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If your dad is the kind of guy who'd be thrilled to see his old combat or work boots bronzed, then you should check out The Bronzery's unique shoe bronzing service. As a follow up to our Father's Day bronzing gift guide, we'd like to offer another gem of a recipe to celebrate the arrival of summer and grilling season with your father.

For all you pork lovers out there, we present to your our grilled pork chop recipe.  This pork chop recipe is economical, easy, and most importantly, delicious. When perfectly marinaded and cooked, you can task the sweetness of the brown sugar and the savory of the soy sauce. And for the folks who don't eat pork, chicken is a great alternative to this recipe. If you're cooking with chicken with the skin on (probably the best option, then grill skin side down first to get crispy skin).

Enjoy the start of summer with:

The Bronzery's Summer Pork Chop Marinade (serves 8)

- 4 teaspoon onion powder

- 1/2 tablespoon fresh rosemary
- 1 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1 cup soy sauce
- 4 tablespoon brown sugar
- pepper
- 8 pork chopsSimply mix all the ingredients in a bowl and marinade the pork chops for at least 3 hours. Throw on the grill and serve!  The Bronzery wishes you a great grilling season to enjoy with your kids. Summer doesn't last all year, so enjoy it!

We take pride in our unique baby shoe bronzing service that makes great sentimental gifts that last a lifetime. Give us a call at 909.305.8989 or shoot us an email at info@bronzery.comto ask about our custom bronzing service to bronze any unique item that you have. Bronzing is what we do best and we look forward to speaking with you soon!Take a look at our best selling bronzed baby shoe style (shown in silver) A metal base with a photo frame for 8" x 10" pictures. Lovely!

At The Bronzery, we take pride in the huge variety of metal finish options for our artisan bronzed baby shoes. For example, we offer the following metal finishes: Antique Bronze, Bright Bronze, Pewter, Silver, and 24 karat Gold. We are the only baby shoe bronzing company in the country that offers as many metal finishes as we do! Kudos to us.

But for all the moms and dads that want more options and customization for their precious bronzed baby shoes, we offer a variety of different bases. From marble to wood to metal, all of our bases stand the test of time, just as our baby shoe bronzing service does!

Here is our most popular marble mounted option. This marble bookshelf mount is not only beautiful but practical! Just imagine your most treasured books nestled in between these classy marble bookends. And of course, you have the option of choosing between classy black marble and vibrant white onyx that showcase your baby's bronzed shoes!

If wood speaks to you more than cool marble, then you're in luck! The Bronzery offers the most options for our wooden base mounts.  Some of our most popular wooden base options include photo holders to gently hold your baby's photo. We offer wooden mounted bronze baby shoes that can hold photos of the following dimensions: 4" x 6", 5" x 7". and 8" x 10"  And of course, we don't use any old wood, we use handcrafted and lacquered wooden mounts that come in both gleaming oak and hearty walnut.

Maybe marble or wood don't speak to you. Maybe you're looking for the ULTIMATE mount for your precious bronzed baby shoes. Maybe you'd be interested in our metal base. For this option, your metal base include a photo holder for a 8" x 10" photo of your baby. Our classy metal base (ITEM 400) is finishes in the same finish that you opt for for your bronzed baby shoes. So: Antique Bronze, Bright Bronze, Pewter, Silver, and 24 karat Gold. For this metal finish, please note that it is designed to hold baby shoes up to 5 inches in length so shoes any bigger will slightly overhang over the edge of the metal mount.

Remember that ALL of our mounted bronze baby shoe options come with a FREE customized engraved plaque, as well as birthstone and zodiac sign options. We make it easy for you to order the custom bronzing of your baby's shoes through our simplified web ordering process.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach us at info@bronzery.com or call us at 909.305.8989

Father's Day gifts seem to be restricted to just a handful objects: neckties, power tools, and tech gear.  Father's Day gifts come and go: the neckties fray, the power tools break, and the new iPad quickly becomes obsolete.

To really show your dad how much you appreciate him, The Bronzery offers gifts that are 100% unique and may we say, AWESOME?? We take your unique items and coat them in a quality layer of bronze. We bronze shoes to sports items to military items. Our bronzed shoes are the most popular but we can literally bronze anything you throw our way.

What kind of dad is your dad? Here are five things that you can bronze for your father (based on personality and interests):

1. MILITARY DAD

This dad is characterized by a stern demeanor, but a soft spot for his family. He could be a serviceman who just came back from abroad or an older vet who loves to tell stories of his experiences in the military.

For dads like this, we recommend that you bronze his old military memorabilia like combination covers, boots, and helmets. Unlike traditional military shadow boxes, quality bronzed military items stand the test the time. These make great family heirlooms as well!

