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.

Woo! We got featured in the Irish Independent for a Valentine’s Day article. Along with the great picture we had a few words written too. They’ll be a picture of the article hanging in the SB HQ soon.

At the Spike Badges HQ, we’re gearing up for the most romantic holiday of the year. Yup, that’s right, Valentine’s Day. It’s only a small selection at present but I’m hoping to add more badges the closer we get to Valentine’s Day.

You can check out the selection on the Valentine’s Day category.

Hope you and yours had a great Xmas and New Year. I spent the holidays with the family with almost dial-up internet speed. It’s great to be back in the workshop with DSL internet. Just before Christmas the Galway Arts Centre got in touch for some custom button badges. My fave one is the bunny.

‘Tis Christmas Eve and nothing was stirring, not even a mouse…
But…all the minions in the HQ were frantically wrapping presents ahead of Santy’s arrival.

This Christmas will be the usual of turkey and ham. Also many card games and rounds of Monopoly in those disappearing days between Christmas and New Year. A new addition to the entertainment is cooking up food à la Come Dine With Me. Let’s hope it all works out well.
Catch you in 2013!

Just a quick note to let you peeps know that next Monday the 17th of December is final posting day for Spike Badges. Deliveries after this date are unlikely as the Spike Badges HQ is shutting up for Christmas. I’ll be back in early 2013 and I may have some exciting news…

Here in the Spike Badges HQ, minions were struck with illness but we’re back and we now also do 25mm/1 inch magnets just for you.

The shipment of badges and magnets arrived recently. So we now have listings for 25 Custom Magnets and 50 Custom Magnets. We’ve changed the settings on our listings so that you can now order badges *or* magnets from our collections!

So today’s badge release is PROC, otherwise known as People’s Republic of Cork.

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.