Congratulations to Alinemoreira75! You are the winner! Thanks so much for entering everyone! It was so interesting to read about what everyone collects!!!
Happy Monday! Today, I am hosting a giveaway by Ohm Beads for 5,555 OHMbucks! This will be open for about 24 hours.
Recently, I made up a permanent OHM bracelet. It’s fairly neutral looking and will be easy to grab and go. It uses some of the recently released glass beads that I wrote about here. If you’re ever interested in reading about older beads, hit the Ohm Beads tag on my blog and 181 blog posts will come up.
This funny little Hungry Hippo was one of my earlier beads and he has the funniest face.
This NOLA bead was a fabulous gift at the ohmazing OHM10 celebration weekend in New Orleans a few years ago.
This telephone called Land Line is a gorgeous piece.
Check out the details on this Typewriter.
Ok, to enter the giveaway, leave a comment telling us about what you like to collect, other than beads! Obviously all of us here are bead collectors, but what else do you like to collect? I like to collect makeup, particularly the brand called ColourPop. What about you?
marthnickbeads 
I have never used this brand of makeup, I use it but little. Me what I select are the tattoos, I have 36 but I think I will stop counting lol
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You have a very beautiful bracelet! Besides beads, I collect postcards. Cards from different countries of the world are especially loved. Also, my collection is often replenished with perfumes – from ordinary to solid and oily.
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Hello! in addition to modular bracelets, I collect a bit of everything, in particular I love tea and coffee cups, I have many and of different styles and eras.
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I like to collect DAM Trolls, Hello Kitty , NBC and Wizard of Oz collectibles from snow globes to jewellery pieces.
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I love rocks and gems and collect some geodes. I also collect all things squirrel. We have several in the backyard that we feed and they never cease to amuse.
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I love collecting llama, alpaca memorabilia. Mugs, t-shirts, slippers (recently purchased by my son for me s a Christmas present), actions figures (haha dolls). I love me some camelids!
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I like to collect Jeffree Star makeup and also McCoy cookie jars.
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Thanks for hosting, Martha! Of course I mainly collect beads and other jewellery, but I also collect purses and lip glosses. I love high-end bags (Fendi, Louis Vuitton), but only have a few because of the steep price point. And lip glosses are another obsession – I wear them 24/7. My fav will always be lip smackers because they remind me of my childhood and I just love the texture and consistency fruity scents.
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Since childhood, I have been collecting chocolate wrappers))) And I also collect frog figurines.
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Thanks for hosting Martha! Besides beads, I also collect perfumes. I really love beautiful bottles and wonderful fragrances. In addition, I have a collection of Pavlovo Posad shawls.
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Hello Martha,
Thank you for hosting the contest today!
Besides beads, I collect perfume bottles, glass art too, and postcards 🙂
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Hi Martha! Thank you for hosting! I also enjoy collecting Pura Vida bracelets, they donate profits to charities. Post cards are an inexpensive souvenir that I use as bookmarks. Simply southern shirts donate money to help save sea turtles. Origami Owl jewelry is another company that does good things for awareness causes, and in their own community.
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I like to collect coins and Lego! I also used to collect kinder egg toys as a small child, and I still have so many little figurines in my collection ❤️
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I am fairly new to the bead/charm world but I have definitely fallen hard! As a child I was an avid collector of rocks/stones/crystals as well as stickers and stamps. As an adult, besides beads and charms, I also collect books, new and secondhand. They are all waiting patiently for me to find the time to read them and for my long wished for home library or comfortable reading nook, one day……..
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Hi Martha, I like to collect husky related things, books and skulls(and Halloween stuff)
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Hi! Other than my bead obsession, I collect art. I love finding treasures of all sorts; paintings, glass, clay… and there are SO many talented artists locally! Annette Ten-Cate makes the most wonderful whimsical animal figures! (I have quite a few, lol!) I must have been a crow (or dragon!) in my former life, with my need to have ALL the shiny sparklies. 😂
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Hello!!! Thank you for hosting this day of the #ohminapril contest. I am new in the world of beads and I love to collect them, I also start to collect bracelets, there are so many types and brands and are so beautiful. The other thing that I was collecting was shoes, but I don’t have so much space to put them, so the jewelry is better, jajjajaj.
