We get a lot of questions about how we package our orders. From our prints to tees to pins there are a whole lot of different ways to ship out your order. We thought we would quickly go over how we package and ship our enamel pins.

Materials used to package enamel pins:

1. . A small 5"x7" Stayflat mailer. (We prefer the rigidness of Stayflats over bubble wrap mailers because we find the post office tends to bend and fold bubble mailers.)
2. . A sheet of 1/4" bubble wrap approximately 12"x3"
3. . A small sticker
4. . A thank you card insert.
5. . Oh yes, and an enamel pin

1. We roll out the bubble wrap and attached the enamel pin to it by piercing the pin through the bubble wrap and attaching the rubber clutch to the other side. This insures the pin won't slip out of the bubble wrap during the shipping process.

2. We then roll the bubble wrap around the pin card ensuring both sides of the pin are protected. 2 or 3 layers of bubble wrap on either side should do it. I usually place an extra layer of bubble wrap on the clutch side because that's where more protection is needed.

3. Then we place on a small sticker so that the bubble wrap does not come undone in the shipping process.

4. Then we simply insert the thank you card into the envelope with the clutch side facing the card for a bit more added protection.

5. There you have it! A enamel pin ready to ship.

With the recent success of our Stranger Things Arcade Pin and Contra Cheat Pin, we decided to come out with another retro inspired game pin. Harking back to the ancient days of the 1980's, our newest pin reminds everyone to just 'BLOW ME'. Yes, if you were a kid of the 80's or 90's you are sure to remember the little old trick to cleaning out those dusty NES cartridges. Somehow if you blew into the opening it would magically clean out all that dust and dirt. Have a peak at our newest pin and let us know what you think:)

With all the chaos of running your own business it's nice to have some side projects every once and a while to work on. They not only provide extra income but also spark creativity and get the old juices flowing. I recently had the pleasure of working with Andrew Pike, a Toronto based interior designer and owner of Andrew Pike Interiors. I've know Andrew for a while now and his design style and eye for decorating is amazing. When talking with him we knew his brand must include antlers in some way shape or form. He adores them and wanted to create his brand around them. We went through several hundred antler designs and concepts and finally landed on the one you see below. So after a year of sketches, reviews and mockups here is the final product.

Hot off the enamel press we've got a new pin! Last week we introduced our Contra pin so we thought why not keep the gaming theme going;) This one is inspired by our favourite series Stranger Things. We thought we would get a head start on this seasons series by re-creating the 'Arcade' sign out side of the PALACE. Check out some detail shots below:

We've recently launched a new product in-store. We took one of our best selling pop prints 'Contra Cheat Code' and turned it into a fancy lapel pin. This was our first goes at making enamel pins so we wanted to take our time designing them and finding the manufacturer. The design was especially challenging because you had to condense one of our previous print designs down to 1"x1" in size. Things had to be simplified and rearranged a bit. We learnt a lot about how the enamel process worked, for instance lines could be no less than .2mm wide. Hard enamel versus soft enamel. Also what types of backing clutch you could use. In the end I think we got lucky and the first run of these pins turned out fantastic, better than we could have ever imagined. Have look and let us know what you think:)