October 31st, 2008
There has been a fad going on for about a few years now involving these colorful items made of silicone that teens wear nowadays. They’re commonly known as “Jelly Bracelets” or “Gel Bracelets”. These bracelets are available in different colors and various designs. But, along with these cute designs that teens like so much,come rumors and Urban Legends that parents, Educators and other conservative adults fear. These rumors revolving around the colorful bracelets made of silicone have become so controversial to the point that it was banned from many schools within the United States.
The legend revolves around a game called “snap”. When someone snaps your silicone bracelet, you will have to do sexual favors for that person. The favor ranges from kissing to lap dances to sexual intercourse depending on the color of the siliconebracelet that snapped.
These are the common intepretations and counterparts of sexual acts in relation to the color that snapped:
Yellow: Hugging
Purple: Kissing
Red: Lap Dance
Blue: Oral Sex
Black: Intercourse
It is no wonder that parents and educators from different parts of North America expressed their serious concern over an inexpensive piece of accessory.
But what parents don’t realize is that teens wear silicon bracelets not because they have any intention of expressing any interest in sexual activities but rather just because they’re cute. Teens nowadays are smart enough to know that they don’t have to do anything just because their silicon bracelet snapped or they are too innocent that they don’t know anything about sex at all.
Teens wear SiliconBracelets because they are fashionable an not because thay have any sexual meaning.
On the other hand, there are those who use these items for a special cause. Lance Armstrong for example wears silione bracelet not simply for fashion statement and definitely not for any sexual equivalent to its color. He wears them for a higher purpose and that is for his Foundation that supports Cancer victims and Cancer survivors.
In 2004, Lance Armstron wore his yellow Silicone Bracelet to promote LiveStrong, The Lance Armstrong Foundation. Through these SiliconBracelets, Livestrong has been able to raise funds for Cancer research and spread awareness about the disease it’s battling.
Ever since that time, more and more organizations and charities have utilized the popularity of this fashion item. With different colors of Silicone Bracelets, you could identify what charity or what disease one person is fighting against or promoting about. It ranges from calamities such as hurricanes and floods to diseases like diabetes and epilepsy.
In time, perhaps the urban legends revolving around these bracelets would be totally forgotten to give way to the more noble use of silicone Awareness Bracelets.
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October 31st, 2008
Ever since Lance Armstrong, the most prominent figure in cycling history so far, ever wore those yellow bracelets made of silicone, the fad of using jelly bracelets to promote and spread awareness has increased. Charities and organizations have long been aware that for an awareness program or campaign to work, one needs an icon popular and accessible enough to have their message sent accross successfully.
It is unfortunate though that not every Foundation has an athlete, showbiz personality or celebrity as popular and successful as Lance Armstrong. This is the reason why Organizations and charitable institutions utilizes novelty items to represent their cause.
Ribbons, shirts, caps, stickers and the like has always been used to promote and spread awareness of such noble causes. some of them have been successful while many have not. During the past few years, Lance Armstrong’s icon, had so much of an impact that many other institutions replicated that idea.
Today, a lot of foundations have been using Silicone Bracelets and each of these foundations have their own color or pattern.
One of the more active foundation is the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation that has been helping breast cancer victims for quite some time now.Their icon is actually their color which is pink.
A lot of items have been produced and introduced to the market with the same intention as to promote awareness regarding breast cancer. There have been car magnets, drinking bottles, shirts, caps, jewelry and many others, all colored pink so that you could identify its cause.
There have been Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelets produced in Silicone as well. What is so interesting with these SiliconeBracelet is that you could engrave your massage on the band. There are a few like the ones shown in this photograph that shows its concern for family members, friends and women in general who may have been victims ore are just simply vulnerable to the sickness. It’s cheap, simple, easy to wear but very effective. That’s what i like about Silicone Bracelets.
There are other variants and products as well that you could wear to express your participation with the cause. Some of them are more expensive than those of the Jelly Bracelets. But along with the expensive price is the promise that those items are sold to help fund research on breast cancer.
Whatever is more effective, whichever is more affordable, the most important thing is that these Silicone Bracelets and other novelty items are used for a higher purpose and are true to its cause.
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October 31st, 2008
Wanna get your message accross?
The conventional way of doing that is by buying air time on radio or TV programs or ad placement on newspapers and magazines. These conventional methods are very effective and efficient and that is the reason why they are the most utilized media for news and advertisements.
Unfortunately, you’ll also notice that these media have become cluttered with information that sometimes, even if your target audience receives the message, not even half of them will be able to retain the information you sent. And that would be a waste of so much money since a ten second advertisement would cost millions of dollars.
That is why for the past decades, more and more methods and media for marketing purposes have been used. You can find stickers with all sorts of messages, company logos and colors in them, Shirts with printed texts, mugs, magnets, pens, caps, notebooks and the most over used of all, ribbons. Of course there are more and more items being used by groups everyday which tends to more creative than yesterday.
There so many novelty items nowadays that are being used to send out a message that even non-traditional media has become just as cluttered as the traditional ones. And that makes sending out meaningful messages difficult.
Fortunately, one item has risen above the clutter recently. You could see them being used and worn by many
foundations, groups, organisations and of course, the public. It’s a simple round, rubbery object that fits perfectly to any wrist with various colors and designs. This item is called the Silicone Bracelets. It is sometimes referred to as gel bracelets or jelly bracelets simply obviously because it’s elastic and jelly-like.