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I collect Disney pins! And I particularly like the ones where the characters where Japanese clothing like kimonos, or celebrate something traditional Japanese like Sakura blossoms.
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Thank you for hosting Day 26, Martha! Isn’t it funny how many human beings are compelled to collect stuff! I am also driven to gather and started early with stamps. Throughout the years there have been many collections and just before beads were vintage sewing machines. They take up a LOT of room and once I had a stable-full, I knew I had to find smaller treasures! Have a wonderful day my friend (and I wish I could go back in time to NOLA!)
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I collect make up (Lunatic cosmetics and Lethal cosmetics) unfortunately I am not using them as much as I would like. But I will 😉 #ohminapril
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My biggest collection, of course, is my Beads but my other love is vintage scales they definitely fascinate me there are so many varieties and I have collected about 10 of them they make me so happy.
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you for hosting today, Martha! Outside of beads, last year I began to collect empty wine bottles that I display above my kitchen cabinets. Like my beads, every bottle has a story!
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Hello Martha,
I really like your bracelet with the new Ohm glass beads. I have never tried ColourPop makeup but I have been debating ordering the Baby Yoda eyeshadow palette. In addition to collecting beads I also collect enamel pins and Starbucks coffee mugs.
Thanks for Hosting!!! 🙂
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I have the Baby Yoda eyeshadow palette and the Mulan one
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I’m descended from pack rats, so it’s hard to *not* collect things. But here goes: jewelry (regular non-bead); Department 56 lighted ceramic Christmas houses; books; perfume; Tiki mugs (a new thing for me); and, according to my rubbish tip of an office–notebooks.
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Hi Martha! Thank you for hosting! I have been trying to cut back on collecting, as I am running out of space! I collect magnets and shot glasses when I travel, though of course I haven’t done that in a while. Lately I’ve been collecting false eyelashes and gel nail strips, though that’s also due in part to my new business selling them!
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I collect Coach bags 👜
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Hi Martha,
I love to collect indoor plants, my house is starting to resemble a greenhouse. I enjoy talking to them, they don’t answer back but I know they hear me 😀
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Well my Mr. Gnome is the most traveling piece of my bracelet, I always bring news for the trips but mr. Gnome is in all my travels, whether long or short.
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Hi Martha,
Besides Ohm, I collect rocks and cross stitch stuff.
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thank you for hosting April ohm giveaway Martha, i collect small Swarovski pieces, but lately less, due the price of Swarovski. beads and Swarovski toguetter are bit expensive.
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I enjoy collecting minerals! I’ve been collecting rocks and crystals since I was a kid but now as an adult I collect rare treasures from across the globe. Their natural beauty amazes me and they are still finding new mineral today so the search is neverending 🙂
Thank you for hosting!
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Love the bracelet. Besides beads I collect luxury yarn and as a knitter I collect more than I knit🧶. I also collect tea strainers, salt and pepper shakers and anything with a squirrel on it🐿. Hope everyone is happy and healthy!❤️
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Hi Martha, thanks so much for hosting today. I inherited part of my sister’s elephant collection (she was completely obsessed!). I made a permanent bracelet in her memory that ended up with lots of duplicates on it because when I bought an elephant for her bracelet, I bought one for mine. I just bought an elephant teapot because it reminded me of her, so I guess I can honestly say I now collect elephants too! I also love anything cat-related, from wall art to coffee cups to cat bum magnets.
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I collect stones and so do my boys 🙈 we can never go to a river or to the mountains and return without a new pebble…. more often it is many more than one 😅 So in our garden, in some baskets in& outside there are many stones in beautiful colors, shapes and we usually know where we found it.
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Hi Martha, I am fascinated with crystals, I started collecting tumbled stones a few years back. I like to look at the natural pattern formations or inclusions in the crystals and whenever I feel stressed, I would hold the stones in my palm. Last year, I also started collecting all sorts of crystal bracelets. The collection grows too fast, think I have close to 50 of them now. I seriously need to slow down 😅
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Thank you for hosting today.
