Deciding what type of attachment to use for your lapel pins can be a tough one. There are several types of attachments, and each has it’s own use. We’ll cover some of the most popular lapel pin attachments below:

• Butterfly/Military Clutch – The most common type of attachment. Great for temporary use, giveaways and handouts – Medium holding power
• Rubber clutch – Common for trading pins and handouts, this clutch holds strong for a temporary duration and typically becomes loose over time.
• Safety Pin – Ideal for semi-permanent applications, safety pins hold well and can be used over and over again. Must be pinned on straight.
• Jewelry Clutch – Great for frequent use, jewelry clutches lock against the post to ensure a tight fit and years of secure use.
• Deluxe Clutch – Same as jewelry Clutch, offers durability and secure locking for frequent use.
• Magnetic – When piercing a garment isn’t acceptable, magnetic attachments can be used. Magnetic attachments tend to get lost and offer l0w-to-medium holding power.

There are several other attachments available for custom lapel pins, however these are the most commonly used. We consider ourselves experts at lapel pin attachments, so if you have any questions, just give us a ring!

Tomorrow starts a great new week at Pins Unlimited! We begin every week geared up, ready to help customers with a positive attitude and educated approach. We’re always studying new ways to better ourselves through experience and competitive analysis. We promise to be at the forefront o our industry, and keeping that promise means staying ahead of the curve. We enjoy perfecting our design and craftsmanship skills. Our sales team is always brushing up on the latest information from renowned business and sales moguls, and we’re proud to offer our high level of service to all of our customers.

Looking forward to helping you this week,

The Pins Unlimited Staff

We’re sensitive to the needs of non-proft organizations to use their budgets as planned as possible, and this is why we offer a 10% discount rate to all non-profit organizations on top of our already industry-lowest prices. We’re proud to do so and stand behind our products to assure every non-profit can get a great deal on custom lapel pins, and the highest quality products available!

Over the years we’ve become trusted as a premier supplier of custom lapel pins, and we’ve used our success to begin diversifying into new product lines! We’re very excited to begin offering our renowned high level of customer service to customers in new product arenas. We hope to become as well trusted in our new products as we have become with custom lapel pins.

Our new product lines will include: custom lanyards, custom embroidered patches, challenge coins, and custom buttons. All of these product lines will feature a dedicated website for easy shopping and fast response. We’ve expanded our headquarter design and sales team to offer nothing short of a perfect purchasing experience each and every time a customer calls, emails or visits our website.

Thank you so much for your loyal support and we look forward to helping you again and again!

Cloisonne Lapel Pins

When it comes to lapel pins, Cloisonne lapel pins are at the top of the food chain as far as quality, and appearance are concerned. Cloisonne pins are the most commonly used pins for corporate events and handouts, and are seen being worn at most restuarants and grocery stores by employees who have been awarded them as recognition pins. Cloisonne pins are made from an all-metal base. They are first stamped from copper or brass and then plated with gold, nickel, copper, or black nickel. After plating, cloisonne lapel pins are color filled, one painstaking color at a time!

Custom metal key chains are easy to make from your existing lapel pin design. Key Chains are typically 1.25″ to 1.5″ in diameter, and feature a loop and chain attachment. We can make custom key chains that feature your company name and logo, along with a slogan, or any other details necessary. Custom metal key chains are a great way to spread your message and come in a variety of finishes, platings and colors.

Employee Recognition Pins – A great way to reward a job well done.

Using lapel pins as employee recognition awards is an easy, affordable and sensible way to reward employees for excellent performance and boost moral. Who doesn’t like to receive tokens of appreciation when time, effort and attention to detail have been put forth? Lapel pins are the perfect way to send a clear and lasting message that the works of an individual are appreciated by your company. We’ve designed and produced thousands of recognition pins for companies ranging from construction businesses, coffee shops, pet boutiques and upscale restaurants all over the country.

An employee recognition lapel pin typically features the company logo, along with the title of a certain project the employee is being rewarded for, and often the year and/or full date. We offer presentation options to further increase the perceived value of the recognition award to make a lasting impression at the time your recognition pins are given out.

We had a very enjoyable and fun trading pin season thanks to all of our loyal youth sports team customers and partners. We designed many very cool, unique trading pins this season, and had a blast doing so! We couldn’t be more thrilled to be involved in pin trading, and offering our expertise in trading pin design so that teams all over the country can have amazing pins to trade on trading pin day! At Pins Unlimited, it’s not just business as usual, it’s a truly exciting time to be involved in youth activities and stand by and watch as thousands of youngsters trade the pins that we’ve been lucky enough to design for them.

From Our Team to Yours,

Pins Unlimited

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Lapel Pins

Cloisonne lapel pins

To make cloisonne lapel pins, we first start with a die or mold of your design. Your design is struck into copper sheets (or other metals if requested) and then cut out to the shape of your design. Each pin then receives a “back stamp” which is a custom design on the back of the pin, usually a phone number or web site address. Each cloisonne lapel pin is then painted using a glass-like mixture, and fired at high temperatures several times until the glass resins are hardened. Each pin is plated in your choice of gold, nickel, black nickel, copper, or a range of antique finishes, and then polished, packaged and shipped.

Soft Enamel lapel pins

Soft enamel lapel pins begin the same way as Cloisonne lapel pins. After your design is struck into metal, the pins are then painted using either a small needle, or brush, one color at a time. Then your pins are left to dry. The enamel is only filled 1/3rd of the way so that an embossed effect is the end result. Your pins are then polished, and packaged for shipment.

Die Struck lapel pins

Die struck lapel pins are made the same way as Cloisonne and Soft enamel lapel pins, however they are not painted. They are left bare metal, and able to be finished in antique finishes as well, which are highly desired, and very attractive. Die struck pins are very classy in appearance, and have an ageless look that will last a lifetime.

Other specialty pins

Other specialty pin types include silkscreen lapel pins, photo etched lapel pins, 3d pins, pewter pins, and iron stamped lapel pins.

Lapel Pin Accessories

Lapel Pins are available with standard attachments including a butterfly clutch (also called a military clutch), tie-tack with chain, deluxe locking clutch, jewelery clutch, safety pin, and magnetic backings. Other specialty attachment types such as key chains, cufflinks, tie bars, and stick pins are also available.

Common uses for lapel pins

Lapel pins are used by businesses and organizations all over the world as an advertising medium, or giveaway. Lapel pins are also used as incentives for employees as years of service awards, and recognitions pins. Below are some of the most common uses for lapel pins.

• Schools use lapel pins for fundraisers
• Youth sports teams use trading pins to raise awareness of their groups and to enjoy trading
• Government agencies use lapel pins to reward employess, and to distinguish rank
• Business and corporations use lapel pins to raise awareness of their products and brands
• Marketing companies use lapel pins to get the word out about a company and/or product.