Enamel Pins in Ireland
I’ve been selling pins since 2020 and my own personal colleciton has grown exponentially too. If you want to se mine, you can see them all here in my pin store
Why make enamel pins?
I love pins. I’ve well over 200 enamel ones and possible the same amount of pin-button ones too. My obsession really started on my wedding day, when my wife Siobhan gave me a Krusty the Clown enamel pin as part of a little gift bag. I was the person that made her laugh the most and she said it summed me up quite nicely. It was lovely. I wore it everyday. Then on the first day of honeymoon, the staff at Disneyland gave us a married couple pin of Mickey and Minnie as a little token of the day. Very cute. In the theme park I bough a few more and began swapping them in at the swapping stalls. I picked up more at our other destinations in Amsterdam, Prague and Berlin.
Here I am on the first day of the honeymoon with my wife Siobhan and the Krusty pin that she got me.
The next year Siobhan made me an advent calendar of enamel pins. This was beautiful. Every day I got a new one and they were all beautiful picks. Some star wars ones, some Christmas ones and a couple of highly decorative Adventure Time ones. Honesty, it was amazing. Everyone in work was waiting to see what the new one was. Here are two examples:
Since then I’ve only gotten more into them. I’ve bought super complicated ones, cheap knock off ones and everything in between. People have sent me old ones they found in the house and i’m a proud owner of the ‘Farmers Alliance of Ireland’ pin as well as a ‘Sheffield Wednesday Fan Forever’ too. I’ve even managed to source some really interesting ones like this:
I have several of the playbutton pins from years ago - even before i was officially a collector. These were amazing buttons that had an mp3 player build into them, that only played one album. It was a fantastic idea, I thought, but they never really took off.
It became obvious that there was a gap in the market for Irish based pins that’d look good on any top townie or cool culchie. So I became producing my own and since then it’s been growing at a nice, steady rate.
What styles are available?
The White Lady pin was the first one that was released and it’s been the best seller by a comfortable margin. I followed this up with the Fat Frog and CGPO ones that were, well considerably less popular. The catalogue has grown to over 30 pins at the time of writing. You can see some of the newer ones that are now available in the store.
What are they made of?
These enamel pins are a mix of nickel, soft iron and in some cases epoxy-resin coatings. Some are gold or silver plated, but you’ll find specific details on specific pin product pages.
How are they shipped?
The pins attached to paper business cards, sealed in a plastic wrap and posted in bubble-envelopes.
What sizes are available?
The sizes are listed on each individual envelope.
Can I re-order something that has sold out?
Re-orders will only be available if there is enough demand. I can’t guarantee that any badges will be available at any given time, unfortunately!
Can custom orders be made?
Unfortunately, I’m not in a position to make custom orders at present. All pins are sold as-seen and no colour, size or other changes can be made.
Where can I order?
So if you like what you see and want to see what’s in stock now, check out everything I currently have available in my Store.
