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International Tuba Day

Friday, May 4th, 2012

The first Friday in May is International Tuba Day. Started by a Tuba player who just didn’t feel the love, this day was created for all those who lug their really big instrument from place to place. Oompa, pa…

Happy Tuba Day!
Erica Enamel

Hug an Australian Day – April 26th

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Erica Enamel here, I’m ready to go find a bunch of Aussies! It’s Hug an Australian Day. So go ahead and give a big bear hug to any and all Australians today.

So how about a little Aussie humor today?

“He had a head on him like a sucked mango.”

Yeah! Spring Flowers!

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

I am off to the flower show this week. Can’t wait to tiptoe through the tulips…lol.

The Harrogate Flower Shows run from 26th – 29th of April. Its the perfect opportunity to find inspiration for your garden, or to just enjoy everyone else’s flowers!

Wearing my name badge often gets me extra samples and cuttings! I look so official…

Erica Enamel

International Children’s Book Day – April 2nd

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Erica Enamel here. Today is International Children’s Book Day. The point of this day is to encourage reading, and promote children’s love of books.

Come on, how many of you still know the opening lines to a favorite book from your childhood years?

“Each peach, pear, plum…I spy Tom Thumb…”

Read a book to a child today!

Olympic Pin resource

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

Erica Enamel here. With the 2012 Olympics coming to London in July, you know that pin and badge collecting is going to become a hot topic. And you know that with demand, comes the fakes and ripoffs. If you plan to collect pins or badges for these events, I’ve found a website that may help you identify the official from the knock offs.

It can be found here: http://londonpins.co.uk/fakes.html

ANTS – Audible Name Tags

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Erica Enamel here. Found something interesting…audible name tags or ANTS. They help you communicate the proper pronunciation of your name by embedding your Audible Name Tag (ANT) into email signatures, websites, digital documents & social media profiles. Very helpful if you communicate across countries or cultures, or your parents named you Teacharlmiska. (Real name, pronounced: T-shar-mis-ka)

Charity Name Badges – Raising Money

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Erica Enamel here with a couple of thoughts on charities. A great way to raise money for your charity is to create a great name badge and sell it.

It doesn’t matter if the charity is for a school, club, association, group, or event, the charity can use the badge to raise awarness, and increase the money they raise.

Just as you raise money by selling teeshirts, hats, or well…lanyards, consider creating an unique and stylish name badge that you can sell at the next function.

Here are some more tips on selling at events

February – A Few Bizarre Reasons To Celebrate

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Erica Enamel here, there should always be a reason to celebrate. Don’t forget to create an enamel pin or button badge for the reasons that speak to you in the month of February.

February is…An Affair To Remember Month, Canned Food Month, Creative Romance Month, and the 3rd Week International Flirting Week.

Besides the canned food thing, the month of Valentine’s Day is obsessed with sex. Perfect reasons to create your own icons of this sentiment.

Spruce up for 2012 – Clean Enamel Badges and Pins!

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Erica Enamel here…what a great time to take care of all the little things. And cleaning enamel badges and pins takes very little time. Just remember the following:

Made sure it is really an enamel badge and not something that has been painted on or these cleaning techniques will take off the paint.

* Use a soft cloth.
* You can use a little amonia on enamel to take off dirt and grim.
* A little silver polish can be used, or a little toothpaste to remove stubborn dirt.
* Make sure to clean the polish or toothpaste off.

See, so easy to care for those enamel badges!

Cut Loose!

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Hey, Billy…good point. I can’t wait to see what they do with Dirty Dancing! Footloose was good, still liked the original but this was a good film!

Dirty Dancing button badge

Dirty Dancing button badge