get long pins. JA's and michaels has them in the bridal dept. go to the bed dept. buy a bunch of pretty beads. and string them onto the pin. get some crazy glue and glue them n. that's it. come out cute and really make the pc look nice. Sometimes, if the name is short enough, i'll use the letter beads and put seed beads between the letters and spell the name. mine is Lynn so it's easy to just do 4. sometimes the hole in the bead is very large, then you may need to put a seed bead on to hold the larger bead in place. Most of the time, the best I can get is 4" pins with a pearl or clear plastic crystal on top. have fun. show us your pins.
oh yeah, sometimes I use shrinkydinks and draw a picture and shrink it down for the top of the pin. get creative with it, have lots of fun.