2. WEEKEND WARRIOR DAD

This dad works his day job, comes home, and hibernates in his garage (see: man cave). He's most likely a tinker who values his power tools as much as his family.  On the weekends, you probably got woken up by the sound of drilling or hammering when he was putting together shelving or making a new table. 

For dads like the weekend warrior dad, he treasures his tools and even gets emotionally attached to them. A clever idea for this dad is to bronze a custom award for him. Rather than give him a banal 'Best Dad' mug, why not bronze a hammer for him and praise him for what he's really good at: building!

Check out this bronzed and mounted hammer that we did for Carter-Hatson.

3. COLLECTORS FANATIC DAD

The Collector Fanatic Dad will argue that he is not a hoarder, but a collector. Give him a break, it's Father's Day.

Whatever kooky item that your dad collects- gnomes, baseball cards, dolls...I mean action figures, fortune cookie fortunes, etc., bronze it! He may have the most lego parts, but does he have a BRONZED Lego man? I bet he doesn't. And I'd bet that he'd appreciate the unique bronzed gift.

4. SPORTS NUT DAD

The Sports Nut Dad is typically found at a sports game, vehemently cheering on his team, or in front of the television...vehemently cheering on his team. There's nothing that would make this dad happier that going to an exciting sports game whether it be baseball, football, or basketball and watching his team win.

For this dad, the perfect gift would be a bronzed memory of a great sports game or a bronzed sports keepsake that he kept from childhood. One wife bronzed her husband's childhood baseball that was tucked away gathering dust for their 8th wedding anniversary.

5. GOOFY DAD

This dad is a joker at heart. He loves a good joke and playing with his kids.

The best bronzed items for this goofy dad is something that will make him chuckle every time he sees the unique bronzed thing.  The Bronzery has bronzed many unique (and strange) items in the past from gold plated ostrich eggs to Mister Potato heads to rubber chickens.

Contact The Bronzery via email or give us a call at 909.305.8989 to make your bronzed Father's Day gift come true. Our bronzing service is unrivaled and we work with you to bronze the perfect gift!

Every year of marriage is traditionally celebrated with a gift associated with a specific kind of material. For example, the first year of marriage is honored with paper and the fifth is honored with wood. As the years of marriage grow, married couples offer each other gifts that symbolize the strength of their devotion.

The eighth and nineteenth year of marriage is associated with the strong and beautiful metal material: bronze. Bronze presents a unique array of possibilities, thanks to the unique bronzing service that The Bronzery provides.

We recently bronzed a baseball for a woman who wanted to give it to her husband for their 8th wedding anniversary. This was no run-of-the mill baseball she had bronzed. This dusty and tattered baseball had been a keepsake of her husband's for over 20 years! This was his lucky baseball that he had carried with him since he was a child. However in recent years, the baseball sat patiently in a shoebox until one day, his wife found the forgotten baseball.

She had heard about The Bronzery from her friend that had her baby shoes bronzed through us. So when she called us for a quote, we were excited to tell her that we don't just bronze baby shoes.  We were more than happy to turn her husband's childhood relic into an heirloom that would forever symbolize their love.

The Bronzery bronzes the unique items that are meaningful to you. We work closely with our customers, just like we did for this caring wife, to provide you with quality custom bronzed keepsakes.

We have bronzed shoes, military memorabilia, and sports items for clients ranging from sentimental mothers to military vets to corporations.  The Bronzery promises to work with your to create the ultimate bronzed gift, trophy or keepsake item.

We hope to hear from you soon. Happy bronzing!

We hope that you enjoyed your Memorial Day! What did you do to celebrate those who lost their lives in the armed services in order to fight for the life that we live today?

Memories fade and old photographs get lost in the flurry of time. The Bronzery provides the unique service of bronzing old military memorabilia to cherish the memories of the fallen to pass onto generations to come.  Throughout the years, The Bronzery has used its trade secret electroplating technique to metal plate any unique military memorabilia from bronzed combination covers to boots to helmets. Our unique custom military gifts make excellent presents for military family members and friends.

The Bronzery offers many options to fully customize the bronzing of your unique military item. We offer five different beautiful metal finish options that include: Antique Bronze, Bright Bronze, Pewter, Silver, and 24 karat Gold. We also custom mount any unique item that you may have on an array of attractive marble, black lacquer, and wooden bases.  And what would look better on a custom mount than a custom engraved plaque?

We are your all-in-one military memorabilia bronzing shop! We work hard to create the ultimate custom bronzed military item to preserve the memories of the fallen.

Time never stops. But with The Bronzery's unique bronzing service, you can freeze time in a quality metal finish layer and pass your family's story down to the next generation. Do something above and beyond the ordinary for that extraordinary military man or woman and get their combination cover or boot bronzed!

Because military families mean a lot to us. We offer a promotion code for all vets to get 10% off: 10VET