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TashaTudor · 2024-10-14T18:08:07+00:00

And why? I've never been a collector, have moved over a hundred times and have no emotions towards physical things but I always think it would be nice to collect something, it must be satisfying finding something for your collection or saving up to get something etc

MyEarringsAreGreen · 14/10/2024 20:00

Pens in a specific colour. I've got about 15 in my pot on my desk. I know, it's weird! 🤣

PassingStranger · 14/10/2024 20:00

Dust.

Flucanfeckoff · 14/10/2024 20:00

Gem stones, crystals. @overmydeadbody we are similar. Everyone in our house likes a stone. DD appears to collect shells and Damascene jewellery. I collect coins, stamps and small antique tems from house clearances off eBay. I love it when someone has written a personal note on the back of something from the 20s or whatever.

curiouscat1987 · 14/10/2024 20:00

Money. Im not very good at it 🤣

K0OLA1D · 14/10/2024 19:59

I collect ceramic ghosts.

It's a fairly recent thing. But I'm really enjoying it!

NorthernGirlie · 14/10/2024 19:58

Yarn. Not on purpose, I'm meant to buy it to make specific things but it's so pretty and squishy it's definitely become a collection 💖

StressedQueen · 14/10/2024 19:56

Bows and ribbons, I find them so pretty and they are always useful. My daughter has a very big obsession with everything bow related so I often find some missing!

savethatkitty · 14/10/2024 19:55

Swarovski crystal because they are pretty & I like sparkly things.

overmydeadbody · 14/10/2024 19:54

Rocks. I love rocks😊

I still have some of the first rocks I found as a small child. Beautiful ones from around the world.

We have little piles of rocks all over that house collected by me and the children. I love it.

CowboyJoanna · 14/10/2024 19:51

Worries and grudges

RabbitsRock · 14/10/2024 19:51

Not so much now but used to collect leather bookmarks, pin badges & postcards.

Deb13b · 14/10/2024 19:49

I collect tarot and oracle cards, as well as weird and wonderful pagan / witchy curios ( bones, stones, preserved specimens etc.

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TashaTudor · 14/10/2024 19:31

MaterCogitaVera · 14/10/2024 19:20

It would be outing to explain exactly what I collect, but in general terms it’s antiques that relate to my hobby - usually from the early to mid 1800s. So imagine if I were a knitter, I would collect interesting knitting bags and needles, or if I were a painter I would collect artist’s palettes and paintboxes. I clean them up and use them for my hobby.

My favourite is finding a thing that needs a bit of restoration, and is really cheap as a result. I’ve had some excellent finds on eBay and in second-hand shops.

Sometimes, the things I collect come with other random stuff from the period - I’ve found letters, shopping lists, a coin purse, a penknife, all kinds of things. That’s always really fun - you get a strong sense of the human being who owned the object before you and used it.

That sounds really interesting, like a treasure hunt!

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MaterCogitaVera · 14/10/2024 19:20

It would be outing to explain exactly what I collect, but in general terms it’s antiques that relate to my hobby - usually from the early to mid 1800s. So imagine if I were a knitter, I would collect interesting knitting bags and needles, or if I were a painter I would collect artist’s palettes and paintboxes. I clean them up and use them for my hobby.

My favourite is finding a thing that needs a bit of restoration, and is really cheap as a result. I’ve had some excellent finds on eBay and in second-hand shops.

Sometimes, the things I collect come with other random stuff from the period - I’ve found letters, shopping lists, a coin purse, a penknife, all kinds of things. That’s always really fun - you get a strong sense of the human being who owned the object before you and used it.