Disney World, Magna Opus, Pin Trading »

[11 Jul 2009 | 0 Comments]

It's been a long, looooooong time since my last post about Mary Poppins - and I still haven't gotten around to posting about our last Disney trip! It's been an extremely busy year and I'll try to fill in best I can working backwards...   My son Derek just got back f... [More]

Disney World, Pin Trading »

[16 Apr 2009 | 0 Comments]

Soooo... I have my brand, spankin' new D23 membership, and as much as I love the $900 pen I was looking to complement my spiffy new lithograph with something more affordable... like PINS!!!   So I mosey on over the Disney shopping site to pick up a choice few... and I find this... [More]

Disney World, Pin Trading »

[2 Apr 2009 | 0 Comments]

Ok... back to Disney and back to pins. One of the great pleasures my family and I have at Disney World is found in pin collecting and pin trading. We buy tons of pins, mostly off of the Disney Store site (since we live in Chicago) and a bunch more whenever we visit Disney World. Unfortunately, we ... [More]

Disney World, Pin Trading »

[15 Mar 2009 | 0 Comments]

So much mystery was surrounding the number 23 the past several weeks around Disney... signs such as this...     led to much speculation. Well, last week the mystery was revealed in the form of a new Disney community called D23. It's a somewhat exclusive club, o... [More]

Pin Trading »

[19 Feb 2009 | 0 Comments]

So in my last post I told you all about the pin obsession shared by my family members, and today I'm going to talk about the community itself and how it all works.   First, the only place you can buy pins (legitimately) is through Disney. Yes, you'll find some used pins on ... [More]

Pin Trading »

[17 Feb 2009 | 0 Comments]

Quick update on one my family's favorite activities when we visit Disney World (or visit Woodfield Mall, the local home of "Doorway to Dreams")... and that's PIN TRADING!   On our first trip to Disney World we saw the pins, we saw people trading pins, and in gener... [More]