What do you collect?

[tulip]

bikes (of course). I have a Luna Eclipse, a Bike Friday Pocket Rocket Pro, and a Jamis Coda Comp. I lost the 1952 JC Higgins 3-speed and the 1980s Vitus road bike in the divorce. Oh well.

Teapots, me too! I love cast iron Japanese teapots. I only have two, but I'm always on the lookout for more. I also have three ceramic teapots--one from England and two from China. I drink tea, and I notice differences in taste depending on the teapot that I use.

Wire bicycles. I haven't made any myself yet, but I plan to. I have only three at the moment.

Photos of cool bikes that I have seen on my travels. I don't have them framed yet, but I have the wall picked out where they will hang. Utility bikes from Nicaragua and Brazil are my favorites, and a Mardi Gras adult trike from N.O.

[Irulan]

I collect post cards mailed from country of origin. Some of my more cools ones are Everest Base Camp, Bhutan and Mongolia.

[Aggie_Ama]

Here are some not so high quality photos of the cookie jars. None of them are expensive but I love each one.


The glass Liberty Bell my husband's stepmother found while cleaning out his Grandmother's house and thought I would like it. It is hideously ugly but cool in a "what the heck is this" way. His stepmom seems to think this brand of glass stuff is of value, I have not clue what it is but the weird cookie jar is cool in its own way, I guess. The other is a Mushroom I found at my Nanny's when we were moving her to assisted living. It always had Chips Ahoy in it when I was a kid, I had forgotten it existed and am proud it is in my possession now.


The Panda Bear was a gift from my mom because I love Pandas. The Crab was a gift from one of my closest friends because she knew I collected cookie jars and it was just kind of weird.


Pineapple was a gift from my Mom, she saw it at Garden Ridge and thought of me. We have a Palm Tree theme in our kitchen and the pineapple is tropical. That combined with the Christmas jar got me on this cookie jar collecting thing. The Cable Car was a birthday present I bought myself in San Francisco this year. It is the Hyde Street cable car.


And here is the one that started it all, the Christmas Jar. My husband's stepmother knew I liked to bake Christmas Cookies and bought me the jar for them. The Winnie the Pooh one was given to me by my mother because I like Winnie the Pooh.

[SlowButSteady]

License Plates. Trying for fifty states and then some.

Mammalian skulls (really).

Wild turkey hunting calls. I have one of the very best ever made. And a pretty good collection otherwise.

[Eden]

Teapots, me too! I love cast iron Japanese teapots. I only have two, but I'm always on the lookout for more. I also have three ceramic teapots--one from England and two from China. I drink tea, and I notice differences in taste depending on the teapot that I use.

I love my cast iron Japanese pot - I only have one - sooooo expensive, but very beautiful.

Most of mine are Chinese Yixing pots. They come in many shapes and sizes. I tend to like the more subtle or traditional designs than the fanciful ones that are made to look like something else - like a log or an animal.

The largest one is Chinese too, its an antique pot that I found at an estate sale.

[tulip]

Ooooh, nice teapots. I have an iron Japanese one like yours (squished) but it's black and red. My other one is square and all black. Once I get a kitchen back I'll unpack them and take a picture.

I love your little teapots.

[Biciclista]

I collect bikes, we used to collect violins. I try not to collect anything (except for bikes now) because it just starts to take up space. One might say I collect books too.

[bikerchic]

I collect cows mostly the black and white ones. The herd has taken over my kitchen and many boxes as I've packed up a lot of them. Everyone knows I love cows and I get lots of cows from friends and relatives.

I also collect Hard Rock Cafe shotglasses. I have nearly two dozen from all over the world, again friends and relatives buy them for me in their travels.

Lets see I collect post cards, stamps, bike related "stuff", teddy bears, bird houses, pink flamingos and diamonds! Well not so much diamonds, I can only wish, sigh.

[LoriO]

I collect children's horse books. It started after college when I was in a used book store and saw a couple of horse stories that I remembered reading as a child and I had to buy them. I know have bookshelves filled with horse books!

I also have a collection of Breyer horses. most of them are ones that I got when I was a child. I till occasionally add to my collection but not as much as I used to.

[wildhawk]

Awesome collections everyone!! And wow - I have some similar collections too. Aggie: I will get you a smashed penny from Florida first chance I get too.

Let’s see: I have a collection of teapots - a few - loves the pics of yours! I love old kitchen gadgets, have quite a collection of the little vintage wooden handle cookie cutters from the 30s and 40s. I have a collection of old cameras and camera equipment (been doing graphic art since the 70s and most of them I have used at one time or another - now trying to get into digital more). I am an avid collector of old books - especially ones about nature and art. I used to live on a farm and own horses, so I have a living room that has several saddles, various tack and horse stuff lying around and the biggest collection of mine is my Breyer horse collection. My “herd” numbers just over 300 - I will get some pics for you LoriO. I have a collection of Roy Rogers memorabilia to go with the horses. I even constructed a miniature leather saddle and bridal set for one of the horses - hard work, but very detailed. My DH and I also love model trains, so I used my art skills to hand paint tiny little N-scale train houses and people. My DH has a collection of bikes - five of which are in our family room right now - looks like a bike “stable” with them all lined up! Two older drop-handle racers, two new Schwinn hybrids and my Giant hybrid. I collect patches from state parks - that is my touristy collection thing to get. My sister calls us packrats, but we are “collectors” and our house is definately eclectic and weird. Thanks for sharing your hobbies everyone - very fun getting to know you all better!

[GeoCam]

I collect cows mostly the black and white ones. The herd has taken over my kitchen and many boxes as I've packed up a lot of them. Everyone knows I love cows and I get lots of cows from friends and relatives.

Do you have one of the Terry "Moo" bikes? It would fit right in!!

http://www.arcfile.com/cow/graphics/moo.jpg

[LoriO]

I used to have about 80 or so. AS much as I hated to, about 2 years ago I had to sell some to help pay some vet bills for the real horse. As much as I loved my plastic ones, the real one had to come first.

If you love Breyers, check out my barn managers website, she does beautiful horse resin sculptures that you would just go ga-ga over. The paint jobs on some of these are just mind-boggeling, you would swear that horse was real that is how realistic they are. www.artbymorgen.com