Silicone Bracelets have been around since the early ninety’s but it was never intended to be used as a campaign medium. It has always been just a fashion accessory used by teens since it’s colors were easy to the eyes and since teens nowadays live in the age of plastics.
It’s difficult to imagine that there would come a time when people would be using plastic as an accessory
since it looked so uncomfortable. But it has happened because of SiliconeBracelets. This is the fad right now for fashion, marketing and awareness programs. That is why it is easy to understandy why more and more groups have started using them.
If you ever find yourself needing to send a message accross, Silicone Bracelets would be the best medium for you to use. It’s affordable and can be easily manipulated, and your target audience loves them. Don’t worry about the cost, Silicone bracelets are very cheap in comparison to shirts or mugs or notebooks. A Silicone Bracelet with one color could be bought as cheap as $o.o6 and a bracelet with six colors is as cheap as $0.15.
It’s no wonder many groups are enticed to use this item. It’s easy to purchase them in wholesale and it’s very inexpensive.So go ahead. Send your message accross. It won’t be that difficult for you to purchase Silicone Bracelets in bulk, they’re cheap!
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October 31st, 2008
Since the sensation of silicone bracelets exploded, multiple variants of the item has been available to the public. Why not? It’s an inexpensive product that could be easily manipulated and designed. If you look around you, you will notice that many profit and non-profit organisations, foundations, schools and government offices have joined the band wagon in using siliconebracelets to either promote or introduce themselves. And each of these individuals, groups or companies are handing out or selling silicon bracelets that are custom made in relation to their identity, cause or agenda.
Groups with noble objectives hand out these items with messages written or engraved into them. Usually, they handout bands that have plain colors. But even so, they still apeal to many people since it is easy to wear and it doesn’t bother you at all. Not to mention that wearing silicon bracelets is a trend.
Universities, colleges, and sometimes even high schools, will have their own designs as well. You can easily tell which school the siliconbracelet was from since the designs are very explicit about it. It would contain the school’s logo, mascot or motto, with the school’s name printed around the bracelet. Silicon bracelets from schools are much more interesting to look at since their designs look more complex and they have multiple colors as well.
Companies even use these items for marketing purposes. Who haven’t seen Silicon Bracelets with a company logo printed on it. It is compact, could be handed out to consumers easily, and is a much more affordable medium for advertising compared to TV, Radio or Print Advertisements.
What’s even more amazing is even Politicians use SiliconeBracelets during campaigs. Jelly Bracelets with a presidential candidate’s name printedon it in bold letters aren’t that surprising anymore. Amusing perhaps, but not unexpected.
If you think about it, using Silicon Bracelets for campaigning and spreading awareness would be the most effective approach right now since who you really want to reach are the very people to whom these items apeal to: teens.
Yes, some teens even collect Silicon Bracelets. They compare them and sometimes swap bracelets with their friends. And since they wear them all the time, other teens who would notice the custom design will be exposed to the message embedded in that wristband.
Silicone Bracelets have a lot of potential. Either in fashion, campaign or awareness programs. As long as this cheap item could maintain its apeal to teens, you could expect to see more interesting, cute, funny and even absurd customized Silicone Bracelets.
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October 31st, 2008
Since Silicone Bracelets are easily manipulated and produced, not to mention very affordable, it is no surprise that you could find personalized siliconbracelets around.
There are silicone bracelets that are designed exclusively for a person or a group. So if you have a girlfriend a best friend or a loved who you want to feel special anytime soon, you might want to consider giving them a personalized silicone bracelet.
Personalizing them is easy, you could deboss your message on the band, which means you press the message into the material. With this method, you could even add a contrasting color to your debossed design to make it more noticeable. This is suggested especially when you are using a plain black silicone bracelet to start with. You could also emboss your message. which means the letters, instead of impressed on the silicone are raised. Then there’s laser engraving. Just in case you have a handy laser at home, you might want to use this method, it’s much easier than embossing or debossing. Of course, these suggestions are for those with the proper equipment.
If you don’t have any of the equipments necessary to personalize your silicone bracelets the same way as we have suggested, which is the expected scenario, you could always have it personalized when you order them directly from the manufacturers.
There are other ways of personalizing them other than engraving, embossing and debossing. You could print on them if you like. Screen printing,which is the process normally used with shirt printing, is very easy and affordable. Just use a screen and a stencil to print over your Silicon bracelet and you’ll have it personalized in no time.
If you’re afraid of cutters and knives to make stencils, you could always revert to spraying.With the use of an air brush, you can brush your personalized design over the silicone wristband. This requires skills though, and the paint, depending on what kind you’ll use may chip off in time. So if you know someone who is a professional airbrush atrist, you might want to ask for his help. Manufacturers have their own method of spraying. Instead of spraying the bracelet with paint, they spray them with silicone which makes the message stick to the silicone permanently.
Of course there are other ways as well to personalize these items that don’t require you to ask the manufacturers to do for you or pay a friend to render services for you. You’ll just have to be creative about it.Silicone Bracelets are very easy to manipulate. It’s just the same as putting up posters in your room. You’ll just have to figure out what element would fit, where to put it and how to put it.
If by chance you have never been gifted with a creative eye, you can always order a personalized Silicone Bracelet from the company the makes them. Don’t worry about it, it’s very affordable. It might cost more than regular silicone bracelets but it wouldn’t be too expensive.
Go and have fun with your Silicone Bracelets. Maybe now, you don’t have to just wear them. You can design and personalize them the way you always thought it would fit you.
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