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Across the Fence:  So, what do you collect?  |
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friotowngirl
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Cynthia
Pearsall
Texas
USA
83 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:30:58 PM
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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
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:35:31 PM
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What a great question.... ummm, I collect books, coins, letters from my pen pals ( does that work), and hankies. I will probably think of more later...
Hugs,
Channah
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friotowngirl
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Cynthia
Pearsall
Texas
USA
83 Posts |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:43:56 PM
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I do indeed. :) I collect Christan fiction books.
Hugs,
Channah
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:45:40 PM
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oh and farmgirl stuff that you wonderful ladies send me!!
Hugs,
Channah
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simplyflowers
True Blue Farmgirl
489 Posts
Jamie
Locust Grove
Virginia
USA
489 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 7:51:37 PM
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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
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friotowngirl
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Cynthia
Pearsall
Texas
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 8:01:34 PM
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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/ |
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edlund33
True Blue Farmgirl
1507 Posts
Marilyn
Renton
WA
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 8:30:13 PM
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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
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3324 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 9:02:34 PM
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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
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
6784 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 9:04:04 PM
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oh and pressed wild flowers!!!
Hugs,
Channah
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Edited by - maggie14 on Feb 08 2010 9:08:17 PM |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
1465 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2010 : 10:29:53 PM
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Melody, that is cute!! :) I collect old kitchen gadgets, pincushions, old dolls and teapots.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 03:23:42 AM
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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. |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 06:23:32 AM
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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... |
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 06:38:51 AM
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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
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kentuckywoman
True Blue Farmgirl
63 Posts
Majal
Ashland
KY
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:09:53 AM
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| 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. |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
3470 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:17:52 AM
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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!
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 07:32:26 AM
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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! |
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krbrown@rocketmail.com
Farmgirl in Training
29 Posts
Kim
Allendale
MI
USA
29 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 08:00:26 AM
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| 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. |
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:13:08 AM
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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)
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Miss Giddyup
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Linda
Sheridan
IN
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:30:42 AM
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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 ! |
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KayB
True Blue Farmgirl
540 Posts
Kay
Del City
Oklahoma
USA
540 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 09:32:32 AM
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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 |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 3:12:07 PM
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cookbooks, fiesta ware, books and dust LOL!!
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
895 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 6:26:54 PM
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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
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Miss Giddyup
Farmgirl in Training
33 Posts
Linda
Sheridan
IN
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2010 : 7:10:32 PM
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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 |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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Across the Fence: So, what do you collect? |
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So, what do you collect?
