Pin Trading and all the people in it.
Romancing_Train
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This thread is dedicated to all the wonderful people I have met this year. (Two in particular!)
When I went to Disney to work last January I had no idea this hobby was a big thing. Or that it would seriously change my life.
At first it was a little thing, I would bring my work lanyard home and show my grandma, she would tell me what kinds of things she'd like to have and I would try to find them in my off time. It was my way of still being with her even though I lived far away. Soon I was able to get her some really nice ones for Easter, and even got to take her to DSF.
It was great at the time. And one day, I got to do the best thing....I was able to take her to Wondercon AND California Adventure in the same day. Being a Cast Member my grandma got to have a wheelchair for free, and I pushed her around while my friends walked with use for 4-5 hours and she loved it.
Then a few weeks before I had to leave Disney I decided to take a chance and go pin trading with the big boys at Pin Traders! I stayed the WHOLE DAY and almost had a heart attack when people would approach me. See when I am a Cast Member I was happy and loved talking to people, but being myself....I'm suuuuper timid and have really bad stress problems because I'm afraid of making people mad. But at some point in time that night I met one of my best friends in Pin Trading ever.
Her name is Sandy, and she had her grand daughter and son with her. There was just something about them compared to a few of the other people I met that day that I loved. (One guy straight up told me I'd never be able to trade with him because my pins were so bad!) I found out she liked these Small World pins, and I found two in someone book, traded for them and gave them to her. I didn't get anything in return because I wanted to just be friends. That day I also sat there before dark and painted a picture of Alice and the Cheshire cat for a couple from Japan who gave me a JDS Pooh pin for my grandma in return!
I offered my new friends the chance the following week to come with me to Company D since they really wanted to go. They bought ME a cast member pin that I absolutely love....
Later I introduced Sandy to my Grandma and well.....this is the first REAL Friend my grandma has had in over 15 years. They go pin trading in DTD, and just like to have coffee and chit chat...which usually leaves me to run around like crazy to trade for them! LOL
The day I went to my first PTN was the day I decided to quit Disney. It was a really depressing day for me (My boyfirend's dad was in a bad accident so I went home to help the family, we also were letting a recovering alcoholic friend come stay with us so I went home to help my grandma out with the animals and stuff), BUT the pin event was amazing. It was my first and last one and even though I was having a bad day I got a few pins then that were major grails for me...before I even knew what grails were.
After all of this I moved home and all seemed lost...
But then I found DPF...
It was a wonderful world of people, some really scary people and some really nice, but deep down all amazing people. I wasn't afraid to pin trade online, I had been trading art across the world for years so I really wanted to keep pin trading. Because of everyone here, my small 30 pin collection I moved home with has become a few hundred, my grandma's scrappers have now turned into a beautiful mix of real HM's, PoDMs, and Le's
Even my little sister has a few great pins she cherishes.
Everyone here has seriously made my life better, whether it was just talking to Psycho_Pixie in chat, horrible timed PMs with Queen and Dawny, or just chatting with all my friends...
The generosity on this forum is astounding like no other. BUT THERE IS ONE GUY. ONE FREAKING GUY..
A few months ago Docfish2u won the Rak-Attack and has been on fire zapping people like no other. But since then he's been helping my family get their grails. From helping us get pins for our Christmas tree to surprise my boyfriend, helping me get a super grail or just being there on another sid of the computer when I decided I need to type too much.
I guess I shouldn't just say he, since I know he's got a she involved too Cx
But...even this morning he made me cry, he made it possible for me to be able to get something for my grandma for christmas...and get somthing for myself. He's truly helped make this year great for us. ((And so you know my grandma has claimed you as another grandchild so there's no escaping now!!)) There is no end to how kind you are...I'll have to make you 100 paintings just to say thank you!
But I also wanted to say, I love this community...people I've met...who've helped me and my family...who has just talked to me to make my day brighter, who's traded with me...everything...I love every one of you.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, and happy holidays.
