I've officially started my project! In my pitch, I shared that I would be cataloging and researching all of our Disney pins on and online database and making a display board for them. Up to this point, I have primarily been working on cataloging our pins. This has actually been really fun! So far, I've cataloged 224 pins. (Actually, that number is higher because there are some duplicates and some pins that I cataloged as sets.) I began cataloging them on February 2 and having been working on it a little bit each night since then. Below is a screenshot of some of the pins I've cataloged thus far.
As you can see, it doesn't even really seem Disney related. I typed in phrases like "red and blue face" to try to find it and really struggled. I contacted one of my mentors who thought that it might be from "It's a Small World," which was unfortunately another dead end. Finally, when looking for another pin, I came across a pin that looked similar to this one. That led me to finally discover that it was an Adventureland Tsum Tsum Tiki God and was part of a set of six. I just got lucky finding that one because I still have no clue what it really is. Needless to say, I'll be trading this one! Hopefully this will be the most difficult one that I encounter.
I have researched the pins a little bit as I've cataloged, but not much. I decided that after I have all the pins cataloged and organized, I will do more research on each pin.
In addition to cataloging pins, I contacted two potential mentors, Lindsey and Anna Bellotti. They have been collecting pins for years and will be a great resource for me.
PLAN:
There are three aspects of my project that I intend to work on in the next two weeks:
1. First, I plan to finish cataloging all of our pins over the next two weeks. I have completed most of my own pins and Lindsey's. For the most part, all I have left is cataloging Anna's pins.
2. Next, I plan to research each individual pin. I would like to determine which ones are limited editions, parts of sets, or rare.
3. Finally, I will research DIY pin boards to determine what materials I will need. I will need to first determine what board I want to make and then go from there.
SOURCES:
1. www.pinpics.com: This is the pin database that I am using to catalog our pins
2. www.pintradingdb.com: When I couldn't find a pin on PinPic, I used this website. They don't have as many pins in their database, but it did help occasionally.
3. www.distradingpins4u.com: This is just a website that sells pins, but it turned out to be very helpful for finding the names of some of our pins.
4. www.picclick.com: This is another website that sells pins. It was a very odd website, but it had some unusual pins and helped identify some of the difficult ones.
CLOSING STATEMENT:
I feel that I have made solid progress on my project. I have added more pins to my database than I expected at this point. I should be done with cataloging by the end of February, so I'll be able to move forward with making the pin board in March!
