Pin updates!
Aug. 22nd, 2007 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flybystardancerWell, today when I was in Long's Drugs picking up a card for my aunt's birthday, I noticed a binder that was zip-up and came with a shoulder strap! But I didn't really like the front, and it was $14, so I was all 'no way!' and put it back. Good thing too.
My uncle and I were talking after dinner and before cake/presents about pins, and he mentioned that he had brought over some pins to sell (though they weren't Disney). Well, while we were looking through the garage sale stuff in the garage for them, I found a binder one of my cousins had put out to sell. It was a zip-up one, and would do great! So I just snagged it and put it with my stuff to go home. (Hey, anything taken from family before the sale starts is free!)
So I get home and I'm thinking, "Cool! Now I just need the shoulder strap and the inserts." And as I'm puttering about my room, I hit a bag I got for free from Grand Sierra in Reno... Well, it was a free bag so the quality wasn't that good. One day as I was getting out of the car with it over my shoulder the fabric holding the plastic loops that the strap was hooked to broke. That meant I could no longer use the strap with it, but the strap was still in good condition! So now I have a free extra strap for it!
See my handiwork?
Well, also when I got home, Mom called me over because I had a package. It was the first two pins I had won off of eBay! Eee!
So I gathered everything up and put it together and took a picture of how it's set up. Now, just imagine it with sheets of either felt or cross-stitch backing with pins hooked to it right where you would normally put sheets of paper.
Yes, this is a binder designed to carry a CD player and extra CDs. Who cares? Heh.
...And now for an updated pic of my entire collection of pins so far.
So I was able to cobble together something satisfactory for free compared to $14 at the store. Whoo!
Also when we were talking, my uncle told me about a pin seller that's always in the same spot at this one flea market who sells many kinds of pins, including Disney. However, I don't think I'll be able to get to one until I come back for Christmas. *sad*
And Em? My family's garage sale is at my grandma's this Friday and Saturday if you or anyone in your family wants to browse through it.
My uncle and I were talking after dinner and before cake/presents about pins, and he mentioned that he had brought over some pins to sell (though they weren't Disney). Well, while we were looking through the garage sale stuff in the garage for them, I found a binder one of my cousins had put out to sell. It was a zip-up one, and would do great! So I just snagged it and put it with my stuff to go home. (Hey, anything taken from family before the sale starts is free!)
So I get home and I'm thinking, "Cool! Now I just need the shoulder strap and the inserts." And as I'm puttering about my room, I hit a bag I got for free from Grand Sierra in Reno... Well, it was a free bag so the quality wasn't that good. One day as I was getting out of the car with it over my shoulder the fabric holding the plastic loops that the strap was hooked to broke. That meant I could no longer use the strap with it, but the strap was still in good condition! So now I have a free extra strap for it!
See my handiwork?
Well, also when I got home, Mom called me over because I had a package. It was the first two pins I had won off of eBay! Eee!
So I gathered everything up and put it together and took a picture of how it's set up. Now, just imagine it with sheets of either felt or cross-stitch backing with pins hooked to it right where you would normally put sheets of paper.
Yes, this is a binder designed to carry a CD player and extra CDs. Who cares? Heh.
...And now for an updated pic of my entire collection of pins so far.
So I was able to cobble together something satisfactory for free compared to $14 at the store. Whoo!
Also when we were talking, my uncle told me about a pin seller that's always in the same spot at this one flea market who sells many kinds of pins, including Disney. However, I don't think I'll be able to get to one until I come back for Christmas. *sad*
And Em? My family's garage sale is at my grandma's this Friday and Saturday if you or anyone in your family wants to browse through it.
