Barely Tolerated Designs

02/06/2026

*Important update* *online orders closed*

Unfortunately during a routine eye appointment yesterday, the optician noticed that Bens Retina has begun to detach.

This is a medical emergency and requires urgent surgery. After spending today at the hospital, Ben is on strict bed rest until his surgery (hopefully this week).

For those who don’t know, Ben does all of our designing and badge making so unfortunately online orders have had to be paused until he’s feeling better - we expect this to be at least 2/3 weeks.

We’ve unfortunately also had to cancel attending this weekend’s urban market at cathedral quarter (please still go along and support this fab new location).

We will still be attending Qcon

27/05/2026

Head over to the The Junction Retail and Leisure Park page for a chance to win a £25 voucher for this Saturdays market.

16/05/2026

Can’t wait for this next Saturday!!!
Still time to grab a £5 ticket.

11/05/2026

Our friend has published his first comic, we were fortunate enough to have a sneak peak and few weeks ago and I can honestly say it’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen (and we see a lot of comics at conventions).

Head over to his page and check it out, it makes an awesome gift and it’s so cool to own something produced by a local artist!

Doodles By John - John McClaughry Artist

10/05/2026

We had a lovely time at Norn Con yesterday and today we’re already back to making badges ready for Fandom Con in Belfast on Saturday 23rd May.

If there are any designs you’d like to see us make for Fandom, Qcon or The Junction let us know in comments or with a wee message.

We’re still busy making online orders in between fair prep too and you can order any time from our website.

https://barelytolerated.com

04/05/2026

We had an awesome day today at the junction and I’d mentioned this event to quite a few people so wanted to share it here so anyone who was chatting about it could find where to go.

It’s an awesome event, really well organised and always fun for everyone.

Fandom Con at NOW Group was founded by one of our staff members with Autism. The concept was to provide a safe, social space for adults with Autism & neurodiverse conditions to connect & build confidence. We have events throughout the year across the island of Ireland for children & adults. Register...

04/05/2026

💫Happy Starwars day 💫

To celebrate, the first ten people who say ‘May the 4th be with you’ to us at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park today will get a little Starwars surprise.

We will also pop a small Starwars item in with any orders placed on our website today.

03/05/2026

What’s everyone up to this bank holiday weekend?

Team tolerated have been prepping for a busy month of markets and conventions starting with the May Day market The Junction Retail and Leisure Park tomorrow.

We’ve also nipped to the cinema to see the new Devil wears prada film which was fantastic and the kiddos are busy revising for GCSE’s and alevels.

We hope to see some of you down at The junction tomorrow as there’s so many fun activities and we’ll have lots of K-pop demon hunter designs (NI mammys behave yourselves tomorrow 🤣) as well as mystery boxes, earrings, phone charms and lots of badges.

30/04/2026

Anyone else excited for the new Devil wears Prada movie this weekend?

We’re hoping we can sneak away from market prep for a couple of hours to see it.

We’re loving how popular this badge has been.

https://barelytolerated.com/products/the-devil-wears-prada-thats-all?_pos=2&_sid=13ca88076&_ss=r

27/04/2026

Lots going on this bank holiday Monday The Junction Retail and Leisure Park

We’ll be there with our K-pop demon hunter, badges, keyrings and mystery boxes.

We also have some new BTS and Katseye designs that we’ll be bringing for the first time.

🎤✨ 𝗞-𝗣𝗢𝗣 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 -𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨! ✨t🎤

Get ready to sing & dance at our 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 K-Pop Tribute Shows this May Day at The Junction, Antrim

📅 Monday 4th May
🕚 Shows at 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm
📍 The Junction, Antrim

Expect high-energy performances, K-pop songs & all the K-pop vibes you love 💫

📸 Plus… Meet & Greet after each show*
(*subject to availability - so be quick!)

It’s all part of our HUGE May Day Fun event - and it’s completely 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 🙌

Tag your K-pop crew & make a day of it 👇