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GTKY: What do you collect?
Me: Antique green glass. I began as a child, when my grandma gave me several old dark green vases. Now my collection is displayed all over our home, and it is probably about 30 pieces.
Re: GTKY: What do you collect?
My current collections are:
-a shoebox with old concert tickets, play tickets and celebrity autographs
-a couple of books with all of the postcards I have received over the years
-6 or 7 stuffed Kermit the frogs in various sizes including one giant one that I won at Dave and Busters many years ago
The Kermits are funny because after I got a few of them I started noticing them in various places when I travel...such as a shop window in Japan and a bar in Connecticut. Random Kermits in random places are apparently not that uncommon.
@short+sassy H and I did a series of shops at a local restaurant chain. A requirement was to order a blue drink with a little duck floating in it. I think I collected 7 of those ducks while doing those shops. I have a few in my cubicle and a few in my house. They are very cheerful to look at.
I used to collect Dalmatian stuff though.
I have a pretty big collection of china, stemware, silver, etc. It's from our wedding though.
These days we collect art from our trips. We usually pick out one thing to bring home. We have a couple paintings from France and Chinatown in San Fran. We have a nice glass bowl that was blown in Murano, Italy and our obligatory Catholic household cross is from the Vatican. I bought a tile from the 1600's in Amsterdam. Our nativity set is hand carved from the Christmas markets in Germany. We don't like a ton of clutter, but we enjoy bringing 1-2 small things into our home from our travels.
We also collect art books and photographs. I make a photo book for each trip we take, and we buy art books for buildings that really interest us or prohibit photographs.
It's probably true that I collect books. I read them all again and again and have a tough time emotionally detatching myself from most of them. Last year when I was trying to purge I ended up filling up four boxes of books and moving them to a closet to make my bookshelves appear more open...and I still have 8 shelves full.
I like to collect small things from our trips as well. Mostly I buy colored pencil drawings of the places we visit. I have a couple framed but most of them are on a shelf together.
You could probably say those are a collection.
I also have about 20 Willow Tree angels that each have meaning and purpose.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
I also "collect" craft supplies. I have a Cricut and a sewing machine and I have supplies for a ton of projects. The good news is that I usually get around to finishing most of them and I almost always have things on hand to make gifts for special occasions.
I just finished a baby blanket/quilt using fabric I bought for our daughter. Since I didn't have time to do the blanket before we lost her I finished it up this week to give to a couple in our church small group who is expecting a little girl in a few weeks. It turned out beautiful! I also made the card and a banner for the mantle of the baby shower.
I'm working on making custom pillows for my sister's house warming gift now. I'm making the pillow slip cover and doing a custom painted design on both.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
www.5yearstonever.blogspot.com
I may write the story in the card and they can share with the rest of the group if they want. Our small group is hosting a small shower/sprinkle for them (a total surprise) even though this is their third child. They also had a miscarriage right before we got pregnant with Ava, so I had the idea to do a little something for them.
@AprilZ81- that is so sweet of you and very thoughtful. I hope your doing well. I think of you and your little girl sometimes.
I have a couple pieces of beautiful Boleslawiec pottery and would love to expand that collection, but they are expensive.
ETA And apparently Macy's has 6% cash back. It's a manufacturer's sale so anyone who carries Waterford seems to have the markdown.