What do YOU collect??

[SunnyFreckles]

Back so soon!!! And sunglasses! Some label, some not! I have an obsession with sunnies!!!

[Tangerine]

Ex-boyfriends and parking tickets.





j/k.

I have a huge weakness for Jcrew cardigans, MAC makeup, jackets (mostly leather) and any and all BOOTS.

I actually need to stop with all these things, I have enough to go on for years!

[lovinalotofbags]

I did not think I was a collector of anything but I guess it would have to be semi-precious gemstones.

[GirlFriday]

I like to collect:
- foreign currency, I don't have a real collection, just like to keep a paper bill or two from different countries.
- paintings from our travels, usually bought from local street artists
- I like baseball caps. I don't wear them all the time but like to use them when I'm out in the sun for long periods of time.
- cashmere sweaters. I like that they're much more affordable now.
- and books, I have a fear that I'll never have enough books to read, so I'm always buying them.

[elizat]

I like vintage dishes and furniture. I have a collection of depression glass (blue bubble pattern) and other odds and ends from the 1930's, including a china set.

With furniture, it has a lot more character than stuff in stores today. My furniture is a mix of antiques and current items.

I like lots of books too and seeing them lined up on shelves. Plus, I am a huge reader.

[digby723]

Originally Posted by GirlFriday

I like to collect: - foreign currency, I don't have a real collection, just like to keep a paper bill or two from different countries. - paintings from our travels, usually bought from local street artists - I like baseball caps. I don't wear them all the time but like to use them when I'm out in the sun for long periods of time. - cashmere sweaters. I like that they're much more affordable now. - and books, I have a fear that I'll never have enough books to read, so I'm always buying them.

Ditto, but I really only collect the coins. I prefer to collect them myself, but I won't stop someone if they bring it back for me, if I've never been to that particular country :)

[pmburk]

I realized that almost everything I collect is pretty era-specific to the 1930s-1950s. I'm a whore for vintage, what can I say?

- Vintage cookbooks
- Vintage women's clothing & accessories
- Bakelite and WWII sweetheart jewelry
- Women's WWII US military uniforms

Regarding the uniforms, I have a museum-quality collection featuring every branch of service except Coast Guard & Marine Corps (one day!) I'm not trying to brag and I know most ladies here probably could give a flip about this, but it is something I am proud of, because there aren't a lot of people who own as much stuff as I do, and it has taken years of scouring to find some of the pieces. LOL. It is definitely a unique niche.

My husband and I also collect white ironstone and restaurantware.

[PrettyInPink]

Corks. I have whoever I shared the bottle with write their name and the date on the bottom. I keep them in a fishbowl.

I also used to collect Coca-Cola memorabilia.

I also have a growing apple collection (anything and everything with apples on it) -- I'm going to be a teacher

[AAA07]

I collect colored gemstones - mostly loose facedted stones but some already set in jewelry. I usually but setting too and just set my own. So basically I have my own custom jewelry collection and it wasn't too expensive.

[AmourCouture]

I collect compliments!

Actually, vintage lucite and antique mesh handbags...I never use them. I just like to look at them.

[GnomeNisse]

Jewelry, fine and costume (love vintage in any way)
Marc Jacobs bags
Limoges china
Chintz (The real English chintz) china
Antique documents (like circa 1300 breviary leaf, musical sheets circa 1230...etc etc. I have them framed and displayed as art)
Roman glass and Roman coins
Viking jewelry/brooches/artifacts dating priro to 1100AD
Books...we have thousands. There's nowhere left to put them, there are so many.


And children....between us we have 4.. lol

[plumaplomb]

classic books to round out my "library" - right now i'm collecting nabokov and james

steeply marked down beautiful clothing and accessories, both new and vintage. i can't walk past an amazing deal, even if it's not my style. i will buy it, take photos of it for my sake, and then resell it later when i can manage to part with it.

shoes. verrrrrry slowly lol

[GhstDreamer]

I don't collect a lot of things besides handbags.

Some stuff I do collect are philosophy books (anything from the ancient Greeks to late 20th Century - I was a philosophy grad), graphic novels and anime dvds.

[TygerKitty]

I'm verrrrrrrrrrrry slowly collecting Lladro pieces (hand painted Spanish porcelain pieces)! I bought my first in Spain, an airplane Christmas ornament (my dad flies, and it was my first time overseas and without family)! I received a ballerina one year and when I graduated college my parents found a retired piece I was dying for... the milennium edition milky way figurine!!! www.lladro.com if you've never heard of them! They are expensive though so I only have a few; they mean so much to me though! The last pic is the next piece I realllllllllly want (maybe when I get my master's degree!!) I teach and studied science so it's perfect for me!

No picture of the airplane ornament

Pic 1 - Ballerina "Debut"

Pic 2 - "Milky Way" (sort of a side view)

Pic 3 - "Scientia"

[Trolley-Dolly]

Makeup.

It's bad for your wallet.