I started a swanky swig collection and a vintage yard stick collection. I've also started picking up vintage soap flake pitchers and vintage dish towels. I'm hopeless! The more vintage things I find, the more I
I've been trying to complete my vintage Fiesta mixing bowl sets for a few years now, but haven't had any luck with #6's and #7's being in my super cheap price range. I've been trying to finish up my vintage Pyrex collection for the past few years too, and I'm almost there! That is, until I decided I needed the striped Pyrex bowls now too!
I have 2 ironstone chamber pots, and that's all I plan to get...but what if one shows up at a sale that I can't walk away from? Sigh, it will come home with me-just like everything else!
I know I will never collect old tools...but Kevin does that, so they are all around in his barn. I'm sitting here trying to think of other things I will never collect...hmmmm...it's not as easy as I thought!
I don't think I would ever collect milk glass. I'm more of a bright colors girl than plain white. I know some people like plain white-I have a friend at work who has all white Fiesta for her dishes and she loves them! I have all different colors and I love mine!
I picked up a few beanie babies back in their heyday, but I think that was just because my kids were little, and they liked them, and one of my co-workers at the time was crazy about them and I think it rubbed off on me a little bit. I've been slowly giving them away to little kids. I didn't get very many, maybe 10-15.
I have a small stamp collection that I started when I was in middle school-nothing fancy, just a fun cheap thing to collect. I used to collect teddy bears-way back in high school, but haven't bought one since I was 18. That collection has been disbanded and given away too.
I used to collect clear depression glass, then my taste changed to purple or amethyst depression glass, and from that my collecting has just blown off the doors!
Maybe I have an addiction to collecting...LOL!
I'd LOVE to hear about what you collect! Leave a comment, or send me an email with pictures! Some of my blog friends have sent me wonderful emails with great pictures of their collections over the years, I've loved looking at every one of them!
Here are some shots of my
Don't look too closely....I didn't get rid of all of the dust bunnies last week...some of them are visiting for a little longer-LOL!
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Let's see, Cookie Jars, S&P shakers, old wash boards, sad irons, anything sheep or goat related, spoons, coffee cups, wine glasses, spinning wheels, galvanized buckets and old tools for the garden, anything rusty and old like me. Oh and do 4 hutches and 2 armories count too? I know I left out a few things here and there ....... LOL. Yes I am an addict is there a 12 step programs somewhere for us?
ReplyDeleteI actually joined a Facebook group called "I need a 12 step program for my Fiestaware addiction"! You should post some pictures of your collections on your blog-I'd LOVE to see them!!!
DeleteWow - your collections are beautiful. Love the Fiesta and Pyrex - so colourful. I collect some Pyrex and pink depression glass, though your Fiesta looks so good I just may have to think about that one. Good thing there isn't a lot of those around here!
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:) Be careful!! Fiesta addictions sneak up on you before you know it!!! ;) Thanks for stopping by!!
DeleteGoodness! I knew you liked Fiest, but I've never seen it all laid out like that. I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteIt's been many years in the making (as you know from hunting with me!)...you should show some of your collections too auntie!!!
DeleteHello! I <3 your pink and aqua Pyrex! I also like your vintage tablecloths! I collect Pyrex, vintage linens and children's books to name a few! Great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Carly! Thanks for stopping by! I think I am just as addicted to Pyrex as I am to Fiesta! It's always fun to meet another person who "gets it" about Pyrex! So many people that I know think I am nuts! :)
DeleteI love ALL your stuff above!I collect only VINTAGE S&P shakers, aluminum kitchen items, tablecloths, hankies, pottery planters, white restaurant china, restaurant creamers & butter pats, mixing bowls, white buttons, quilts, padlocks, shiny bright Christmas ornaments collected in old big jars, wooden cigar boxes, Gurley candles, picnic baskets, chenille bedspreads, etc etc! Now I only buy what is a huge bargain at thrift stores & estate sales; usually tend to go when it is 1/2 priced. Love your blog. Mary $^)
ReplyDeleteHi Mary! I have a few aluminum kitchen items and old ornaments too...I just didn't get to that part of the house with the camera! ;) I think having the booth and having an excuse to go to all the sales has helped my collections take off! You have me intrigued with butter pats...I'll have to keep my eyes open for them! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteMy Mom always said I collect collections. I have to many to list, but we share a lot of the same ones - tablecloths, yardsticks, vintage holiday stuff, picnic baskets, vintage pottery, vintage baby quilts and lots more. But you already know that! I'm trying to focus on the collections that I really LOVE and clear out the rest. I just priced my entire vintage hankie collection to take to the booth. I thought that was a pretty big step!
