Okay I will attempt to list things I collect:
(list subject to additions as I remember)
Beanie Baby Monkeys
Beanie Baby Dogs
Beanie Baby Cats
Angel Cheeks
Vintage Chenille Bedspreads
Quilts
Vintage aprons
Vintage red & white crocheted potholders
White Pfaltzgraff dinnerware
Blue Willow Dinnerware
Vintage spice tins
White cream pitchers
Pitchers
Teapots
Teacups and saucers
Small plates with roses
Books
Decorating
Romance
Louis L’Amour
Tea and Tea parties
Gardening
Research
Cookbooks
Recipes
Book covers
Decorating magazines
Fan mail (I’ve never thrown away a single note or letter)
Dolls,
Ginny
baby dolls
Barbies
My Scene
McDonalds’
Madame Alexander
Disney
Roosters
Bunnies
Frogs
Josef figurines
Royal Copley planters
Royal Copley roosters
Old photographs
Depression glass
Deviled egg trays
Framed art of vintage girls
Framed art of roses
Hurricane lamps
Vintage cologne bottles
Old medicine tins
Antique canning jars
Vintage jewelry
Not-so vintage jewelry
Sterling silver charms
Stamps
Foreign Coins
Heart-shaped glass containers
Marble horse head bookends
Miniature resin furniture
Christmas elves
Santas & Santa tree ornaments
Shiny Brite ornaments
Dickens village houses
Old board game markers
Tin advertising signs with vintage girls
Hat boxes
Vintage doilies
Glass bowls
Shells
Miniatures
Vintage cookie cutters
McDonalds toys
Videos and DVDs
Advertising Tins
Wind chimes
Rocks
Vintage basins,
Pails, buckets, watering cans
Things I used to collect, but gave away:
Friends of the Feather
Movie posters
Brass candlesticks
Owls
Precious Moments
(For Minna: why they're called Angel "Cheeks")
Oh my goodness Cheryl. Where do you keep it all? I collect yarn, yarn and more yarn. Crochet, knit & quilt patterns too. Angels and birdhouses can be found throughout our house too.
ReplyDeleteI made Mandy a queen size quilt for Christmas and I'm just finishing one up for Dennis & me. Maybe I should make you one for your collection!!! This is a fun way to connect. I'll try to do it more often.
Wow, Cheryl -- I think you even have me beat! I collect books, bookmarks, cat items, some stuffed animals, memorabilia on favorite shows like "Star Trek" and "Buffy," Native American items, and some stuff on my favorite stars. And did I mention BOOKS?!? :-)
ReplyDeleteBetsy, if you made me a quilt, it would be one of my favorites! I like them to look old-fashioned of course. I will take a picture for you when I get them unpacked.
ReplyDeleteJay made me frames for two big quilt blocks that hang above our bed.
Oh, my. I try to control myself from collecticting too many different kinds of things. I just don't have enough space. But, also I collect
ReplyDeleteCookbooks
Recipes
Books
Stamps (I try to stick with certain kinds of stamps, but I never throw away any stamps, in case someone else collects them)
Besides those I collect
Dictionaries
Music
I've pretty much given up collecting coins, but my mum has started to collect Euro coins. And there are lots of different kinds of Euro coins...
By the way, what an earth are Angel Cheeks?
Minna, Angel Cheeks are the little angels you see sitting on the shelf above my desk in the bottom picture. I will take another picture to show you why they're called Angel Cheeks, okay?
ReplyDeleteYou collect quite a bit yourself. I'd love to see what the Euro coins look like. Have a link?
Boy, I'm just a 'baby' collector compared to you guys. I only collect key chains, candle holders (and of course you have to buy candles for them!) and Cheryl St. John and Cedar Cove books. Although ... I do have some things Cheryl would like. Guess I'll just have to start a box for her. You need some more don't you Cher? Luv ya.
ReplyDeleteSpecial 2€ coins. Just click the years to see what kind of coins have been made in each country:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rahapajamoneta.fi/fi/2_euron_erikoisrahat
Unfortunately that page is available only in Finnish or in Swedish.
But this one is in English. I'm not sure if they have the special coins on this page, but here are the coins you usually see. Just click the country and you see what their Euros look like:
http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/finland.html
For some reason UK is there too, even though they still use Pound.
