We’ve worked with the North Dublin Wildcats LINK before and we were delighted when they contacted us looking for more badges. They qualified for the International Cheer Union Championship in the US and are heading off in a couple of weeks. Apart from the ICU, they’re also heading off to Florida for the USASF Dance competition too. They’ll also be on the telly on TV3′s Morning Show later today.

Best of luck to the team and Coach Hayden in the competition.

The last week or so has been jammers in the HQ. I’ve made lots of cheerleading badges for different groups, you can take a peek over on the Facebook page LINK.

The Dublin Web Summit LINK kicks off today and tomorrow but last week I was contacted by Flight 1337, an Engagement Agency in Amsterdam regarding custom badges. They were one of the companies lucky enough to be selected for the Dublin Web Summit Start-Up Competition this year. They’ll also be debuting the rebranded Flight 1337 as Subatomic Inc., which is aiming to be a full engagement agency including consultancy and design.

They also gave me these epic caramel waffles from Amsterdam. Nom nom nom.

Here at the Spike Badges HQ, we were recently contacted by Depaul Ireland to make a large quantity of custom badges ahead of Electric Picnic. The badges were made to the backdrop of a Vampire Diaries marathon.

This will be Depaul Ireland’s fifth year at Electric Picnic. Over the last four years, professional artists have worked alongside people experiencing homelessness to create the ‘Life’s No Picnic On The Streets‘ exhibition at Mindfield in Electric Picnic.

One installation which has caught my eye is the ‘Dear Me’ exhibit. Under a sycamore tree, users of Depaul’s services has letters written by them ten years ago and ten years into the future. These letters are crafted into fabric flowers and planted at its base Festival goers can write their own ‘Dear Me’ letters.

Other installations include ’13.raw’ photographic exhibition; ‘No coins, just change’ and ‘Message in a Mixtape’ with old-style cassettes hidden throughout Electric Picnic for attendees to find.

So if you’re at Electric Picnic next week, call down to the exhibition in the Mindfield area.

Here at Spike Badges, we were recently contacted to make some custom badges for artist and illustrator Eleanor O’Reilly. As you can see in the above picture, all of the badges turned out fantastic with lovely sharp quality. Due to the detail required in the badges, our printer used 100gsm paper/card and boy they sure turned out great.

Image courtesy of Eleanor Reilly

During the summer we like to stay inside and make badges. We can’t tolerate any heat whatsoever. The fans at full blast, and tall, icy glasses of lemonade is heavenly.

Lemonade is a big plus for us and because of our love for chilled lemonade and desire to stay indoors, we’re offering you up to 25% off custom badges.

You can now nab 50 custom badges for €19.99, 75 for €25.99, 100 for €29.99, 150 for €36.99 and 200 custom badges for €45.99 at a steal.

This is available for a limited time only so get ‘em while they’re hot!

Oo-oo. Oo-oo.

Remember, enjoy lemonade sensibly.