Let's Talk Vintage #28: My Geeky Pin Collection

Let's be frank. I really think there is an inner geek inside all of us.

And what makes me a total geek is my advertising pin collection.

Yep. I love to collect these little pins and stick them to this "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" denim jacket.

It was given to me by the NBC Network when I was the Promotion Director at a small NBC TV station in the early 1990's...when Johnny Carson was stepping down and Jay was taking over the reins. It was incentive for us to promote the network as much as possible during our own local air-time.

 

So after awhile, I started putting some pins on it. Not sure now why I did... I've probably ruined the jacket with all of the little holes!

I guess my career in television is what started the whole pin collection in the first place. Advertising pins and the promotion job kind of went hand in hand.

 

Now everywhere I go, I try to find a souvenir pin to add to the jacket. Some pins are on the jacket for nostalgic reasons. Like the "Swatch pin" near the top of this photo. I was a teenager in the mid eighties
and these watches were the "it" thing to have back then.  

 

I obviously went to a lot of Hard Rock cafe's!

The Nascar race car pin is not because I like Nascar racing... it is a combined promotion with

M & M's. Chocolate, not car racing. See? Quirky. 

 

When I was in TV I was also responsible for the Public Service Announcements so I received

 a lot of promotional stuff from organizations

hoping to get some free air-time.

 

Sometimes if I have a double of one of my pins,

 I will trade with people for one of theirs.

(It was easier to find people who had them when I

worked in television!) 

 

Gosh... it was a fun time in my life and I have

my geeky little jacket filled with many memories!

 

And I must confess, this is not my

only collection. Yes, I am a serial collector.

More on that for another day though!

 

 

Now let's get to this week's

LTV features:

 

 

 

Diana of Adirondack Girl at Heart showed

us how to do a graphic transfer...

with a twist.

 

and Jacqueline of Cabin and Cottage

shared her gorgeous picnic 

set up using vintage goodies. 

She's inspired me to plan one, very soon!

 

 

 

and Brocante Treasures took us to a

champagne tasting in France, oh yes!

 

and Joy at a Vintage Green shared

with us how she revived

this awesome display cabinet!

 

 

Now it's your turn, Let's Talk Vintage!

 

What do you collect? Go ahead and

share it with us or anything else

vintage you have this week.

   

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