Collecting things

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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    i have quite a few 'collections.'

    the biggest is probably boxes. i LOVE decorative boxes, all shapes/sizes/materials. mostly wood and other natural materials, usually arts and crafts or asian in design.

    green teapots.

    hand-blown glass perfume bottles.

    books - especially art books, cds, dvds......loads!

    chairs. yes, miniature chairs. i actually don't even display them anymore but they were an obsession for a long time, so down in storage in the basement for now, perhaps someday break em out again.

    pearl jam posters.


    most of my teapots, perfume bottles even some of the boxes and chairs i've gotten as gifts, during my travels, etc.....so hold a lot of meaning for me.
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  • CityMouse
    CityMouse Posts: 1,010
    I collect...CDs
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    nfanel wrote:
    other than pj posters and vinyls, i collect precious moments. they're actually kind of creepy looking to me now (:)) but i've been collecting them since i was a teenager and all of them have been gifts and remind me of cool moments like picking a college or high school graduation...

    LOL! Just another thing we have in common...and was cracking up to see them in your house.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    as a kid I collected cards, mainly baseball and basketball


    now, it's not a serious collection (yet!), but I have started on the bootleg shows (not just PJ although that is most of my collection :p)
  • comebackwoman
    comebackwoman Posts: 7,271
    Fifthelement wrote:
    Fridge magnets of places that I (or my husband) have visited (I think I need a bigger fridge after this year! :)). Some Xmas ornaments. Some Myth and Magic figurines, but not too many.

    I collect these too. My parents and my ex bring me magnets from their travels as well...so I have quite a few. I group them geographically :o:p
    decides2dream wrote:
    the biggest is probably boxes. i LOVE decorative boxes, all shapes/sizes/materials. mostly wood and other natural materials, usually arts and crafts or asian in design.

    I collect boxes too - and then use them to store the jewelry I collect :) I have wooden, cermic and metal ones - and the majority are from Poland, India and Africa. They've all been gathered on travels (my own or those of friends/family).

    I love collecting jewelry - not the expensive precious gemstone kind - but a lot of handmade/ethnic pieces from different countries. My favorite pieces are ones my friend brings back from Armenia. I have a huge amber collection - all different colors/kinds - most of it from Poland.
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  • Inhiding230
    Inhiding230 Posts: 362
    Tickets stubs

    Bonnaroo posters - I buy one every year that I attend and frame it.

    Oh I forgot, I collect music - lots of it!!
  • PJaddicted
    PJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    Nature Field Guides, especially bird books

    Snow Globes

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  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    i collect coins and bills from all over...whatever i can get my hands on

    i collect Coca-Cola stuff, but i had to tell people that i stopped. now i just get what i want and not all the cheesy stuff. i don't want every stuffed Coca-Cola polar bear out there, or tin, puzzle, ink pen, key chain, etc...:eek: mostly i want the old bottles and crates, the classics.

    vinyl

    and i'm ashamed to say this (yes, i'm female)....i collect Garbage Pail Kids cards :o they make me laugh, and i've NEVER taken the stickers off any of those cards. even when i was a kid. :D
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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    AmentsChick wrote:
    LOL! Just another thing we have in common...and was cracking up to see them in your house.
    twins separated at birth, i tell you. :D
    you are wrote:
    and i'm ashamed to say this (yes, i'm female)....i collect Garbage Pail Kids cards :o they make me laugh, and i've NEVER taken the stickers off any of those cards. even when i was a kid. :D
    that's awesome! i loved those things when i was little...nutty nicole with the bone through her nose was my GBK namesake! :p
  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    I wasn't allowed to collect Garbage Pail Kids. I'd bring them home, hide them...and my parents would always find them.
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  • HOOKER
    HOOKER Posts: 1,443
    I collect Jfk memorabilia and magazines
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  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    nfanel wrote:
    that's awesome! i loved those things when i was little...nutty nicole with the bone through her nose was my GBK namesake! :p

    i think i have that one! :eek: i'll have to go home and check now!
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  • you are
    you are Posts: 1,651
    AmentsChick wrote:
    I wasn't allowed to collect Garbage Pail Kids. I'd bring them home, hide them...and my parents would always find them.

    :( they still sell them at wal-mart, you should go buy some! :p

    edit: i didn't know there was a website! :eek: - http://www.garbagepailkids.com/ :D
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  • jeffwmartin
    jeffwmartin Posts: 71
    I collect ex-wives and cheap guitars.
  • neon
    neon Posts: 11
    I wouldnt say its collecting but i keep all my concert tickets that i've been to, also things like the ten club wrist bands etc that you get given at things like that

    Also have all my tickets to Scotland rugby games and get programmes at every game as well
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  • AmentsChick
    AmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    jeffwmartin wrote:
    I collect ex-wives and cheap guitars.

    Sounds like the makings of a country song.
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    handmade plates from places we visit

    drinking glasses from microbreweries we visit

    star wars crap
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    I collect all the tickets I ever get, movie, plane, shows. They mostly just get thrown into my closet though, with the exception of concert tickets.

    But my big thing is collecting Do Not Disturb signs from hotels I stay at or friends/family stay at. I woke up one day and thought it would be great and became obsessed with it. So if you want to be my friend send em over :)
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  • failedpersephone
    failedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I collect MISS PIGGY stuff.

    I have a lot of collections...Tarot cards, witchcraft books (not wiccan)

    vans slip ons. (I wear them too)

    Steinbeck books...recipe books. Aprons from the 50's. Hat pins...ladies gloves... postmortem photographs (victorian style)

    um lots of stuff...meh tired, don't feel like listing anymore.
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    I'm big into news and politics, so I started collecting news papers in High School. example... Diana's death or when the Blue Jay's won the world series, mike tyson and the holyfield ear thing. Like any big kinda headline. So I ended up with a box of New News papers, that got thrown out when a friend thought it was trash. which I guess It kinda was.

    Also Cans, a star war pepsi can, never opened, some coke cans from the world cup, never opened of course oh oh wait, I had a friend come over and light up a joint with me one night, he got thirsty and drank one,poor fucker thought it was new....I think he liked it too..dude is like "why does this can have world cup flags on it?" which was like 2 years old at that ponit. hey maybe cokes like wine? gets better with age? nah, anyway that's just about it.

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