Did Some Pin Framing Recently- Update with New and Smaller Pics

[ScottakaMickey]

Well I've had pins in buckets and frames sitting against the wall and finally decided to put them together. Here is what I came up. The pics are not that great as I found it very difficult to get a decent picture with the glass not reflecting me taking the picture. I have some others if you are interested.

Let me know your thoughts.

 

[DaGrumpy]

That is an awesome collection of Haunted Mansion pins. I am so jealous.

 

[daber]

Scott,
You were certainly buzy. I especially liked the idea of putting the Cast ID with the Cast uniform pin for the characters.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

They look great Scott!

Boy you are just posting away lately

Debbie

 

[DizneyDogs]

I like the Mickey State pins...which ones are you missing?

 

[melmlantz]

Those look incredible....

excuse me while I try to contain my jealousy


Framing is a genius idea.. I wouldn't have thought of it. I don't have enough/have enough of one type yet to be able to do something like that. I figured I would get pin books.... anyone use these before? Is it a decent method while you're building your collection?


In the meantime, my lousy 54 pins and I are going to go sulk and think of ways to be as cool as that collection

I especially love the Walt ones!

 

[daber]

Those look incredible....
excuse me while I try to contain my jealousy
Framing is a genius idea.. I wouldn't have thought of it. I don't have enough/have enough of one type yet to be able to do something like that. I figured I would get pin books.... anyone use these before? Is it a decent method while you're building your collection?
In the meantime, my lousy 54 pins and I are going to go sulk and think of ways to be as cool as that collection

I especially love the Walt ones!

Don't sulk or feel bad Melmlantz! All of us at one time had only 54 pins. Scott started around 1999, so it's taken 8 years to get into his league.

Pin books are a great way to start. I still have some from 2000. problem is your collection soon outgrows it. Next comes pin bags (I swore I'd never buy one...currently I have 4 and am thinking of buying another)

 

[melmlantz]

pin bags?

 

[ScottakaMickey]

I like the Mickey State pins...which ones are you missing?

In the US I am missing the hard ones. DE, WV, RI, HI and one of the ones from out west. I also don't have any of the ones from the Canadian provinces. Pinpics is down right now so I couldn't verify exactly, but the above is pretty close.

Scott

 

[ScottakaMickey]

Framing is a genius idea.. I wouldn't have thought of it. I don't have enough/have enough of one type yet to be able to do something like that. I figured I would get pin books.... anyone use these before? Is it a decent method while you're building your collection?

Do a google search for Ryker boxes. Those are what I mostly have my pins in. They come in all sizes. I have some that are small that just have 4 pins in them. Kind of like a 4 pin set or pins that went together. I don't have the link here, but can send you a link to get them if you send me an email reminder.

As was stated it took many years to get these pins, and also lots of money. It was truly a passion back then and one that after I got of PAA I have learned to temper my passion (meaning focus on a limited theme) and not a Pin theme where I had to have them all.

Remember to enjoy and have fun when you are doing this!!

 

[ScottakaMickey]

They look great Scott!

Boy you are just posting away lately

Debbie

Hey I lost all of my post counts back several years ago when they were changing systems/servers, so I have to get caught up. Also, I am trying to get to the point where I can post attachments, which I can't right now at my current posting level.

Maybe we can have a contest. Where has Scott posted lately. Oh wait, that's too easy as you can search by name. It was a fun thought though.

 

[Parkhopper_Vince]

Nice Pin Sets Scott. I enjoy looking at new framed pieces. I haven't done any in a while, but have lots of pins waiting for a new home in some framed set!

Nice to see the posts too!

 

[ScottakaMickey]

I found the other pics from the other sets I got done or played with.

 

[Dom13]

Nice job on the framing!! Need to get doing some of that myself.

I definetely have WV and DE for trade. I have a number of others but have to find them. Most are the more common ones, VA, MA, CA.....but I should have AZ and Nebraska around here. Need to put some of these pins away!!

 

[NHMickey]

looks great Scott. I need to frame a few pins. I have some laying around but not in buckets...

 

[Brian_WDW74]

pin bags?

You can get them many places online. Or you can get official Disney Pin Trading bags at the parks, or order a personalized one from DisneyShopping:

*Brian*

 

[Flitter]

If anyone has any "spare" time on their hands I have about 8 boxes (some very large) with tons of "little yellow/blue bags" in them that need to be sorted, framed, traded, etc.
Scott you did a GREAT job. They look very nice. Hope I am able to get mine in order one day.

 

[melmlantz]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot... do you use some special sort of frame?

 

[ScottakaMickey]

Most of these frames were shadow boxes that I bought on sale a while back at Michaels. I actually prefer Ryker boxes, they are the ones that people use to display insects, but they work great for pins.

I purchase black poster type board, about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick, and stick the pins right in. Fairly easy to do, pins are behind glass and they come in all sizes.

 

[BigGreen73]

My wife and I got into pin trading heavily during our 2006 WDW trip and we now have 350+ pins. I too started framing our pins. I use the 12x12 scrapbooking frames that I came across and 12x12 corkboard pieces. They work great.

You can use pretty much any scrapbook, shadowbox, or deep frame for pins. You really can't use normal photo frames.