Make Faux Enamel Flower Pins

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April 11, 2010 53070 Views 11 Comments

By Heather

You’ll never guess what these vintage-looking flower pins are made of! Christine made them at her blog Jane Avion, and although you would swear they are made of metal and enamel, they are made from stuff you already have at your home. Intrigued? What do you think it could be? Well, before I tell you let’s just discuss how you could use these pretty pins. You could put them on your lapel, or pin one to a headband. I think they’d make fantastic Mother’s Day gifts. Speaking of Mother’s Day, are you going to take your mom out for a Mother’s Day pedicure? Speaking of pedicures, have you guessed how to make these flowers yet? [click here for how to make these Faux Enamel Flower Pins]

Project Estimate:

Pine cones, on hand
Nail polish, on hand or $1
Wood glue, on hand
Glue gun, on hand
Safety pins, on hand or $1

Total: FREE and up

Tags: flower, jewelry, nail polish, pin, pine cone, vintage

Heather

Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.

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11 Comments

Care

April 11, 2010 at 12:49 pm

WOW! These are really amazing! I’ve always loved those little enamel pins… Now I must go see if I have any nail polish in the house!
xine

April 11, 2010 at 4:38 pm

Thanks for posting Heather!
pam

April 11, 2010 at 6:24 pm

You had me fooled! Wow! Pine cones and nail polish? I would have never guessed. Maybe my sweetie wouldn’t mind my pine cone collection so much if it looked like this!
JHill

April 12, 2010 at 7:14 am

My head must be in a bad place this morning, because when you wrote “speaking of pedicures,” I had a sickening flash that the pins were made out of toenails. I think I need more coffee.

The PINECONE pins are adorable though, and not at all sickening. :D
Onjewels

April 12, 2010 at 8:54 pm

Awesome. I love a novel idea and I really like the look of these cute little pins. I can imagine wearing one on a cardigan. I will share the post on CraftGossip, as I know our readers would love it. – Thanks for sharing!
Michelle jadaa

June 27, 2010 at 11:23 am

oooh,im thinking hair pins!!!
Dianne

September 28, 2011 at 12:04 pm

Hi..just “found” your website and LOVE it! However, I couldn’t read the pine cone enamel pin directions..it was small and fuzzy..is there another way I could receive them..Thanks…Dianne Puckette
rhonda

September 28, 2011 at 1:40 pm

@Dianne – the instructions are actually on another blogger’s website, we just featured and linked to it. If you click on the thumbnail (small image) of the directions on her site, it will open up a file that shows it larger. Most browsers will reduce the size of this image to fit in the screen, so to make it bigger click on it again to see it full-size. You should be able to read it better then!
Terah Webster

October 3, 2014 at 11:12 pm

I love the flower pins made out of pinecones! Who would have ever guessed! HOWEVER, I went to the link and I’m really having trouble reading the “FINE” print instructions. Did not see where a comment could be left on her page or I would have ask her to please type them up. Is there anyway this can be done and added to your supply list for making the pinecone pins? Thanks so much in advance! I noticed someone else is having problems reading the fine print as well.