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Volunteer Recognition

01-27-12

Many organizations use lapel pins to honor and recognize their members and volunteers. The American Legion honors longevity of members with 50 year pins and 55 year pins. Many organizations, including Health Care, Humane Society chapters, and Wildlife Conservatories honor their volunteers with dinners and gifts of recognition including lapel pins. Some organizations choose pins [...]

Less is More

01-03-12

Are you looking for a simple and affordable branding solution for your nationwide marketing campaign? Look no further, Pincrafters has the answer. We can outfit your company with lapel pins representing all 50 states of the U.S.A. The design idea is simple but powerful. Your logo is centered in each of the 50 states and [...]

Pawn Shop Prize

12-28-11

Lapel pins recently made television history … or rather we were reminded of some lapel pin history on the popular History Channel show “Pawn Stars”. A customer, and former Olympic athlete, had brought in a pre-event screening pin he was given during the summer games. We learned from Rick that some of the earliest Olympic [...]

Fundraising Thank You Gifts

12-19-11

Lapel Pins can be a very tasteful “thank you” gift or incentive during your next fundraising effort. Variety, the children’s charity, has been selling lapel pins for their fundraising program for over 20 years. They raise over $6 million dollars annually. This year they are offering a Lucas Films licensed lapel pin featuring characters from [...]

Fortune 500 Holiday Gift Guide – 12kt Gold Lapel Pins

12-12-11

Looking for that perfect Fortune 500 corporate gift for the women in your office? A custom lapel pin from Pincrafters will transform a power suit or cardigan into a sparkling fashion statement while promoting company pride. We can design an elegant pin with precious metals and gem stones including your company’s logo worthy of a [...]

Lions Club Pin Trading

12-07-11

Pin trading has been a popular activity for many years. Curling clubs from the mid nineteenth century are credited with starting the tradition. This tradition has carried on through many major league athletic teams, youth league athletic teams, political candidates, and various clubs and organizations. Lions Club members have enjoyed pin trading through their local [...]

Custom Pins used for Recognition

12-06-11

There was a recent article that really exemplified how many of our police and fire department customers use custom lapel pins.  We have seen an increase in designing custom lapel pins for upcoming trade shows like http://www.nylawexpo.com. Also local police departments and fire stations have used our lapel pin production to minimize their badges into [...]

Veterans and Military Non-Profits use Custom Pins

11-07-11

It is no surprise that many non-profits use custom lapel pins for acknowledgment, fund raising and thanks.  Recently there was an article showing how the patriotic lapel pins are used to encourage awareness about what our wonderful troops sacrifice to protect us. Northern Oklahoma College will sponsor a veterans’ reception on Friday. Everyone is welcome [...]

Interesting Seattle Times article about the use of custom pins.

10-17-11

I ran across an article about custom lapel pins that I thought was an article from The Onion. Using lapel pins for memorials and remembrance is very popular.  Whether the pin is an elegant gold die struck pin or an inexpensive etched pin, a lapel pin is used by many to simply show respect or [...]

My son loves Custom Lapel Pins.

10-05-11

The other day my son was home sick from school.  I decided to bring him to my office and try and have him understand what dad does which is design and manufacture custom pins and other items.  Being only 4, he initially was not interested in going to my office.  The minute we walked in [...]