Designing Your Own Custom Door Hangers

Where do you find the humble door hanger? You can usually see them at hotels telling staff to not disturb a room or to clean it. However, it should not be limited to those establishments alone. You can actually print your own custom door hangers! You can make a door hanger for yourself or you can even give them as presents for friends and family. What’s more, it is not that hard. Custom door hanger printing is very easy to do at home. Of course if you are a little bit well off you can even have door hanger printing services take care of the printing for you. Below are a few ways on how to make your own door hanger for yourself, your family and your friends.

Making one from scratch

The first way in making your custom door hanger is by creating one from scratch. You can actually make one manually by cutting some hard paper material and then drawing in or painting your favorite design. You can also buy “blank” door hanger templates that are pre-cut from special shops and craft stores. Some of their door hangers may be made of different material like plastic or wood. So pick something that you can work with and apply the design on. Once you apply the design to the door hanger template you’re done.

The downside of this approach is that it is hard to mass produce them. If you just want one for yourself then that is fine. However if you are going to give them to family and friends, or you are going to use them in a marketing campaign around the block, this procedure becomes time consuming and hard. If your goal is to mass produce your custom door hangers then you should design them digitally and have them printed.

Digital door hanger printing

Like any other printed medium, you can design your custom door hanger using the computer. If you know a little bit about graphic design then this would be easy for you. Image editing software like Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw can easily aid you in creating a nice custom door hanger design. You can copy the standard dimensions of door hangers or you can even determine your own size if you want. Then just create your design over your set dimensions. Afterwards, all you have to do is print them using your trusty printer.

If however you want a more professional output you can have a door hanging printing service do all the printing for you. They may even have special materials and cutting devices that will make your door hangers look nice. It may cost you more but it will really pay for it in terms of quality.

Door Hanger Printing Service

While we are in the subject of printing services, you can also actually have them create the design of your door hangers for you. Some of them may have door hanger templates for you to choose from. They should have several designs with different text options which you can customize. You can even download a few free door hanger templates over the internet and send it to them for printing. It’s that simple. Once you have chosen a design and have created your door hanger message, then all you have to do is wait for the door hangers to finish printing and you’ll have your customized door hanger.

Great! You should be all set. Depending on your budget and skills, one of these ways should fit your door hanger printing strategy. Good Luck!