026. Make 101 Disney pin trades (70/101)

Last weekend I sorted out my pin collection and actually made some trades after going 2 months without a single one. I turned off my Pin Pics trade assistant for No Buy May and that carried forward to June.

I've now gone through my collection to try and scale it down and focus my themes a bit more, rather than collecting just everything! I've listed lots of keepers as traders now and may even sell a couple of them.

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When I'm not feeling too great, I like to see the postman deliver a package full of beautiful pins!

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Two more trade packages landed today - pretty!

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Four more pin trade packages landed on my doorstep yesterday - more expected!

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026. Make 101 Disney pin trades (40/101)

I've been making a few trades lately, but not that many - I've sent out lots of requests but rarely hear back. I've also been receiving lots of trade requests, but I've declined a lot of them. This Valentine's pin from Disneyland Paris is one of my favourites that I've traded for recently - I really wanted it because it's related to Paris, 2011 and a loved up Minnie and Mickey! James and I just got back from Paris, so I think it's a perfect fit into my collection.

I did buy some pins when I was at Disneyland Paris, just a few - I would've had more had I more cash to spend! Never mind, I'll be back there soon - right?

These are the four pins I bought for my collection, I got them based on them being souvenirs for our 2011 trip. The other two Stitch pins celebrate our visit to the city of Paris to see the Eiffel Tower and our 4 day stay at Disneyland Paris. I had to have the Spring (Printemps) pin featuring Stitch and Angel, we visited during a perfect sunny, spring week. Finally, who could go without a Mickey Mouse pin featuring the year of our visit?

Collecting pins is addictive and expensive!

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Two pins and some cute stickers all the way from Hong Kong!

I mostly collect Stitch pins, but I'm getting more and more attracted to other pin subjects. Such as loved-up characters, just like these pins I got today. They're just so cute!

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I received four new pins last week.

The Disneyland Park pin is from the Paris park, I'm visiting that park next month so this is the first of many pins that I'll have from there!

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Three pin trade packages have arrived over the last few days. This brings my total pin trades up to 22 out of 101 - still lots more to do!

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I got two more pin trades in the post in the last two days. It also looks like international mail is finally arriving in the USA as well, I sent 9 trades on December 11 - today saw the first one of them arrive! I hope the others aren't too far behind.

I had some more pins to pack up tonight, so I thought I'd show you how I package up the pins I'm trading away. It's easy, just four easy steps!

one.

It all starts with a padded envelope, bubble wrap and the relevant postage stickers - in most cases I need Airmail and Customs stickers, I add a little Disney just because.

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Trim the bubble wrap to size and secure the pins so that they're not going to get damaged.

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Secure everything with tape and add a little note as a thank you for trading.

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Address the envelope, sticker and seal! All ready to go! ♥

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I've got a few pin packages to send out for trades I've made this week while on Christmas break. I got one pin in the post this morning, I've wanted it for a long time!

As well as some pin trade packages to send out, I'm donating a couple of my pins to Show Me The Pins - a project to make the largest collection of Mickey Mouse pins through donating, buying and trading. I think it's a great thing to be a part of and I look forward to seeing the project grow and help out whenever and wherever I can.

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My camera is waiting for it's battery to recharge, so no pin pictures tonight. I did receive 5 packages over the last few days with more pins! I'm up to 8 trades so far with 12 new pins in 2 days! I've updated my PinPics trades and owns.

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It's nice to see post waiting for you when you get home. Today I had two packages waiting with Disney pins inside - this takes my pin trade total up to three! They're all pretty cute and I think I'll make the Minnie Mouse pin a keeper and add the others into my traders.



Looking forward to having more post waiting for me to get home from work this week!

026. Make 101 Disney pin trades (1/101)

This morning I received a package with two Disney pins, this marks the first trade I've made during my 101in1001!

These are Cast Member exclusive pins sent to me by Barbara at DisBoards as part of the Winter Pin Exchange. I also mailed off all my pins today, I expect to get more packages from others next week!