What’s Your Personal Lucky Charm?
Actress Cameron Diaz’s lucky charm is a golden horseshoe pendant necklace set with dazzling diamonds. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler won’t go on stage without an unusual custom necklace made from raccoon teeth he found in the woods as a child. When he played with the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan wore his college team shorts underneath his NBA uniform. Tiger Woods wears a red shirt on golf tournament Sundays. And President Obama? The many lucky...
Behind the Camera – Tips on How to Photograph Small Pins, Coins & Jewelry
Photographing small shiny objects like lapel pins, coins or other jewelry-like products can offer a variety of unique challenges! At the Monterey Company, we have some of the tiniest, shiniest, sometimes awkward shaped products that we need to show every detail and clear angles so that you can see just how good our finished work can be! So, we thought we would share some of the key tips we use when photographing our specially shaped and...
Guide to Becoming a Pinhead – Tips to Start Collecting & Trading Pins
Collectors of all kinds amass with unique and valued items such as art, stamps or coins, books and more. But a lapel pin collector? Take Dave Phillips from Edmonton, Canada. His collection of pins related to the popular Canadian sport of curling now numbers 9,301, he recently told the Edmonton Journal newspaper. And that’s “just a small collection,” he admits, adding that another pin collector “…from Hartney, Manitoba, has between...
Unique Ideas for Sports Team Fundraising
Planning for summer sports leagues is now in full swing, and whether you’re leading a soccer, baseball, or softball team (or another sport altogether), we know that right now you’re busy doing things like reserving field time, setting a date to hold tryouts, and calling up other league leaders to schedule away games. We also know that a great deal of summer sports planning involves coming up with unique and creative fundraising ideas to...
Tips for Hiding Your First Geocache
Disney Pin Collectors: How to Spot Fake “Scrapper Pins”
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The Monterey Company Saving Seals!
Since 2011 the President of The Monterey Company Inc. Paul Stark has been out saving Marine Mammals ...[more]