Design your own May Nametag – win a set

Since we launched our new full colour design stickers in February, we’ve had fantastic feedback from you. There are simply hundreds of designs and colours to choose from, so no two nametags need be the same (unless you want them to of course!)

We’ve noticed that the most popular design is the butterfly, followed closely by the football, cupcake, dinosaur, pirate flag and train. Our new strawberry flower has been a hit too!

Our funky new patterned backgrounds have struck a chord with you. Pink hearts on purple, white dots on light blue and white waves on blue are the three top favourites. While white, blue, light blue and red are the favourite plain backgrounds.

So get the colouring pens and paints out and get your child to design a nametag to celebrate the month of May.  One lucky reader will win a set of My Nametags Colour Stickers and a set of Colour Iron-on name labels printed in their own winning design.

Tip: We will scale down your design to the size of a nametag, so please make the drawing A5 size.

All you have to do is to take a clear picture or scan of the design and email it to: sales@mynametags.com or ‘Like’ our My Nametags Facebook page then post your entry on our page.  We will choose the winner on Friday 7 June and they will be notified via email or Facebook. Don’t forget to include your child’s name and age.

Our colour nametags cost £9.95 for a set of 56 (plus £1 p&p on your total order). Just choose either iron-on or stickers. Click here to order.

PS Don’t worry we are still selling our popular, great value classic black and white nametags too!

How to use My Nametags Colour Stickers on clothes

We’re very excited about using our new My Nametags Colour Stickers on clothing. “I’ve already got colour stickers,” we hear you say…But these new stickers are different as they will stick to the washing care label in clothes so there’s no need to iron them in. They’re multi-tasking so you can also use them to label equipment like iPod’s, rulers, shoes etc.

Here’s how to label clothing

1. Stick the colour label firmly on the washing care label or manufacturer’s label (press down on the sticker corners)

2. Do NOT apply directly to the garment/fabric.

3. Wait 24 hours before washing clothes for maximum adhesion. Stickers are washing machine safe (60º C) on clothing washing care labels.

   

You can also use them to label equipment

   

1. Just like our other stickers you can use these to label any equipment that has a smooth surface like plastic plates and cups, tennis rackets, shoes etc

2. Stick the colour label on a clean dry surface.

3. Wait 24 hours before washing/diswashing the item for maximum adhesion.

4. Stickers are dishwasher-proof and microwave safe.

   

   

FAQs

Q I cut out the care labels as my child finds them itchy. So how do I use these new clothes stickers?

A You can only use our new My Nametags Colour Stickers for clothes on care labels. We still offer full Colour Iron-on Nametags that you can put directly on clothes.

Q I want to hand down clothes to my younger children but I’ve already got iron-on labels on them.

A Call or email My Nametags and we will give you a free set of blank iron-on or sticker labels which you can use to cover up the existing name tag. You can then either use one of our new My Nametags Colour Stickers on the care label or an iron-on one directly on the fabric.

Q I’ve just ordered the new clothes stickers but have some of your old stickers too. How will I know the difference?

A The new clothes stickers will have a full colour design and come in a smaller plastic bag. Our old stickers (for use on equipment only) have a single colour design and come in a larger grip-lock bag.

Any questions please call 0800 3 213 203 / +44 (0)20 8877 0062

or email us: sales@mynametags.com

NEW full colour designs, stickers for clothes – win tags!

We’ve been busy at My Nametags HQ this winter building a new website, creating new full colour designs and producing our brand new My Nametags Colour Stickers for clothes (that means no ironing…) and what’s more they stick on virtually anything else too.  Pop them in your handbag and you can label anything from school jumpers to lunch boxes and trainers in a heartbeat. For a more detailed guide on how to use them click here. 

We hope that you (and your children!) will enjoy using our new website www.mynametags.com, which we think is quicker, easier and much more fun to use. Our design motifs are now all full colour, and after listening to My Nametags customers, we’ve added over 150 new ones. You can now find anything from cricket and rugby to cupcakes and pirates! Plus we’ve added some gorgeous new backgrounds including stars, swirls, polka dots, camouflage and even waves.

Rest assured all My Nametags products are the same hardwearing quality but with 6 font types, 21 font colours, 254 backgrounds and 231 designs you’ve got over 7 million name tag options to choose from!

