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[/CENTER]Next, in Xara-X, I fitted the photo to the Cafe Press template I still had from last year's project. I found the photo was a bit too short, so I decided to cut it in half at the center, add a bit of filler, and place the year on that center filler. I could have added anything I wanted, or just skipped the filler and left whitespace between the two halves of the photo. Finally saved the finished "artwork" as a .PNG file.
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[/CENTER]After that, went back to the Cafe Press website, and "created" my mug by uploaded the .PNG file and "adding" it to the blank mug. Then into my shopping cart it went. Final stop was the checkout, to pay for it. Even with their "el-cheapo" shipping option, took exactly one week from order to delivery. Not too shabby.
The mug looks great. The photos below do not do it justice, but the were the best I could get and I wanted to let everyone see the finished product. The surface is very shiny, so trying to get enough light to take the shots, without getting some reflections proved impossble for me. I know there is stuff I could spray on to kill the shine, but did not feel like running all over creation trying to find it. So, you'll have to take my word on it, but the picture is just as sharp and clear as the photo.
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[/CENTER]Now to brew some tea and give it a test run. :D
