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friotowngirl	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:30:58 PM I saw this article today on how to display your collectibles and It got me to thinking. What do you collect? I have so many collections because I have my grandmother's, my aunt's and great-grandparents collections. There has never been very many children in my family (until I came along) so I have alot of collections. Some of my favs are dishes and cookbooks. But what I collect things old and rusty. Anything that has rust is my kind of thing!!! Simply Thankful, Cynthia http://friotowngirl.blogspot.com/
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friotowngirl	Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 6:15:50 PM All you ladies collect such wonderful things including the dust. Dust makes you a real farmgirl or I should say Ranchgirl here is South Texas everything is dusty!!! Simply Thankful, Cynthia http://friotowngirl.blogspot.com/
classygram	Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 09:02:45 AM I collect tea pots and tea cups and starting on pincushions. There are so many now and so cute!
friotowngirl	Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 08:57:24 AM I see if I can post a pic but it will be tomorrow. Simply Thankful, Cynthia http://friotowngirl.blogspot.com/
knitnpickinatune	Posted - Feb 10 2010 : 07:32:13 AM Cynthia you have a pic of that square grand? That was a lot of $$ back then! http://www.mandolinbabe.info http://www.mandolinbabe.net @MandolinChick on Twitter fingerpickin Farmgirl #702
Miss Giddyup	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 7:10:32 PM Glad to hear you girls are collecting "dust" too!!! Beth...I forgot to mention that I LOVE tins, too!!!! I like old food advertising and Christmas tins!! Linda Sister 942
Faransgirl	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 6:26:54 PM I collect Tea Pots, Trail of the Painted Pony horses, sewing patterns, craft books, books, Stuffed horses and well really anything to do with horses, pitchers and jugs. Oh and tins. I love tins. I have tins and Tea Pots from lots of countries. Oh, and I have lots of dust too. Farmgirl Sister 572 May the force of the horse be with you.
mellaisbella	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 3:12:07 PM cookbooks, fiesta ware, books and dust LOL!! "we must be the change we wish to see in the world" farmgal #150
KayB	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:32:32 AM I have some books - I love black and white cows - I have a collection of Care Bears. I have my grandmother's Duncan Phyfe buffet and a piece of my granny's furniture. I used to have the entire DP dining room set but lost it in a fire. KayB Life's a dance you learn as you go
Miss Giddyup	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:30:42 AM Well, I collect alot of the same things some of you gals do....LOVE old kitchen gadgets, old cookbooks, LOVE ironstone, antique gardening tools, old aprons. I, too, love old and rusty! I can't wait for the weather to get warm to use some of my old watering cans to plant flowers in! My husband and I have TOO much stuff, too, but we keep on shoppin'!!! We have an old farmhouse and I think it looks like you just walked into an antique store!!! Linda New from Indiana !
Karrieann	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:13:08 AM I collect way too many stuff to list (Hubby agrees!) But if I have to pin down my most favorite collections.. I have three.. beagles including Snoopy, American Red Breasted Robins and Fabrics! Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009) My etsy: Yesterday's Scraps, Tomorrow's Treasures http://www.etsy.com/shop/2TomorrowsTreasures
krbrown@rocketmail.com	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 08:00:26 AM I collect cookbooks, blue canning jars,old picture frames,anything with a chicken on it. I love small tables, lamps, old jugs. I love anything old, rusty and the paint chipping off from it.
mscountrygirl	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:32:26 AM I collect a lot of stuff too. I have cookbooks, tea cups and pots, hankies, aprons, vintage books, and birdhouses! My husband would add strays of any kind!!! It's all good!
herblady55	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:17:52 AM I collect Antique books, teapots, matchbooks from interesting places,Tiny boxes&bottles and also letters from "MyTwoClaudias", as I've fondly started calling them.(penpals) Sister-chick# 905 Judy Hugs&Squeezles! I am not contained between my hat and my boots! -Walt Whitman-
kentuckywoman	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:09:53 AM I collect books, particularly on traditional cooking, homesteading, and sewing. I also love to collect furniture and home items from the 30s and 40s. I think the colors and patterns are so lovely. Utilitarian but pretty! Oh! And I love to collect feedsacks.