Mind you, in Finland we don't use 1 and 2 cent coins.
Wow I have been missing a lot you need another house to store all that what does your husband collect or is there any room for him to collect anything? If we ever need anything all we need to do it come to you. LOL
ReplyDeleteI collect Mickey Mouse, books, cookbooks, candles never have enough candles.
Just cut/paste CSJ's list to share what I collect--
ReplyDeleteBooks 1000+ :
children's, especially Little Golden, history, art, research, Christian, decorating, many to give away
Romance books 2-3000+
Signed Books (150+), bookmarks & covers
bookends (old man/woman reading is my favorite)
Cookbooks
Recipes (just don't cook) lol
Xmas cards/family mail (never thrown away a single note/letter)
Movies/VHS and DVDs
Vintage jewelry
Not-so vintage jewelry
Vintage purses/gloves/hankies
Seashells
Miniatures (esp animals)
cookie cutters
Containers, boxes of any kind
Advertising Tins
Old medicine tins
Vintage spice tins
Vintage aprons/skarves
Vintage Hat boxes/hats (wear them)
a few Beanie Babies (working for Hallmark's customer service call center, we didn't manufacture BB but many stores carried them and we were in solid queque for TWO years on our phone lines with people seeking them! It's a wonder I bought ANY later- LOL)
Quilts 1 large, 4 wallhangings
family Pitchers 2
1 Mitford Teapot from Hallmark
2-3 Teacups and saucers,
2 miniature teasets
Tea
Dolls 7-8
Hallmark Xmas ornaments (1-200)
Christmas decorations
Chickens (+ few roosters, geese)
Woodstock (Snoopy's bird friend, elder son's totum)
Turtles (2nd son's symbol)
Old photographs
Depression glass/1 Gramp's green oval candy dish
cologne bottles/mainly Avon
Stamps/Foreign Coins few
Old board games
Vintage doilies
What are Shiny Brite ornaments and My Scene? I recognized everything else except Royal Copley, even Josef's.
ReplyDeleteGood question, Brenda, about Jay's collections, if any.
Sue, I forgot magnets, keychains
& advertising pens/pencils/sacks; and I have boxes/sacks for 2 friends & 2 sisters that I fill with items as I find them, then we can have xmas/bday anytime we get together. Could start one for Cheryl.
Kathleen, teach me the art of selectivity! And Cheryl has cut back so I can learn from a reformed collector. My middle name is Gleaner! LOL
and movie posters, including Hallmark Hall of Fame, plus lots of framed art, especially Nature's Sketchbook by Marjolein Bastin
ReplyDeleteHOW FUNNY! I picked up an angel with a quiver, bow & arrow to put it away after cleaning & lo & behold, it is an Angel Cheeks! gift from a church friend. Luckily, I rarely take tags off.
ReplyDeleteAdd to my list:
Anything with cherries on them
(Mary Englebreit is a Great source; purses, blanket, jewelry, greeting cards, boxes, plate)
or Pilgrims & Thanksgiving; birth name is Pilgrim, married a Cherry.
Baskets
Rocking horses
Inspirational quotes/scripture
Dad does trains & Native American; Mom did polar bears & elephants
Forgot to add that I also collect folktales and myths. There is especially one tale and it's different variations I'm always looking for. It's about how bear lost his tail. We Finns have one version of it and I know one version from the Cherokee and I think the Inuit have their own version of the story, too.
ReplyDeleteShiny Brite are Christmas ornaments. They still make them new and I have some of those, too, but I like the vintage ones.
ReplyDeleteMy Scene are a type of "Barbie" by Mattel. I really don't like the Bratz that are so popular--they're kind of freaky to me--but I love the My Scenes.
Minna, are these folktale "books" that you collect?
ReplyDeleteI do have a couple of folktale books, but I have many stories in electronic form and some stories I have copied from books that have handled e.g. Finno-Ugric peoples and cultures and which have included a couple of folktales, too. Right now I hope that I'll be able to get Yupik Lore, Oral Traditions of an Eskimo People by Tennant and Bitar to my hands. Not so that I could buy it, the last time I checked it was way too expensive for me, but because I saw in another book a piece of a story from this book and because I'd like to be able to read the rest of it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck getting your hands on that dream lore, Minna. I am fascinated by the things people collect and find irresistable. Each person is so different.
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