ornaments

hiya Dawn

LOL.. too many things, it's a pain having to move them all to dust, I'm going to get a display cabinet from the lady next door, more room for yet more ornaments
So you have an assortment of things, pelicans sounds nice...different. I have glass ones too, maybe the glass will turn into crystal lol.

I do have some display cabinets but I still have way too many things!!!

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hiya zone

Gotta give them their due though, they are free from time consuming dusting! I'll be sure to bring my crucifix when I come to visit then LOL, just kidding. It sounds amazing! I'd be there for ages studying them all, but we feel a bit creeped out up in the attic. Why don't you use the attic as a display room for them?, get the dusting done and get some light in there and take some pics hehe I'm glad your better half has the same tastes as you, makes life so much more simpler.

Thanx for the pic comment zone, those long tailed ones are from Australia

Yes I have been thinking of turning the attic into a display room, but it involves work o my part and I can be very lazy sometimes, but it would be worth it.

I do love those two cat ornaments with the long tails, are they for sale? I love anything cat related.

meowww lol, no sorry zone my bro and sis-in-law brought me them back from Aussie.

Ahh well it was worth a try, you got to love those Aussie kitties.

I will get to upload some pics of some of my stuff later on. It is good to find another fellow collector

I will look forward to seeing them. I only have 17, but know of someone on the Lot with 150!

Cheers my dear Sorry no pics for you yet, the camera is knackered

Awww pity, hurry up and get them done or I'm having that BR back! lol

lol. I wouldn't mind but its only a few a few months old. Bringing it back on Monday after work.

hope you've got your receipt! when you start raking in the cash from the attic you can buy a decent cam I've only seen one pic on this discussion, hope I get to see many more.

Yes I do still have the receipt but it did take me awhile to find it, you know when you put something in a safe place and then can't find it

I too hope to see many more pics in this discussion. It is aways fun to have a nose at other peoples stuff.

just don't look too close at mine, you'll see the dust

Dust is is the enemy of the collector of ornaments

Not if you keep them in display cabinets.. well it helps a wee bit. I'm buying one cheap from my neighbour

Yes that is true. We don't have any display cabinets, I must have a look around for one or two.

woo hoo! I got my display cabinet (£15) and about 12 years of dust to go with it! Now I'll have to get more ornaments to put in it

Thats great news and at £15 a bargin

hiya faery! hugs*

I think decorating our homes with ornaments makes us more at ease with familiar surroundings. We can relate a particular piece to a memory, whether it be a person, place, time...whatever, and that creates a comfort zone. Looking at bare walls and furniture would be pretty boring. I would imagine you have quite a few faeries/fairies? I'd like to see some of your work, maybe you will share a few pieces in your pics one day. Ahh yes, the crystal reflects the light, it's like having your own personal rainbows.

((((Alice))))*hugs* back at you:)Yes I have alot of faeries everywhere in my house .I agree with you completely a home should be warm and inviting.It is also an icebreaker when people visit you.And it provides a warm environment.You can make the dullest room shine with decorating it.I would be happy to share my stuff will sort that and post pictures up when I can.And who can resist shiny rainbow sparkles!

aww that's fantastic, I will look forward to seeing them. I never thought about visitors entering your home and seeing your ornaments, but yes, it must make them feel at ease, giving them something to look at, especially if they feel awkward.

Cool..I'll start working on that..Oh yes that has helped me many times as well and spared me many bumblings and awkward encounters from visting a friends house for the first time or meeting their relatives!

haha that's got to be one of theeee worst times, meeting the mother and father in law, thank God for ornaments, if they were posh they'd think you were casing the joint!

Thanx for the belly laugh Pikey, laptop nearly fell off! Get yourself a 'handle with care' sticker, it's probably payback for the vacuumed necklace! Family photos are always a must for adorning the walls and furniture, but I'm hoping to do the digi frame, as soon as I get a memory card that fits! You've still got those cards up?! lol

The cards remind me that someone loves me. Both of them! LOL.

awwwww we all wub you too Pikey

Very cool mask.

