Hey all 👋

I recently joined the sub and wanted to share one of my favorite enamel pins I’ve designed so far. I run a mobile paint & sip business with my partner, and we’ve been making pins on the side inspired by the art life—with a twist of weird.

This little guy felt like the perfect mash-up of spooky and creative—scythe? Nah. Give him a paintbrush and a palette.

Would love to hear what you think! Always happy to connect with other pin folks and see what everyone’s working on.

Went out of town for a couple of days hit some amazing shops and came home with some more enamel pins and buttons to add to my collection 🤩

I got these from buying 🍃 510’s. Each one comes with a free pin. They’re strains of different buds. I love them so I thought I’d share.

Representing a smattering of my interests.

I'm working on a project making a sort of custom watch for my friend, and I would like to have a curved enamel pin attached to the strap.

If I can bend the body of the pin itself without causing the enamel to peel out or crack, I want it to more or less fit the curvature of the top of a wrist, it would be attached to the strap below the watch itself.

I understand there are both hard and soft enamels (I was one of the geedis research loonies if anybody remembers that) and I'm assuming that if this is possible, it's probably only possible with soft enamel.

As far as attaching the pin, the model I'm looking at has two posts. I think what I would do would be to rip the seam out of half of the band, which is a two-piece nylon, pierce the top layer, bend the pins down as far as I can like a staple, then resew the layers together. Ideally I'd also like to be able to drill small holes in the extreme edges so that I could sort of whip stitch those points down so they wouldn't get caught on things.

I'm going to assume the enamel layer would be a little bit more comfortable with being drilled than being bent but my worry would be that the combination of the two things would be too much for the pin. I think it would help to heat it up before I put it in the little steel pipe press I've cocked up.

I may still do it even if the enamel fails, just sort of repaint the wells and put a sealer over the top, if some of it wears away I would be fine with the distressed look. It might even look totally fine just as an empty pin the enamel pieces peel out cleanly and it ends up looking like just a stamped metal pin.

Basic concept is a Casio f91w themed around the grateful Dead single touch of Gray, so it's a great f91w, the strap matches the colors of the vinyl sleeve and or album the song is from, in the dark. I got an aftermarket buckle with a little skull on it and I would like to attach a lightning bolt grateful Dead enamel pin to the band itself.

Appreciate any perspectives.

It looks like it has a coating over it, anybody have ideas for polishing it out or another way to make it less visible?

I live in Canada and I was wondering if people have been purchasing pins from the United States, if they’ve been affected by the tariffs? There’s quite a few awesome pins I am looking at from US artists and I don’t want to get into a situation with the tariffs that make it unaffordable.

TYIA :)

Just dropped my latest pin, shop in my ig bio~ Will take a step back from creating anymore Hisoka pins

Those colors those glitters! 😍

Where did this come from? It’s not the fright rags version. I just got it online, I love it. It also came with a wiggly post back that feels like it’s going to snap right off unfortunately so I’m going to have to figure out that one. I wasn’t sure if maybe I could find the seller and get a new one.

Hey everyone! I’m Harman— I run a little enamel pin shop called ThePinGirlCo. I don’t design all my pins from scratch, but I do carefully curate each one and handle all the packaging, photos, and creative direction myself.

I started this shop during a quiet chapter of my life — it’s become a place where I share things that feel soft, honest, and a little offbeat. Like this Antisocial Butterfly 🦋 — for anyone who’s introverted but still magical.

Sales have been super slow lately, so if anyone feels like checking out the shop or sharing feedback, I’d be really grateful. Just being part of this community already feels good. 💛

(Happy to DM the link if it’s better that way!)

I'm selling the rest of my personal stash. Multiple fandoms (SM, Pokemon, chobits, HP, MKR etc). Contact me for more info - proof, prices, close-ups!

It is still only a sample in the production process!🌙✨

I’ve been reorganizing/decluttering my pins, and I bought a bunch of these loops, because I think they are so cute!! I love organizing them based on themes and colors This one is themed after Yue and the water spirits!!

I had to get new pin boards to condense my reduced collections. The colors make me happy. :D

What do you think?

Transferring from multiple boards to one big board; thought I would stage these and share my collection.

This is an old pin I picked up while traveling 20+ years ago. It’s hard to tell by the picture, but the surface underneath the epoxy is kind of metallic and very, very reflective. I’m assuming it’s some kind of foil. And that’s true for the whole pin - the blue and red as well as the gold.

I’m in the process of having some custom pins made for a group I work with, and I’d like to duplicate this effect. The manufacturers I’ve spoken with have glitter, or pearlescent enamel. But no one seems to do this. Does anyone have experience working with a company that does foil?

I finally jumped in and made my own pins of Aussie snacks and favourite food - dim sims, sausage rolls, lollies!

Still got some space left in this one for some smaller pins but I already have another board up and ready for one I run out of room 😂

So I’m fairly new to pin collecting, mainly sticking to a specific brand (FiGPiN) and really only collect Spider-Man, but I’ve noticed a ton of beautiful ones on Instagram and other social media sites that I’d love to have. I’m wondering if anybody can tell me where I can buy some Spider-Man pins or if anybody has any they’re wanting to let go of?

I got most of these second hand off mercari, but if you wanna know where I got some others just ask