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I've used pins a few times. I stuck the ends between paper layers so they aren't exposed. They aren't a go to embellishment for me, but I do like how they look on cards when others use them.
A stick pin is just another decorative means of attaching something. No one's either too practical or not practical for using it. It's a matter of taste, not danger. I put liquid pearls or beads on the ends so the points are never exposed (someone else on that thread brilliantly suggested clear earring guards). I recently mailed my sister in California, I'm in Chicago, a valentine with a stick pin on it in a regular letter envelope. I put a tiny piece of bubble wrap in front of the pin (I also have used tissue, or a small piece of paper towel), marked "hand cancel" on the envelope and added a little extra postage. She received the card in two days in perfect condition.
I caved this week and used some pins on a couple of cards :oops: It really wasn't my fault. I was drawn in by the pretty pearl colors that went so well with the dullness of the packing paper.
I snipped the ends off with wire cutters but maybe I'll send the cards to my sisters just in case. I'm sure they've done something to me growing up worthy of a pin prick.
right. Things are just getting crazy. Pple don't know what new things to come up with and they start taking components off of clothings and fashion accessories.
So are we not allowed to use fabric, buttons or thread since they can all be found in clothing?
I don't use them, but I don't see anything wrong with using them.
True. Has anyone tried making and give it away? What is the response?
Oh yes, I haven't answered the question. I don't mind using pins so long as it is not to be mailed. In a work of art that is meant for display you can use anything that is not gross or bad taste.
I love the look of stick pins and don't think they are any less appropriate on a card than buttons, eyelets, charms or brads that have their origins on shirts, belts jewelry or in the office. I always cut off the sharp end and, depending on the design, secure it behind something, or attach a stick pin end (stick pins themselves were not just for hats, but often worn on the lapel and came with a safety end - I'm old enough to have some worn by my mother, sisters and me), bead or earring back. The recipients of the cards (and I do send them through the mail which is similar to mailing the above mentioned embellishments) have oohed and ahhed over them. I think it must fit the card just like any embellishment--I wouldn't put a button on every card either. If it is not you thing, however, there is no need to do it--or anything you don't want to do. That's the beauty of art! You can be as practical or impractical as you would like.
How funny to stumble on this thread today! I just uploaded a card using a stick pin and STUCK my thumb. Unbeknownst to me, I bleed all over my card! Instead of throwing the card away, I posted it in my gallery as a cautionary tale!! lol!
How funny to stumble on this thread today! I just uploaded a card using a stick pin and STUCK my thumb. Unbeknownst to me, I bleed all over my card! Instead of throwing the card away, I posted it in my gallery as a cautionary tale!! lol!
P.S. I won't be sending this to anyone. That would be just gross! lol!
LOL... thanks for the warning. This is why I won't use stick pins on cards, I'm certain I couldn't do it without jabbing myself! They look lovely though... when someone else does them. :oops: That must make me overly cautious instead of practical!
=jactop;18025513]I caved this week and used some pins on a couple of cards :oops: It really wasn't my fault. I was drawn in by the pretty pearl colors that went so well with the dullness of the packing paper.
I snipped the ends off with wire cutters but maybe I'll send the cards to my sisters just in case.
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I'm sure they've done something to me growing up worthy of a pin prick.
I caved this week and used some pins on a couple of cards :oops: It really wasn't my fault. I was drawn in by the pretty pearl colors that went so well with the dullness of the packing paper.
I snipped the ends off with wire cutters but maybe I'll send the cards to my sisters just in case. I'm sure they've done something to me growing up worthy of a pin prick.
LOL! You don't have to apologize for using pins on cards!!!!! The cards are lovely, and I didn't mean people shouldn't use them...just that I am having a hard time with the idea. It's a hobby, and people should do whatever the spirit moves them to do.
I am totally cracking up here. I have had exactly the same thought...specially "can I be sued?"
That being said, I love them. I've tried to find a certain kind of "cap" to no avail, but am thrilled to learn about the bugle bead thing.
Oh look, I didn't answer your question.
I will now. You can never be too practical
I guess I have some stick pins but have never done anything with them even though they are really pretty! But I have to agree that if there is a way to hurt yourself then someone will find it. I once gave a friend a b-day gift "wrapped" in a decorated can (the can with the pull tab on it, open it from the bottom and glue the bottom back on then the recipient opens it with the pull tab). My friend opened while I was there and I specifically said, "Be Careful...it's sharp inside and you could cut yourself" and she proceeded to stick her whole hand inside and yep, you guessed it...she cut herself on the inside of the can! Her response was, "what can I say, I'm blonde?" and start laughing so at least she wasn't mad but I still couldn't believe that she did that.
And zippers? Until I saw this thread I had never even heard of a zipper on a card but that link to a card with a zipper flower was amazing...I have to say that I liked it but I sincerely doubt that I will ever start using them on cards. and Jackie Topa, you never cease to amaze me....CUTE card with the Sewing set and the pin! Jan
I'd never seen a zipper flower. I'm doing good to tie ribbon. I think the zipper flower would be beyond me. I love the look of the stick pins but haven't ever mailed one, just ones to hand to someone special.
I don't personally use pins on cards. My family would be mortally insulted if I ever had anything sharp on a card. My grandmother was fierce about this. She gave her fiancee a pin to wear to remember her by before he went to war and he never made it back. Eighty-five years later, NO ONE in my family will give anyone anything with sharp edges. We are very superstitious this way.
Hooray, Rebecca. Great post. I'm so glad you addressed several ways to utilize the option in a safe manner. I mail cards with bulky embellishments if it is to a fellow card maker - I know they will appreciate the art. I protect my cards by adding a scrap piece of bubble wrap that comes in received packages. I cut a square small enough to cover my embellishment or I add a scrap piece of cardstock. Besides. this is my creative outlet - and to be perfectly frank - I don't do this to make anybody else happy except me. If they like it and appreciate it - the more better as my grandson says; if not throw the card away I'll never know. It is the thought that counts.
How funny to stumble on this thread today! I just uploaded a card using a stick pin and STUCK my thumb. Unbeknownst to me, I bleed all over my card! Instead of throwing the card away, I posted it in my gallery as a cautionary tale!! lol!
Hooray, Rebecca. Great post. I'm so glad you addressed several ways to utilize the option in a safe manner. I mail cards with bulky embellishments if it is to a fellow card maker - I know they will appreciate the art. I protect my cards by adding a scrap piece of bubble wrap that comes in received packages. I cut a square small enough to cover my embellishment or I add a scrap piece of cardstock. Besides. this is my creative outlet - and to be perfectly frank - I don't do this to make anybody else happy except me. If they like it and appreciate it - the more better as my grandson says; if not throw the card away I'll never know. It is the thought that counts.
I love the look of cards with pins and I bought some white pearl ended ones so I could colour the ends with the promarkers to match the project I've not used them yet and after reading the thread will be even more careful than I planned to be with the placement of them.
I don't think you can be too practical but crafting isn't always about being practical is it?
How practical can spending large amount of money be it �, $ or any other currency on card, paper, ink and some rubber when you could use for something really practical like the mortage?
Hope you all realise I'm teasing about the last comment I couldn't do without my crafting.
The few times I've used pins on cards, I was sticking them behind something (like a sentiment), so I mounted the sentiment with pop dots, and stuck the pins into the foam. Held the pins in place AND kept the points from sticking out.
That's a great idea!!! I also like the one about cutting off the points with clippers. Hadn't thought of it until I saw it mentioned, but I have some of the eye pin jewelry findings. Would be cool to attach an embellishement and attach to a card; plus no sharp points.
I cannot use pins on my cards due to my furbabies, and a lot of my friends have pets also. Two of my cats love trying to pull out pins and trying to chew on them. I have to guard my pincushions when I sew, as they will try to steal the pins out of them.
That being said, I think some of the cards using them are pretty. The zipper flowers are neat. I probably wouldn't use them personally on a card, but I think they are pretty. Some of the vintage looking cards are gorgeous with the hat pins attached. I do like the suggestion about sticking them into the foam! Great idea!
I always put an earring back on the ends (when I use them, I usually use two or three, depending on size and the design of the card.) One FANTASIC thing about creating art is that NOTHING IS WRONG! Card-making, scrapbooking, paper crafts, art of any sort--whatever melts your butter WORKS! I say, to each his own creation. To stick pin or to not stick pin, that is your question. Let freedom ring. Okay, ya'll get my idea! 
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