abbey993 Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Hey guys! Recently I’ve been wanting to try new pin storage methods but I’m having a hard time figuring out what I want. I currently use PinFolio binder sheets (which I love) and a zip up binder to keep them in, but I feel like it makes them look a little bit messy and bulky. Anyone have any reccomendations? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTwins Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 23 hours ago, abbey993 said: Hey guys! Recently I’ve been wanting to try new pin storage methods but I’m having a hard time figuring out what I want. I currently use PinFolio binder sheets (which I love) and a zip up binder to keep them in, but I feel like it makes them look a little bit messy and bulky. Anyone have any reccomendations? That's a great question! Pin storage is something that most of us are always working on, in one way or the other. Sis and I have actually been using decorated (or not decorated) cork boards for our pins for years, though we just purchased a few zip-up pin books to use for some of the odd pins that we want to keep but don't seem to match our "real" collections. For our trader pins, we had been using plastic bins with dividers (the kind that are used in modern fishing tackle bags or for crafting supplies), but those proved quite bulky and impossible to take anywhere. We just finished swapping those out for zip-up books and one small box with the larger pins on cards. Here are some older pictures of some of our boards, to show what they're like. Wall space is always a bit of an issue, so some of these are actually on the backs of doors! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitpersonality Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 My wife and I collect together. For the pins we don't have on display, we use standard 3 ring binders, plastic sheets with pockets meant for card collectors. For pins that don't have the cards they were sold on, we use either old business cards or buy the card stock to print meant to print your own business cards. This lets us write down pin numbers and other info we want handy. To keep the pins in the pockets of the card sheet, we just push the pin through the back of the sheet and put the back on again. For pins we do want to display, I am a wood worker and make small display boards. Basically oversized picture frames with corkboard and imitation black felt. I have also used my 3D printer to print out a pin board. I didn't design this, but found a free design file. Here is the file link. You print the board in 6 different pieces and use super glue to put them together. The designer provided good directions for printing and assembly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slidetackle Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Yall are fancy. This is all we have. Problem is, I just found a bag of pins we still haven't gone thorough and my youngest has a board of his own that's not shown here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitpersonality Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 Personally, I think the best solution is the one that works for you. I like to combine my creative hobbies, wood working and 3D printing, to support my other hobbies. My wife likes to use the results to do themed decorating for holidays. That does have unintended consequences sometimes, like having to dig through the Christmas decorations to recover a pin board of themed pins. We also have limited space, so we try to maximize how many pins we can store in our family room, where the pins, other collections and a lot of books have to coexist. We just try to be creative and have fun trying new things to show off our pins. I like what the twins have done with some of their pin boards. I may try to channel some of those inspirations into my next project. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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