Announcement
Please note: Deliveries are taking a little longer than usual particularly to the US, due to the current situation.
I aim to make life easier for people. Focusing on under-represented groups, my badges challenge unhelpful assumptions and spread awareness with sensitivity and humour. All designed & handmade by Bryony Bird.
Announcement
Please note: Deliveries are taking a little longer than usual particularly to the US, due to the current situation.
I aim to make life easier for people. Focusing on under-represented groups, my badges challenge unhelpful assumptions and spread awareness with sensitivity and humour. All designed & handmade by Bryony Bird.
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Bethany on Aug 17, 2022
5 out of 5 starsbeautiful items, great quality, shipped really quickly too! Thank you so much!
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Annie on Aug 12, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThese came exactly as ordered and I absolutely love them and can’t wait to wear them out. Thank you!
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Nicola on Aug 10, 2022
5 out of 5 starsPerfect badge! Lovely colours, I can’t wait to wear it to work and make things a little less stressful. Thank you so much! Will purchase again :)
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Joey on Aug 7, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautifully made, seller has excellent communication! Exactly as pictured.
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Victoria on Aug 17, 2022
5 out of 5 starsSmaller than expected, but good quality and strong pin. Fast delivery
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Sally on Aug 15, 2022
5 out of 5 starsFab - fun and informative! My daughter, who has MS, found these and asked me for them as a gift, well, why not?
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About Sootmegs
It all started when I got accidentally head-butted in the face...
It was at a music festival, I was dancing enthusiastically (eyes closed), and so was someone next to me … It resulted in a black eye so dramatic, that for weeks strangers approached and questioned me in the street, (often having made negative assumptions about how it'd happened). I’d recently bought a badge machine, so I made the “I am bored of talking about it” pin. It came in useful for me more often than I had expected. So I also made another for a friend who was frequently made uncomfortable by strangers commenting on her disability.
There were things that I struggled with, like time-keeping, my attention span and memory for things I found boring, social anxiety and insomnia. I made light of some of them with messages like “Sorry I am late”, and “You are making me nervous”.
I opened my Etsy shop, and began to make more badges for people with disabilities. I spoke to people with different sets of needs to find out what they would like others to know at a glance and then made badges to try and say the things that people couldn't, or didn't want to.
I talked to people with Autism, and mental health issues. I found that lots of people struggled to communicate their needs, and that it was often at the most crucial times when speaking was most difficult or overwhelming. I made badges like “Bad feelings”, “I need some time alone”, and “hug me?”.
Whilst researching neurodiversity I found the symptom list for ADHD, something I hadn't thought about much previously. I was diagnosed soon after. Suddenly everything fell into place, my whole life made sense. I realised that although I hadn't known about my ADHD, the first badges I made for myself were to help me counter or explain some of the quirks and issues around it.
Since then I have continued broadening Sootmegs’ selection of functional badges to include a wider range of underrepresented groups. I hope to spread awareness, to make people's worst days easier, and to make the invisible visible.
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Bryony
Owner, Designer, Maker
She/her, Neurodiverse, Queer.
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United Kingdom
A friendly UK based print shop that print Sootmegs stickers.
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I gladly accept exchanges
I don't accept returns or cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
I accept returns I do not accept returns
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Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
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Frequently asked questions
IS MY DELIVERY TRACKED?
To keep postage costs down I post all UK orders as standard first class, and all international orders via regular airmail, unless we arrange for an upgrade. If you'd like an upgrade to a tracked service please just send me a message and I can arrange that for you at the relevant cost.
If you do not choose to upgrade to a tracked service, please remember that I can't offer any information on the whereabouts of your package once it has been posted.
WHEN WILL MY ITEMS ARRIVE?
From the day after I’ve posted your order, regular airmail usually takes 3 more business days to reach Western Europe, 5 business days to Eastern Europe and 7 business days to the rest of the world. I have found from experience that deliveries to NYC can take up to 1 week longer than the 7 day delivery period to the USA.
If you need your order before this time, please message me and I can arrange to upgrade your order to a slightly faster service for the relevant cost.