Tip Tuesday

Here are some tips on how to keep your poppy in place this Remembrance Day:

1 - Use an eraser tip

Try putting the tip of the pin through a small piece of eraser

2 - Put a new pin in it

Replace the slippery pin with a small Canadian flag pin that comes with a backing. Or use a safety pin

3 - Re-purpose your jewelry

Try sliding on an earring backing to keep the poppy from moving

4 - Use duck tape

Wrap a bit of duck tape around the pin a few times once you've put it through the fabric.  Make sure to also cover the pin' s tip so you don't get jabbed.

5 - Bend and weave the pin.

We've all been bending and weaving our pins for years and this still works - although not as well as some of the other solutions. Try pushing the pin through the red petal before you weave it through the cloth of the lapel.

6 - Buy extras

Not the best of the suggestions but who hasn't picked up a couple of extras as replacements for when you lose the first one.