To ask what you collect ?

[chattycaterpillar]

I am thinking of starting a collection.

But what of ? If you have a collection you are proud of, can I ask what it is ?

I’ve started buying and re-reading books I read in my teens and 20’s, like Twopence to Cross The Mersey and The She’ll Seekers. I prefer buying older books with the same front cover that I remember.

And I collect vinyl from my favourite band,

Beswick China animals - only from charity shops.

@GeneLovesJezebel - my mum loved Twopence To Cross The Mersey books.

I've never had a hobby that included collecting things, and I do struggle to understand it, but I get the point of it being nice being with the things that interest you.

We started to collect fridge magnets from everywhere we went on holiday. The in laws noticed and started buying us magnets every time they went on holiday, but we didn't have the heart to tell them that amassing as many as possible wasn't the point...

Another Emma Bridgewater collector here.

I can remember a few years ago buying my first dresser. I fibbed slightly and told dh I’d get all my collection on there.

When it got to the point that I could have filled it literally five times over with different collections I started to sell a few bits.

I’ve now got two collections out, one on the dresser in the dining room and one in the kitchen, and a Christmas collection. It all gets swapped over and properly cleaned in about November and again in about February.

I like looking at it and faffing with it. It’s pretty and it makes me happy. And I’m not precious about it, I use lots of it too. I currently have 38 teapots on rotation. 🙈

Wool...
lots and lots of wool. Tbf I rarely have to go and buy new as I'll normally have something I can use for whatever I'm attempting to crochet (I say that cos I'm by no means a pro !)

Anywhooooo I have a whole kalax unit full of the stuff 🧶

@YouCantTourniquetTheTaint

I collect dice, I have have so many different types.

I want to start collecting playing cards too.

I've got some David Linley ones, they are a work of art. I also have DL obelisks

[quote iklboo]@GeneLovesJezebel - my mum loved Twopence To Cross The Mersey books. [/quote]
My mum introduced me to them too.

Old books - mostly climbing/caving/mountaineering
Sea glass - but only stuff collected by ourselves or given by friends who have collected it
As I do more walking I'm building up a collection of maps too

I collect squashed pennies, sea glass and pin badges.

It is a forbidden activity (self imposed)

@Nanalisa60 Your living room sounds lovely! 😀

New, vintage and antique books on Ww2, ww1, costume & nature.

Goebel, Szeiler & Philip Laureston cats & other animals, also some Royal Crown Derby, Royal Doulton & Beswick.

Trinket boxes.

Original antique Photographs - Victorian & Edwardian; Ww2 & ww1 British, German & Russian.

I love collecting these items but it's also good to know I've got stuff to sell if necessary.

I used to collect porcelain dolls as a child, only got a couple left now though. My room had shelves full of them on display, like you see in the phsycos room in a horror.
Got a few collectors coins. I have huge boxes of childrens clothes I can not part with if that counts.

Oshkosh dungarees, it's a collection in its infancy but I enjoy it so much!

i have an almost complete set of beatrix potter 60p's to go with my boxed editions of the books, complete set of the vampire chronicals my treasure shelf where i keep all the weird stuff i find like a dried cocoa pod and a taxidermied sparrow I collected pendelfin for a long time and now i collect loungefly bags

Fridge magnets from everywhere we travel!

I collect cat ornaments - well, that's my official collection.

But looking round the house, I clearly also collect books, yarn, fabric and other craft supplies. I belong to the school of thought that says buying the supplies for a craft activity, and actually doing the activity, are two entirely separate hobbies!

I haven’t added to it in a while but badges. I’d forgotten about it but when my sister was going through her Emo stage in the early 2000s she found my collection and loved all the original 80/90s badges 😂 Still love a good badge 😆

Cacti and succulents. Recently got a couple of poorly orchids am hoping to save

Clocks.

I love them ❤️ I've been paring them down a bit over the past few years because although I love clocks I hate clutter and DH hates the ticking. I currently have about 50 and spend lots of time looking for, or at, clocks online.

Vintage christmas cards..Iv got some lovely ones from the 1800's
The most iv paid is about £4

@AiryFairyLights I have all the J D Robb in death series in hardback even though I also have them all on my iPad too.