Hiya xboxboy

I love the mask, it looks African. I went round east Fortune market and used to see stalls with African sculpture, beautiful they were. tTanks for sharing the pic. What's the wooden figurine of?

LOL to each his own scoop my friend, one man's meat is another man's poison. I like the motto and think your wife would have you stuffed and mounted if you touched her ornaments LOL. I like the glass ones too and look forward to getting my display cabinet and showing them off again. They have been hidden away in a storage box since I moved house approx 6 months ago. I have one favourite piece, a heart-shaped vase which my mother gave me about 25 years ago, I will post a pic of it when I pull them out. Thanks for responding even although you are a minimalist!

hiya bunnybon hugs*

lol@ endowed I will now change the phrase 'hung like a donkey' to 'hung like a bull frog' 12 years! you must have had hundreds! Frogs would make a nice collection actually, especially if you managed to procure some antique pieces. I have 2 what looks like boots lol, but frogs on reeds (see pic) Betty Boop is very modern at the moment and my sis sent me a clock from France. Thanks for responding, hope to see some pics of your collection.

hiya eichs hugs*

Well I hate dusting my friend and that almost made me become a minimalist too, it takes so long lifting them all and replacing them. I once tried dusting round them but that was worse! and I nearly knocked things off! lol

Yes, it's hard to get rid of dusts at home. Even just a few days after general cleaning, dusts are gathering again everywhere. But the exchanges here are becoming interesting. I even saw some people's collection of cartoon characters in the tube last night (one of the guests have all kinds of memorabilia from my favorite movie "Star Wars" adorning his room and study area) and they are all amazing. Maybe I'll re-think of being a semi-minimalist and try to have some decors in my house soon.

Star wars! wow! It would be scary having darth vadar in there though! LOL
I've seen someone with a Star Trek theme where the living room was furnished to look like the 'star ship enterprise' and the man even had a suit made up like capatin Kirk's and instead of the Enterprise's window, which captian Kirk would be facing the man had his t.v. situated - his wife left him!!!
My sister did an Egyptian theme in her house and I must say I loved all the colours, gold, black and blue.

aww fantastic! are you going to share a pic with us emilie?

I will try to take some pictures this weekend I have to take the parent out shopping I will as soon as I can I don't know when though because Its been pretty busy at the job we lost a staff member last week and I been filling in. I been with the two year old kids so it been pretty hectic.

Six two year olds on a given day.

I'll look forward to seeing your pics and understand you must be busy with the extra work, especially with 6 2year olds! Shame I don't live near you I could use a job! LOL. Thanx Emilie

Ahh i wish you did they are trying to hire a new two year old teacher the old one got fires last week and I had to be pulled from the preschool kids and be a sub teacher till they hire a new one.
Ahh to bad you don't live in Pittsburgh. Thank you for being so Understanding.
Have a good weekend. I am getting ready to take the parents out in about a hour just wanted to my lot a little before I left.

hiya Canellita

lol, you sound really irritated by them, I suppose we do have a lot of clutter in our lives. I have a dvd collection but that's away in another room and neatly on shelving and have no cd's as all my music is on the pc. I dont have books, so ornaments work for me. What kind of artwork do you do? Don't you display that?

Nope. At present it is all wearable artisan work. It's in bins until I take it out for sale.

Wearable artisan work.. hand crafted jewellery? 'Bins' that is obviously storage bins. Another Lot member makes some beautiful pieces and displays them on thier website. Thanks for responding

Mostly textile stuff these days. Jewelry making has been scaled down to just earrings for the time being. The images here are a little old. They are handmade polymer clay beads.

Those are gorgeous! Thanx for sharing. I love the little brown ones on the right, some of them look good enough to eat!

Thanks! Glad you like them!