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Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 20 Apr

Recently, I decided to catch up reading novels and collecting them. I have this habit that I write my name and date when I start to read it. I have been doing this since I was in primary school. It sounds weird to do it, but that...

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Collecting pine cones for table displays ....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 10 Apr

I have just been out for a walk , I could hear the children playing football on the field of the village hall....it's the local under 13's ....they are very good and I try to support them whenever I am at the caravan. Just as I...

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Do you still buy physical books/CDs, or have you gone 100% digital?

cuttyrish @cuttyrish (3264) • United States 9 Mar

I was cleaning out my guest room today and found a box of old CDs and paperbacks. It’s 2026, and I can stream basically any song or book in seconds from my phone, but holding that physical copy felt... different. There is...

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Disney collectors cards and catalogue

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 21 Nov

As I posted a few weeks ago , one of our supermarkets has a promotion on at the moment. For every £15 you spend you get a pack of cards . There are four cards in each pack. There is a catalogue that you can stick the cards into....

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I Got it at the Flea Market Yesterday

Jim Bauer @porwest (112876) • United States 16 Nov

I don't normally buy money, but I do keep some bills and coins from time to time that I find interesting, or that were given to me. I have mentioned about those a few times here, including a 1950s $5 silver certificate that my...

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A tin of old coins ....are they valuable ....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 8 Jun 25

A neighbour is having a huge clear out and this afternoon he gave Rod two large tins. Inside we found loads of old coins .... from 1900 onwards. I have the job this week of sorting throgh the tins and to try and find out if any of...

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I managed to get 2 FREE cooking trays....

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11375) • United Kingdom 5 Jun 25

I have recently posted that a supermarket has been running a promotion whereby when you spend £10 you get a 'stamp', once you have collected a certain number of stamps you exchange them for pryex trays or dishes/bowls. Anyway it...

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What Do You Collect?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 1 Feb 24

I used to collect clowns, figurines of clowns, etc. I had to give them up due to downsizing a few decades ago. Now I collect mixed media supplies, paints, etc., houseplants, vinyl record albums (most were my mom's), and a small...

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What Kinds of Collections Do You Have?

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 22 Dec 23

Right now I collect mostly art supplies that work for mixed media art. I don't have room for collecting even those things. In the past I have collected clown figurines, houseplants (I still have a few), always writing paper...

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Does your house reflect who you are as a person?

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 21 Dec 23

It may sound strange, but it cannot be denied that our possessions at home reflect who we are. We can be minimalists or maximalists in our world. I can say that I am a maximalist because I love collecting things. For now, I am...

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My Mom's Photo Restoration

Shavkat @Shavkat (141905) • Philippines 26 Jan 22

After doing my laundry, I will be going to the city's town proper to get my mom's old photo today. I asked them to restore it. It seems she loves this particular photo because I saw it on her cabinet the other day. So I managed to...

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Say hello to Paddington Bear

Daniel @Danielclark691 (2143) 1 Nov 21

Here we have some more 50p coins from my coin collection. They are circulated coins which means they have not come directly from the Royal Mint, but they are in good used condition. As you can see, they have different pictures...

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collecting

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Do you collect anything?

Jessa Arienda @Hanbinandaeyo (3299) 19 May 21

I'm sure you do.. As for Me, When I was in college, I collect fictional books.. It gives me satisfaction when I already bought it and read it. But now what I am collecting are baking tools.. Since I'm doing customize cakes, It...

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books

baking tools

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Collecting PenDelfin

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 31 Mar 21

I expect most of you recognise these cute little figurines that are known as PenDelfins. Several years ago I started up a collection of these cute little rabbits and I brought many of them from charity shops and car boot sales. I...

book

collecting

rabbits

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Goss and Crested China

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 16 Feb 21

I have this book as part of my collection of antiques reference books and whenever I look through it I am reminded of my childhood. Whenever I went to visit some older friends and relatives , they always used to show me their...

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The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 18 Dec 20

Here is a lovely book on the subject of Teddy Bears. That is, not any old teddy bears , but this book is about famous teddy bears. The full tittle of the book reads " The Teddy Bear Hall of Fame " A century of historic bears. This...

collecting

childhood

teddybears

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Do you collect anything?

DJ @dilleo (1077) • Canada 2 Sep 20

Is there anything you happen to collect? Anything really.. Coins, stamps, sports cards, other cards (Pokemon and the such), I dunno.. toasters? Personally, I collect a few things, but mostly Pokemon cards and sports...

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Monumental Coins

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 5 May 20

Here is a book about coins , but with a difference. It is not your normal sort of book about coin collecting where they show pictures of coins and give you a value for each one, because this book is much more informative. By...

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Investing in Georgian Glass

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 30 Apr 20

Here is another book from my collection . I brought this book some time ago in a huge box of books from an auction. This book was published in 1969 making it over 50 years old now. However, it is just as good, with lovely...

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An interesting book set for Teddy Bear collectors.

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 29 Apr 20

This book set is actually called `Masterpieces in Miniature Teddy Bears' , it was written by Gerry Grey. There are three books in this set , Antique teddy bears, Artists bears and teddy bear ephemera. All the books describe the...

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teddybears

books

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