How many of you collect things?
(Here is someones collection of beautiful Nicholas Mosse Pottery)
I have always wanted to be a collector of something. As a young girl I had tons of collections. Only problem was that they were all collections of one. Yes, I said one. See I’m one of those people who just can’t decide! Do I really want to collect pencils? What if something better comes up and I’m stuck with dumb pencils? When I became an adult I admired the collections of my friends…no, envy is a better word!
When I became a mom I decided my kids were gonna have collections even if they didn’t want ‘em! There was going to be no adult yearnings for them. So pencils it was! Yeah, we’re cheap. :)And then one magical day at Christmastime years ago, I was in Hallmark shopping for ornaments when I saw this table of cute cuddly animals and a crowd of women hovering all around pawing through them. What on earth? I was witnessing Beanie Baby fever. I asked a few questions and discovered this was the new collecting craze. Did you say collecting? Oh yeah baby. I love cute cuddly stuffed animals….they’re only $5, works for the cheapster in me…and I can always give them to grandkids some day if I decide I don’t want to collect anymore. And so it began. I collected those little darlings for several years and yes, friends and loved ones did think of me when they saw Beanie Babies and bought me some. It was heavenly. I had bears on bookcases, dogs on counters, birds on shelves…they were taking over the house. It became time to stop. I think I ended up with about 200, can you believe it? My first ever collection is in a bin now. And guess who gets to play with them? Yep, you guessed it…my precious jewels.
I have been cleansed of envy. I now longer covet others collections. I am content with my bin of Beanies. And I take joy in adding to my other collection of --- fabric!
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The tags will get ruined, there- fore the value is zero as a collector item! I had one of the Princess Di bears and my sweet little grandchildren found her in my bedroom safely put away in her plastic display case and YEP, they plucked her tag off and brought her to show me. I have about 500 of them I think. I dragged my two youngest to the Hallmark on the Beanie Baby days at 6am. That way they could get more for me. I have collected Lambs... you know Mary had a n little lamb??? Now I collect Nativities and my quilt buddy started me with "Cherished Teddies" this Christmas.
I love David's "I'm not so sure of all this, but there's a camera so I'll try to smile" look.
The boys love those beanies. And they are just the perfect size for small tot play!
Yeah, the value dropped big time anyway, tags or not. But I never collected for any kind of investment. Just for the fun of it. And of course, to say I finally had a collection. LOL!
Lambs, huh? Now when I see them I'll be thinking of you!
I was being silly!! About the Tags. I know and I have gotten over the shock and forgiven the little ones in my family. They still don't play with Grandmas things. My Children never touched my Porcelain Dolls but the grandchildren think everything is for them..."Mary had a little lamb" is why I collect them...
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