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Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: oogyda Date: April 29, 2020, 5:50 pm
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The decluttering thread brought me around here because I want to
talk about my collection and I'd love to hear about other
people's.
In a flourish of decluttering, I uncovered a collection and the
unfinished project that goes along with it.
I found my collection of wooden yardsticks. There's a lot of
history in the ones I either obtained myself or knew the
business or the people who ran the business. Some are from the
small (population 600) town my mother is from that she gave me.
There's one from the grain elevator, one from the hardware store
where my grandfather worked and several from the Chevrolet
dealership dating back to 1957. The owner of the dealership
lived next door to my grandparents. When we were helping MIL
clear out her house I came across a couple I asked to keep. She
thought I was a little crazy, but gave me those and a few others
along with the background information she had of them.
Armed with a level and a bunch of command strips, I finally have
a grouping of 14 yardsticks on my wall and will be adding to it
when I can get more.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: sandisadie Date: April 29, 2020, 6:17 pm
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I've collected cats nearly all my life. I'm selective about
adding one to my collection. If it doesn't have a personality
it doesn't come home with me. I really love those that I think
of as someone's first attempt at creating a cat image. Some of
my best were purchased from flea markets and from garage sales.
Most of them sit but some hang on the wall. All kinds of media
are used. I've received some of them as gifts. One of my
recent favorites was found at a local garage sale for 50 cents.
I thought it looked like a "real" collectible as it has
information printed on the bottom. So I looked it up and found
t is now selling for over $300 on the website of the creator. I
also have several painted rocks that are cat images and one item
made in China that uses rabbit fur and glass eyes and looks
exactly like a reclining kitten; although very small. I've also
done a few cross-stitch and other thread art pieces featuring a
cat, that are now framed and on my walls.
I enjoy doing a stained glass piece featuring a cat because it's
not easy to portray a feline in glass and make them look
realistic. I could keep going, but I'll stop and let someone
else talk about their hobby.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: MarmaladeMom Date: April 29, 2020, 6:23 pm
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Not so much a collection of yardsticks as just the odd few that
accumulated over the course of years.... except for one
specimen....I have an odd one from the early 1900’s (I think),
which is a shorter length held vertically in a brass base and
clip. It’s used for measuring dress hems from the floor, and
belonged I’m guessing to my husband’s great grandmother, who was
an extremely talented seamstress.
I found it in our basement, which is home to artifacts of 3-4
generations of my husband’s family. We live in the house my
husband grew up in and although the house was only built in the
1950’s, no one ever threw anything away that “might be useful.”
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Luci Date: April 29, 2020, 6:27 pm
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Sounds fun. My problem is shot glasses, over 100, mostly from
traveling. We had them nicely displayed in our previous home,
but haven’t found a place here yet.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: gmatoy Date: April 30, 2020, 2:26 am
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I collect angels. I have over 1,000 of them. DH says he was the
first in my collection, but he is wrong. ;D
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Pattycake Date: April 30, 2020, 9:20 am
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I have a small collection of thimbles, which was not started by
me. I have a small collection of cat things. I wanted to start a
collection of music boxes, and my mom did give me some, but I
never run into them (I don't get around much!) and other people
never caught on. I have a HUGE collection of fabric (LOL!) I
also have a collection of postcards. Thankfully most of these
things don't take up a lot of room.
The one thing I did deliberately collect was tins. Most are
modern, and they cover the top of the cupboards in my living
room, and the top of the bookcase in my bedroom, with a bunch
more in other scattered places. They really provide a lot of
colour in the living room, which otherwise is mostly light wood
colours.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: Jayhawk Date: April 30, 2020, 1:05 pm
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My mom had about 6-8 yardsticks - mostly from "back home." She
had them hanging horizontally on a hanger that had 2 vertical
strips with loops in them.
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: gmatoy Date: May 2, 2020, 9:02 pm
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[quote author=Jayhawk link=topic=1699.msg51145#msg51145
date=1588269904]
My mom had about 6-8 yardsticks - mostly from "back home." She
had them hanging horizontally on a hanger that had 2 vertical
strips with loops in them.
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l l
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l l
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the ========= is the yardstick hanging on the loops U.
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That is a clever way to show them off!
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: HenrysMom Date: May 4, 2020, 12:11 am
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Anime figures and Gunpla. During my marriage, I was never
“allowed” to collect anything, so my apartment is now
practically a shrine to Ghilbi, anime, and various Gundam
series. I have them displayed on bookcases against one wall of
my living room, which are starting to look a bit over full. I’m
planning a trip to IKEA when the all-clear is given (in our neck
of the woods they’re saying 5/22).
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Re: Collecting. That's a hobby, right?
By: MarmaladeMom Date: May 4, 2020, 12:44 pm
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I collect boxes. Mostly wooden, mostly handmade, frequently
vintage. Everything from an old tea chest that came over with
the family from Ireland in the 1860’s to cigar boxes,
silver chests and puzzle boxes with hidden drawers, scattered
all over the house.
Edited to add: Also books. Cookbooks, sci fi and fantasy,
mysteries, gardening, history and a complete set of Samuel
Pepys’ diaries (12 or so volumes) and other eyewitness
accounts of how people lived, knitting and other crafts, lots
and lots of books (thousands). I was mentioning to my DS that I
would try to winnow things down as we get older and he told me
“actually I’m considering it part of my
‘inheritance’ “ and he’s always looking
through what we’ve got and looking forward to rummaging
more about thoroughly.
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