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Families use lapel pins for all kinds of reasons. As personable as custom lapel pins are, the uses are endless, with families having a variety of ways to reflect their unique familial bonds.
Family lapel pins are great commemorations of those significant moments in a family's history. Lapel pins at celebrations for a family member's accomplishments or milestone ceremony are a unique way of reflecting family communion as well as adding a touch of decorative flavor to the event, such as a family wedding.
Lapel pins at a family reunion or family retreat help instill a sense of pride, belonging, and family unity. The pins can be made with the image of a family crest, or other such significant family emblem or motif the whole family can relate to or draw inspiration from. The pins can reflect the cultural heritage of the family or reference a family legacy that everyone is proud of, like the image of shoes in a family with a strong cobbler tradition. The pins can feature stylized family names, or present the name and year of the specific event, along with a thematic message.
As part of honoring a deceased loved one, lapel pins make great memorial keepsakes that can depict an image with a fond and loving message or information such as the date of the deceased or the date of the memorial. Handed out at the memorial, these kinds of family pins will be held dear to the heart as token reminders of that special someone and the heightened bond of family in life-changing occasions like death.
Family pins can be made for special annual occasions, like Christmas, or Thanksgiving, when the whole troop gets together to enjoy each other in the festive season. Lapel pins fit in quite well with the merriment of sharing, giving, and having good family fun.
In seasons of dire and serious need, family pins can be made to promote or gather community support for a family-related cause or initiative. In some of these instances, family pins can even be used as fundraisers – for example – to raise money for medical expenses for a terminally ill relative.
Lapel pins are versatile creations, and these are just a few ways that families can use lapel pins. The list of personal options to reflect the uniqueness of your family is truly endless. | 