((TL;DR: Merry freakin christmas, love you all, with a little extra love to my friends; especially Docfish2u and Sandy))
When I went to Disney to work last January I had no idea this hobby was a big thing. Or that it would seriously change my life.
At first it was a little thing, I would bring my work lanyard home and show my grandma, she would tell me what kinds of things she'd like to have and I would try to find them in my off time. It was my way of still being with her even though I lived far away. Soon I was able to get her some really nice ones for Easter, and even got to take her to DSF.
It was great at the time. And one day, I got to do the best thing....I was able to take her to Wondercon AND California Adventure in the same day. Being a Cast Member my grandma got to have a wheelchair for free, and I pushed her around while my friends walked with use for 4-5 hours and she loved it.
Then a few weeks before I had to leave Disney I decided to take a chance and go pin trading with the big boys at Pin Traders! I stayed the WHOLE DAY and almost had a heart attack when people would approach me. See when I am a Cast Member I was happy and loved talking to people, but being myself....I'm suuuuper timid and have really bad stress problems because I'm afraid of making people mad. But at some point in time that night I met one of my best friends in Pin Trading ever.
Her name is Sandy, and she had her grand daughter and son with her. There was just something about them compared to a few of the other people I met that day that I loved. (One guy straight up told me I'd never be able to trade with him because my pins were so bad!) I found out she liked these Small World pins, and I found two in someone book, traded for them and gave them to her. I didn't get anything in return because I wanted to just be friends. That day I also sat there before dark and painted a picture of Alice and the Cheshire cat for a couple from Japan who gave me a JDS Pooh pin for my grandma in return!
I offered my new friends the chance the following week to come with me to Company D since they really wanted to go. They bought ME a cast member pin that I absolutely love....
Later I introduced Sandy to my Grandma and well.....this is the first REAL Friend my grandma has had in over 15 years. They go pin trading in DTD, and just like to have coffee and chit chat...which usually leaves me to run around like crazy to trade for them! LOL
The day I went to my first PTN was the day I decided to quit Disney. It was a really depressing day for me (My boyfirend's dad was in a bad accident so I went home to help the family, we also were letting a recovering alcoholic friend come stay with us so I went home to help my grandma out with the animals and stuff), BUT the pin event was amazing. It was my first and last one and even though I was having a bad day I got a few pins then that were major grails for me...before I even knew what grails were.
After all of this I moved home and all seemed lost...
But then I found DPF...
It was a wonderful world of people, some really scary people and some really nice, but deep down all amazing people. I wasn't afraid to pin trade online, I had been trading art across the world for years so I really wanted to keep pin trading. Because of everyone here, my small 30 pin collection I moved home with has become a few hundred, my grandma's scrappers have now turned into a beautiful mix of real HM's, PoDMs, and Le's
Even my little sister has a few great pins she cherishes.
Everyone here has seriously made my life better, whether it was just talking to Psycho_Pixie in chat, horrible timed PMs with Queen and Dawny, or just chatting with all my friends...
The generosity on this forum is astounding like no other. BUT THERE IS ONE GUY. ONE FREAKING GUY..
A few months ago Docfish2u won the Rak-Attack and has been on fire zapping people like no other. But since then he's been helping my family get their grails. From helping us get pins for our Christmas tree to surprise my boyfriend, helping me get a super grail or just being there on another sid of the computer when I decided I need to type too much.
I guess I shouldn't just say he, since I know he's got a she involved too Cx
But...even this morning he made me cry, he made it possible for me to be able to get something for my grandma for christmas...and get somthing for myself. He's truly helped make this year great for us. ((And so you know my grandma has claimed you as another grandchild so there's no escaping now!!)) There is no end to how kind you are...I'll have to make you 100 paintings just to say thank you!
But I also wanted to say, I love this community...people I've met...who've helped me and my family...who has just talked to me to make my day brighter, who's traded with me...everything...I love every one of you.
I wish everyone a Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, and happy holidays.
((TL;DR: Merry freakin christmas, love you all, with a little extra love to my friends; especially Docfish2u and Sandy))