June 21st, 2010

Art Deco 1915 SEPTEMBER Birthday MOTTO Print Matted
Art Deco 1915 SEPTEMBER Birthday MOTTO Print Matted
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Roy M Mason Custom Matted And Framed Water Color Print
Roy M Mason Custom Matted And Framed Water Color Print
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Art Deco 1915 OCTOBER Birthday MOTTO Print Matted
Art Deco 1915 OCTOBER Birthday MOTTO Print Matted
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Art Deco 1915 JULY Birthday MOTTO Print Matted OOAK
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Art Deco 1915 AUGUST Birthday MOTTO Print Matted OOAK
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Some Benefits That Promotional Mouse Mats Offer To The Organizations

Today, many organizations launch their marketing and advertising campaigns through promotional goods. Printed promotional products and corporate gifts are very good at creating recognition and awareness of the new brands. An organization must be very careful while choosing a promotional product as a promotional gift should be very useful to the recipients in their daily life. The more useful the product is, the greater the chance that it wouldn't be thrown away or be stored someplace else. Similarly, your selected promotional item should be easy to use. Many promotional items satisfy the both conditions and promotional mouse mats are one of them. Promotional mouse mats are available in a variety of colours, shapes and styles. Companies distribute different mouse mats such as thin mouse mats, low cost mouse mats, stylish mouse mats with calculators, full colour imprinted mouse mats, mouse mats with wrist wrest, metallic lustre mouse mats and mouse mats with USB ports among prospects to show their gratitude for their support and cooperation. As computers are widespread today, millions of people around the globe use computers everyday at home or in office. Offering them with promotional mouse mats is a good idea as mouse mats catch and keep their attention with your company name and logo imprinted onto them. Your prospects would be utilizing mouse mats day after day as they are in front of their computers and your brand will get recurring exposure in a cost-effective way. Promotional mouse pads are an excellent combination of promotion and necessity. They associate your brand's name with a product related to your industry. For example, an IT organization might have success with promotional mouse mats. Promotional mouse mats possess a larger surface area as compared to other promotional items and you can easily imprint your brand name, logo, contact details and your marketing massage onto them. They can be easily customised due to the different colours, designs and shapes they offer to you. The most common material that is used in manufacturing of promotional mouse mats is fabric which is very inexpensive and effective. Ergonomic mouse mats offer customers comfort for their wrists and can be made of jelly. You can increase potential recipient's interest and show your gratitude to the corporate executives by choosing a unique shape, colour scheme, design or adding some thing extra to the mouse pads. For this, you can order bulk mouse mats to be used as your promotional item to advertise your business. There are many manufacturers which offer Calculator mousemat, Brite Mat mouse mat, Armadillo Photomat, metallic lustre mouse mats, Precision softmat, Ultra thin mat, Smart mat TM, Tough mat TM, Aqua mat TM, Textile mat and Hardtop mousemat. These manufacturers offer these incredible mouse mats at very affordable prices. If we take an example of metallic lustre mouse mats, an order of quantity 100+ is entertained at a price of £3.44 (each), a quantity of 250+ is offered at an affordable price of £2.26 (each), a quantity of 500+ is offered at an affordable price of £1.86 (each) and you can get as low as £1.62 (each) for an order of 1000+. Please note that these prices include one position, one colour print. They are hard top mouse mats printed in full colour. You have a choice of silver or gold background to give a metallic sheen to your design. Dimensions are 235 x 200mm.

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Is it difficult to frame a print myself instead of taking it to a framer?

I don't need archival level framing, just for the print to look nice in the frame. What would I need? Frame, mat, print, what else?

No, it is not difficult to do good quality framing especially if you can afford to use pre-cut mats and standard frames. Frames are available in many standard sizes that are compatible with mats designed to fit the frame and mask a smaller size picture.

You can purchase frames and matting suplies at stores like AC Moore ~

http://www.acmoore.com/search.aspx?categoryid=146&showall=false

or Dick Blick ~

http://www.dickblick.com/products/blick-ready-mat-singles/

Get plain, acid free, mat board or foamcore to mount the picture onto then sandwich the picture between the backing board and a pre-cut mat. I use old fashioned photo corners to hold the pictures in place, then place the sandwich inside the frame. Photo corners are great because they stay in place well and do not require using any glue on the print. Plus it is easy to change or repair if something goes wrong.

Use tape mounting hinges or double sided tape to fasten the mat to the backing. Be sure that the tape and mats are acid free or "photo safe" because photos can deteriorate quickly if you do not minimize the contact with acidic materials.

If I use all pre-cut materials and standard frames I can mount a picture in 15-30 minutes.

When selecting frames try to find ones that come with non-glare glass and look for glass that is designated as Ultra Violet (UV) blocking or buy separate glass material and replace the cheap glass that comes with the frame.

HTH.
Good luck.

BTW, most art stores have classes that explain mounting for a minimal charge.

How to Frame and Matte Pictures : How to Put the Matte, Print, & Frame Together: Picture Framing

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