What Do You Collect?
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I collect....
pig items
crystal balls
old keys
keychains
bird items
lip gloss
ceramic shoes (a friend got me started on that one)
vintage jewelry
purses
willow tree angels
some fairy things if they're by Nene Thomas or Amy Brown
witches
What stuff do you have??
pig items
crystal balls
old keys
keychains
bird items
lip gloss
ceramic shoes (a friend got me started on that one)
vintage jewelry
purses
willow tree angels
some fairy things if they're by Nene Thomas or Amy Brown
witches
What stuff do you have??
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Gem stones .
Silver pill boxs .
silver bookmarks .
Painted eggs.
Wedgewood .
Silver pill boxs .
silver bookmarks .
Painted eggs.
Wedgewood .
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Smile people :yh_bigsmi
yep, this bitch bites back .

Smile people :yh_bigsmi
yep, this bitch bites back .

What Do You Collect?
Pretty paper
milk/water pitchers
dust.
milk/water pitchers
dust.

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Lulu guinness handbags and umbrellas

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Smile people :yh_bigsmi
yep, this bitch bites back .

Smile people :yh_bigsmi
yep, this bitch bites back .

What Do You Collect?
I collect sand. I've never been to the ocean so I have people bring me a little of the beach.:wah: I have sand from Virginia Beach, Riviera Maya, Cancun, Myrtle Beach, and the beach where Gilligan's Island was filmed, among other places. Some came in their own pretty container, and others I bought cute little containers for.
What Do You Collect?
Shrunken heads...
just put the heads through the dryer a few times..:sneaky:
just put the heads through the dryer a few times..:sneaky:
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Snowbabies.........................


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RED
Since your collector of alot of things - what / how do you display them?
I've collected key chains - thousands - so I took the large shag chain, put my key chains on the swag chain. I have the swag chains on both sides of a door way.
I collect everything - ashtrays - vintage purses - sheet music - to '50's decor.RED.
I collect RED, - old pottery - suit cases - vases - cast iron - old tools - but I display my collections.
What do you do with all that you collect.?
Patsy
Since your collector of alot of things - what / how do you display them?
I've collected key chains - thousands - so I took the large shag chain, put my key chains on the swag chain. I have the swag chains on both sides of a door way.
I collect everything - ashtrays - vintage purses - sheet music - to '50's decor.RED.
I collect RED, - old pottery - suit cases - vases - cast iron - old tools - but I display my collections.
What do you do with all that you collect.?
Patsy
What Do You Collect?
I collect Teapots
Bunny figurines and dust bunnies
Santa's
Stars
I have a massive stamp collection
and coins from places I have visited
Bunny figurines and dust bunnies
Santa's
Stars
I have a massive stamp collection
and coins from places I have visited
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I collect interesting boxes, bookmarks, and wine glasses.
The boxes are displayed on a shelf in my family room (with notes inside each one indicating where and when I got it), the bookmarks are used all the time, and the wine glasses are in a wall unit in my living room. When I feel like a glass of wine or champagne, I pull out a different one each time to use
I'm a great believer in *using* what you collect so you can enjoy it often :-6
The boxes are displayed on a shelf in my family room (with notes inside each one indicating where and when I got it), the bookmarks are used all the time, and the wine glasses are in a wall unit in my living room. When I feel like a glass of wine or champagne, I pull out a different one each time to use

I'm a great believer in *using* what you collect so you can enjoy it often :-6
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Department 56 The Dickens Village..........have collected this for years, i love it!
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Peg;479458 wrote: I collect sand. I've never been to the ocean so I have people bring me a little of the beach.:wah: I have sand from Virginia Beach, Riviera Maya, Cancun, Myrtle Beach, and the beach where Gilligan's Island was filmed, among other places. Some came in their own pretty container, and others I bought cute little containers for.
It is funny you mention that, Peg. I had a supervisor once who collected bits of soil from places she had visited. She put the soil into little film cannisters and labeled each with where it was from. If every anyone was going away on vacation, she would be the one to say "Bring me some dirt". I got her some from Disney World once.
It is funny you mention that, Peg. I had a supervisor once who collected bits of soil from places she had visited. She put the soil into little film cannisters and labeled each with where it was from. If every anyone was going away on vacation, she would be the one to say "Bring me some dirt". I got her some from Disney World once.
What Do You Collect?
wrinkels and an ever growing forhead :wah: :wah: :wah: :-3
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Books. I have zillions and zillions. I have bookshelves to put them on
I can hardly ever pass a used bookstore without going in, and coming out with something. I like older editions of classic literature, anything to do with the Civil War (particularly Gettysburg) and romantic thrillers (can you say J. D. Robb?
).
I used to collect LuRay dinnerware. It's pastel-colored pottery that was made from 1938 - 1961, and it's really pretty. But there's nowhere in my house to display it anymore, so I'm selling it. Anyone else collect this stuff (and want to buy some)?


