Create Your Own Pin Step by Step …

DESIGN & MANUFACTURE Your Custom Enamel Pins

Many beginners still have questions about getting into the game – making their own enamel pins: “Completely zero-based, I want to customize enamel pins. What kind of knowledge do I need to master? Can you provide a step-by-step guide to learn this?” “If there is no design, are there any tools for online designing enamel pins that can be recommended?” “How much does it cost to make enamel pins?” “What’s the difference between hard enamel pins and soft enamel pins?” “How to make enamel pins from scratch?”……..

The market will always be a surprise; it will smell the taste of your needs and surprise you.
Today, we will teach you how to make your own enamel pins and create your own pins step by step.

Step by Step Process of Making Enamel Pins 

To make your own Enamel Pins, this guide will help you turn your designs into amazing enamel pins.

Step 01 Create Your Pin Design

Step 02 Determine Enamel Pin Craft

Step 03 Determine The Right Pin Size

Step 04 Choose Backing And Its Quantity

Step 05 Choose Enamel Pin Packaging

Step 06 Select Enamel Pin Manufacturer

Step 07 Custom Enamel Pin Cost

Step 08 Confirm and Place Your Order

More tips: About Making Your Enamel Pins

STEP 1
How to Design Enamel Pins

Design your own pins–Creating a Pin Design

No matter you are making something worth collecting, promotional pins,  or just want to show your creativity, excellent enamel pins start with eye-catching enamel pin designs.

• Using professional design software to creating your designs, such as Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop,
• Or using Free Alternative Online Editor: Pixlr.com, GIMP, Paint.NET,

Even if you don’t have design skills, there are many free online tools to turn your ideas into functional pin designs:

• The leading online design tools: Canva, Stencil, FotoJet, Desygner,Placeit by Envato…
• Online Design Tools developed by enamel pin maker: GS-JJ, the Pin People, 

Designing your own pins is obviously a happy thing, but some error-prone details are likely to be overlooked. Here, we sort out the following points for you:

• Simplified design
• Draw the design with clean connecting lines
• Use bold lines that can be converted to raised metal
• Avoid using complex external shapes and gaps
• Consider the weight of the final pin
• Avoid shadows
• Make sure to use the PMS (Pantone Color Matching System) for colors

Or find a designer

For creators who have ideas but don’t have the time or know-how to create these files, or can’t make sure about creating pin design, you can also ask a professional designer for help.

Check out the payable service markets: Fiverr, Creative Market, or Upwork, and find design resources, and hire graphic designers who can make your ideas into workable designs.

If your budget is limited and then free artwork design service provides by those enamel pins makers is perfect for you. You only need to provide your ideas, whether it is graphic artworks, simple sketches, or just some ideas written in text, designers will make your concept a reality and choose the right style.

The designers of enamel pins makers will provide you with digital works for your confirmation and approval. You can tweak this artwork over and over until the concept fits your needs perfectly.

STEP 2
Choose Your Enamel Pin Type

Pin manufacturers are based on two traditional processes, hard enamel, and soft enamel. However, many people even mistakenly believe that the two are the same. For most people, it is difficult to distinguish between soft enamel pins and hard enamel pins.

In addition, there are four easily distinguishable processes: Sandblasting Pins, offset printing pins, Antique pins, 3D cast or cut out pins. Each material is a real material with its own characteristics, so no matter which process you choose, you can make it an ideal high-quality pin.

Learn More: Get more information about how factory manufacturing the enamel pins.

Learn More: Get tips for distinguishing 6 types of enamel pins.

Hard Enamel Pins

Hard enamels-Their signature features fine lines and smooth surfaces that are more visually appealing to most people. These are the best looking and most professional designs. From the level of enamel and the hard polishing effect of the end, it becomes flat and smooth.

Soft Enamel Pins

Its main feature is its textured pin surface, which provides more detail and reduces costs. They are made of cast iron metal, electroplated, high temperature baked, and optional epoxy coating and usually feel thinner than hard enamel pins.

Learn More in-depth: read our post: Soft Enamel vs Hard Enamel Pins for more information 

STEP 3
Choosing Your Enamel Pin Size

At this stage, it is important to determine the size of the pins to be manufactured, as this will help you determine how simple or detailed the design is. Size is related to cost. The larger the size, the greater the information and effort required, and therefore the higher the cost.

When to choose big size enamel pins?

Larger pins (1.25 inches long or 1.25 inches long) can be designed with more detail because they use a larger canvas, the bigger the enamel pin, the more detail you can add to the design. But their size also restricts where they are worn, few people wear custom 2-inch lapel pins. 

Pins: 1.25″-2.00″ Sizes

● Enamel Pins with difficult fonts

● Suitable for Medium – High Details

● Benefit for Most Requirements

When to choose small size enamel pins?

Small pins are usually 0.50 to 1.00 inches wide or long. They are lighter, easier to connect anywhere, and cheaper because they use less material.
The disadvantage of small pins is that they usually do not provide unique design details. The smaller the pin, the cheaper it is.

Pins: 0.50″-1.00″ Sizes

● Suitable for Simple Designs without much details

● School or Company Logos Pins with Simple fonts

● Sponsor Pins or Promotional Pins

Learn More: Get tips for how to wear enamel pins. 

STEP 4
How Many Enamel Pins and Pin-Backs You Need?

How Many attachments You Want?

The rear of the pin is just as important as the front of the pin. Different accessories have different uses and applications, so how do we choose the right pin attachment? It’s not that difficult, just choose according to your own needs. We offer a selection of attachment-types: butterfly clutch, rubber cover, magnet, safety pin, luxury clutch, cuff-link, stick pin, keychain, and so on.

Learn More in-depth: Get tips for choosing the right attachments for your enamel pins.

For pin fixing, you only need to choose the right number:
For smaller pins, usually, only one backing is chosen, but when your pins are large enough, we recommend sticking two attachments! With just one attachment to secure the pin base, your pin can shake left and right in any place, and it is more likely to fall and be lost.

≥100 Pieces Enamel Pins Or No MOQ?

How many enamel pins should you order? The selling price starts with the cost of the initial mold. After making the first mold, each pin will be created in a copy of the mold. Therefore, increasing the quantity means lowering the average price per enamel pin.

Sometimes just tell the pin makers how much you need to order, they will give you a preferential price based on the quantity you ordered.

Most manufacturers of enamel pins will ask you to order 100 pieces in a minimum order. If you are not at ease, to reduce the risk, you can choose to cooperate with companies that offer custom enamel pins no minimum order quantity, and sample pins before mass production, for example, GS-JJ, Pinmart, EnamelPins.com.

STEP 5
What Type Of Packaging Do You Like?

Most pin designers have redoubled their efforts to create support cards for each pin design and package the support cards and pins in plastic bags. The general manufacturer will provide five types of pin packaging: plastic bag, plastic bag+paper card, plastic box, velvet bag, and velvet box. Therefore, when you are deciding on the packaging, please consider where you plan to sell. The right package is the right way you can add highlights to your pins.

If you plan to sell your enamel pins at conferences, online, or other commercial stores, the more exquisite packaging will allow people to choose your products.

Acting as common giveaways, promotional pins, event pins, or if you want them to hang the pins right away, you probably should bypass the carding and bagging.

Meanwhile, if you want to use it as an ad, make sure you have a logo back cover.

STEP 6
Choose The Right Enamel Pin Manufacturer

Once you have prepared the design draft and demands, the next step is to find the right manufacturer. The pin industry has developed rapidly recently, which means that there are now manufacturers all over the world. Here is some detailed information for you to find the right manufacturer of enamel pins:

1. Rich Experience

2. Timely Feedback

3. Own an Enamel Pin factory

4. Show Comments

5. Free Shipping

6. Delivery Guarantee

7. Quality & Return Guarantee

There are many companies in North America, Europe, and Asia that provide enamel pin manufacturing. A quick Google or Alibaba or social media search for “pin maker”, “enamel pin manufacturer”, “enamel pin factory” will result in dozens of suitable manufacturers.

Once determine who you work with, e-mail them with a low-resolution JPG of the design (instead of the final PDF), the required materials, size, quantity, number of pins you want. 

Learn More:   Get tips for choosing the right enamel pins manufacturer Or check where to order the best custom pins.

STEP 7
How Much Do Custom Enamel Pins Cost?

The cost of custom enamel pins depends on the previous six steps, the design cost can be reduced as many companies provide free design. Factors include:

Type / Quantity / Size / Color / Attachment / Package / Adds-on / Production Time

Different factors corresponding to different selections and different costs will be generated. 

Bulk purchases usually ensure that you reduce costs, but only making sure you already make the most money using the best reputable services.

If you want to create multiple designs in one batch to adapt to different sales channels or to give customers multiple choices, try to use different packaging ways ( eg: 1/3 with backing paper card, 2/3 with plastic boxes) or use different enamel color collocations (solid colors or a mix of colors) based on the same mold.  The pin makers will usually keep your mold for up to three years for free.

Want the more exact price? Make full use of the manufacturer’s online quotation system, which is faster than an email quotation. Not only can you compare and get your ideal price in a short time but also repositioning and refine your demands step by step.

STEP 8
Confirm and Place Your Order

When you have finished the above steps, your custom enamel pin is very close to you. Now you only need to complete the order and the entire ordering process is successfully completed.

The thing to note here is to order one month before you need the pins so that they arrive on time. Usually, it takes about 2-4 weeks to reach your custom enamel pins, so please consider your ordering time, especially when the demand is seasonal. Unless you want to receive your pins after the holiday!

MORE TIPS
About Making Your Own Enamel Pins 

✎ Plating

Electroplating is also called surface treatment, and it comes with some options. Plating usually includes nickel-free plating performed under the main plating layer.

Learn More: Get more information for different plating options.

✎ Pin Type

There are 4 kinds of special crafts: Sandblasting Pins, Offset printing pins, Antique pins, 3D cast or cut out pins. And plenty of special options: apply rhinestones, glitter variants, glow in dark enamel, transparent enamel, screen printing, laser engraving, epoxy coating, tassels, hanging chains, jewels additions, slider, bobble, and other gimmick pins. These add-ons are quoted based on your design.

✎ Production

Standard production usually takes 10 to 14 days. Printing design is the fastest style. Hard enamel and cloisonne have been made longer because of its complex process.

✎ Production Time

If you need to rush your order, we recommend that you require your sales representative to send the order to the factory directly for completion before the deadline. Or you can choose the pin with simpler craftsmanship, or contact for the supplier’s 24-hour rush service.

✎ Delivery

Most bulk pin orders are shipped by Ground Shipping Services. Goods that need to go to multiple locations are very standard. Please make sure you have reserve enough time for delivery.

✎ Reorders

The best part of reordering is that the mold is pre-made and your order cost will be lower than the price you originally paid. You don’t have to pay for the mold the next time you order the same precise design.

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Plating is very important for lapel pins. The effect of the appearance of the lapel pins is to see what kind of plating you to chosen.

Plating refers to attaching a metal protective film on the surface of the metal material, which can prevent corrosion, prevent oxidation, make the appearance beautiful, and improve wear resistance, and so on.

We offer a variety of plating options, each with its own unique appearance. Whether your promotion requires a traditional and colorful appearance or a classic old-world look, you can choose the plating that best fits the occasion.

How To Choose Custom Lapel Pins Plating Options?

Which metal plating options are right for your custom pins? There is no right or wrong answer, it all depends on your pin design and preference.

If you are not sure which one goes best with your design, See the article below.

Here are 4 tips you should know when choosing to electroplate your custom pins.

Tips 1

How Many Kinds of Plating Can You Choose?

GS-JJ can provide many different plating options are Shiny Gold, Shiny Silver, Shiny Copper, Shiny Brass, Black Nickel,

Alternative finishing options are Antique Gold, Antique Silver, Antique Brass, Antique Copper, Two-Tone Finish, Rainbow Plated and Black Dye.

Shiny Platings

Our shiny platings are the most common option for lapel pins. The pins are electroplated with your choice of Gold, Silver, Copper, or Black Nickel, Then buffed to a mirror shine. We suggest that this plating can be used with Soft Enamel Pins, Hard Enamel Pins, Sandblast Pins, and pins without enamel.

Antique Platings

Our antique metal platings are perfect for those who want a less flashy look to their pins. The finish subdues the metal so it isn’t as shiny and gives it a patina. Antique pins are a great contemporary look with old-world charm that is sure to impress.

The back of our antique pins is black. We suggest that this plating can be used with Antique pins, 3D or Cutout Pins, Soft enamel pins.

Rainbow Plated

We are excited to tell you that we can provide the rainbow metal pins. Their incredible eye-catching and vivid appearance will make your pins stand out from the crowd. You can add any color you like, It is definitely one of the coolest choices.

This process is called ” anodizing “

The rainbow effect is achieved by anodizing. First, the metal pin is cast in a mold. Before any enamel is added, the pin is carefully cleaned and prepared for the anodizing process. A chemical solution is created and pins are dipped in it.

The ground wire is connected to each pin, and the charge passes through the wire through the metal. The chemical reaction with electricity produces an amazing rainbow effect on the metal.

This process only takes a few seconds to change the color of the metal. Even if the power is turned on for half a second, the color of the metal can be greatly changed. The final color of metals is determined by the time it takes for the charge to pass through them. Then clean the pins with a chemical solution and add enamel if necessary.

Tips 2

Dyed Metal Electroplating

This has been the biggest innovation and trend in the enamel pin movement recently. Enamel pin designers have been driving these changes within our industry and we couldn’t be happier.

Now you can get your base metal in white, red, green or blue.  This has been the most exciting change we’ve seen in 46 years in this industry and solves a LOT of design problems.

Most pins are too small for us to inlay color in the text. White or black dyed metal solves the problem. Make your text raised metal when designing and advise us of your color choice.

This is not suitable for orders with a tight timeline as it adds a couple of extra steps to the electroplating process.

Tips 3

What problems do you need to pay attention to

              when choosing Two-Tone Finish and Dye Black? 

The two-tone finish can choose two or more kinds of finish together on a lapel pin. It should be noted that the plating of a lapel pin can only be shiny plating, or it can only be antique plating. You have to remember once your product is dye black plated, no other plating can be done.

Dye black lapel pins can only be dyed black. So if you choose a two-tone finish, we will recommend the plating of your lapel pins according to your requirements.

Tips 4

What’s the Difference Between

                 Shiny Black Nickel Finish and Dye Black?

They both are black, but the plated black nickel is a kind of metallic bright black, bright and reflective, so it does not look particularly dark, and even looks like silvery when reflective. Dye black is to dye the whole product with black pigment, Because the pigment is dyed, the surface of the product is not particularly reflective and looks very dark. The disadvantage is that it is not as bright as a black nickel.       

If you choose the hard enamel pins, you cannot choose the antique finish type and dye black. In addition, for any other process, these plating are no different. Depending on what kind of metal color you like, you can choose what kind of plating.

Need Help With Your Metal Pins Plating Options?

If you don’t know how to choose the plating for your product, you can choose the LET GS-JJ to decide for me option on our homepage‘s unique custom system. We will choose the best plating for you based on your requirements.

Get Quote

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Why is it necessary to popularize the knowledge of magic phosphors? When ordering enamel pins glow in the dark, the chosen phosphor color and the light it finally glowed in the dark maybe not the same as what you expected at the very start. The reason is that you don’t fully understand the phosphors and how to choose them. So the importance of correctly using the glow in the dark powder is shown here.

Let’s fully learn about the knowledge of magic phosphors in a question and answer format.

Q: What are phosphors or glow in dark powders?

• A: Phosphor, also called Glow in the dark powder and fluorescent powder, is made of zinc sulfide which absorbs light energy when it is exposed to natural light, sunlight, ultraviolet light, etc. After stopping the light irradiation, it is slowly released in the way of fluorescence and can be seen at night or in the dark. The glow in the dark powder will last for several hours or more than ten hours. After the light energy of glow in the dark powder is released completely, it needs to be put into the light again to absorb light resources so that it can continue to glow in the dark.

Q: How many colors of glow in the dark powder are we, GS-JJ used?

• A: We have common 16 color options: yellow-green light, blue-green light, sky blue light, red, white, green, orange, purple, yellow, orange-red, rainbow pink, light green, fluorescent yellow, fluorescent green, fluorescent red, fluorescent blue, and other special color options are also available for your selection.

Q: Is the color of the phosphor the same in bright and dark places?

• A: No, it’s different. Because the brighter color is the lower luminous brightness is (as shown in the figure below). As you can see, the light from the pink glow in dark power turns red, and the purple powder turns gray-green. Therefore, Customers have to attention that the light of the phosphor powder is inconsistent with the color of the phosphor itself. In other words, it is not that this phosphor color is changed to phosphor to emit the light of that color. So we also suggest that when choosing the powder color, customers should look at the contrast between the bright and dark to make the right choice.

Q: What kind of glow in dark power is the best luminous effect?

• A: Yellow-green light, blue-green light, and sky blue light are the best in the dark. And we also recommend these three colors to customers. In addition, the larger area of the fluorescent colors on the enamel pins, the better the light effect in the dark. Especially for small areas that glow in the dark pins, it is strongly recommended to use three phosphors: yellow-green light, blue-green light, and sky blue. The glowing effect of the Colorful phosphor badge in a small area is much worse than the above three recommended phosphors.

Q: Can phosphors be mixed with colored ink?

• A: Glow in dark powders can be mixed with colored ink, but the mix will darken the light effect of the glow in dark powders. Generally, the effect of adding fluorescent powder in transparent ink is better than that in colored, non-transparent ink, that’s to say, if you want pins’ luminous effect to be bright, you’d better to choose the transparent ink mixed with glow in dark powders.

Q: Does the color of glow in dark powder affect the color of enamel?

• A: The color of glow in dark powder has a certain influence on the enamel color which mainly depends on the color of powder and the added quantity. But don’t worry that, our color masters have a fixed proportion for color matching.

Q: Is the phosphor on your enamel pins certified as non-toxic?

• A: GSJJ uses the fluorescent powder materials with ROHS environmental protection certificate and EU EN71 heavy metal test certificate. Guaranteed safe, environmentally friendly, and non-toxic, ensuring your usage at ease.

Do you know how to choose the magic glow in the dark powder for custom pin badges now? If you have any other questions, leave a message in our comment area freely, or contact our online customer service directly.

At the end of the knowledge popularization of the glow in the dark powder, let’s enjoy our awesome glow in the dark enamel pins by GS-JJ.

More Lapel Pin Badges Knowledge:

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/glow-in-the-dark-enamel-for-custom-pins/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/soft-enamel-vs-hard-enamel-pins/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/craftwork-class-custom-pins-offset-printed-vs-silkscreen/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/electroplating-vs-spraying/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/die-struck-lapel-pins-vs-die-cast-lapel-pins/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/answer-the-questions-of-epoxy-custom-lapel-pins/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/how-to-choosing-the-right-attachment-for-your-lapel-pins/

https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/craft-combination-custom-pins/

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When making the Custom Pins with Enamel Paints, the most common question is what’s the difference between soft vs. hard enamel pins (the two most popular styles).

In case you are a video lover, watch the video to get a quick answer.

Video Version of Soft Enamel VS. Hard Enamel Pins

For more introduction, please read on…

Quick Visual Distinction

Let’s get a quick understanding of Soft Enamel VS. Hard Enamel Pins, just judging from the surface:

The simple answer is soft enamel has raised metal lines & recessed enamel, a textured and non-smooth surface.

The answer for hard enamel is a polished flat of metal and enamel, a non-textured and smooth surface.

If you have these two types of pins at hand, try to compare and observe them from the front view, and the side view, and feel the difference in the surface with your fingers.  You must have got the answer when you read here.

Want to deeply understand the differences? Please dive on.

In-depth Understanding

1. What are Enamel Pins?

➤ What are Soft Enamel Pins?

Although its name says otherwise, soft enamel pins are not soft to the touch. Soft enamel pins are a kind of enamel pins, it is also called die-struck pins. Based on stamped metal or die-struck metal, it can be electroplated with various metal colors, bright gold, bright silver, etc.

The debossed metal areas between metal edges are filled with various colored enamel paints which are laid below the metal edges. 

Each color is surrounded by metal edges. Its surface has an obvious sense of concavo-convex. You can feel the obvious roughness with your fingers. Its dimensional look is what makes so many people drawn to it.

➤ What are the Hard Enamel Pins? 

Hard enamel pins are also called imitation Cloisonné pins, a kind of enamel pins. It is equivalent to the upgraded version of soft enamel.

The entire inside debossed metal areas are filled with various colored enamel paints to the same even level of the metal edges.

And the surface is repeatedly polished. Its surface has no obvious sense of concavo-convex, and we can feel a slightly bumpy feeling while it has a similar texture to ceramics. The smooth surface makes it look more exquisite.

2. How Much Do Enamel Pins Cost?

➤ Soft Enamel Pins--Most Popular Style

The great-looking soft enamel pins with medium quality and charming texture are highly cost-effective and can be used for a versatile selection of shapes and sizes.

It is suitable for making all kinds of mid-range lapel pins. 

Price as low as $0.35/PC. Check the price list of soft enamel pins

➤ Hard Enamel Pins--High Perceived Value

The high-quality hard enamel pins belong to the top-grade lapel pins. The smooth and exquisite surface gives people a luxurious feeling.

The price is a bit higher than the soft enamel. It applies to the company lapel pins and commemorative lapel pins.

The price is as low as $0.55/PC. Check the price list of hard enamel pins

3. How are Enamel Pins Made?

➤ Different Manufacturing Processes

Both use the same metal mold and will have vivid colors. The mold of soft enamel can only be used for producing soft enamel pins, while the mold of hard enamel is not only able to be used for the hard enamel process but also for the soft enamel process.

Let’s learn more about the difference in manufacturing processes.

          How to Make Soft Enamel Pins          VS.          How to Make Hard Enamel Pins

The Manufacturing Flow Soft Enamel Pins VS. Hard Enamel Pins

➤ Different Surface of Finished Enamel Pins

Soft Enamel Pins are concave-convex, a metal line, or a metal surface is raised

Hard Enamel Pins are filled with enamel paints to be flush and even level with the metal edges and polished to a smooth-to-the-touch surface.

Notice: We can add a transparent epoxy resin coating to the surface of soft enamel pins to protect the surface and give the effect that the soft enamel is smooth(lose the sense of concave and convex).

Distinguish Skill: Because of the refraction of light, the surface with an added epoxy resin coating will be bright with a sense of reflection. But the “flat one” is not the hard enamel one.

4. Durability: Soft VS. Hard Enamel Pins

After getting the finished product, let’s see who is more durable.

Under the same preservation method and conditions, hard enamel pins are more durable than soft enamel pins.

Hard Enamel Pins are preferred by those who want the more durable enamel pins. It has super high quality and resistance from scratching.

In terms of drafting and design, the enamel pin manufacturer does the same colors, details, and visual effects on either. The difference is how the end products feel and how shadowing or reflection alters the appearance of the finished pins.

You can choose one or the other based on aesthetic preference as some craft works better than others with either the manufacturing process.

At GS-JJ.com, we offer both soft and hard custom enamel pins for the lowest factory price. Ultimately, the custom pins come down to your personal preference. You could pick the appearance and process that work best for your design. 

If you are still unsure, contact us and let us know. As an enamel pin maker with 20 years of professional experience, GS-JJ can help you pick out the most suitable and best-looking one for your design.

-End-

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Here, we will popularize the knowledge point about custom pins every week that help you understand custom lapel pins more deeply and provide help to our customers.

Today’s first episode, let’s talk about the offset printed and silkscreen process of custom lapel pins.

The two custom pins in the picture above, can you tell which one used offset printed and which one used silkscreen? If you can tell, congratulations, you are professional. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know. Our craftwork class will let you know them.

Offset printed and silkscreen is all printing processes, but their printing methods and functions are different. We will introduce in detail the process and characteristics of the two below.

Offset Printed

Offset printing also known as the whole printing can be printed in a variety of complex colors and patterns.

The characteristics of offset printed:

1. Showing a gradual color change.
2. There is no need for raised metal areas to divide different color areas.
3. Custom sizes and shapes are available, fonts and colors have no restrictions
4. Offset printing usually requires the addition of epoxy protection colors of custom lapel pins.

Silkscreen

Silkscreen is the use of the screen, through the photoengraving technology to the lapel pins printed text and patterns. It is mainly for simple graphics, less color, small patterns, and texts.

The features of screen printing:

1. The silkscreen process can be used to make a lapel pin independently. If there are small texts or patterns on the soft enamel pins or hard enamel pins that cannot be made with molds, silk screen printing will be used instead and the effect of the pins will not be affected.
2. No raised metal areas to divide different colors and no gradient pattern.

Offset Printed VS Silkscreen

1. Offset printing can print out complex photos or colors. The strength of silkscreen is to clearly reflect small texts.
2. Offset printing can only be mixed with the epoxy process while silkscreen can be mixed with the process of soft enamel, hard enamel, and epoxy.

Silkscreen VS Enamel Craft

The custom pins that silkscreen mixes with the enamel process are very common, but many people don’t know the differences between them.

• Silkscreen has no metal lines. Enamel craft is to use the metal line-divided paint areas.
• Silkscreen can clearly reflect small texts and small texts using enamel craftsmanship will not be clearly reflected, that means silkscreen can be as an aided process (this is why we often see the silkscreen process added to enamel pins)

Offset Printed VS Enamel Craft

In order to let everyone a more thorough understanding of the custom lapel pins craft, we will also compare the difference between offset printed and enamel craftsmanship.

• Offset printing is no metal division area and the surface is smooth. The enamel process is bumpy, soft enamel has noticeable embossing and hard enamel need finger touch to feel the unevenness of the surface.
• Offset printed can perfectly reflect the gradation colors of photos and landscapes. The enamel crafts need metal to divide colors. For more details on the enamel process, please check out this link: https://www.gs-jj.com/blog/soft-enamel-vs-hard-enamel-pins/

Today’s craftwork class is over. Have you learned about offset printed and silkscreen? If you have any other questions, you can leave messages in our comment area. Customize offset printed pins or silkscreen custom enamel pins, please go to: you can place an order.

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Iced coffee cup

The long glass that we use when we drink iced coffee or juice, it looks a cool feeling. The cup of this glass cup custom enamel pins used gold, the coffee and cream in the cup are light brown and purple. The pattern of the NORTH is displayed on the glass. Did you feel when you looking the glass cup custom enamel pins in the hot summer?

Welsh wine cup

Peoples who like to drink Welsh or vodka are sure the most familiar with this type of wine glass. The short and fat glass is the Welsh wine glass. You will immediately immerse yourself in this feeling of comfort when you drinking the Welsh or vodka and listening to a soft color of music. The Welsh glass custom pins are adopted in grey, orange and black. The orange is the color of the Welsh wine, while the gray is the color of the cup and black is a modification. Do you see a glass of vodka when you see the Welsh wine glass custom lapel pins?

Puzzle cup

Friends who like to collect cups like the unique patterns and beautiful cups. So they think that it is very enjoyable when using this special cup. The pattern and color of this cup shirt pin are quite special which like a puzzle cup. You can put these letters together and spell out different words. This cup used light yellow, turquoise, and grey. The shape of the cup is ordinary and its special feature is a pattern. The simple cup shirt pins with a brightly colored is easy to match clothes.

Ordinary coffee cup

The coffee cups we usually use are white porcelain cups with handle. Such coffee cups are very common whether in the restaurant or at home. We have a breakfast coffee cup enamel pins here. The interesting thing about the enamel pin is not the cup itself, but the donut and the spoon in the cup which makes the enamel pins look a little more energetic. It is the hard enamel pins and very wearable. It is very spiritual to wear this breakfast coffee cup personalized pins in the morning.

Ice cream cup

It’s not just coffee and juice, but ice cream also can use a cup. Our designers also have designed cute and beautiful ice cream cups stock lapel pins. Wearing the ice cream cups custom metal pins which will show fresh and cute and it instantly makes you feel younger.

The use of different cups brings a sense of ritual for our lives. Wearing beautiful accessories is also a sense of ritual for our lives. If our life lacks these senses of rituals, we will lose a lot of fun. Are you adding some beautiful decorations to yourself for your fun and rich life? We are a manufacturer of gift decoration and can customize a variety of lapel pins, medals, patches, silicone wristbands, and more. Order URL: https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins.

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Lollapalooza Music Festival

Chicago, Illinois: Lollapalooza Music Festival is held in Chicago’s Grant Park every summer, with alternative rock, heavy metal rock, punk rock, Hip-Hop, and electronic dance music. Musicians such as Eminem, Lorde, Foster the People, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Azalea, and Kings of Leon have all been on the stage here.

Coachella Music Festival

Indio, California: Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is one of the most famous rock music festivals in the United States and is held every year in the California valley of California. In addition to the bands and singers performing on stage, the audience was equally star-studded, with a large number of stars, supermodels, and fashionistas regularly attending the festival.

Telluride Bluegrass Music Festival

Telluride, Colorado: The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is the top outdoor Bluegrass festival in the United States and is very suitable for camping. The music festival began in 1973 and has been held for the 43 times.

SXSW Music Festival

Austin, Texas: South by Southwest Conference & Festivals, called SXSW. It’s held every year in Austin, Texas, and has been more than 20 years of history. It has become one of the most popular and largest-scale music festivals in the United States. Every year, the festival invites musicians from all over the world to perform for more than a week. The line-up is strong, with rock and roll, electronics and hip-hop as the main elements. It’s really cool. This conference is also the place where technology companies release the most cutting-edge products.

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Austin is called “the capital of live music”. Besides the city’s SXSW, the Austin City Limits music festival is also very popular, called ACL, which was held in 2002, held in the city of Austin, Zilker Park. It was created by the same team that started the Lollapalooza music festival. The festival features a wide range of musical genres, including rock, indie and country music, and ballads. Two-weekend music activities can attract more than 400 thousand people.

Outside Lands Music Festival

San Francisco, California: The Outside Lands music festival began in 2008 and was held annually in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, the main venue for the Summer of Love of the hippie movement in the 60s. You can come here for the festival, lie on the lawn and feel the warmth of the “Beat Generation” young pioneer craze. Bands such as Radiohead, Muse, and Arcade Fire have all appeared here. In addition, this festival also advocates green environmental protection, famous for its food and wine.

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Manchester, Tennessee: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which began in 2002, was held in Great Stage Park, Manchester, Tennessee, for 4 days. It was a little remote, but attracted a lot of fans and media attention and was praised as being as popular as Woodstock Rock Festival. The artists who come to perform every year are very famous, including Elton John, Jay-Z, and Bob Dylan.

Monterey Jazz Fest

Monterey, California: The Monterey Jazz Fest is said to be the oldest Jazz Festival in the world and the largest and longest continuous Jazz event in the world. During the 3 day period of the music festival, eight stages were opened at County Fairgrounds, Monterey, and nearly 500 jazz players went on stage to let you relax and enjoy jazz. There will also be a series of seminars, workshops, and art exhibitions at the festival.

Ultra Music Festival

Miami, Florida: Ultra Music Festival, referred to as UMF, began in 1999. It is one of the largest outdoor electronic music festivals in the world. It is held in Bayfront Park in Miami every march. It is the holy place for the enthusiasts of electronic music. At first, the festival was only one day, but it was extended to three days after 2006. Famous DJ will come here, and you can enjoy the rhythm of the music festivals while blowing the sea breeze. Besides Miami, this festival will also be held in other parts of the world including Europe, South America, Japan, and Korea.

Dunesville Music Festival

Dunesville Music Festival started in 2014, with the help of some amazing landlords, an amazing group of Michigan bands, volunteers, and many other hearts. This year’s Dansville is housed at a hurt farm, which will be the most exciting Dansville music festival to date! This festival is filled with love and cooperation, making you happy with the great music food and hawkers!

If you love music and enjoy attending music festivals, why not come to GS-JJ and customize custom pins for your favorite music festival? You can order custom enamel pins including custom soft enamel pins from our Automated Quotation System with fast delivery, cheapest price, and 100% Satisfaction Guarantee.

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The custom of bridal clothing

The custom of bridal clothing dates back to the Victorian Times, where the bride’s dress is related to “something old, new, borrowed and white.” Because the old things are related to the bride’s family and her past life. New things represent the bride’s happiness in the future. Good fortune and success can be found in her new life. Wearing things borrowed from marriage can bring good luck to marriage, which can be a wedding dress, a handkerchief, and a piece of jewelry. White objects are considered to be symbols of purity and loyalty.

There are two interpretations of the bride’s custom of wearing wedding dresses. One is that in the time of the arranged marriage, the bride’s face should be covered up before the bride is formally married at the wedding so that it is too late for the bridegroom to see the bride even if she does not like her appearance. Another explanation is that the bride wears a wedding dress for the purpose of hurting evil spirits who are not loitering on the wedding day.

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The carrying the bride over the threshold

The custom of the bride and groom holding the bride through the threshold stems from the Rome era. People at the time thought that if the bride stumbling on the first doorsill of the first day would bring bad luck, and holding the bride through the doorsill could avoid such a thing.

The custom of wedding rings

The custom of wedding rings is generally believed to have started in the seventeenth century. At the wedding, the priest touched his left forefinger in sequence and said, “In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit…, just touched the ring finger.

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Carrying flowers

The bride’s habit of carrying flowers originated in ancient times. It is thought that strong herbs or spices can drive away evil spirits, bad luck, and disease. In the Victorian era, when lovers sent flowers to each other to convey their different feelings, flowers had more meaning. For example, apple blossom represents “the coming of better things to come”; red roses represent “I love you”; white roses represent “pure”, and forget me is “sincere love and memory “.

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Bride standing on the left side of the bridegroom

As for the bride standing on the left side of the bridegroom, it is very interesting. In ancient times, the bridegroom used his left hand to protect the future bride, but at the same time, he had to free his right hand, swords to defeat and drive away other people who wanted to rob her.

Though people are accustomed to these customs today, it is very interesting to understand these ancient cultural traditions. After understanding the wedding culture, let’s talk about the wedding detail. Everyone wants their wedding to be unique, so you can design a unique LOGO for your own wedding. For example, we have Groomsman custom pins, wedding enamel pins, and Wedding Commemoration Custom Lapel Pins. If you want to design their own wedding lapel pins, choose GS-JJ. We can provide free design and free shipping. Each of wedding enamel pins are individually poly bagged and fixed by a butterfly clutch back. GS-JJ can provide many different soft enamel pins and hard enamel pins at the lowest price.

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Common network platform emoji

Google Emoji

Google has organized and released the 10 emoji which people use most often on World Emoji!

In addition to the 10 most commonly used emoji, netizens also summarized the most commonly used emoticon package based on different social platforms.

Facebook Emoji

As the most popular social app, Facebook hottest emoji of the year is a red heart. Maybe many people use Facebook to talk about love now…

The number of expressions used every day is about 2,300 according to the data published by Facebook. The heart-shaped Emoji is used twice as often as last year. The most popular emoji is the cake that mainly because most Indian netizens will send birthday wishes to friends on Facebook in India. The most popular expression pack is laughing and crying in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Twitter Emoji

The social networking site Twitter also compiled the most commonly used emoji from June 2017 to June 2018. The first one is the same crying expression. At that time, the official English of the Oxford Dictionary was – Face with tears of joy. There are also some popular expressions such as prayer, smile, heart shape, fire, thumbs up, kisses, etc.

Apple Emoji

The smile is still the most commonly used emoji in the data released by Apple. The top ten emoji with the highest frequency of use is the following:

Of course, these are online emoji. Do you have the expression pack on our life? Let’s take a look at these beautiful and delicate little emoji. Don’t be captivated by these little things.

Beautiful emoji trinkets

Say hello

When you say hello to someone we all smile. This smiling kitten is greeting you. This is a lovely hello for the custom pins. If you are in a good mood when you saw him? Want to be friends with him?

Bad mood

You are in a good mood, of course, there will be times when you are depressed. If you are in a bad mood, you can bring this sad lapel pins. It is like telling others that you are depressed and maybe there are friends who can understand your mood.

Shying

When a girl sees a favorite person or her lover or someone does something to touch the girl. Of course, she will be shy, blush, and excited. And this girl soft enamel pins expressed these expressions very well.

Arrogance

Do you like the arrogant little emoji? Many people often made such arrogant little expressions when they are proud of themselves, or look down on certain things or people which make people feel inaccessible. The ghost personalized pins tell you that the arrogant expression is like this.

Money bag

If you want to buy something or enjoy a service, you have to charge. The money is indispensable that no one doesn’t like it. This money bag stock lapel pin is so beautiful. Would you like to come up with an offline expression pack?

Heart

On the Internet, peoples are concerned with love and romance that need to use red heart showing. And in fact, the heart often is used in our life too. Pink love hard enamel pins expressing love is a very good gift. Customize one to send a lover?

Of course, the expressions in our lives are very rich. These are just a small part. If you like this kind of performance pins, you can go to https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel- Pins. Here you can see more cute little expressions custom lapel pins.

Which of the above expressions are lapel pins? Welcome message. You can also talk about your most used expressions or favorite little tricks in the comments section.

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Butterfly

Butterfly is probably the most used design element for designers. Why? It is a very good design element because of its versatile shape and rich colors. Butterflies can be made into beautiful hair accessories, earrings, rings, necklaces, and brooches. There are many crafts for making butterfly ornaments, such as: hollow, silk flowers, jewelry, and enamel etc. Butterfly elements are often used in jewelry design. In fact, it is beautiful and vivid to make with paint. We can use paint to give it a variety of colors and shapes. The personalized pins are also much cheaper than jewelry.

Bee

Bees may be the insects we are afraid of because they have weapons. But designing them into cute little hard enamel pins is estimated that perhaps have aroused your girl’s heart. A cute little bee should be loved by girls. Is there an urge to wear a cute bee? Wearing a cute bee brooch daily, which can boost your glamour index.

Ladybug

Most of the seven-spotted ladybugs are made into a variety of brooch pins. There are gorgeous jewelry brooch pins and personalized paint brooch pins. The seven-spot ladybug is often made into a brooch pins due to its bright colors and rounded shape. It is very eye-catching if you wearing the ladybug soft enamel pins which is suitable for a little personality and cool dress.

Spider

Spiders are also often used and designed for jewelry and accessory. Spiders are a dark representation that generally symbolizes beauty, mystery, sensuality and charm. Its unique shape and mysterious charm are not something that everyone can hold. If you can use spider insect jewelry perfectly, you are definitely a fashionista.

Ordering way

Insects have their unique charm which brought happiness to our childhood and brought beautiful elements to our lives. The love of these insects makes us so much like and even want to have them. In fact, having them is not difficult. We can customize these insects into your favorite custom pins or shirt pins and wear it on your clothes and hats to enhance your personal charm. We are a professional enamel pin manufacturer. If you have the need for insect custom enamel pins, you can call: 1-888-864-4755 or (909) 839-4501. Or go to our website to select: https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins.

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