A site of arty and fun badges. Prickie.com

I don’t know why, but I’ve always liked buttons. My first one was yellow with red confetti on that said, ‘Of all the things I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most.’ It was on a gift when I was twelve, I believe.

When I get a new bag, I always have to put a couple badges on. My current hold-all has two: a red and white one from The Strand in New York, and a small one the logo for this site on.

As a younger teen I preferred badges with witty sayings on. ‘How far can you open your mind before your brains fall out?’ At thirteen, I thought that terribly clever.

Mid-to-late teens was deep sayings. ‘Everyone talks about changing the world but no one talks about changing themselves. –Tolstoy’ Oh, but I was so serious.

Now I’m more into art on badges. Asymmetrical, abstract art that I could just look at for ages. It’s less about what the badges would reflect on me if viewed by a stranger and more about what I find pleasing to look at.

I *do* love some of the Prickie badges–check them out.