Thrifting SF S.C.R.A.P. ❤ Truly CHEAP pin book for only $1!
You must be wondering how I scored such a cheap pin book! Well believe me when I say that you can get one of your own for this cheap! You just need to know where to look.
Yesterday, I dropped by S.C.R.A.P. and I'm assuming people probably won't know what that is. It stands for 'Scroungers Center For Reusable Art Parts' where everything is dirt cheap. I use to go here all the time when I had to purchase art supplies for my design projects (newly graduated from an art academy). So when I went there yesterday, I realize that I could buy some stuff there to hold my pins since my small collection has been getting bigger and bigger. This is what I ended up getting.
They have a HUGE box of slide protectors which I rummaged to find good ones since some are made of thinner or thicker materials. Some are used. Some are new. Some are bigger than others. Here are the inserts I ended up getting.
Here's a pic of me putting some pins in. Of course, you can pin the pin through the sleeves so it doesn't pop up like that but I was just using it as an example since I haven't decided what pins I wanted to store in there yet.
Guess what the binder and slide protectors cost me?
It's a very nice PU(?) leather binder and pockets inside. I also got 16 small slide protectors that can hold 20 pins so total can hold 320 pins and I got 8 medium sized slide protectors which can hold a total of 72 bigger sized pins or pins w/ the card.
All this cost me.....
$1
I'm not kidding you. The girl seriously just pointed to the binder, saw the protectors I put in it and told me the entire thing costed $1.
On top of that I found these photo protectors! It was in a huge box that probably have hundreds of these!
Each packet has 25 protectors and I got 8 packs so a total of 200 protectors! I went home and decided to try them out. I'll probably ship my pins like this now
All this cost me.....
$1
Yep! Now the only bad part of this entire story is that SCRAP is based in San Francisco. At least the closet to me is. I've heard from my classmates that there are others scattered around NorCal so you might have to research a bit to find other SCRAPs. I tried to go on their site http://www.scrap-sf.org/ but this one only has one location and no links or addresses to their other locations. I also heard that there are other non-profit organizations which sells really cheap reusable art supplies. So this not only helps you but it also helps non-profit organizations by purchasing some of their supplies! So I urge you to search around for organizations such as these and maybe you'll get lucky and find materials to help with your pin collection
ps. If you do decide to drop by, all the stuff I found is on the right side. Right when you enter their warehouse, you just keep going straight and it's the right most aisle where they also have dolls and toy parts. When you're in the aisle, look to your left. You'll see a bunch of slides and at the bottom are huge boxes of sleeve protectors. At the top, you'll find binders. You can also go one aisle over to their office supply where they have clear wrapping papers, note pads, binders, hole punchers, shipping envelops and so much more! If you are an artist or crafter, this is THE place for you! Super cheap fabric, lace, picture frames, canvases and so much more!
Yesterday, I dropped by S.C.R.A.P. and I'm assuming people probably won't know what that is. It stands for 'Scroungers Center For Reusable Art Parts' where everything is dirt cheap. I use to go here all the time when I had to purchase art supplies for my design projects (newly graduated from an art academy). So when I went there yesterday, I realize that I could buy some stuff there to hold my pins since my small collection has been getting bigger and bigger. This is what I ended up getting.
They have a HUGE box of slide protectors which I rummaged to find good ones since some are made of thinner or thicker materials. Some are used. Some are new. Some are bigger than others. Here are the inserts I ended up getting.
Here's a pic of me putting some pins in. Of course, you can pin the pin through the sleeves so it doesn't pop up like that but I was just using it as an example since I haven't decided what pins I wanted to store in there yet.
Guess what the binder and slide protectors cost me?
It's a very nice PU(?) leather binder and pockets inside. I also got 16 small slide protectors that can hold 20 pins so total can hold 320 pins and I got 8 medium sized slide protectors which can hold a total of 72 bigger sized pins or pins w/ the card.
All this cost me.....
$1
I'm not kidding you. The girl seriously just pointed to the binder, saw the protectors I put in it and told me the entire thing costed $1.
On top of that I found these photo protectors! It was in a huge box that probably have hundreds of these!
Each packet has 25 protectors and I got 8 packs so a total of 200 protectors! I went home and decided to try them out. I'll probably ship my pins like this now
All this cost me.....
$1
Yep! Now the only bad part of this entire story is that SCRAP is based in San Francisco. At least the closet to me is. I've heard from my classmates that there are others scattered around NorCal so you might have to research a bit to find other SCRAPs. I tried to go on their site http://www.scrap-sf.org/ but this one only has one location and no links or addresses to their other locations. I also heard that there are other non-profit organizations which sells really cheap reusable art supplies. So this not only helps you but it also helps non-profit organizations by purchasing some of their supplies! So I urge you to search around for organizations such as these and maybe you'll get lucky and find materials to help with your pin collection
ps. If you do decide to drop by, all the stuff I found is on the right side. Right when you enter their warehouse, you just keep going straight and it's the right most aisle where they also have dolls and toy parts. When you're in the aisle, look to your left. You'll see a bunch of slides and at the bottom are huge boxes of sleeve protectors. At the top, you'll find binders. You can also go one aisle over to their office supply where they have clear wrapping papers, note pads, binders, hole punchers, shipping envelops and so much more! If you are an artist or crafter, this is THE place for you! Super cheap fabric, lace, picture frames, canvases and so much more!
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