If you’ve read any of my articles in the past you’ll know I use a lot of nice words like ‘awkward’ and ‘hot mess’ to describe myself.
I even wrote one piece on how I don’t know how to be ‘a mum’, in regards to the expectations that are made upon us. The biggest expectation, of course, being that we be perfect, which is just impossible.
If like me you’re open and honest about not always getting it right, good news, you can literally wear your hot mess mum badge with pride.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnjryG1Dtkw/
Created by Radiant Beautiful Things these badges are for all the mums who are done with trying to get it right all the time.
Though most of the pins have humourous phases like ‘Weird Mother’, ‘Worrier’ and ‘Awkward Moms Unite’, the range also includes messages of sisterhood and inclusivity.
It was actually their ‘Every Mother is a Working Mother’ badge that caught my eye on Instagram first and Radiant Beautiful Things just announced that they will soon have a ‘Queer Mama’ pin for LGBTQIA mothers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br9n-oAhG4D/
The shop’s founder Emma Goldman said she decided to create the range after she couldn’t find any badges with these quotes anywhere;
“When I couldn’t find a pin like the one I was envisioning, I decided to take a leap and create my own.
I had often considered one day designing products that had radical messaging and were also aesthetically pleasing.”
Not only do I think these badges are adorable but I love the positive messages of not just motherhood but also sisterhood between mothers. Less mammy shaming and more badges is definitely a sentiment I can get behind.