This personality trait is old in me, I collect many things … makeup, perfumes, Coca-Cola promotional items, dolls, natural crystals, miniatures in general (including beads of course!)
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I like to collect miniature cottages made by Lilliput Lane. They are so detailed and they remind me of different places I’ve visited (or want to visit 😄) in Great Britain. I was so sad when they closed shop years ago.
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I like to collect Lip Balms, Melissa (brazilian brand of shoes) and stationary stuffs (specially pens)
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I have loved elephants for as long as I can remember and collect anything elephant related …. ornaments, artwork, jewellery etc. I have adopted elephants & even been an elephant keeper for a day. My very best elephant experience was seeing them in the wild in Kenya.
My other great love is my all time favourite singer & band. So I collect anything to do with Boy George & Culture Club.
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Hi there!
I collect hiking tours (miles) and way too many photos of rocks, plants and animals 😂
I also love Harry Potter/Hogwarts items, but I wouldn’t call it a collection.
Years ago I collected horses and unicorns (before it was cool) made out of porcelain, glass etc. Then one day the whole showcase crashed down and 90 percent of my collection was gone. I gave it up then…
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Hi Martha,
I’ve never tried colour pop makeup but now you’ve peaked my interest! Besides beads, I collect Matryoshka 🪆 Dolls and Starbucks cards .
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I collect beads and other jewelry but other than that I collect mugs, books and a long time ago I used to collect stamps (not so much anymore because hardly get any snail mail). Oh and shoes!!! I have so many! 🙈
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I am quite new in collecting beads, and therefore I don’t have many.
What I collect beside beads, isn’t makeup sorry Matha, but I have 2 grandchildren and if they get some paper and color they will draw my some great pictures for me and I am so happy for them.
It’s not a collection for every one but for me it’s.
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I love reading what everyone collects ❤️ I collect books, funko pops, lately I’ve started collecting old fashioned flower pins ( enamel and sparkly) and I have been a bit obsessed with Baby Yoda lately
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I collect antiques, but only ones that I can use or put into my home decor. I love to think of the history behind them. I also Hello Kitty-mostly plush. But I do have a Hello Kitty bead that I adore.
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I collect many things especially if it’s unique
1 Swarovski jewelry grand type for party
2 Indian bangles made of lac
3 makeup any brand with innovative tech ,moisturisers, face ampoules serum
4 vintage bags ,jewelry ,brooch
5 tie&dye dresses of local Thai designer
6 Marimekko dresses, home collection, toffee leather bag
7 yacco maricard dresses
8 silver jewelry Thai designs
9 boots by dr. Martens
Quite a collection I hv wow!!
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I love collecting prayer and inspirational pocket coins. It helps get me through the day 😊 The biggest thing I’ve been collecting is my kids drawings. I have 17 years worth of drawings, handmade birthday cards, anything they’ve ever given to me. I love my babies 🥰
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No big surprise but I also collect stones. And not just the small stone beads. In the past I would pick up larger stones and bring them hone to my garden now I collect smaller stones that catch my eye snd the odd crystal I may find or buy.
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Awesome post and bracelet, Martha!! Ooo I collect a few things 😂 All things Disney, especially keepsakes and ears and then also nail polish. 😬 I used to have bottles upon bottles but now it’s only Color Street! And I love Colour Pop! I wish we had it readily available in Canada! Thanks for hosting and for the giveaway opp! 😘
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Books; my oldest is Hereward The Wake, printed in 1867. I donate about 100 books a year to women’s crises centers, so I do an inventory yearly. Last year my library stood at 1107. Yikes. I’m afraid to count this year after such a long quarantine book buying binge. I think I’ll try to donate 200 this year.
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I am just now getting to read all the responses. I now have BOOK ENVY! You can never have enough books. You go girl!
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Hi, beautiful bracelet! As a kid I collected various things like old coins, shells, precious moments figurines, and hallmark ornaments. As an adult it’s mostly disney souvenirs and willow tree figurines. I also like to get those eggs of different stones they sell in gift shops on vacations. I write down where and when I got it!
