Wearing ID badges has become quite a rage these days; many people are seen happily flaunting them everywhere. Name badges can be used as souvenirs for all your important formal and non-formal occasions. You can also make use of name badges for small, private business meetings, for a small production like in a school play, or in a friendly gathering. Nowadays, eye-catching custom name badges have become the true extension of your personality and help people break the ice and “network” at large gatherings.  

You can make your own ID badges and wear them at several occasions. Here are a few tips, which can help you to easily make ID badges and thus save your money.

1. Material: First thing, that you need is material for your name badge. You can choose from different kinds of paper to make your custom badges according to your precise needs. You can select the shape of the ID badge according to your own preference; you can make it vertical or horizontal. The material used depends upon the design and how authentic you want the badge to look, if you are attempting to replicate a specific look.

2. Design: The design for custom badge depends specifically on the occasion for which it has to be worn. If you are going to use staff name badges in a formal occasion or small business meeting, present the design with a sophisticated style. You can also incorporate company’s logo and name, student or employee number, signature of the bearer for verification purposes, contact numbers, etc. It is up to you what information you want to place.

3. Scanning: You can obtain all the required details in order to complete your custom name badge and then send it for scanning into your computer.  All the images should be in JPG format in order to get best pixel imagery. 

4. Preparation: Open the software like Adobe Photoshop that comes with great options that make it easy for you to edit, create extraordinary photos such as getting the desired background image, resizing as necessary, and positioning where desired and finally printing on high quality paper.