & Highland Center Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles begins at 10:03 am eastern/7:03 am pacific. For Oscar guests, the partying starts after the ceremony (or after a win, whichever comes first), and for the fans eagerly awaiting this star-studded Hollywood extravaganza – the actual event is the party.

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!

Choose a personalized anniversary gift to honor the occasion, whether it’s for the “Spouse of the Year” or a memento from the whole family.

Customer: Why do you feature so many products made from bamboo?

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!

Although the use of company name tags has waned over the years, new benefits for using name tags to identify employees have also surfaced. Here are just a few of them.

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.

“All the great mansions have names, right?” Dan asks. “Well our home is no mansion, however; to us it is everything.”

According to the Glass Paperweight Foundation however, (yes, there is such a thing), paperweights are one of the world’s best-kept secrets.

They can be used in landscape or portrait orientation and fit document sizes of 3.5-inch by 5-inch, 5-inch by 7-inch, 6-inch by 8-inch, 8-inch by 10-inch, 8.5-inch by 11-inch or 11-inch by 14-inch. Purchasing certificate presentation kits, frames and folders in bulk is also an excellent way to save time and more importantly—money.