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I love to collect spoons and mugs 😚
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hi, Martha!! I collectible dollars, which I then changing to beads!!!🤣🤣🤣…
and I also collectible various natural stones and minerals – they know how to fascinate with their natural beauty 😊
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Thanks for hosting ! I have a passion for magnets for the fridge! Some I buy myself from different cities or countries where I am traveling, and many are brought from my friends. Now my collection is separated in 2- the most magnets are in my home in Bulgaria, but I continue collecting the last years here in Greece, where I live now.
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Hi
In addition to my bead addiction I collect half scale dollhouses. I have quite a few in addition to the one my dad built for me. My sister gave me hers last year.
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I really like to collect bags, and in my youth I was very fond of long earrings and all my acquaintances and friends brought me new earrings from travels and every day I wore new earrings❤
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I collect antique cast iron items. Toy cook and potbelly stoves, irons. figural banks and small painted dogs. It all started with the dogs and one stove which were given to me by my grandparents. I also collect Wade Whimseys, which you might be familiar with if you drink Red Rose tea.
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In Germany we have different interchangeable ring systems and I own some . One is called “Charlotte” after the inventor´s wife. The original ring had a center where you could decorate tops around. After that there was another one which had tops and even interchangeable centers. I have these rings since the nineties, so I have quite a huge collection.
And I collect stuff with guinea pigs. But there´s not so much.
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Hi Martha! I had a lot of different collections over the years. Currently it’s teapots – I’m especially fond of YiXing teapots and those I find in thrift shops made by ceramics students that are a little…odd. I also collect geocoins, which are small art coins with a unique number, originally meant to leave in a geocaches (geocaching.com), found and logged online, and then moved to another geocache, so you can see them “travel.” These have gotten to be such an artform, many people keep the original and put a copy in the cache to travel. Kind of like beads – tiny art pieces you can keep in your pocket.
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Thanks for the great giveaway, Martha! As you probably know, I like collecting teacups and mugs!❤️😍
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Hi Martha,
I used to collect vintage Pyrex bowls and refrigerator sets. I stopped because I have no room to display a collection. Now I use it all. I also love picking up Rae Dunn mugs when I find one with a great word in it. Thanks for hosting today’s contest. 🙂
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I collect magnets that remind me of all the places I’ve been!
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Wow, we OHMily are a great bunch of collectors! 🤣I have a few collections myself, the biggest is teddy bears, mainly Steiff and old teddy bears.
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I love collecting semi-precious stones and hair dye brushes (I’m a hairdresser)
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just started collecting Sea Glass. so much fun and cheaper then beads lol!!
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I like to collect vintage stuff. I have four typewriters, an old Singer sewing machine, and many vintage cameras. I love the beads you featured in the blog post today!
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I love to collect manga, k-pop albums of my faves and Minnie Mouse ears!💛
I also collect t-shirts from every concert (mostly k-pop) I’ve been to🥰
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Love to collect colorful Art Deco mixing
bowls to display fruit & vegetables in kitchen and dining room
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Hi all! I was collecting Dooney and Bourke Vintage All Weather Handbags and wallets until I got bit by the bead bug. It’s easier to collect beads as they are smaller, but not always lower price points! Always a thrill to find something that you’ve been hunting!
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Thanks for hosting Martha. I collect coloured pencils, not intentionally but I love all brightly coloured things so after beads coloured pencils are my favourite. I do a lot of colouring as my hobby so they aren’t wasted. I only have to see a bead or a pencil for my brain neutrons to start firing ‘ooh shiny’. I’m just like a magpie for them both. I also collect rubber bands. The postman seems to put one on the letters every day and I can’t bring myself to just throw them away. I must have millions by now 😂
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Hi, I love to collect anything with skulls. I think that is what initially drew me to Ohm beads ☺️
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Hi, aside from my huge bead collection, I love to collect pictures/photographs of elephants, preferably taken by me. They deepen my collection of travel memories of Kenyan and South African safaris. I have eli pictures everywhere.
