Many companies use printed certificates of recognition or appreciation to express gratitude for milestone accomplishments, as an inexpensive way to make a gesture without financial reward.  Given that this practice has some proven merit, my view is that companies could easily step up the value of their presentations by offering prints of digital awards instead.  These alternatives offer a way to enrich the experience, and provide an award that looks much better in a frame than the quick print certificates.  Click on the picture to see a larger version of the image.

Digital Awards

Why settle for cheap looking certificates when you can have digital awards?

One of the different kinds of calendars I like to make for myself are the cube shaped calendars.  I think this relates somewhat to my tendancy to live and think in more than two dimensions.  When my wife looks at my calendar spheres and cubes, she would rather see something more traditional for her tastes, but I enjoy adding shape to the calendars I use at work and at home.  To each their own I guess.  Click on the picture for a better look.

Digital Calendars

Space, the final frontier; resistance is futile.

Back in my days of a top Internet speed of 56K, I used to dread when my sparkier friends decided to send me a load of their photos, jokes, or other images that brought my email downloads to a grinding halt.  As the speed of DSL or other modems increases, so does the potential for making shorter work of large information or audio visual downloads.  Still, if you are going to send your friends an email greeting, it should at least have something pleasant and unique about it that they have not seen passed around from a thousand previous forwards.  Matte Watch can give you a cool and unique edge to your special “howdy” for any occasion.  Click on the picture for full size look.

Custom Greeting Cards

If you are going to fill up your friend's email with junk, make it nice junk!

In my first installment for this week, I put together a composite photo of one on my favorite spring tree types.  These trees are all around, and represent color that is popular with lots of local residents. The matting for the photos is a reflective metallic background of the main shot, which makes the colors pop and looks great in a digital picture frame.  For a full resolution look, click on the picture.

Custom Photo Matting

Sometimes the best matting for a picture includes the picture itself.

Whether you want to commemorate your photos with simple labels or elaborate details, there is something for everyone at Matte Watch to preserve, catalog, and liven up your photos.  Variety brings a level of interest that simply displaying photos cannot match.  Photo matting and the incorporation of colors from each picture add to the value and distinct enhancement of all your original photographs.  Click on the picture to see it at full resolution.  You can do better than just pile up your pictures — commemorate them.

Commemorative Photo Treatments

Custom matting and commemoration bring out the best in your photos.

This week’s promotional message demonstrates another way to mix business with pleasure with this image.  With all the hype and honk of today’s marketing techniques, I think it is nice to have something that gets the message across without screaming voice overs and obscure themes that make you wonder what product was being presented.  Matte Watch can make your business shine at a tiny fraction of the cost of most promotional approaches.  Click on the image to see the full size picture.  Nice.

Custom Promotional Products

Matte Watch can promote your business with images that leave a good impression.

As a writer, I often find inspiration from photos or activities that surround me.  Sometimes the thoughts carry a lot of meaning, some are lame, some silly, and others make people laugh.  Whether the ideas are good or bad, I can honestly say I embrace inspiration in all of its forms, just to keep the flow coming.  Click on the picture to see a full size version of the image.  Why not share your own inspirations? 

Inspirational Digital Plaques

Inspiration is a commodity that is best shared with others.

I like making calendar pages to display in digital picture frames and on my computers at work and at home.  This week’s design dresses up the photo for the calendar page with the matting, then adds a background to make passing the days a colorful experience.  Other sites offer a few mundane designs and charge fees hoping you will not notice the unimpressive results.  With one of my unique designs, you will get a unique result to add value to the pictures you select to pass the months with your beautiful memories.  Click on the picture to see it at full resolution.  Custom digital calendar pages can also be printed and hung on the wall if you just have to stick with tradition.  Enjoy.

Custom Digital Calendars

How about a custom calendar made from your photos? We can even offer something traditional if that is what you want.

This week’s award presentation is based on a theme of serenity.  The design reflects a rich looking blend of materials not found outside the scope of virtual reality, which may be somewhat indicative of the real world’s lack of ability to reach a state of true serenity.  Digital matting techniques make it possible to create many variations on pleasing and unique award designs that far outshine what most people receive for their own daily endeavors and accomplishments.  Impressed?  Click on the picture to see the full size display of this unique form of acknowledgement.

Digital Awards

Digital designs raise the bar for personal recognition awards.

Greeting cards are a popular way to express feelings, and there are lots of places to buy or download greetings.  One of the problems with hunting down a sentiment is the time you have to spend finding the right combination of words and images to express your feelings.  Some sites let you pick from their prefabricated designs, while others let you tinker with limited ways to incorporate your own thoughts and pictures into something that often leads to a one-time attempt to make it through the hassle of creating something worth sending.  My approach is to take as much or as little as you want to contribute to the effort, and create a unique design that you will be proud to send, or have me send for you.  When you are finished, your friends and family get an image they can display on their computer, or their digital picture frame.  Click on the image below to see a full size version of the sample greeting.

Custom Digital Greeting Cards

A truly custom greeting card is one of a kind.