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XOXO 

"A kiss without a hug is like a flower without fragrance"

Proverb

What better way to send hugs and kisses to someone you love than with a Band of Courage? Every time they look at it they are getting hugs and kisses, perhaps a thousand times a day - at least as often as you look at a watch if worn on the wrist.

But as a band it can also be sown onto clothes, used as decoration or lying there looking back at you sitting on a dressing table - always saying and doing  the same thing - sending hugs and kisses! It really gets passionate when the hugs and kisses come in red bullion or glass red beads on black or green fabric! It's a great way to say, I love you, without actually saying it.

Size & Fitting

The organic fabric band measures 33cm / 13 inches in length. To fit to size, the length can be trimmed with scissors. Always cut at an angle to minimise fraying of the cotton.

Worn on the wrist or ankles, it is double tied at the back to hold the band in place. The band can be sown onto clothes or onto soft furnishings or used as a decoration. 

The Fabric and Yarns 

The processes for making the yarns and dyes for our Bands of Courage date back over a thousand years using authentic processes and ingredients which are not just natural, but highly medicinal.

The fabrics and yarns are certified organic cotton used in the manufacture of clothing and our bands begin as greige or unfinished fabric which pass through 5 stages before recycling:-

1. De-sizing, washing the greige cloth with natural mineral-rich water and sea salts to remove sizing, gums and oils.

2. Bleaching, using direct sunlight, and a combination of natural grass and animal manure.

3. Mordanting, to make colours bright, they are impregnated with mordants such as myraballam, rhubarb leaves, oils, minerals, alum, iron (no heavy metal mordants are used). 

4. Dyeing, using rich herbs to dye the fabric by immersing the plants themselves directly into the dye bath - the dyes are listed below.

5. Finishing, by sprinkling the fabric with water and aloe-vera and stretched using hand-rolls; and, finally . . .

6. Recycling all the solid and liquid wastes, which are used for farming, water the fields and manure.

The dyes used are:-

Haritaki - natural green in colour, it is only grown in parts of the Himalayas and is known as the King of the Herbs. It is a highly potent herb for treating many serious diseases;

Turmeric - a yellow dye, also called 'Indian saffron', it comes from the ginger family and is great for skin complaints;

Indigo - a blue dye from the leaves of the Indigo tincoria, and cures gout amongst other things!

Madder - a red dye known as the 'king of dyes' as it contains alizarin, it is also used as a treatment for pain;

Pomegranate - an ocher-yellow dye which improves colourfastness and as a medicinal herb is great for the heart!

Onion - is used to produce dye colours in shades of orange, yellow, rust and brown, and it's especially good for treating serious skin diseases like Leprosy.

Hand Embroidered Finishes

There are two hand embroidered finished used to create the inscriptions on our fabric bands are Japanese Glass Beads;

Every band is lovingly made by hand with each bead individually sown into the fabric creating unique little differences so no two bands are exactly the same.

Shipping

Your order will be processed within 48 hours of receipt. Shipments are tracked and your tracking number will be sent by email confirming posting of your order.

The shipments details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout.

🚫 PLASTIC

"There will be more plastic than fish by weight in the oceans by 2050"

Common knowledge  

This 'plastic prohibited' organic fabric band with its 86 hand embroidered 24K gold plated glass beads and 25 Red Beads is a unique way of making the point, let's stop using plastic! Recent reports show there is 14 million tonnes of plastic on the sea bed, that is excluding the plastic floating around on the surface and in the sea. So by 2050 we will have equal chance of catching plastic as fish. This band is part of our COP26 Collection. 

10 Trees Plants & Your Gift Package

This band plants 10 trees and comes in a drawstring fabric pouch with your planting certificate (which can be addressed personally) and a gift card on which you write a message and which also explains how your trees help combat global warming.

Size & Fitting

This beautiful band measures 33cm / 13 inches in length and is worn by tying a double knot to fit. To fit to size, the length can be trimmed with scissors. Always cut at an angle to minimise fraying of the cotton.

Worn on the wrist or ankles, it is double tied at the back to hold the band in place. The band can be sown onto clothes or onto soft furnishings or used as a decoration. 

Shipping

Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. Shipments are tracked and your tracking number will be sent by email confirming posting of your order.

The shipments details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout.

BEST DAD

I'm as lucky as can be

for the best Dad in the world

belongs to me

Another way to say 'Thank You DAD', by giving him a band and 10 trees!. Our BEST DAD fabric is hand woven, hand dyed and the gold glass beads, each one, hand sown into the fabric. It comes in black and navy blue. Truly a labour of love, each one plants 10 trees and can be worn permanently without being removed. If you never take them off, they will break down over time and take on different hues of color and transformation.  

Every band plants 10 trees and comes in its own fabric bag with a gift card and your planting certificate.

A great accompaniment to #1 DAD band which also comes in Black and Navy Blue! 

Size & Fitting

The organic fabric band measures 33cm / 13 inches in length. To fit to size, the length can be trimmed with scissors. Always cut at an angle to minimise fraying of the cotton.

Worn on the wrist or ankles, it is double tied at the back to hold the band in place. The band can be sown onto clothes or onto soft furnishings or used as a decoration. 

Shipping

Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. Shipments are tracked and your tracking number will be sent by email confirming posting of your order.

The shipments details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout.

GLOBAL WARNING 

"I always wondered why somebody didn't do something about GLOBAL WARNING - Then I realised, I AM SOMEBODY" 

This organic fabric band with its 197 hand embroidered 24K gold plated glass beads is an elegant way to say warn others of the many threats to our planet - temperature increase, loss of 13% of the ice in the Arctic every year,  carbon accumulation in the atmosphere, coal and other pollutants, the extinction of thousands animal of species every year, catastrophic weather conditions, rising sea levels, and so on. Global Warning is part of our COP26 Collection.

10 Trees Plants & Your Gift Package

This band plants 10 trees and comes in a drawstring fabric pouch with your planting certificate (which can be addressed personally) and a gift card on which you write a message and which also explains how your trees help combat global warming.

Size & Fitting

This beautiful band measures 33cm / 13 inches in length and is worn by tying a double knot to fit. To fit to size, the length can be trimmed with scissors. Always cut at an angle to minimise fraying of the cotton.

Worn on the wrist or ankles, it is double tied at the back to hold the band in place. The band can be sown onto clothes or onto soft furnishings or used as a decoration. 

Shipping

Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. Shipments are tracked and your tracking number will be sent by email confirming posting of your order.

The shipments details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout.