February 2015
| PRIME UNIFORM DECISION
A few days ago, our PM Tony Abbott said that blue ties were his uniform and that he wouldn't be changing it anytime soon. He did offer a qualification in that he owned and wore dark blue ties, light blue ties and mixed blue ties. Glad our Prime Minister cleared that up. Whatever your political views, whether a phallic strip of fabric makes you look like a big boy or not and is a tie actually a uniform, Tony Abbott has made the blue tie part of his brand. For the rest of the country though, uniforms and the reasoning behind them are a little more advanced. Choosing your uniform begins with colour but beyond that, there are hundreds of options. Of course the thing that really identifies a uniform, your logo, can be in whatever colours you like. |
October 2014
| HALLOWEEN 2014
We printed this run of Biz Collection Ice Tees for the Halloween Pumpkin Carving Team at Coles. Moraitis who supplied the pumpkins gave us a tight deadline but we weren't scared. Both front and back logos are heat pressed vinyl and ideal for small runs. In fact 1 if you like. And being digital means the your colour options are only limited by your palette. Ghoul.
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July 2014
| FRIGHTBAT GIVEAWAY
In response to the furore over Frighbat comments made by a Sydney journalist, we decided to give away as many Frightbat patches as we could pending retweets from anybody that saw our original tweet. To date we've posted more than 50 patches to aspiring frightbats around Australia. There are some left and we're still happy to post one out if you'd like to email your postal address to us.
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May 2014
| HELICOPTER HEROES
Activ Embroidery Designs is very pleased to have been asked to produce these patches and caps for the upcoming second series of BBC's Helicopter Heroes. The series follows the trials and tribulations of the dedicated and resourceful men & women who fly helicopters across the state in emergency situations. No word yet on the airing date but you can check out the first series here.
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| SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW 2014
This year marks 191 years since the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW put on it's first show. Attracting close to 900,000 people a year, it has grown into a mecca for anyone who loves a good time. The standouts for us were the Food Dome, the Arts & Crafts and the Australian Glory finale with one of the best fireworks displays we've ever seen. |
April 2014
| TWEET TWEET TWEET
Activ Embroidery Designs joined the Twittersphere in March to follow our favourite people and things and to spread the Activ word to the world. Please join us at @ActivEmbDesigns PINTEREST
Join us at www.pinterest.com/activembdesigns for your daily fix of the most beautiful and inspiring pins we have to offer. This is where we do our awake dreaming.
YOU TUBE
Join us at www.youtube.com/activembdesigns for your our featured videos. No cats will be filmed performing any kind of embroidery. Unless you want us to. |
| SHOWROOM UPGRADE
We've already started the transformation of our once wardrobe sized showroom into something more spacious and inviting. It is open and fully operational as it is but by the end of April it should be completed and even better. Thank you to our clients who've seen it and commented on it's much better layout and presentation. |
| THE PROJECT GETS MUGGED - March 4, 2014
After a plea from Charlie Pickering for The Project TV mugs, we had no choice but to alleviate his terrible pain and supply the glorious little mugs. Since receiving the tweet we went into warp speed to ensure they had them ASAP. Last night (March 3rd) he was visibly calmer and his usual bantery self. Can't be sure what was IN the mug though. |
From Padmi - dynamo extraordinaire!! "Well done team – what a HUGE effort $20,045 online plus $350 via cheques! The 20,395 dollar team! There are so many wonderful memories that we will each cherish and I want to thank you all for the wonderful efforts of never giving up. The goal was only $10,000 and look at what we have achieved! Please remember to thank each and every person that donated to you, which I am sure you have already done along the way. Here are the final stats – but this was simply the icing on top – and never the higher intent. The intent was always for raising breast cancer awareness and raise funding for breast cancer research. With our team branding – people knew we were serious and with our passion – they knew we were determined: - 24 team members
- #1 team in Parramatta
- #5 team Nationally across Australia
- #20 in Australia’s top 40 – Janine Sebastian
- 8 team members raised $1,000 each plus more!
MASSIVE EFFORT! BE PROUD! You have made a SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE in the life of a breast cancer patient. See you all again in 2014 and I thank you from the bottom of my heart! Regards Padmi & Team Sugar n’ Spice
September 23rd 2012 Glenworth Valley NSW How do turn a group of clean, well-adjusted human beings into a posse of fearsome swamp creatures? Easy. Throw them at TOUGH MUDDER and don’t let ‘em out until they’ve finished it! Unfamiliar with TOUGH MUDDER? It’s a 20km obstacle course of mud, high walls, mud, tunnels (with mud), ice baths, mud, rope ladders, mud, electric shocks, mud, mountain climbs, mud, and so much more mud than you could ever want. I, along with 30 other TEAM MASSIVE MUDDERS (we were easily the largest group of the day) took on the challenge of our lives. The team was stoked with their A.E.D. singlets and yes we sounded MASSIVE all day too. With unflinching teamwork, we each and every one of us completed the course – as a team.
September 16th 2012 GUNNERS CELEBRATE A beautiful day at Wilson Park saw the Newington Gunners hold their annual end of season wind down where everyone in the Gunners family celebrated and reflected on a busy but successful year. We were thrilled to be part of it as this is our first year of sponsorship. We were warmly welcomed and we look forward to many more years of association with our local soccer club. P.S. Despite the sunshine, a few of our winter jackets made an appearance, they were so popular! And the burgers were amaaaazing. Activ Embroidery Designs are proud sponsors of the Gunners. Please click on the player to view all to do with this club.
September 1st, 2012 Welcome to The Showroom, our new News page. It's about what’s new, what’s leaving, how-to tips and guides, Q & A with a diverse range of people, links, upcoming events, your feedback and whole lot more. Our new website has been live for a few weeks now. It's shinier and more content driven. There is still more to add and fine tune and we're very excited about bringing all these new features out soon. At Activ Embroidery Designs we love embroidery and helping people, clubs and businesses choose the right apparel, uniform or gift for their needs. We’ve enjoyed doing this for nearly 20 years and without a doubt, the best part of our business is working with our loyal customers who have entrusted their embroidery and uniform requirements to us. We are very fortunate to have with us a terrific group of diverse clients that have been with us since the beginning. And a very warm welcome to our newest clients, our hard working suppliers and to all who would like to sneak a look at our site to see what we’re about and what we might have to offer. |