What do your collections say about you??

Butterfly wings, wildflowers, shells, lambswool, feathers, vintage hats, clothes, tea tins, teapots, linens, etc.. These are a few of my favorite things..The list could go on and on and would include some less than lovely items (think more along the lines of specimens- yes. I love science and biology and have always collected items from nature like bones,etc.) My love for collecting was born from a long line of hunters and gatherers before me. As a child Saturday mornings meant piling into my fathers pick up truck to scour garage sales for trinkets and treasures. My grandparents have an RV garage (not for their RV mind you) but to house antiques. It's like touring a museum every time I visit them. The best part is that they know the stories and history behind every treasure. No piece is left unnoticed. 

This love for antiques was gifted to my sister and me and we carry the baton joyfully... (so much so that I opened an online shop to share my hobby addiction.) 

So what do my collections say about me? I am a constant gatherer. I love history. I love story. I love finding new life in the discarded, the forgotten, the remnants. I love to adopt items that have been loved before and are looking for a new home. I love discovering beauty in the unexpected.  My collections remind me of my own story. That I am a diamond in the rough: a soul with a bumpy past but great hope for the future.

How about you?? What do you collect? What items are you drawn to? And what do those collections say about you?

images: 1, polly eltes, 2, gathering vintage (me), 3, somethings hiding in here, 4. collage: (purl bee, design sponge, the selby, anthropologie eu, and stamps: anthro u.s.)

Comments

[Ginny]

At this stage in my life, I seem to "collect" pacifiers and dirty diapers.

But my heart would LIKE to collect: vintage cookbooks, brooches, estate jewelery, bird nests, etc.

[Rebecca]

What do my collections say about me? ~ Probably that I cannot say "No" to anything lovely, charming, unique, a little rough around the edges...

[Brigitte]

Ooooh. I collect cookbooks and vases (to fill with fresh flowers). Both are useful and bring me much joy.

[Traveling Mama]

I used to collect anything and everything, but selling most of our possessions and moving overseas required a much slower pace for collecting. Plus living in very small apartments with five people makes it so we must collect only what we cannot live without, which for us includes vintage cameras, tea cups, and one ornament from every country we visit.

[Ashley {Indie Pretty Projects}]

I am quite like you - I enjoy science and nature, and I will always pick up an interesting rock. I like find pine cones and acorns, and trying to think of a good way to use them. I suppose I enjoy collecting those things because nature's designs are the most original and haven't really been topped by anything humans have made.

My cousin used to joke that people would think I was crazy if they knew I kept a box of rocks under my bed, but maybe it would be less weird if I put them on display? That won't happen any time soon in a small apartment with two toddlers running around, so for now, they'll stay in a box in my closet.

[Ernest Holbert]

I really like the little deer figurines...I am an avid deer hunter and enjoy collecting pictures and artwork about the outdoors.