Ladies, let's talk collection! What do you collect?

[funnyfarm]

It's gorgeous, Lisa!! Are you familiar with Heisey glass? My Mom (who also collects pineapples) has a complete, and I mean comPLETE, set of Heisey in the Plantation pattern.

 

[janieT]

Lisa, those are beautiful. I only have one piece of glass that we bought at an art fair, its still in a moving box We have a huge antique mall here in town and I've seen some beautiful pieces there that I would love to have.

 

[janieT]

Right now I'm collecting stuff for my new hobby - vaping LOL!

 

[CES]

very worthy collectables

 

[Lisa66]

It's gorgeous, Lisa!! Are you familiar with Heisey glass? My Mom (who also collects pineapples) has a complete, and I mean comPLETE, set of Heisey in the Plantation pattern.

Yes, I am! Wow.... I'd love to see that. Did she come across an entire set somewhere, or was she able to piece it together over time? How fun! I have a couple of odd pieces in the flamingo (transparent pale coral/blush) color...... i just love the color. One is a plate with little handles that I love to serve tomatoes from the garden on since the color looks so beautiful with that.

Lisa, those are beautiful. I only have one piece of glass that we bought at an art fair, its still in a moving box We have a huge antique mall here in town and I've seen some beautiful pieces there that I would love to have.

You need to get that thing out of the box and use/enjoy it! I know what you mean about the antique places. For me it's like getting sucked into a black hole! I go in looking for glass and come out with............ a very early map of Los Angeles for my friend who lives there, plus glass . What I love about it is you can get gorgeous stuff for very little money. It's exciting to think something has a historic, artistic or monetary value, but when it comes down to it, I buy what I love. One of my most favorite pieces is an iridescent depression glass bowl that has a very plain design....... and I paid $12 for it!

 

[funnyfarm]

Lisa, my Mom started collecting it back before it was expensive and bought almost all hers really cheap -- she started because she collected pineapples and, of course, the Plantation pattern is pineapples! The last few pieces she paid a good bid for, but overall she paid very little and now it's worth a FORTUNE!! I inherit it when she's gone (LONG time for now, I pray) and my sisters are always ragging on me that I won't get much else because it's worth so much!!

 

[outofbreath]

Fairly new to the forum. Found this thread as I was looking around. I love the idea of a woman's area. I collect s&p shakers. Didn't start out to do it. Mom collected them, when she passed away my sister had no room so I inherited them. I bought a nice corner curio to display them in. Everyone just took it from there, friends started getting them for me when they were on vacation, hubby and the kids got sets they saw and thought they were cute. I now have additional China closet whose shelves are filled with only s&p shakers. I am trying to ger extra glass shelves for the corner curio. The ones I love the most are mom's. JFK inauguration set. She was so proud of them . Guess I am now keeping mom's collection going. My daughters love them too. I have given both of them a few of moms, so I guess the collection will carry on.

 

[Wolf308]

I actually started a collection of S&P Shakers a long time ago, but I gave it up because my friends are extremely deranged. I ended up with them getting me these S&P Shakers that were so bizarre... some of them were antiques and I couldn't exactly display them. Giving it up was the only way to make the waves of weird stop. LOL!

 

[funnyfarm]

I think S&P's make a great collectible! I have a small collection, but stopped a long time ago when I got into pineapples and flying pigs! lol But there are aMAZing sets outs there (apparently truly bizarre ones, too, Wolf ) -- beautiful, cunning, cute, funny -- just about anything you like, you can find as S&P's! I even have a darling little set that are pigs dressed sort of like bridesmaids, with little bouquets, etc.

 

[CES]

i suspect that I'd both love the weird s&p shakers, and be one of those people who contributed some of the stranger ones to wolf's collection

 

[funnyfarm]

Me too! I LOVE those and I just loathe skiing!

 

[outofbreath]

I actually started a collection of S&P Shakers a long time ago, but I gave it up because my friends are extremely deranged. I ended up with them getting me these S&P Shakers that were so bizarre... some of them were antiques and I couldn't exactly display them. Giving it up was the only way to make the waves of weird stop. LOL!

I know how that is. A few were given to me by my hubbys friends . There are stored well out of the eyesight of the grandchildren! Some are funny just very inappropriate for the kids LOL.

 

[outofbreath]

Wrong place for this post. I'll get it right eventually.

 

[outofbreath]

I think S&P's make a great collectible! I have a small collection, but stopped a long time ago when I got into pineapples and flying pigs! lol But there are aMAZing sets outs there (apparently truly bizarre ones, too, Wolf ) -- beautiful, cunning, cute, funny -- just about anything you like, you can find as S&P's! I even have a darling little set that are pigs dressed sort of like bridesmaids, with little bouquets, etc.

The pig set sounds adorable. Haven't seen those yet.

 

[funnyfarm]

outofbreath, I found those at an antique shop years ago -- they're old, but don't appear to be true antiques to my eye. Cute tho!

 

[tlmoody27]

Mine is rather odd... I collect buttons and crochet hooks. Being new to vaping I see I may soon be collecting drip tips

 

[CES]

Buttons could be a lot of fun. there are some really interesting ones i bet. I'd love to see pictures of the crochet hook collection, especially since i thought they were all pretty much alike

 

[classwife]

Oh ! Buttons !! My Grandmother had a button jar...when I was little I loved dumping the jar and sorting & looking at the buttons...
Not at all like the buttons of today, these were more like jewelry ! I wonder what ever happened to that jar !

 

[Cherryblossom]

Oooh I remember the jars and tins of buttons from when I was little too. All the aunts/Grandma's/ladies had one. I can remember digging through them for hours just fascinated by them! Lots of them were sparkly with rhinestones and such, or looked like little carvings or little metal scroll-works. Definitely not the plastic mass produced ones of today.

 

[classwife]

yes ! Those kinds...such treasures they were !