I used to collect LuRay dinnerware. It's pastel-colored pottery that was made from 1938 - 1961, and it's really pretty. But there's nowhere in my house to display it anymore, so I'm selling it. Anyone else collect this stuff (and want to buy some)?
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I swear by my life - and my love of it - that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine. ~Ayn Rand
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.
A*M*E*N!
What Do You Collect?
Books, I have loads of them. And recipes....I rarely cook from a recipe, but love to collect new onces, because you never know when you might need one.
I collected frogs when I was younger. Do not any more, but still have most of that collection.
I collected frogs when I was younger. Do not any more, but still have most of that collection.
What Do You Collect?
The only thing I collect nowadays is Grandchildren !
I still have my stamp collection from childhood, but that's about it.
In the past I have collected:-
antique cream jugs
thimbles
Smokemabelia....lighters, cigarette holders, pipes, tobacco tins, snuff boxes and cigarette boxes etc.
Blue china
I started to clear clutter after my Mother in law died. It took us 6 weeks to clear her home ....I don't want that to happen to my kids. It would only take them hours to sort through my posessions now
. I enjoyed collecting over the years, but not now....I just cherish and enjoy a few special bits and bobs.

I still have my stamp collection from childhood, but that's about it.
In the past I have collected:-
antique cream jugs
thimbles
Smokemabelia....lighters, cigarette holders, pipes, tobacco tins, snuff boxes and cigarette boxes etc.
Blue china
I started to clear clutter after my Mother in law died. It took us 6 weeks to clear her home ....I don't want that to happen to my kids. It would only take them hours to sort through my posessions now

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i collect barbie dolls, spoons and diamonds.
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Tater Tazz;479572 wrote: i collect barbie dolls, spoons and diamonds.
And how's that diamond collection going?
And how's that diamond collection going?

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What Do You Collect?
One bathroom has floor-to-ceiling masks/face images from nearly every country I've visited. It makes some people absolutely claustrophobic to go in there--trying to pee while surrounded by all the faces! :wah:
Among my favorites are a fetish I bought from a little fellow in Borneo--he PROMISED me it'll keep away ex-husbands! So far, it's working! :wah:
Among my favorites are a fetish I bought from a little fellow in Borneo--he PROMISED me it'll keep away ex-husbands! So far, it's working! :wah:
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Children's books in different languages. Those countries that speak ENglish, I like to get a popular old children's fairy tale. I only just started a year ago and only have the following:
Spain
France
Scotland
Greece
Anyone want to do an exchange?
Spain
France
Scotland
Greece
Anyone want to do an exchange?
HBIC
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Everyone collects a wide variety of items. I forgot that I collected cookbooks. I guess since I haven't added any to my collection in awhile.
"Girls are crazy! I'm not ever getting married, I can make my own sandwiches!"
my son
my son
What Do You Collect?
Books.
"We are never so happy, never so unhappy, as we imagine"
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
Le Rochefoucauld.
"A smack in the face settles all arguments, then you can move on kid."
My dad 1986.
What Do You Collect?
i collect rocks from all the places i have visited. and have had friends mail me rocks from where they live.....i have a rock exchange going on.....:wah:
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guppy;479756 wrote: i collect rocks from all the places i have visited. and have had friends mail me rocks from where they live.....i have a rock exchange going on.....
Guppy, let me know if you would like a desert rock from Arizona. We have a surplus. :wah:
Patsy Warnick;479534 wrote: RED
Since your collector of alot of things - what / how do you display them?
I've collected key chains - thousands - so I took the large shag chain, put my key chains on the swag chain. I have the swag chains on both sides of a door way.
What do you do with all that you collect.?
Patsy
Wow Patsy, I would love to see your keychain collection!
That's a brilliant idea to display them like that. I don't display most of my stuff, like the keychains are in a drawer or in my myriad extra purses but things like the Willow Tree angels and crystal balls, they live on the coffee table and on the mantle of the fireplace. I boxed up my ceramic shoe collection for now but I had it setting on the wall unit. My problem is I have a small house and too much stuff starts to look like clutter.
I forgot to mention I collect wheat pennies and foreign coins too.
You all have such neat stuff in your collections!
Guppy, let me know if you would like a desert rock from Arizona. We have a surplus. :wah:
Patsy Warnick;479534 wrote: RED
Since your collector of alot of things - what / how do you display them?
I've collected key chains - thousands - so I took the large shag chain, put my key chains on the swag chain. I have the swag chains on both sides of a door way.
What do you do with all that you collect.?
Patsy
Wow Patsy, I would love to see your keychain collection!


I forgot to mention I collect wheat pennies and foreign coins too.
You all have such neat stuff in your collections!

