My Pin Collection

[Snoudel]

Just today I started doing something with the pins that I have; this is how I am storing them.

The chest where all my boards will be:


My limited edition 100 pins in the chest:


Close up of my le 100 boards:



Will keep updating collection . Have many more pins!

Thanks for looking!

 

[tiggermickey]

VERY Nice collection there,I love where you are putting them as well

 

[coblj003]

That's an ingenious place to put pins, much nicer then the rubber maid container I currently house mine in. While I want to eventually frame some of mine, a chest would be great way to keep everything out of my desk.

 

[caffinecupcake]

I think this is so nice. Are you building nesting tray inserts for the trunk?

 

[Snoudel]

I was thinking of doing that, cupcake, but I would not know where to start. I am just going to put a layer of styrofoam between each set of boards.

 

[aleciadesu]

Very cute!

 

[mybabykelly]

Wow, awesome pins. They look so neat on their boards. Keep us posted, looking great!

 

[carolynhill]

I like your pin-collection chest. It looks secure and serious, then you open it up, and it's full of fun!

 

[CMR626]

Very cool idea - the chest is really neat and you have some awesome pins in it already!

 

[YoSoyAhPuch]

Yar! Tis a treasure chest of pin goodness! Nice idea.

 

[labtech_laura]

I now keep mine in acid-free plastic pages with pockets sized to hold baseball cards. The pages hold nine pins each. I seal the keeper pin pockets. I then put the pages into a zippered 3 ring portfolio. I used to use pin bags for all my pins but switched to this new method to protect the keeper pins from rubbing on each other and getting scratched. Each portfolio can hold about 150 pins and I've filled 3 of them so far. I still keep my traders in the pin books to make access easy.

I have a lot rare pins that I won't trade that are for exhibition only. I've been collecting and trading for 15 years and I've worked hard on my collection. I got the portfolios at Wal Mart and the plastic pocket pages at Office Depot. It works for me.