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Find Portland Pins at:
- the Portland Museum of Art (7 Congress Square. Portland, ME)
- Pinecone + Chickadee (6 Free St. Portland, ME)
- Hello Hello (formerly Rock City Books - 316 Main St. Rockland, ME)
- The Oak + The Ax (140 Main St. Biddeford, ME)
The Portland Pins Project was created in 2009 by Bryan Bruchman (HillyTown) and Kris Johnsen (Emblem Studio) in Portland, Maine. We ask local artists to submit their own hand-made designs for 1" buttons that are sold in gumball machines!Categories
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Portland Pins, Back In Action!
It’s been a few quiet months on the site, though we have been keeping busy making custom pins. With Summer coming back around, the project will be back in full swing, thanks in part to the help of a new … Continue reading
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Holiday Sales!!!
This December Portland Pins and myself Kris Johnsen from Emblem Studio will be at a few Holiday Sales. Please stop by and say hi! Shop-A-Do Craftastic Art Sale – SPACE Gallery. Friday 12.03.2010, Starts at 5:00 PM, Ends at 9:00 … Continue reading
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New Templates and Trinket & Fern!
We have brand new templates! Please go download one and make some awesome new pins to put in our new pin machine location. Our 25 cent machine is now located at Trinket & Fern, located at 172 Middle St. in … Continue reading
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The Green Hand Bookshop!
Our new location for Portland Pins is at The Green Hand Bookshop! We just brought the pin machine over there this morning. We’re reallly excited about putting the machine here, we’ve been talking about it since the bookstore opened, and … Continue reading
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Find has a new website!
Find has a new website up! If you dont know what Find is it is a selective second hand clothing store in beautiful downtown Portland, Maine. We offer a carefully curated inventory of vintage, modern and designer clothes for men … Continue reading
Words and Images
We recently had the opportunity to make buttons for Words and Images which is a literary journal published by the University of Southern Maine. Designs by Aubin Thomas!
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Meagan Anderson
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Just Made!
Here’s a few shots of pins made today that will get delivered over to Find and Eli-Phant very soon, where our Pin Machines are! Most of these are made by Meagan Anderson and are all mostly collage, drawings and sewn, … Continue reading
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Meagan Anderson
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Kris Johnsen
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Meagan Anderson
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