Custom buttons
Everyone who likes custom-made (as in especially for you) stuff, raise your hand. Did you? - ’cause I did. I love that stuff - well, within reason, of course - 10$ are not worth a picture on my credit card, that barely ever leaves my wallet, and never longer than for a minute. Still, it’s fun having something that has ‘your touch’ on it, wouldn’t you agree?
So, for today, I’m writing a review of a website that specializes in custom buttons (you know, the badges with a needle at their backside for pinning it on clothes/bags/etc.).
Making your button is actually quite easy and actually fun. On the homepage of the website you’ll see a flash-based editor waiting for you. Using it, you can select a background colour, put some text on, put on a symbol (you have 5 categories of symbols to choose from), or upload an image from your computer and use it as a part of the composition or stretch it to take the part of background. When you want to get rid of the element, just drag it off the badge.
The second step is to select a size (small or standard) and the quantity. If you look at the picture at the top (top parts of a man’s and a woman’s face) you’ll see that the man is holding a small pink badge with something that look like a rabbit, and the woman is holding a standard sized badge with a picture of landscape - just to give you an idea of the sizes.
After you’ve decided, you just press “Add to cart”, and the cart, shown on the right, updates itself. You can choose to edit the items in cart or remove them at any time. And the cart shows you the price of the badges and the complete price with the shipping.
If for some reason the website fails to identify which country you are from, there’s a bubble in the top right corner (it’s either blue or has a flag of some country on it). Click it and choose your country.
The buttons cost 1.5USD each, regardless of their size. The shipping prices also seem reasonable, so I’d say this is a pretty good deal. So, if you want some custom buttons for yourself or for family friends (hey, custom items make great gifts), go to fatstatement.
P.S. The website seems to have issues with Opera browsers (which happens to be my favourite browser) - the flash interface for designing your button doesn’t load. However, I was assured that this problem is already being dealt with. Just so you wouldn’t be surprised if you’re a Opera user.