i have seen every imaginable design for a name badge. my biggest problem with them is that there is not a high contrast between the background and the name. some of us of a certain age have vision issues and cannot quickly read the names. early in my quilting career, i made a combination badge/chatelaine. i used a white background and put a red sawtooth edging on it. i embroidered my name in black on the front. it was a pocket in which i could put my small scissors tied to the pocket by a ribbon. i can also put my leather thimble and credit cards. now that cell phones are popular, i'd probably make it large enough to put the phone in, too. i can put pins and needles in the fabric sides. in some situations [ex: quilt shows] i don't want to give my last name, so i embroidered just my first name on the back... again, black on white. the chatelaine/badge hangs around my neck with the same red ribbon that i used for the scissors.