Win extra sets – three lucky readers, who place an order for our new My Nametags Colour Stickers up until February 14, will win an extra set of personalised stickers free. The draw will take place on February 15 at 9am. The winners will win an extra set of My Nametags Colour Stickers and will be notified by email.

If you want to tell your child’s school or nursery about My Nametags ring us on 0800 3 213 203 for a poster or download one here. My Nametags Colour Stickers cost £9.95 (plus £1 postage and packaging) for a pack of 56. 

PS Don’t worry we are still selling our popular, great value, Classic Nametags in black and white too!

Where and when did Halloween originate?

All Hallows Eve or Halloween originated in Ireland 2000 years ago.  It is believed to have started with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, a holiday before the Celtic New Year (then celebrated on November 1st).

Folk lit bonfires and wore costumes to ward off ghosts as this day marked the end of the summer harvest and the beginning of the ‘dark’.  Celts believed that on this night, the line between life and death blurred, as this time was often associated with demise of vulnerable people due to the inclement weather.

In AD43 the Roman Empire had conquered most of the Celtic territory and their beliefs had integrated with the Celts Samhain.  Feralia; a day in late October to commemorated the passing of the dead and also a day to honour Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees.  Pomona’s symbol is the apple and incorporated with Samhain, this could be where the Halloween tradition of bobbing from apples comes from.

By the 9^th century Christianity had spread to the Celts and in 1000AD, the church introduced All Saints Day on 2^nd November, a holiday sanctioned by the church and a day to honour the dead.  This is widely understood today as an attempt by the church to replace the Celtic festival of Samhain.   

All Saints Day was also called All-hallows or All Hallowmas from Middle English Alholowmesse.  The Celtic Samhain festival on the night before then became All Hallows Eve and eventually Halloween.

Halloween became popular in Maryland, America and the southern parts due to their European ethnicity and beliefs.  This mixed with Native American Indian culture gave rise to an American version of Halloween.  Celebrations would include ‘play parties’ to celebrate the harvest with neighbours telling ghost stories and playing ‘trick or treat’.

In the mid to latter half of the 19^th century, an influx of immigrants to America (especially Irish immigrants leaving the potato famine of 1846 behind) led to national celebrations of Halloween and in the late 1800′s Halloween became a time for Americans to get together to celebrate with friends and family.  Parents were swayed by newspapers and community leaders to make Halloween less frightening; hence by the start of the twentieth century Halloween had lost most of its religious and superstitious beginnings.

American communities and schools in the 1920′s tried to keep this a family event, but by the 1930’s vandalism was occurring and ‘trick or treat’ was being reintroduced.  Trick or treating dated back to All Saints Day when poor people would beg for food and families would give them soul cakes in return for the promise to pray for the family’s deceased.

“Jack-o’-lanterns” was an Irish folktale about a man named Stingy Jack.  Turnips and potatoes were carved to represent Stingy Jack and as Irish immigrants moved to America; a pumpkin was used instead and was left outside household windows and doorways to frighten away Stingy Jack and other evil spirits.

Even though Halloween has been reincarnated in several ways in the last two thousand years, its roots are still deeply Celtic and in  Londerry, Ireland, present day celebrations are on a par with those in the USA.

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My Nametags review by A New Addition

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Tag your it..

As it is coming up to half term and you may be preparing for the buying of new larger uniform I thought I would share with you what I same sent from My Name Tags.

My Name tags are Beautiful quality name labels for clothing and equipment. The labels are perfect for children going to school or nursery.

-Design nametags in 2 minutes
-Get them in 48 hours
-Easy to use
-Guaranteed to stay on (There is a 10 year washproof guarantee! Wow!)

Iron-on name tags
The iron-on name tags are perfect for ironing onto clothes and school uniforms. The iron-on labels can be used in washing machines and dryers.
Sticker name labels
The stickers can be used in shoes, on lunch boxes, PE bags, CDs and thousands of other places! They can be used in dishwashers, sterilisers and microwaves.

For a set of 75 Iron ons and 75 stickers it is the cost of £9.95 a set my opinion is that they are an absolute bargain especially compared to that lost Moshi Monster bag because it hasn’t got a name in another child has ‘mistakenly’ taken it So far K has had his on his jumper since the start of term and it is like they promise absolutely perfect I think I may even buy myself some, yay Hannah stickers

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