Apple Valley · MN · Twin Cities metro · baseball
Apple Valley Baseball
A thousand spinner pins with a banner and glitter — and a last-minute artwork change because a player left the program before Cooperstown.
1,000 pins2.25"Banner included
Geography
Minnesota trading pins
Documented orders from Minnesota teams, associations and little leagues.
Project records
Baxter · MN · Brainerd Lakes · association · hockey
Brainerd Amateur Hockey Association
An entire association covered by one order — 1,500 pins on a single invoice, with a rush that TPC had to chase the factory to protect.
1,500 pins2.0"Banner includedVerbatim quote
Chaska · MN · hockey
Chaska Chanhassen Hockey Association (CCHA)
Three teams from one Minnesota association, three separate orders, two different families — and a puzzle-piece pin set that had to be re-engineered so it would survive production.
Burnsville · MN · Twin Cities metro · corporate
Dayforce
An executive assistant asked if we had 400 pins in stock. We do not stock pins — but she already had the artwork, so there was nothing to design.
400 pins1.25"Verbatim quote
MN · hockey
Hopkins Royals Squirt
"If you could do them at $2.05, I'd go with that. Otherwise, let's do the 2-inch."
600 pins2.25"Verbatim quote
Hutchinson · MN · hockey
Hutchinson Tigers Girls Hockey
Two girls' teams, two designs, one purchase order — and a better rate than either would have got alone.
289 pins2.0"Verbatim quote
MN · hockey
IGH/SSP Hockey Association
A Minnesota hockey association that wanted its state on the pin.
250 pins2.0"
Minneapolis · MN · hockey
Minneapolis Storm B2
The cherry spins. It is the Spoonbridge, and it is the best-argued spinner in the library.
200 pins1.75"Verbatim quote
West St. Paul · MN · hockey
West St. Paul Hockey
A team that asked for a scoreboard on their pin, changed their minds several times, and apologised for it — unnecessarily.
2.0"Verbatim quote