What do you collect?

[colormyworld]

What do you collect, if anything? I love seeing people's collections! I used to collect frogs as a child (rubber, glass, stuffed, pewter, volcanic ash, ceramic, seashell, basically if it was a frog I wanted it).

Now I collect SPORKS! I've been collecting them for a couple years, and love finding new ones on ebay or at random shops (though I try not to spend too much on one spork, seeing as I barely have money for things I need). They are fun, random, and an interesting conversation starter.

So I'll show me mine, now you show me yours!!!

 

[zzzdanz]

That's a "different" collection..I was really into collecting sports cards/memorabilia but haven't added much in the last yr. or so..I started picking up more and more bobbing heads at fleamarkets,eBay,etc..
I have over 600 of those (all sport related)..I couldn't even start to count the cards,but it has to be in the millions.

 

[Edna]

Awesome collection, Jessica. Sporks are hilarious!

 

[Yvonne G]

I never heard of a "spork" before! Very nice collection.


If I have more than one of something, its a collection!

I have a back house full of old cardboard boxes. (this is a joke, folks)

I have so many books that I dedicated a bedroom to them.

I have a doll collection...some that I made and others that I bought.

And if you look closely, you'll see that I have a collection within a collection. There are all the Winnie-the-Poo characters from Taco Bell. I have every single one of the talking Chihuahuas from Taco Bell. Lots of brand new in the box original cabbage patch dolls. There's a black doll collection. A Teddy Bear collection. A Furskin collection...zzzzzzz snort!

 

[Isa]

Very nice and interesting thread!
I love the sporks collections , they are so cute and funny.
Yvonne, OMG I thought I had a lot of books but wow, you have an amazing collection.
And I love your Dolls collections I am in love with your Cabbage patch kids, I have 2 and they are just too adorable !!
I guess I am very boring since I have a book collection (a tinny one comparing to Yvonnes) and I have tortoises figurines and statues. I am starting a collection so it is not a big one. I will put them all on my floor and take a pic to show it to you later today

 

[jensgotfaith]

I collect Disney snowglobes, and have a small collection of Prayers & Promises statues. My hubby collects autographed memorabilia and old original Disney maps. We have one framed from the late 1950's. I'll take pics later.

 

[abra]

I have too many interests to collect things, I could never focus myself towards one thing. If you look at my room you'll notice that I collect junk

 

[Yvonne G]

I have too many interests to collect things, I could never focus myself towards one thing. If you look at my room you'll notice that I collect junk

Well, give us a look!

 

[abra]

I have too many interests to collect things, I could never focus myself towards one thing. If you look at my room you'll notice that I collect junk

Well, give us a look!

My room is such a mess! That's why I haven't been on in a bit, I'm grounded Maybe I'll take a picture later and you will see how bad it is!

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh! I forgot to mention my cactus and succulent collection! I have many, many euphorbia plants, quite a few different hairy old man plants, several different kinds of jade plant, hoya and about 5 different sansevarias.

In the greenhouse for the winter:

 

[Laura]

Teddy bears..
'Teddy bear Collector, Orphans Welcome"
Is a sign i have in my living room.. Ive stopped adding tho.. Im trying to unclutter the life..

 

[Jessicap]

I never heard of a "spork" before! Very nice collection.


If I have more than one of something, its a collection!

I have a back house full of old cardboard boxes. (this is a joke, folks)

I have so many books that I dedicated a bedroom to them.

I have a doll collection...some that I made and others that I bought.

And if you look closely, you'll see that I have a collection within a collection. There are all the Winnie-the-Poo characters from Taco Bell. I have every single one of the talking Chihuahuas from Taco Bell. Lots of brand new in the box original cabbage patch dolls. There's a black doll collection. A Teddy Bear collection. A Furskin collection...zzzzzzz snort!

You have an ALF doll! how cool is that... lol my son loved that show when he was little. He even had ALF slippers.

 

[Yvonne G]

Teddy bears..
'Teddy bear Collector, Orphans Welcome"
Is a sign i have in my living room.. Ive stopped adding tho.. Im trying to unclutter the life..

Well, where's our picture?

 

[Yvonne G]

My room is such a mess! That's why I haven't been on in a bit, I'm grounded Maybe I'll take a picture later and you will see how bad it is!

It would be kinda' fun to see the "before" and the "after!"

 

[Angi]

I collect rocks. I just put them in my yard when I find a cool one.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I am being forced into this by my sister. She says if I don't post my collections she will tell about them without the pictures...I think that "for me" exposing myself like this is too personal, I don't like showing this much of myself...
But with the extortion plan in effect I must show at least this much of me before she tells it wrong...
I collect several things here they are not in any order. I collect Dale Earnhardt things. I have them all in the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Worship Room...I started collecting them when I was a long distance truck driver and there was so many different things in the truck stops...some I keep ion a shelf...

some are flags

Some are worth money. This is a mechanical bank. It's made out of cast iron, you place a quarter in the top of the race car and push a button in the back and he races down to the flag man who drops the flag and the quarter falls into the bank...
I took it down to the estimator man who said it's worth about $700...

There's plaques like this all over my house...

The worst part of me I think is every year I put up my Dale Earnhardt Christmas Tree. It's all collected ornaments, cars and trophies and other collectibles and solid color globes...I guess it's stupid, but I really enjoy doing it. This year was a great tree, but the ornaments are getting harder to find...

When I was a little girl I was forced to spend summers with my Grandmother, she was a large forbidding woman, but we ate on beautiful china and I just loved it. So she told me that I could have it when she died but I had to promise to use it every day. Well, by the time she died and I got it I had 2 rambunctious boys and I was afraid they'd break some. But I've used it every day and not broken a piece. Thanks to Ebay I have added some different pieces and added so many plates that I have enough for a 6 person 12 place setting. I am not sure I am saying that right maybe somebody can help me... I have salt and pepper shakers bought for $200 worth now $500. A very rare butter dish worth $800, and milk pitchers the small one $300 and the large $500. So the estimator guy says $13k that's 13 thousand for all...here's some...

Well, I have run out of room, I also collect turtle chatchies (?), my sister gave me half of hers adding wonderfully to my collection.

 

[Yvonne G]

Your tree turned out very pretty. Have to hand it to you. I gave up decorating trees after all the kids moved away. Too much trouble.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

OK forced into it here's some...

This is a musical instrument played by the Aborigines in Australia...

I have them displayed on every available empty shelf

This is one of my favorites, it's a copy of a Michaelangelo...

I have many many more but I've been really sick and am wearing down now, so those are as much as you're going to see I'm afraid...I hope you've enjoyed them...

 

[terryo]

Wow.I'm very impressed with all this stuff. I don't collect anything. I try to keep as much junk out of my house as I can. I hate dusting and cleaning....hate it! I have loads of pictures, and what we used to call movie pictures of my family and growing up from 1943 up until now that I put on DVD's Some I had transferred from 33mm. and I think it's 16mm on to DVD's. I even have som movies of me and Frank my Dad's old boxie who lived up until two Summers ago. Oh I forgot, my grandkids started giving me kitchen fairies. They're in my China Closet. I'll have to take some pictures. I used to have a lot of books, but gave them to a nursing home, and now I use the Kindle. Oh...I have a lot of shoes, but I don't think that counts, because I really don't collect them.

 

[Isa]

Very niceeeee Maggie . Wow you have a lot of collections and they are so beautiful!!! I love your X-mas tree, and the China, wow!