collections

[captainbovine]

do you collect anything special?

I just wondered if you have an item that sparked off a collection for you. With me it was a cow creamer and I had over 100 when we moved, cow ornaments as well as creamers. I have had to get rid of some as we don't have the room now.

I also collect one pattern of blue and white china with cows on.

How about you?

[stan3502]

Beatrix Potter ornaments from Beswick,Royal Doulton and Royal Albert

All started as I had been given 2 as a child for my christening and then as an adult one was broken when I moved so S replaced it for me and the ball rolled from there

[bitsnknots]

Must admit that I don't really collect anything.  We only have a small two bedroomed bungalow and there isn't a lot of room.

[mustard-tree]

Teapots, mugs, cruets, fridge magnets, books and cuddly toys

Teapots started when I inherited an old one from my grandmother

Mugs when I won one back in the 70s as finishers award in a motorcycle rally

Cruets when I saw a bulk lot on sale on here

Fridge magnets when someone brought me one back from holiday

Books, when I married in 1989 and my husband brought a lot with him

Cuddly toys when my husband gave me a blue teddy bear in 1990

All are on display on shelf units

[captainbovine]

tell me about it Chris! we have a two bed bungho too and we have had to decide what could stay and what should go. Hard to do but if you downsize what else can you do?

I used to collect teddies some I couldn't part with though, so they are squeezed in the study, much to OH's annoyance but so it goes eh?

[stan3502]

I also have the "Geoffrey's" though that is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy out of control and may need to be curbed this year and some rehomed , though some are very important and special to me and will always have a home with me xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[cookiecookuk]

i use to collect pill boxes but have not bought any for a year or two but i sill have them.probanbly got about 150 but as they are small the do not take up much room.

[ed_blackadder_1]

I have 48 Beatrix Potters, I used to get them every year for birthdays and Christmas, they are in boxes now.

I also collect my china, I have a full dinner service and lots of other bits, tea set, coffee set and so on. Courtesy of ebay, we were given a starter set when we got married, and then I discovered them on ebay and caught the bug.

[cee-dee]

Things made to be collectable won't appreciate because everyone, well, collects them and keeps them.

Things that are made in quantity get used (or played with) and thrown away. The survivors appreciate.

[vamo48]

  I have a small collection of frosted glass animals.  I found a dog one in a jumble sale as a child, which eventually got damaged and is long gone.  Saw a similar one a couple of years ago in a boot sale; it too was badly chipped and I didn't buy it, but found cat, rabbit and bee in charity shops.  Still looking for another glass dog...

[merc1_clocks]

  It used to be hens with me...real & ornamental.

  I love hens...they look so pre-historic, but can be so loving...

  I hate buzzards...nuff said 

[023mjc]

DUST !!

[dairyview123]

Plain white kitchen jugs with bands round, got one blue one and a brown one as could not bare to see them left on the shelf! got 27 of these cos I smashed one last week decorating! tuts.

Old wooden mantle clocks, big old boys like Napoleon hats some not so wide too, got 9 of these and a few odd brass and marble ones, we dont have them wound up!

Biscuit barrels some china some wooden, got 31 of them.

Small fairy ornaments too many to count.

And lastly dust!

[captainbovine]

I used to collect Victorian cream pots with cows on. Stopped that when I had all the ones I could afford. Then went on to teddies old ones, but they went silly prices so that stopped! Then went on to cow creamers, have done the same there....what is it with me and my collections?

I'm like Merc is with hens then I'm like that with cows....aaawwww

[stroppy*cow]

I have a large collection of swarovski crystal figurines. It all started with a hedgehog that I bought in Brussels when we were on holiday a long time ago. Then I bought an owl and it sort of grew.

I have a lot of the coloured butterflies, insects and birds and a lot of the items are are now discontinued.

I also have a small (ish) collection of me to you bears, some soft toy bears and some figurines.