What Do You Collect?
I collect tarot cards and dragons
What Do You Collect?
koan;479841 wrote: I collect tarot cards and dragons
Real Dragons I bet.
Real Dragons I bet.

What Do You Collect?
guppy;479756 wrote: i collect rocks from all the places i have visited. and have had friends mail me rocks from where they live.....i have a rock exchange going on.....:wah:
Poor mail man !
Poor mail man !

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What Do You Collect?
guppers, are little rocks called ROCKETTES?
My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
What Do You Collect?
From an earlier thread:
I have a few small collections of different things... movie posters, old
bottles, glass insulators from telephone poles, buttons, things like that.
(Pretty big matchbook collection!)
But really I just like "old" stuff so I have maybe two or three things or
sometimes just even one. I have my original 1966 Twister game, the
purse my mom carried when she married my dad, my dad's Marine Corps
leggings from WWII (Pacific Theater), the front bumper, hubcaps, and
tailights off my parents' 56 Mercury, Bates Motel room key, Mason jars
with porcelain lined lead caps, huge old lightbulbs, costume jewelry,
okay I'll quit now.
Update:
Too many things to mention!! LOL, I realized I have so much around
here. Shelves and shelves of books. Cookbooks, old restaurant menus,
my grandmother's hats (there's a pic around FG somewhere!) just old
things, really, I love old things.
So far I've avoided the "yellow plague"... years of Nat'l Geo magazines!
:o
I have a few small collections of different things... movie posters, old
bottles, glass insulators from telephone poles, buttons, things like that.
(Pretty big matchbook collection!)
But really I just like "old" stuff so I have maybe two or three things or
sometimes just even one. I have my original 1966 Twister game, the
purse my mom carried when she married my dad, my dad's Marine Corps
leggings from WWII (Pacific Theater), the front bumper, hubcaps, and
tailights off my parents' 56 Mercury, Bates Motel room key, Mason jars
with porcelain lined lead caps, huge old lightbulbs, costume jewelry,
okay I'll quit now.
Update:
Too many things to mention!! LOL, I realized I have so much around
here. Shelves and shelves of books. Cookbooks, old restaurant menus,
my grandmother's hats (there's a pic around FG somewhere!) just old
things, really, I love old things.
So far I've avoided the "yellow plague"... years of Nat'l Geo magazines!
:o
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Red
I forgot I collect pennies - some other coins if & when I remember. The key chains look cool all hooked on one LG chain - you should try it.
I also collect Dr. Seuss books - I have some from the '50's, love them. I also collect Wizard of OZ - Red shoes - I collect Red
Valerie, I also collect buttons - I have the old Ball canning jars filled with buttons and some with old marbles. One might ask - where do you put all this crap - uniquely displayed. - my house is a treasure trove.
My husband collects Golf Bag Tags - I display them on a cafe curtain rod on our sports wall.
Tazz - I also collect Diamond - and I love to collect costume jewlery - my latest jewlery collection is Cross's - St. Christophers, I have @ 40 all on one large chain that I wear - love it.. Theres not much I don't collect - I love old stuff.
Patsy
I forgot I collect pennies - some other coins if & when I remember. The key chains look cool all hooked on one LG chain - you should try it.
I also collect Dr. Seuss books - I have some from the '50's, love them. I also collect Wizard of OZ - Red shoes - I collect Red
Valerie, I also collect buttons - I have the old Ball canning jars filled with buttons and some with old marbles. One might ask - where do you put all this crap - uniquely displayed. - my house is a treasure trove.
My husband collects Golf Bag Tags - I display them on a cafe curtain rod on our sports wall.
Tazz - I also collect Diamond - and I love to collect costume jewlery - my latest jewlery collection is Cross's - St. Christophers, I have @ 40 all on one large chain that I wear - love it.. Theres not much I don't collect - I love old stuff.
Patsy
What Do You Collect?
Patsy, may you live forever! Otherwise, your heirs will have to sort through all those treasures and grumble about your taste! :wah:
My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
What Do You Collect?
RedGlitter;479454 wrote: I collect....
pig items
crystal balls
old keys
keychains
bird items
lip gloss
ceramic shoes (a friend got me started on that one)
vintage jewelry
purses
willow tree angels
some fairy things if they're by Nene Thomas or Amy Brown
witches
What stuff do you have??
I collect pig items too. :-6 The only thing Im missing to make a complete pig is a spleen and and another 10 or so yards of pulmonary vein. The butchers here have banned me from their shops so pickings are slim right now.
pig items
crystal balls
old keys
keychains
bird items
lip gloss
ceramic shoes (a friend got me started on that one)
vintage jewelry
purses
willow tree angels
some fairy things if they're by Nene Thomas or Amy Brown
witches
What stuff do you have??
I collect pig items too. :-6 The only thing Im missing to make a complete pig is a spleen and and another 10 or so yards of pulmonary vein. The butchers here have banned me from their shops so pickings are slim right now.
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What Do You Collect?
:yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl Why do I believe you Nomie..:-3
[QUOTE]I collect pig items too. The only thing Im missing to make a complete pig is a spleen and and another 10 or so yards of pulmonary vein. The butchers here have banned me from their shops so pickings are slim right now.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]I collect pig items too. The only thing Im missing to make a complete pig is a spleen and and another 10 or so yards of pulmonary vein. The butchers here have banned me from their shops so pickings are slim right now.[/QUOTE]
ALOHA!!
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
MOTTO TO LIVE BY:
"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming.
WOO HOO!!, what a ride!!!"
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LULU
Your right - my family is not interested in much of the crap I collect - my nephew loves my husbands sports stuff - so its all his.
Its difficult to part with some of my stuff - I do alot of garage sales for the stuff that gets demoted - & duplication of stuff. Oh, I collect scarves - everything!!!!
I collect Beattles stuff - Today is 26 years John Lennon died. 26 years Imagine that.
Patsy
Your right - my family is not interested in much of the crap I collect - my nephew loves my husbands sports stuff - so its all his.
Its difficult to part with some of my stuff - I do alot of garage sales for the stuff that gets demoted - & duplication of stuff. Oh, I collect scarves - everything!!!!
I collect Beattles stuff - Today is 26 years John Lennon died. 26 years Imagine that.
Patsy
What Do You Collect?
("Imagine!" Can it really be that long ago?
)
You & I have the same problem, Patsy! What'll we do with our TREASURES? I keep intending to at least LABEL these things, including the country where I found them...but nobody's going to care.
Buttons in mason jars sound like fun....
nononononononononono! STOP MEEEEEE!

