Personalized coffee mugs have become incredibly popular in recent years due to their thoughtful nature and affordable price. Companies have been jumping on the bandwagon by the hundreds in creating personalized coffee travel mugs, and are often quality outlets that offer beautiful personalized drinkware for a reasonable price. For those who can’t afford the processing fees and delivery charges but still want to create their own personalized travel coffee mug for a gift or themselves, there are a few ways to go about making your own personalized coffee mug.
First, decide whether you would prefer a photo or if you would prefer your own drawing as the artwork on your personalized coffee cup. By using special paper by the name of water slide decal paper, it’s possible to print a picture off of your computer that can be transferred to any ordinary porcelain coffee mug. If you’ve got a digital camera, the job is much easier as you can decide what picture you want for your mug and simply print it off from your computer. If you’re using a regular camera, it is necessary to scan existing pictures onto your computer.
Once you choose the right picture for your personalized coffee mug, you might want to edit the image to fit the shape of your mug. Crop the picture to get rid of unwanted aspects of it and to create a shape that will better fit the shape of the mug. Redraw parts that didn’t quite turn out right, change the colors if you feel it necessary, and make all of the minor adjustments to your picture for the perfect image you want on your personalized coffee cups, it’s ultimately up to you. One of the most important steps to take into consideration is resizing your image to fit the mug. Don’t make it so big that the image gets pixelated, or too small to be seen.
When your picture is the right size and looks correct, fix it to the personalized coffee mug in the manner of your choosing and spray with fixative spray according to the manufacturers instructions. Choose white paper for colored mugs and the clear type for white mugs. Let the paper dry completely and then place it in water until the paper curls and the decal lifts off. Fix the image to your newly personalized coffee cup and let it dry again. Hand wash the finished product as it may not fair well in the dishwasher, but with the proper care, your personalized travel coffee mug will last quite awhile.