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What a beautiful designe!!! Awesome bracelet for grab and go ! I love the idea of making a kind of neutral bracelet for every day wear! I like to collect fridge magnets! I need another fridge now, just saying 😂🤣😂🤣💕
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Hi Martha!
I collect yarn almost as much as I collect beads!!!
And I make all kinds of things, shawls, blankets, dishcloths, and then I give the items away, because I have to much 😂
I have been crocheting for a long time , and knitting since a few years which means even more yarn!
It’s so nice to have a hobby that clears the mind and keeps you busy during these crazy times! And making people happy is a big bonus as well!
Dutch hugs!
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I started collecting as a little kid: crystals, stickers, My Little Pony, dinosaurs, and Lion King cards (I nearly had the whole collection). As I big kid, I’ve had to be a bit more conscientious about space and purpose with the things I collect. Beads are great because they take up so little space, plus you can wear them! Apart from beads, I collect some books. I have a modest collection of craft and art supplies though I wouldn’t call myself a collector in that sense. Likewise, there’s an impressive collection of teas (from my favorite local tea purveyor) in my cupboard. And my Animal Crossing character is close to completing the Fossil, Fish, and Bug collection wings of her Museum. 😅
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I love collecting snowmen. I have a fairly large collection of these winter men.
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I love to collect postcards, books, wallets and bags.
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I collect stamps by Stamping Bella, sewing/quilting/knitting patterns, and busted old sewing machines (according to my husband).
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I collect eyeshadows by Mac and Moomin Trolls stuff, and the tiny location mugs from Starbucks that come out around Christmas.
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Thank you so much for hosting!
I started collecting Pokémon cards when I was a kid and still do today. Occasionally I add to the collection. I enjoy organizing and looking at the different artwork. It brings me back to my childhood days.
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Hi Martha, I love your Ohm go to bracelet. It’s so much fun collecting things, but often hard to know when to stop. I love collecting tea cups and tea pots, but my daughters tell me I now have enough. So glad beads are tiny, much easier finding space for them 😊
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I collect tarot cards! Specifically original art from indie decks, if I can suss it out.
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I collect many things! 😄🤦♀️ I collect Starbucks mugs from countries I’ve visited and states/cities I’ve lived in. I collect books! I collect lip products: lip glosses, lip balms, lip stains, lip sticks, lip plumpers etc. I collect sealing wax stamps, coins, stones, pins, travel magnets, and ornaments from countries I’ve been to. And of course the biggest things I collect….jewelry, watches, and charms! 😁
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When I travel I pick up city-specific Hard Rock Cafe pins. When I go to the beach I like to look for whole, pretty sea shells, empty of course!
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I collect Vintage figurines and ornaments. I had to ease up as I dont have room for it all..lol I did make vintage ornament wreaths with most of my ornaments and gave them to my friends. I used to collect chickens items, I grew up on a farm and I took care of our chickens. I was afraid of the cows..haha!! I did find a chicken bead by Chamilia and I had to BUY it.. old habits dont stop sometimes.! Coffee cups from places Ive been have become a real space problem, I stopped collecting those, for now!!
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Thanks for hosting, Martha.
Besides beads, I am in love with vintage items. I collect vintage glass Christmas ornaments and German light houses. I also collect mid-century ceramics. I love Lefton bluebirds. They remind me
of Cinderella.
I love reading about other people’s collections.
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I love all beads OHM, stunning Luna collection is most popular and beutiful 😍 with auroras glass is top!
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Hi Martha! Thank you for hosting! I like Colourpop too! I also collect perfume, Monster High dolls and postcards with paintings by famous artists.
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I collect Disney pins, Hantel Miniatures, and perfume. I also collect vintage Ice Capades and Ice Follies pins as well as other figure skating memorabilia.
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I love collecting different and unique Santas from around the world. And I display them year round because we all need alittle Santa in our lives every day!
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The only thing in collectibility is beads)) But if you think about it-I like to collect good memories, take photos for memory. And remember it )))
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I collect really old antique toys from the Erzgebirge region of Germany. My true love is Noah’s arks.
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