Anyone who grew up in the 80’s will recognize the…erm…new (but oh-so-retro) friendship bracelet trend that all of the stylish kids are sporting nowadays. When I was a lass, the amount of friendship bracelets gracing your arms directly equaled how cool you were…never being one to follow the herd (I was the opposite of cool in school), I had none…however, my tiny band of misfits created our own version of ‘friendship accessories’ that totally kicked arsch:
Friendship (safety) Pins, baby!
Jump off the bracelet bandwagon & create some for your retro pals:
Grab some safety pins, beads, charms, etc…
my funky 1960’s pins were yet another Tante Uschi hand-me-down (score!)
unclasp the pin & slip a few beads onto the bar…
leave enough space at the end for easy closure & yer done!
Creating/receiving a name friendship pin is extra special, but unfortunately leaves little room for beads…
simply add a groovy charm to the spring end of the pin…coolness, eh?
…and just how did we non-conforming geeks wear our fancy pins?
On our shoes, of course!
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I am thinking these would look cool on lace up boots…hey winter is on its way…
Absolutely! I’ve been known to wear a few on my doc martens…lace up & biker boots are once again big this fall & these little pins are fab to funk ’em up! 😉
I have a pair of (almost) combat boots and a pair of high top hiking boots that are kind of plain (not to mention about 3 years old) that could use a little awesome-ness added
Sheri, those pins are really cute, especially on shoes!!! I will pin and share them with around the world! 😉
Grazie Anna! =O)
Like King Solomon said, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” Those pins are awesome! I might just ‘dress’ up my chucks with a few. :p
absolutely nothin’ new…styles n’ fads keep coming back every 20 years or so, which was fine when I was 20 & had no memory of ’em but now just makes me feel
oldvintageretrosigh… ;O)