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How you and your krewe uses its custom pins determines the tone and purpose. Establishing a pin’s purpose as your first step quickly narrowing your choices. Here are a few examples of how different uses for Krewe pins can inspire different designs:
As krewe membership pins
Decorated with krewe colors and antique plating, custom pins are used as intimate badges of membership among some krewe and their members. The Krewe of Rex, founded in 1872, has commissioned jewelry-grade pins for its members and their families
nearly every year since its founding
and gifts them in presentation boxes with cards detailing their design.
As parade throws
Custom soft enamel pins designed with a krewe’s unique personality and name add wearable pin flair long after your float has rounded the corner. As parade items, these krewe pins run the gamut from wearable doubloons with blinking lights to simple enamel pins painted with official krewe colors.
One of the first designs we helped design as a company was a krewe pin for the Krewe of Sirens, a Pensacola-based krewe promoting self-confidence among women. Krewe of Siren’s pin design is represented by a crest of a mermaid bearing a trident but the addition of vine and floral background to the pin further represented the feminine empowerment of the organization and created visual interest in a design that otherwise only features a plain background. With sparkling paint and high-polish silver plating, the pin gleams and stands out against almost every background, while emphasizing the organization’s distinctly feminine theme. Think about what keeps your krewe distinct when looking at a design. From krewe colors and mascots to individual symbols and purposes, every krewe has a unique spark to it. You only need to capture what makes your krewe special.
Just to give you a hand, here are a few thinking points to consider incorporating into a custom krewe pin:
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