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Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
I want to get a head start on my save-the-dates this summer. I'm not mailing them until November (with Christmas cards).
I'm HOPING to be able to design them myself, but I'm not sure if I can.
Here's what I want:
I want a decent sized magnet, like 4x6 (but vertical) - with a calendar of ALL of 2007 on it (like the calendars some companies send out around holiday time). Our wedding month will be a different color (so it stands out), and the date will be circled in a heart. The calendar should take up about 1/3 of the entire magnet...the bottom 1/3 will be a picture of us (our non-existent e-pics), and all the save-the-date info.
I know if I have to hire a company to make these, it'll cost me a chunk of change.
Anyone have any ideas/advice? How to do it myself? What companies to look into?
Thanks!
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Shorty
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
bumpy - can anyone recommend any companies that would do this for me?
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:26 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
You can just try to glue photo paper to a magnet. There are a bunch of crafty girls on the craft board that could probably help you figure it out.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:28 AM |
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btrflygrl
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
I think you might try vistaprint.com
you could try creating your own calender, shrinking it down to size, adding in your photo and then having that professionally printed on a magnet
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:29 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
ok - Shana - that sounds pretty good -
now excuse my silliness - what should I use to create my own calendar? 
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:31 AM |
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jmf423
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
I ordered something very similiar from e-bay. I don't remember the name of the vendor but I just did a quick search and there are a lot of them. I am not that good with graphic stuff on the computer so I did it this way. It was about $30 for 75 or 100 of them I don't remember now. But basically she designed them and cut the paper and glued it onto a large business card magnet.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:31 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
Posted by nrthshgrl
You can just try to glue photo paper to a magnet. There are a bunch of crafty girls on the craft board that could probably help you figure it out.
this sounds like a plan, too!
I really don't have a great photo printer - where can I take it to be printed? Kinkos? Staples? They both do that, right?
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:32 AM |
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
Posted by jmf423
I ordered something very similiar from e-bay. I don't remember the name of the vendor but I just did a quick search and there are a lot of them. I am not that good with graphic stuff on the computer so I did it this way. It was about $30 for 75 or 100 of them I don't remember now. But basically she designed them and cut the paper and glued it onto a large business card magnet.
awesome - you just seached "save the date"?
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:33 AM |
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btrflygrl
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
Posted by Shorty
ok - Shana - that sounds pretty good -
now excuse my silliness - what should I use to create my own calendar?
hmmm...I believe there might be a basic calendar making program on your computer.
either that or FM beena....she does AMAZING work.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:33 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
Thanks Shana
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:35 AM |
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
You can definitely do this yourself. You can use MS word or Excel to create the calendar (this is what I did). I only had the month of my wedding on the magnet, and the date circled. Also..you can buy magnet paper and cut it down to size. I used business card size magnets, so they came pre-cut this way.
No need to hire anyone....this is a total DIY project! Good luck!
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:35 AM |
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jmf423
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
Posted by Shorty
Posted by jmf423
I ordered something very similiar from e-bay. I don't remember the name of the vendor but I just did a quick search and there are a lot of them. I am not that good with graphic stuff on the computer so I did it this way. It was about $30 for 75 or 100 of them I don't remember now. But basically she designed them and cut the paper and glued it onto a large business card magnet.
awesome - you just seached "save the date"?
I searched dave the date magnet and came up with a ton of matches--you can e-mail the sellers and see if they are willing to work with you to get what you like. Thats what I did--she send me about 5 proofs before I found what I wanted.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:37 AM |
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
i can try to help you with this...
however, i know nothing about magnets and would have to research who actually does this. 4X6 sounds huge, my boss sent out nice magnets that i thought were perfect in size (not too big, not too small).
what i would do is design something in photoshop and upload it to a site that creates magnets.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:46 AM |
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MrsMerlot
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
I'm also willing to help you with this lovey!
Otherwise, I would recm'd checking out creativemontage.com - I bought my STD magnets from them.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:49 AM |
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Shorty
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
thanks so much guys!!!
I emailed some ebay vendors. I don't want to spend a penny over $100, and I really only need 75 magnets. (I'd prefer to find them for $1 a magnet, but that may be hard, considering the size.)
I REALLLLY want the full 2007 calendar magnet - everyone in my family always sticks those ugly insurance company magnets on their fridges so they have a calendar.
Lets see if I get any reponses.
If I go DIY, I'll try to make the calendars first, then once we take the e-pics, I'll just add the pic in.
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| Posted 5/23/06 9:58 AM |
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Re: Need some help please - graphic design (SWR, sry.)
When I made mine I used printable business cards (Staples) and attached them to magnets (also at Staples). I used a graphic art program to design them (mine also had a calendar) and then printed them out and stuck them together.
I know there are paper companies that sell printable 8x10" magnet sheets that will go through an inkjet printer. All you'd have to do is cut them to size.
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