Ades idea about badge(r)s was brilliant. Working on a "pin" for future use perhaps? Some ideas so far. Pins are rather small but I think they turned out rather ok. Two versions, depending on cost, technique, material etc.

www.buttonbadges.co.uk/ is where I've had them made in the past. The template you were given for the 10th anniversary badges is the size they require for their printers. They make 25mm badges (1"). Prices below:

Quantity RELAX SERVICE STANDARD SERVICE EXPRESS SERVICE
20 £10 £15 not available
50 £15 £20 £40
100 £25 £30 £55
250 £45 £50 £80
500 £80 £90 £130
1000 £150 £170 £225

No extra charge for colour

Yeah, figured theyd come in 25mm sizes (prolly global standard - I blame Bill gates), so the images shown here are 25mm wide (well the original image is - depends on your screen resolution tbh).

Hold your horses! Are you saying the badge design we are currently voting on - will be in a 25mm size!???

will be a small pin that one you know that clowns get drunk they will never see 25mm thing they cant find there mouth now and then

I was more worried about the text (the badge poll - this thread is about metal pins). Might need some tweaking before we hit the printers. We'll see when you lunies have decided on a design

The badge we're voting on will be a standard "button badge" size (25mm), yep. They request that artwork sent to them is 158x158 pixels and resize it as appropriate for their printers.

They can edit the artwork themselves and are rather good at it, so I wouldn't worry about the text too much - they will realise it has to go around the edge of the badge and will make it do that on the finished product.

Adenas wrote:

The badge we're voting on will be a standard "button badge" size (25mm), yep. They request that artwork sent to them is 158x158 pixels and resize it as appropriate for their printers. They can edit the artwork themselves and are rather good at it, so I wouldn't worry about the text too much - they will realise it has to go around the edge of the badge and will make it do that on the finished product.

Ah, ok. I pictured the badges to be rougly 5x5 cm in diameter. lol. We'll sort the graphics once the poll is over. No worries

We could make larger badges but we'd need a different supplier. What do you think?

I like the ones you're ordering personally.... but the think too much detail will be a messy smudge at 25mm, although I know most have voted for the one with the world in the background