The Very Best Wedding and Anniversary Gifts are Personal and Unique

Love Birds Wedding Gift Plaque in Bronze Finish

Love Birds Wedding Plaque

June is Wedding Month, but that also makes June the Anniversary Month.

Da Vinci Flower of Life Wedding Plaque

Da Vinci Loved it

Profound, right?

Carved initials in a heart anniversary gift plaque

And No Trees Were Harmed

All the above makes this the time of the year when we are most likely to be seeking that perfect and thoughtful Wedding Gift or Anniversary Gift. One scholarly thought after another.

Atlas Signs and Plaques has some great gift ideas for you. Great because Atlas has the finest designs and the most choices in Anniversary and Wedding Plaques. Every one is Custom and Personalized. Choose the Flower of Life Plaque inspired by Da Vinci to signify how lives are intertwined.

Monogram Wedding Plaque in Nickel Silver Finish

Elegant Wedding Plaque

Or choose the romantic Carved Initials on a Heart Plaque. Or the elegantly simple Arch Monogram Wedding Plaque.

Or include a meaningful verse on the Wedding Poetry Plaque.

The bottom line is that Atlas Signs and Plaques has a wrap on creativity when it comes to Wedding and Anniversary Gift Plaques.

Wedding Poetry Plaque

Speak from the Heart

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A Personalized Man Cave Sign is the Very Best 2012 Father’s Day Gift

Copper finished Man Cave Sign

Calling All Men

Getting right to the point, a Personalized Man Cave Sign is the best Father’s Day Gift ever!

Why? (Insert drum-roll). Let’s see….To be perfect, a Father’s Day Gift must be:

  • Unique
  • Fun to shop for
  • Personalized
  • One-of-a-kind
  • Not available in stores
  • Arrive before June 17, 2012
  • Expensive looking
  • Priced just right
  • Able to be displayed proudly for men to admire and envy
Buck Personalized Man Cave Sign

The Buck Stops Here

Men are sensitive creatures and think they need their personal space. Funny how this quality space in the home is most often in the converted cellar or garage. Going a bit farther, men are sensitive, and easily fooled.

But, even thought the space might not be the highest priced real estate in the house, it does deserve respect, recognition, and identity. And, that is where the Man Cave Plaque enters the picture.

No Girls Allowed Funny Man Room Sign

Really?

Atlas Signs and Plaques has Man Cave Signs and Man Room Plaques to suit every taste. From Funny Man Cave Plaques, to Dude Room Signs, to Custom Man Cave Signage that is very classy and classic. Atlas even has Boy Room Signs, for the caveman in training (also suitable for some men).

Don’t forget the popular Gone Fishing Sign for the poor soul who has a manly fishing boat instead of the standard man cave.

Romantic

A little romance is good for a man

Or, be sappy and all-girly,  and commemorate the day you met with a Carved Heart Sign. Just a hint…Get a Man Room Sign too.

If there is not a Man’s area in your home, you would be amazed at why you should put one in. Find out why every manly man needs a man’s area and what weird objects you might find in the average Dude’s Only Room. Trust us, you really don’t want to see that in the rest of the house.

Since there is a scientific consensus that a Man Cave Sign is the very Best Father’s Day Gift Ever, have some fun and cheap entertainment, go to Atlas Signs and Plaques right now and order one for the fathers and grandfathers in your life.

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Military Plaques Honor The Men and Women Who Served Our County

Marine Corps Plaque for Memorial DayAs the 2012 Memorial Day Holiday nears. Let’s remember that the day is much much more than a family picnic or a paid day off work.

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.

United States Army Plaque in Copper Finish

Copper Patina Finish

In appreciation of what your soldier has sacrificed, It is time to send your special veteran some special plaque love with a Military Plaque from Atlas.

Being a Veteran Owned Business, Atlas Signs and Plaques takes both Memorial Day and the creation of Military and Service Plaques very seriously. We take particular pride in making our plaques in a manner that will make your recipient proud to display their military wall art.

MIA not forgotten PlaqueIf you are honoring the memory of a fallen or lost soldier, our heart truly goes out to you.

If you agree that we should be doing more for our veterans, share your thoughts by sending us an email, the go Tell it on a Mountain. And remember, Atlas only sources from the USA.

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Stopping Thieves from Stealing Bronze Plaques

Replacement plaque to stop thieves from stealing the original plaque to sell for scrapHere are some recent headlines about plaques being stolen to sell for scrap:

  • “Historic Plaques in Uptown stolen”
  • “War Memorials hit by metal theft”
  • “Bronze plaques stolen from Carmichael Memorial”
  • “Commemorative WWI bronze plaque stolen”
  • “New Haven police: Stolen bronze plaque valued at $10,000”
  • “Plaques stolen from VFW Post 6919”
  • “War Memorials being stolen for scrap in Derby and Ansonia”
  • “Stolen plaque replaced”
Closeup of the detail on a replacement bronze plaque going to Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Great Detail!

What a shame! Often the loss of these plaques are  devastating to those being honored by memorial plaques. Or, as in San Diego, the plaques can disappear from entire historic areas causing great financial hardship and loss of neighborhood identity.

We wish we really had the solution that would end the thievery of important bronze and brass plaques. But, there are ways to foil the crooks.

One solution is to utilize Historic Plaques from Atlas Signs and Plaques in the first place. The plaques have all the luster and beauty of foundry cast, but have a substrate of man-made material coated with real metal. The plaques are long lasting, look grand, and cost only a fraction of foundry cast.

Original Commemerative Plaque replaced with a bronze finish plaque

Saving the Valuable Original From Crooks

The other solution to protect existing plaques by temporarily removing the valuable plaques to a safe site until the theft subsides or better security measure are put in place. Then, have Atlas Signs and Plaques duplicate the plaque which you will mount in the same area as the original. Atlas just did this for a client. It is perfect solution in a not so perfect world.

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Every House and Family Has a History. Record Your Life with a Historic Plaque

Corn Hill Mansions in Rochester NY

Celebrate your own history

As National History Month approaches, we were reminded of how much history this country has. But our country’s history is being made every day by you and your family.

Rochester NY Landmark Historic Plaque

This plaque is not aging well

During a recent walking tour of the Rochester New York, Corn Hill Historic District, I saw many plaques identifying the age of the homes. Many of these beautiful mansions dated from the 1830s, which was the period of merchant prosperity following the completion of the Erie Canal. Other homes had plaques which designated Historic Homes that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Too bad that many of the plaques in Historic Rochester were aging poorly and were hard to read.

Personal Historic Plaque

Make it a personal Historic Plaque

Then it dawned on me. Why wait until you live in a historic home that someone else built more than a hundred years ago to hang a Historical Plaque. Every home and every family is making history every day. Why not record it now? The date your home was completed, even if just last week is an opportunity to celebrate the event with a historic plaque from Atlas.

American Craftsman Historic Plaque

For your Arts and Crafts Building

Record those little things that have big meaning to you. The names and birthdays of your children and grandchildren, the wedding held in your back yard, where you and your father worked on your first car, the accepted proposal on the porch swing, the totally unsuccessful garage band, get it? They are important dates and events now, so don’t wait 150 years to mount your personal historic plaques.

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