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 ?

French pottery
Fridge magnets , which has only been collected for about 15 years as my favourite collection of pin badges ( nearly 50 years) seems to be dying out as fewer places seem to sell them.

I pin them onto a beautifully framed cork board and every single one takes me back to a lovely memory.

Cards / postcards; not obsessively, but when we're away somewhere and I see a nice card or postcard I'll buy it.
Sew on patches - the sort that interrailers used to have sewn all over their rucksacks (not that I did interrailing). They're fairly cheap, light and don't break in a suitcase. I've got about 40 from various towns / cities / countries.

Vintage china, and embroidered table clothes, Barbies, WW1/2 memorabilia

[quote iklboo]@Hawkins001 - DH & DS use either "the magic card trader" or "axionnow" for buying their cards. Really quick delivery (sorry for minor derail). [/quote]
Much appreciated, I'll note them in my journal.

For my main seller when new sets are released
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/adfrencheho/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

For singles in General depending on offers and cards ect.

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/tottstrading/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sootysmtg/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
www.ebay.co.uk/sch/unicorncards_uk/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Nothing. It might appear to the casual obsever that I collect yarn... I don't collect it. I just have a lot of it . But it's all destined to be made into things and used/worn/given away, so I don't think it counts as a collection!

Steiff bears

Original Art Deco jewellery and in particular cocktail rings, 3 of them were featured on the Antiques Roadshow, that properly made my year!

I have collected a few things like Denby china, my mum gave me some mugs once and I liked it so much I asked for the design as presents for a few years till I got the full set. I also spotted a 1950s design that my posh Aunt used to have so I started collecting that. I have also collected Ercol furniture in the last few years.

A friend collects those Charlie bears and the bad bears too, and another person collects toys from a company called bad dragon toys.

Christmas Baubles, we each buy a new one every year.

Glass snow globes.

@mysweetlemonpie

I can't imagine deliberately going out of my way to collect things unless there was already a passion/interest.

What a waste of time/money/effort/space/resources!
(Not genuine collectors - you guys knock yourself out)

Yes I think that's what I meant when I asked why. Surely collecting things comes from an interest, and develops organically?

It does come interest. I don't go out and deliberately look to buy.
I was in Fuerteventura last week. We were at a museum and I saw a little fridge magnet with a tortoise on it (we had a tortoise for 40 years)
Most things are bought for me, my DC buy me espresso cups when they go away. I don't have a lot and I use them ,except my Damien Hurst one

I don't add to them anymore, but I have a collection of mineral/marble eggs, seashells, and white jugs.

Yes. Thimbles clearly aren't as popular as they used to be and I can't always find one when we go away now. As others have said, I don't mention it much because they record where we've been, I don't want other people adding to my collection!

Same! Although I inherited a lot from a great dgm. And some people have brought me nice one from their travel. Especially when I was little I was about 8 when I started collecting them.

I have to be rather inventive about what counts as a motif which would remind me of somewhere now

Crystals & rocks - I'm like a magpie, if it's shiny I want it!

@iklboo

I agree. Why do you want to collect stuff, OP?

Why not? We're not all the same. I hate minimalism. It's so empty to me, although I appreciate it's not everyone's taste.

I think the pp was asking because the OP still hasn't come back to the thread.

@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 ?

Dust mainly.

I don't collect anything intentionally, but if I get a coin with an interesting pattern I stick it somewhere safe, so I guess I have been collecting, just not fully aware of it.

I like Clarice Cliff, vintage bears and kitsch things. It's lovely reading about other people's collections

Nothing. I'm a minimalist.

RSPB pin badges (accidentally)
Books

Christmas decorations - I love them! Cacti and tropical fish. Would love to collect art but it’s a bit spenny, so prints it is for me! They make me happy though.

Records
Trainers
Fridge Magnets

I collect vinyl records. Digital is convenient, but there's just something about having a physical copy of an album you love. I find the simple act of putting a record on really soothing for some reason. I also find that I listen to the music more mindfully and get properly 'lost' in it. As pp have said I didn't set out to build a collection, I just love music, but now that I have amassed this collection it's become precious to me and it feels satisfying to keep adding to it.