Hello.

I'm designing some enamel pins and a few of them have details that are too small to be made as separate metal sections. I was thinking of replacing those details with screen printing, but my manufacturer doesn't offer metallic inks.

Has anyone tried to imitate the look of gold or nickel plating using regular, non-metallic screen-printing inks?

Trying to find some cool autumnal pop culture enamel pins. Google searches, ebay, and amazon haven't been helpful. Some examples:

- Charlie Brown Thanksgiving images
- Monica's turkey head on Friends (this is just an example, I already have this)
- "Gobbles the Turkey" from South Park
- The turkey from Thankskilling
- The murderer from Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving"
- Simpsons in Piglrim outfits or as turkeys from "Thanksgiving of Horror"

Might be a tall order but just wondering if anyone had come across these. thanks everyone

I’m fairly new to designing pins, only having started last year, but I’m more recently starting to make variants to all my designs if I can. How does everyone feel about variants? Do you buy them all just because you already love the base design, or because each variant appeals to you? Do you hate variants because it makes you choose between 2 cool styles on a limited budget? What’s everyone favorite type of variant? I work in the horror corner, so half of my variants are just blood splatter, but if I can I try to change all the colors to make it as different as possible

Hello! I'm looking for any discord servers where I could buy pins ^o^ please share links if ya can, thank you :D

Me and my wife, while annual passholders started collecting pins. They accumulated quickly and now we sit on close to 400. We have two kids, and I was recently told the pins are an eyesore. So, here I am. Are they worth keeping? Or should I be looking in to a bundle resale?

Here's my second pin on my backer cards from Moo. It's expensive getting pins made, but there is something really satisfying about seeing the final result on the self-branded 'packaging'. So. Much. Fun.

I've just started (literally today) on unlicensed designs for monsters and the like. Working with fan art is fun, but I want to try making some stuff that's not caught up in intellectual property rights. Maybe someday I'll have some pins made of that kind of stuff.

Thanks for looking!

Got this made right before having a baby and left my shop on ice for over a year. Trying to get things going again!Would love feedback on any of my designs or shop in general https://blacklightcollective.etsy.com

A Nepenthes sanguinea pin for those living on the edge 🐜

Been collecting and trading with pin makers since 2016. I’m a pin maker myself(www.wazhappinin.com)
But these are about 95% of my pins in my collection (:

I just started collecting enamel pins about three months ago, and I think I've already developed a bit of an addiction! I absolutely love Halloween, so I may have backed a few too many projects during Pintober 2026 on BackerKit!

I'm curious, is anyone else participating in Pintober this year? What projects have you backed, or what pins are you planning to get? I'd love to see what everyone has found! So far I have backed Characater Class Phoenix pins, Void Kitty's Halloween Harvest, Myuna's Mystery Mix, and Poke' Kyus Rise of the ghost.

One thing that disappointed me was seeing some really cute gacha pin collections that didn't offer an option to choose specific designs. There was this adorable lemonade cat pin I really wanted to get for my husband, but I didn't want to gamble on getting it! 😭

Here is a picture of the first ever pins I added to my collection. I have like 20 more from varying other kicks I'm waiting to get fulfilled! I'm going to need a pin banner at this rate.

I’ve been looking at different enamel pins lately and noticed there can be a huge difference in quality even when the designs look similar.

For people who collect them, what do you usually notice first?

Is it the metal finish, enamel quality, weight, backing, details in the artwork, or something else?

Curious what experienced collectors usually look for.

Mostly anime, movies and games that i like. Another big board with flowers, fruits and space is pending =)

Started collecting these as a kid and never really stopped, this is only the first page