Friday, October 7, 2011

What do you collect?



I have a friend who collects toothpick holders. She finds them while on vacation, in antique stores and since people knows she collects, they gift them to her.

I don't collect too many things. As a teenager, I collected antique and vintage books. I'm not exactly sure of what happened to them but I don't own too many books anymore.

In fact, the only thing I collect is small and doesn't clutter up the house. I collect sterling silver charms for my charm bracelet. My husband bought it for me a few years back. Charms are inexpensive and there are so many kinds!

I have been to 39 states and have 39 state charms. Here is a photo of my charm bracelet:

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There is the birthday cake which my mom got me for my 30th birthday last year:

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The charm to remind me of the RV my husband & I purchased a few years ago. We thought we were RV people. We are not. We are home people.

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My name means "honey bee" in Greek and I love bees because of it.

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And my home state of New York. There are vintage rhinestone buttons which I clipped off a skirt and put on the bracelet. You can see one of those in the photo below.

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I love my bracelet. It is wearable and doesn't take up much space.

What do you collect?




1 comment:

  1. Does dust count? Lol
    Very nice bracelet Melissa!
    And I loved your comment about being home people...funny :)

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