International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900’s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

Every year Band Badges makes 1000’s of custom made badges for organisations and individuals who wish to show their support for International Women’s Day.  Make 2010 the year your group, school or workplace gets behind International Women’s Day with your own custom-made badges.

Visit our custom badges page for more information, you can place a custom badge order here, or contact us with your design requirements and we’ll eagerly help you out.

International Women’s Day - March 8 2010
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/

Band Badges would like to thank you for the 1000’s of order you have sent us this year, opening emails to find exciting fresh baked badge designs makes everyday feel like Christmas… ok, that’s going a bit far, but we all sincerely thank you for your support and we are looking forward to working with you again 2010.

Please note that,  Band Badges will be closed from 23rd of December 2009 until January 7th 2010. All orders received during this time will be processed as soon as we return.Custom Badge Orders for 2009 will be accepted until 21st December 2009. Have a merry and safe Christmas and a happy New Year!Look for our exciting new webstore designed to make ordering your custom made badges quick and easier in early 2010!

Identify your Hens Night Crew with Personalised Hens Night Badges!

A unique and personalised item to help you remember the next Hens Night you celebrate! Personalise one of our designs or upload your own! All order delivered in just 4 working days!

What To Do

• 1. Select a badge design (or provide your own image)
• 2. type the text to appear on the badge
• 3. Enter the quantity of badges you require
• 4. Submit the order

Visit the Hens Night Badges page of our website to get started.

Got Your Own Badge Design?

If you’re feeling creative, you may upload your photo via the order form below, enter the text and we’ll send you a mock up prior to making your order. If you’re savvy - download badge templates for Photoshop and Illustrator at our artwork page and get creative!

The ideal personalised gift for friends, co-workers, anyone to whom you wish to spread a little Christmas cheer!
Especially handy for those people you forgot to buy for as well. Even the person who has everything hasn’t got a badge with your personal Christmas greeting on it!Order your Custom Christmas Badges with your name on them, by filling out the order form below - be sure to include all your order and contact details, and we shall process the order and get them two you ASAP. Delivery in 3 working days!

What To Do
1. Select a badge design (or multiple designs)
2. Select the badge size (25mm or 55mm)
3. Enter your name(s) to appear on the badge
4. Enter the quantity of badges you require
5. Submit the order

If your keen to get your Christmas badge order cracking head to the Christmas Badges page. Hurry - Orders close December 22rd, 2009.

This week Band Badges took delivery of its first shipment of new and improved Degradable Bubble wrap.

Pack & Wrap - Degradable Bubble by Platta is made in Australia and contains totally degradable plastic additives (TDPA)  that are blended into the resins during production.

Mechanisms that trigger the process of oxidative degradation are heat input and sunlight (UV light).  This bubble wrap will break down in the presence of moisture, micro-organisms, oxygen and soil.

Degradable Bubble Wrap is one of many green initiatives Band Badges plan to implement in 2010, keep reading to discover more ways Band Badges is going green.

In 2001, Brendt Barbur, Founder and Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. Now in its ninth year the festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. 250,000 people are expected to attend this year.

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle in all forms and styles. If you can name it - Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Road Cycling, Mountain Biking Recumbents - we’ve probably either ridden or screened it. What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance?

The Bicycle Film Festival is on now across Australia and across the world through out November, view the Bicycle Film Festival program here and visit their webiste proper for all the pedal powered action at http://www.bicyclefilmfestival.com/

Identify your Movember Team with Personalised Badges!

A unique and personalised item to help you promote your Movember efforts! Wear them with your Mo’ Brothers or give badges to those who support your team.

Custom-made Movember Badges will help you promote and raise awareness for your mo’ amongst your friends and colleagues - which will help you and your team rake in the big donations! All orders delivered in just 4 working days!

 We’ll help you gro’!

If you or your Movember Team place an order for badges this month. We’ll donate 5% of the order cost to your team / account!
Be sure to include your Movemeber details in the order form below so we can make the donation for you.

What To Do

1. Create or find an image
2. Fill out the order form below
3. Submit the order
4. Receive your badges and 5% donation in just 4 working days!

Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Find out more and get involved at www.movember.com

Children’s Week is an annual event celebrated in Australia during the fourth week in October. In 1996 it was decided to adopt a permanent theme: “A Caring World Shares” as a reflection of Children’s Week aims while at the same time acknowledging the designated year on national posters and other printed materials.

A diverse range of events and activities are organised at National, State and Local levels. These focus the attention of the wider community on children, their needs and achievements.

Children’s Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood. It is also a time for children to demonstrate their talents, skills and abilities.

Thousands of children and their families around the country are involved in activities and events during “The Week” through the participation of schools, playgroups, childcare, kindergartens, cultural groups, libraries, departments and community groups.

Designated by the nations of the world, Universal Children’s Day calls society to a greater response to the plight of many millions of children around the world who are denied the basic necessities of a happy childhood and the education to develop their capacities. It also calls us in Australia to consider those conditions in society which affect the lives and future of our own children.

The mission of the Children’s Week Council of Australia is to encourage, support, guide co-ordinate and monitor the widest possible participation of all States and Territories in Children’s Week, ensuring that programs and activities are open to all children regardless of race, colour, sex, ability, religion, nationality or social origin.

 For more information please visit http://www.childrensweek.com.au/index.html

Roughly based on similar projects in London, Berlin and in particular the DUMBO Collective; a market set up by artists under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York - The Rose St. Artists’ Market utilises a former junkyard in the back streets of Fitzroy to display the work of up to 70 artists and designers each Saturday and Sunday, some emerging and some more established.

In a city brimming with creativity, there’s no telling what products you might find. From quirky furniture design and stunning fashion through to intricate jewellery and unique paintings. In fact, over 600 individuals are listed on our growing catalogue of artists and designers here each week selling everything from the wacky to the wonderful!

The Rose St. Artists’ Market has taken a fresh approach to the traditional market concept giving you the opportunity peruse the numerous displays, collect, source and commission unique works; and of course meet, greet and speak with artists and designers in person.

Be sure to head to the Rose Street Artist Market on any given Saturday, great gifts, great people and badges, badges badges!

http://www.rosestmarket.com.au/

The Blue Button Campaign is simple. Support free speech online and let the world know that you do by displaying it proudly.All proceeds of the Blue Buttons go towards aiding the Digital Liberty Coalition in their ongoing fight to uphold basic civil liberties on the internet, and will be used to spread the message to more and more people through a variety of different marketing and direct action methods.

The Digital Liberty Coalition is the only non-profit online civil liberty association supporting direct action and lobbying to raise awareness and demonstrate dissent to policies that involve censorship in a digital medium.

The DLC has co-ordinated (and is working on more) large-scale events in every major city in Australia and continues to spread the message about ‘net censorship to an ever-growing audience.

The DLC / The Blue Button Campaign will hold a demonstration, this Saturday 1PM is Canberra, but for those who can’t make it we will be hosting rallies in all capital cities again on the 27th of June.