Oh my gosh look at theeese! I've been waiting so long to have colored pins, but I lack the patience to paint these myself. I tried to design and print my own screen printer earlier this year with limited success for painting... I may get that up and running at some point, but these were hand painted by someone close to me! I sooo like how these came out. Acrylic paint was an absolute no go because it kept bleeding across the wood grain, so this lovely individual tried (Guash?) paint or something.. Whatever it was, it did the trick! The paint stayed exactly where it was meant to and I think I see many more of these in our future.