ReplyDeleteThat WAS a big step Shara! I don't know of a collection that I have(right now)that I'd be willing to get rid of...I did sell most of my clear depression glass, but all the junk I have now, I don't want to part with!! Even when I think about having to pack it all up to move in a couple of months-I'm not motivated to get rid of it! We'll see what happens when the time comes! ;)
DeleteI could look at those photos ALL DAY LONG!!! You and I definitely have the same tastes when it comes to collecting. At some point, I am going to start doing a weekly blog posting on my collections since I seem to have so many. First and foremost, Pyrex. Then linens, Swanky Swigs, vintage drinking glasses, vintage holiday decor, picnic baskets, picnic tins, bread boxes, S & P shakers, pottery, the list goes on and on. I don't think that there is a problem at all with loving things from the past so much that we have to have it all! They just don't make things as lovely as they used too.
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Erica, You got it right when you said they just don't make things as lovely as they used to! I keep wishing and hoping someone would catch on and make some new stuff as fun and exciting as the old stuff! I even wrote to Pyrex telling them just that-but they never answered-their loss if they don't at least try it! Can you imagine how much more fun grocery shopping would be if we could buy our sour cream in swanky swigs again? Or honey whip in glass jars in bright colors?? I'd need a second house just to hold all of the groceries!!! ;)
DeleteOh my gosh, where do I begin with the collections (hoards).....the only thing I have one of is a husband and I have found that is more than any one woman really needs. I collect anything pyrex, vintage photos, vintage cameras, vintage baby christening gowns, mustache cups, shaving mugs,razors, invalid feeders, chopper hoppers, vintage wedding dresses and cake toppers, carnival glass, punch bowls, avon ruby red cape cod dishes, avon bottles..........sometimes I really do think this is a sickness! Currier and Ives dishes,vintage finger lamps, oil lamps, shakers, Hoosier cabinets.....seriously if it is old I love it.....it usually starts out that I find one thing I like or someone gives me something vintage and next thing you know it turns into a collection. I wish mine were as neatly displayed as yours....but I have run out of room. I will try to take some pictures of all of them and put them on my blog. It is interesting to see all the goodies people do have out there.
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa! I laughed out loud when I read about your 1 husband! One is more than any woman really needs is soo true-LOL! I love hoosier cabinets too-I just don't have any more room to have one...maybe in our next house!I'll be watching for your pictures!!!
DeleteYou have some wonderful collections!
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DeleteI guess I'm different than most...I don't collect anything. Everything I pick up is for sale. I might have it for a while and enjoy it while I have it, but eventually it leaves me. However, I seem to be drawn to anything mid century (50's/60's). Maybe that's because those are the things I remember most from my childhood. By the way, all of your collections are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure my husband wishes I could be more like you Jackie! He doesn't get "collecting" at all, and thinks my junk takes up too much room! :)
DeleteWow I LOVE collection posts/pix and that was a great fix of them! You have a lot of stuff(collections) a bit like me!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you store your table cloths on the ladder..
Yes, more is more and more is better in my case too! I collect loads of things.. Tea towels, sifters, table cloths, vintage linen, egg cups, glasses cases, knitting needles etc etc etc!! SOME of them are in my COLLECTION label at my blog - I was trying to do a post a week about a coolection = failed!
Amazing vintage treasures!!! Due to space limitations I've been selling off my treasures except for Buffalo China and Niagara Textile Company, Lockport NY tea towels. Left WNY after college but now enjoy several summer months at our lakeside family cottage. Always on the hunt for a piece from every pattern BFLO China produced and for the gorgeous towels that were no more after a mill fire in the early '50's. Thanks for for a peek of your collections!
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