Prairie Princess	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 06:38:51 AM Antique books, china teacups & saucers, anything 'cat' themed...I have collector's cat plates, mugs, clocks, bookends...I love Willow Tree Angels, but so far my collection only consists of two, lol, and I love to collect anything else antique or tea related for my kitchen. AND I also collect dust, Melody...that makes two of us. ;) Fun topic! ~Jodi "Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt www.jodielyzabeth.blogspot.com www.patternprincess.blogspot.com www.jodieliza.etsy.com I'm engaged! Follow my wedding planning and sentimental musings at: www.justinandjodiforever.blogspot.com
paradiseplantation	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 06:23:32 AM Vintage linens, white enamelware with either the blue, black, red or green trim, I'm getting started on vintage victory garden items and hugs from my dh and my farm girl friends!!!!! from the hearts of paradise...
Annab	Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 03:23:42 AM I collect cat figurines that fit in a type tray, antique marbles and Swarvoski crystal sun catchers and their annual Christmas snow flakes. These actually appreciate over time, so somewhere I have a box of boxes and the certificates of authenticity. And the best one that really get 'em talkin' is animal skulls and bones. It's always a thrill to be walking in the woods and come across a pile of bones.
Farmtopia	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 10:29:53 PM Melody, that is cute!! :) I collect old kitchen gadgets, pincushions, old dolls and teapots. ~~Dream all you dreamers~~ View My Work: art/dolls: www.vagabondcreations.blogspot.com The Horse Drawn Project and Farming! www.beyondvagabond.blogspot.com View the blog and radio show! Renegade Farming!: www.therenegadefarmer.com NEXT RADIO SHOW: Jan 31st ~ Heather Smith Thomas, author of "Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle" and "Storey's Guide to Raising horses" If you like horses or cattle, JOIN US!
maggie14	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 9:04:04 PM oh and pressed wild flowers!!! Hugs, Channah Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned.
melody	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 9:02:34 PM Dust ladies...a lot of dust! Also, any blue and white china-vintage pill boxes-vintage quilt tops-sea glass-vintage perfume bottles-and lately cobalt blue glasses. Whew! I used to collect bread boxes of all things! Glad I phased out of that! I mean how many bread boxes can a gal have with limited counter space?? "The best mirror is an old friend." - George Herbert Melody Farmgirl #525 www.melodynotes-melodynotes.blogspot.com www.lemonverbenasoap.etsy.com
edlund33	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 8:30:13 PM Hi Cynthia: Your situation sounds alot like mine! I have goodies that belonged to my great grandparents, grandparents, and great aunts and uncles on my dad's side of the family. Antique Kitchen stuff is one of my major collections. Others areas of interest include marbles, buttons, Depression era glass, teapots and tea cups, cookbooks, old tin signs, antique laundry items, and garden tools - especially rusty ones! Cheers! ~ Marilyn Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
friotowngirl	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 8:01:34 PM Channah, I have a huge collections of christian fictions Sherrie, I have a square grand that came from New York in 1864 I have the receipt it cost $384 it was shipped by rail and brought to my gr-gr-gr-grandparent's home by oxen from the train. Jamie, my fav flower is sunflower! You ladies are my kind of ladies!!! Simply Thankful, Cynthia http://friotowngirl.blogspot.com/
simplyflowers	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:51:37 PM I LOVE SUNFLOWERS FOR MY KITCHEN!!! Been collection them for years! "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas Edison Check out my blog!! http://thehappycalamity.blogspot.com/
maggie14	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:45:40 PM oh and farmgirl stuff that you wonderful ladies send me!! Hugs, Channah Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned.
maggie14	Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:43:56 PM I do indeed. :) I collect Christan fiction books. Hugs, Channah Friendship is not something that can be bought, it is earned.

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