My snowglobe
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
March 11, 2021 3:10pm CST
I would start a collection of these if I could.
At the moment I don't really have a feasible place to display them, and snow globes should definitely be displayed.
The only one I own at the moment is this one. There's a little inscription that says "Granddaughter I love you to the moon and back"
It plays "Always in my heart".
I keep it on a hanging shelf with two pictures of my mom as a kid and a picture of my mom holding me as a baby beside it.
@CarolDM shared her Eyeore snow globe earlier, which encouraged me to share this one.
It rests on a shelf combined with memories. Not just pictures, but also treasures brought back to me from the Bahamas by my SFAM.
Do you own any snow globes?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I had a few of the plastic ones that you can get at dollar stores, but this is my first glass one.
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Very pretty. My friends used to collect them.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@CarolDM They are a beautiful collectors item.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I can recall my mother making one at one point, but it has been many years. I can recall her buying tiny pieces to suspend in the globe.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
@LadyDuck Mother also bought clear plastic globes and put flowers in them. It was these clear globes that she filled and glued together to make a snow globe also.
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@LadyDuck (457364)
• Switzerland
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Mine are surely lost, I cannot even remember what there was inside the globe.
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@Tina30219 (81539)
• Onaway, Michigan
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I think so also
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I love them. To me they are kind of like a stress ball. You just shake them and watch the snow fall.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@Tina30219 More expensive but also more entertaining in my opinion.
I'm getting ready to jump offline.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
@rakski I saw one today that was in the shape of a candle. It was very unique.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
You're right. This particular company makes many that are similar to this one too.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum oh nice!
I have not seen anything like that one
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Oh! Does she live there now or was it a visit she made?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@thelme55 Oh, does she love it there? I think it would be a nice country to live in.
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@thelme55 (76477)
• Germany
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum She lives there for almost 20 years.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 21
Snow globes.
Not a thing I think we have ever had AmberLynn.
It does look nice.
They would be really good to collect.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Oh yes, fetch a pretty penny too if you ever sold 'em.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@JimBo452020 Oh probably.
I know a few that might have 'em.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum
Maybe you could look for them in thrift stores.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I once owned a cat toy that would purr when you touched it's back. I loved that toy.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@jstory07 I don't have a real cat, but wish I did. Just can't have one here at the moment.
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@jstory07 (134267)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum My real cats purr when I pet them.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Yes, several of them. Two shake-lite ones on top of the TV and some that are still packed away since we don't have room to put them out.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil It would take him entirely too long to even realize I had it.
I could even picture the conversation.
Him: Hey Amber- Oh that's cool! Where did you get that?
Me: Uhm, it was yours.
Seriously, no lie.. He probably wouldn't even realize it was his at first.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
My uncle has one that I am going to just silently steal one day. It's absolutely gorgeous and had to cost several hundred dollars.
It also has dragons.
I love dragons.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Don't get caught!
Don't get caught!1 person likes this
@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Mar 21
I don't have any snow globes, by my daughter has a few.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
@moffittjc I feel like you used to see these a lot at the dollar tree too, but havent' seen them in years.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I was just thinking it's one of those items I don't often see in trinket shops anymore.
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@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah, now that you mention it, the only snow globes I ever see are the cheap plastic ones at Christmas time.
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@JESSY3236 (18886)
• United States
16 Mar 21
My mother loves snowglobes. She has some here.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Mar 21
I love them, there's about four or five on the Bradford Exchange that I want.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
12 Mar 21
That's a lovely one.
I do have a snowglobe that I set out at Christmastime, this one with a white deer and a birch bark design on the base. I got it for 90% off after Christmas at Sears, I think.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
That is so pretty! It would be even more gorgeous with Christmas Lights reflecting off the glass. Nice Find!
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. I don't own it dear.@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Thank You!
It was a gift from my grandmother after I told her I wanted to collect snowglobes.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I love them. They are soothing to shake and watch the glitter or snow fall.
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@Nevena83 (65282)
• Serbia
12 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes, I believe looking at them is relaxing.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Yes, it was a very cute message to fit the cute moon inside.
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@RachelleDD (823)
• Canada
11 Mar 21
I have a half dozen or so snow globes, most from the San Fransisco Music Box Company, a friend of mine from Chicago started sending to me in the early days of our friendship. My favorite one is Phantom of the Opera, I display them on top of my cabinet in my dining room. I always think of her when I see them. One globe has evaporated a little, but they are all still in great shape after 20+ years.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
Oh wow, what a wonderful friend to send you snow globes over the years. I think I've always been drawn to snow globes.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I shook a cheap one the other day and it exploded everywhere.
It had a lot more water in it then I expected.
It had a lot more water in it then I expected.
@LindaOHio (155568)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I don't have any snow globes; but I used to collect little cottages, animals,...all sorts of things.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
We have a collection of figurines that I absolutely adore.
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@mnglsp (3614)
• Philippines
12 Mar 21
I don't own snow globes, but I also just want to share. My mom collected a lot of stamps. Those stamps belong to my father. He knows that my mom loves stamps so every time he writes him love letters, he puts a stamp even the letter is will directly give to my mom and not to the post office.
I ask her once why she doesn't want those stamps to be played by me when I was young. She said it is because it is not just a stamp, it is also a memory.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
I am sure that was a very precious memory and how sweet of your father to do this even if he was going to hand it to her and not send it through the mail.
@MommyOfEli2013 (81898)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Mar 21
That one looks very nice! And I agree they definitely should be displayed if you have a collection of them!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
12 Mar 21
Absolutely! We have so many display shelves here, but they are all full of stuff.
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