You & I have the same problem, Patsy! What'll we do with our TREASURES? I keep intending to at least LABEL these things, including the country where I found them...but nobody's going to care.
Buttons in mason jars sound like fun....
nononononononononono! STOP MEEEEEE!
My candle's burning at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--It gives a lovely light!--Edna St. Vincent Millay
What Do You Collect?
Patsy Warnick;480258 wrote: LULU
Your right - my family is not interested in much of the crap I collect - my nephew loves my husbands sports stuff - so its all his.
Its difficult to part with some of my stuff - I do alot of garage sales for the stuff that gets demoted - & duplication of stuff. Oh, I collect scarves - everything!!!!
I collect Beattles stuff - Today is 26 years John Lennon died. 26 years Imagine that.
Patsy
wow...26 yrs
Your right - my family is not interested in much of the crap I collect - my nephew loves my husbands sports stuff - so its all his.
Its difficult to part with some of my stuff - I do alot of garage sales for the stuff that gets demoted - & duplication of stuff. Oh, I collect scarves - everything!!!!
I collect Beattles stuff - Today is 26 years John Lennon died. 26 years Imagine that.
Patsy
wow...26 yrs
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OH, I collect Christmas Ornaments.!! I put our tree up yesterday - I forgot I collected them. The first ornament I put on our tree was(fluke) one my deceased nephew gave me - Christmas is tough sometimes..
Patsy
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Bumping this up because everyone's collections are so interesting!! 

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You're welcome, 24!
I'm really enjoying everyone's input in this thread! It's fun and maybe helps to get to know a little something about people.
So what is your oldest dated (earliest I mean) colonial coin, 24?
I'm really enjoying everyone's input in this thread! It's fun and maybe helps to get to know a little something about people.

So what is your oldest dated (earliest I mean) colonial coin, 24?
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Patsy Warnick;481634 wrote: OH, I collect Christmas Ornaments.!! I put our tree up yesterday - I forgot I collected them. The first ornament I put on our tree was(fluke) one my deceased nephew gave me - Christmas is tough sometimes..
Patsy
i also have a collection of xmas tree ornaments, the one's the kids made at school are getting a bit tatty now but i continue to put them up :-4
Patsy
i also have a collection of xmas tree ornaments, the one's the kids made at school are getting a bit tatty now but i continue to put them up :-4
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Bonne belle lip smackers
Handbags...luella or mulberry preferably
Handbags...luella or mulberry preferably

What Do You Collect?
1776. I specialize in and focus on one of the most important events in human historiy and freedom on Earth - the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution. That whole last quarter century from the War to our first National Mint. Follow the money. It has almost all the secrets.
I'm not prepared to reveal more. If you saw the movie National Treasure you'd understand.
Bye.
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I'm not prepared to reveal more. If you saw the movie National Treasure you'd understand.
Bye.
:mad:
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24, that's very cool. Why the angry face? Did I say something wrong? 