Actually, posting that motivated me to move the rest of my pins onto the wall hanging so I can actually look at and admire them—
So here is my little pin collection, in no particular order:
The Fool, The Sun and Death from Kevin Jay Stanton's Botanica pin collection
Dark Entomology European Stag Beetle pin by Emily Cannon. Her shop is currently closed for maintenance and this was a kickstarter pin so it is probably not available
"I Am The Gay Agenda" rainbow pin is from dom+bomb (a local size inclusive queer indie clothing brand) to support Spectrum Center — I got it at the local pride event recently 🏳️🌈 Currently out of stock but maybe they will restock it in the future
Harpy pin by Samantha Mash whose store currently does not have any pins but does have a lot of pretty stickers and prints
Ball python pin by Aspen Eyes — no longer in stock but they still have some eyes pins plus some other pins... The eyes glow in the dark, just FYI.
Star Servings constellation pin by Chan Chau — store is currently closed
Froggy pin from the Froggy Plush kickstarter by Allie Mehner/grind3h — again, another kickstarter pin, so likely not available, and I'm not sure the artist even has a store
Mars: Iron pin by vipi.ink (weirdly enough their store pictures don't look like my pin, because the texture of the planet is like, screenprinted or something? but this is where I got it because it's in my email receipts lol)
Queer enamel pin by lychgate aka mr. kittys
Green Peas pin from the Produce Pin Series I kickstarter by Katie Berntson — another KS pin, and the creator doesn't appear to have a shop linked
Tiger skull pin — I can't find my email receipt for it, nor a backing card. It's not from etsy so there's no past order there... It does glow in the dark, though, and there's text hidden in the lines above the skull that are only visible when it glows...
Those little round things next to it are just some random earrings I got to hold a shirt closed btw
Flower bee pin by crowlines (currently sold out)
Mushroom Twins pin by sugarnova (not available but other mushroom pins are)
Egg ghost pin is another one I'm not... sure... can't find the receipt lol
Pansy Pride Flowers Pin by doki rosi (another kickstarter pin)
Funny Lil' Guys Garden Eels soft enamel pin by QuailteaGoods
Octopus Medusa pin was an add-on from eightfish's Puppeteer kickstarter
Saggitarius sparkly Zodiac pin by JackalandhareArt
Sword and shield pins from Emily Cheeseman's armory series (the sword and shield are sold out but there are some other armory pins still available)
Moon and cloud enamel pin was an add-on from the World Roulette kickstarter, by Light Grey Art Lab who I'm not sure are still like... in business
Bat pin by zombieisok (no longer available/shop is closed but reopens in like a week)
No idea what company made the Fay and Kurogane rubber pins, I got those at Sakuracon or something like 15 years ago, if not longer lol
Shaggy Inkcap mushroom pin by place called bliss/broadfootlenny
Okapia "Rainbow Sunset" pin by faunwood (no longer available)
Zelda pin was from a zine I'm not sure is still available
Carmico strawberry letter pin (no longer available)
And
Diver enamel keychain by Verena Loisel
Here they are all together:
Still plenty of room!
I don't buy pins super often because they're a little pricey for the size (but, also, if you think of it like jewelry, $15-$20 per pin is very reasonable), but every once in a while I do see something that's too pretty, cute or interesting to pass up.
When I was in high school I had a shitload of regular pins, like, the circular kind, pin badges, whatever you wanna call them—idk I'm American, they're pins—and I would put them all over my sweatshirt. Which is... a little unwieldy and less than elegant LOL but those were also crappy cheap aluminum pins that eventually got rusty, broke, etc.
Obviously the nice pins I want to be set up in a nice way, and also not potentially risk losing them... lol
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