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A collection of vintage-looking pin badges in various platings and antique finishes.

How To Make Badges That Look Like Vintage Enamel Pins

29 April 2024

Here's how you can use our platings, antique finishes and additional extras to make badges that capture the essence of the vintage era that…

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Learn how to use glitter enamel to make your pin badges truly unique like our clients did with this collection of badges with skulls, wolves, bees and logos.

Add Sparkle To Your Merch With Glitter Enamel Pins

24 April 2024

We love enamel pin badges. We create millions of these fun, creative, useful, and profitable products every year. But did you know we can…

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May The Merch Be With You - Star Wars Pins, Patches, & Coins

24 April 2024

Some of the millions of Star Wars fans around the world have come to us to help them make fan-created pins, patches, and other custom merch.…

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A pair of royal blue grip socks have rubber soles with branding.

What Do Grip Socks Do? [& 5 Reasons To Wear Them]

22 April 2024

If you've ever been to a yoga or Pilates class, you've probably seen people wearing funky socks with fancy patterns on the soles - anti-slip…

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A woman's right arm features three temporary tattoos. Each tattoos is the delicate leaves of different plants.

How to Apply Temporary Tattoos [& Stop Being a Nerd]

17 April 2024

If you're too scared to get a real tattoo but want to pretend you're a biker, rock star, or literally anybody else on the planet, temporary…

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A collection of high-quality enamel pins people sell for profit.

Can You Make A Living Selling Enamel Pins?

8 April 2024

In this article, we'll explore the art of selling pins and whether or not it's possible to make a living from it.

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A dark blue baseball cap with orange New York logo, orange Made by Cooper side logo, and orange crown button.

Behind The Seams - Parts of a Baseball Cap

28 March 2024

In this article, we'll break down the anatomy of a custom baseball cap and explore the different parts that go into making this popular…

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F1 Custom Merch - An Aryton Senna vintage f1 helmet pin badge, a Bruce McLaren long service award badge, and McLaren's Fearlessly Forward branding enamel pin.

Making F1 Merch to Dominate the Grid

26 February 2024

One of the most compelling industries we've had the opportunity to work in is the high-octane world of Formula 1. Find out how we helped one…

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A selection of five custom coins made to commemorate military units, EDC groups and pop-culture genres.

How to Make Custom Coins - A Beginner’s Guide

22 February 2024

Whether you want to make custom coins for a special event or your business, this guide will give you all the information you need to get started.

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A collection of six pin badges all with different coloured plating as examples of how we can make you designs pop.

Pin Badge Plating - What Is It & Why Do I Need It?

21 February 2024

We produce millions of pin badges every year in an almost infinite number of configurations. One crucial step in the production of pin badges…

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