Thursday, August 19, 2010

Are you a Collector?

When I was a kid - maybe 10 years old - we went on vacation to New Hampshire. I fell in love with the mountains, and the lakes. We stayed on Squam Lake, the same lake from On Golden pond. I've posted about it recently.

My mother loved arts and crafts, and took us to a wonderful place - the New Hampshire League of Arts and Crafts. There, I fell in love with handcrafts (well, I already did love those things, as my Mom sewed and knitted and made bookshelves...) - but handcarved miniatures took a special place in my heart that summer.







These bunnies were some of the first in my collection.


Which has grown over the years -


And I am always adding to it....




This is NOT the whole collection.........

Is there anything that you collect? I'd love to see!

by the way, there's a giveaway going on for BOTH of my shops - Woolies and Buster and boo - over at the rikrak studio.

Drop on by!

6 comments:

Amber said...

Oh, that is a lovely collection of goodies! So sweet. I collect a bunch of things - most recently little houses from various artists in various mediums.

Mare said...

Oh i LOVE your bunnies and the whole collection...i do collect-too much actually. And if i started posting my collections it would take too much space! I am partial to rag /cloth/knitted/crocheted dolls, bears and stuffies, anything about animals, small wooden dollies,anything that grabs my heart...

FairiesNest said...

I collect wooden animals too! Also small German Kunstlerschutz paper mache animals...and tiny tea sets...I love tiny!

LittleElf said...

Oh my gosh, I LOVE it! I want your carved horse. ^_^ Soooo cute!

Hugs,
Elfie

Sue said...

I collect a bunch of things....
-Pretty much everything from the Lord of the Rings,
-NIVEA tins and advertising for them from the 80s (not so much anymore since I moved to this continent )
-Milk pitchers (love the shape)
-also have a thing for bowls...
-seem to collect fabric now too... LOL :0)

momma rae said...

when i was a kid i collected keychains. that was fun, but i don't have any of them anymore. now i collect all things mushroom and vintage canning jars with the glass lids. going to check out your giveaways... ;)