Customized Mouse Pads

If you have a small business, giving your customers a personalized mouse pad with your business logo is a great way to keep your company's name in front of him the whole time he's working at his keyboard. One of the easiest ways to build brand awareness is to get your company logo out in front of current and potential customers.

Making a customized mouse pad for your business is very easy with free clipart from The Clip Art Site. For a really fancy effect, check out our alphabet & number set. We've got all sorts of special fonts - from baby blocks to elaborate scrolling letters, to unique letter formations and designs such as these:

To add your message to your mouse pad using our free clipart, right click on each of the letters you'll need and save it to your computer (you only need one copy of each letter). If you need help saving the files, see our Instructions to Save Images.

If you're putting your business text on a particular photo or free clip art image, open the image you want to add the text to in your photo editing software With the photo file still open, open the first letter in your message in a new window of your editing software. Resize the letter so it will fit your photo. Select the resized letter, right click on it to copy it. Now go back to your open photo file. Point the mouse where you'd like the letter and right click to paste it. Repeat the process for the rest of your letters.

If you're using one of your photo files, open it in your photo editing software. The software that came with your digital camera will work just fine. If you'd like to use one of our free clipart images, save it to your computer - remember where you saved it! - then open that file with your editing software. If your software lets you resize your images, you can size the file to 7.75 inches by 9.25 inches (it doesn't matter which one is across or tall). Don't worry if you're not comfortable editing your pictures. Just upload the file as is and let the printer worry about fitting it to your mouse pad. We use ShutterFly when we need a mouse pad - we love them because Shutterfly guarantees your satisfaction.

You can see how your mouse pad will look by printing your file - a good idea before sending it to the printer. Once you have your photo just right, click on this link to make your mouse pad at ShutterFly. Just upload your file and they'll ship your mouse pad to you in just a few days.

Make your mouse pad extra special by adding a message to your photo.

Adding text to your photo is easy. All photo editing programs have built in text editors. If you've never used yours, you can probably find it by looking around the screen in your image editing software, the icon is usually a 'T' Click on the icon and a dialog box will pop up. Type in the words you want, pick your font & color and click OK. Presto! Your message will be on your photo. Most editoring software let you move your words around by clicking on it with your mouse and dragging it to where you want it - letting you design the perfect mouse pad.