No, I don't mean alcohol. I'm talking about the stuff you can't resist COLLECTING. What stuff do you collect? Weird things, sentimental items, art supplies....whatever it is....name and show what can't resist putting in your shopping cart. Your obsessions. For instance:
Pierrot dolls? Forget it! I have more than a dozen, of varying sizes scattered throughout the house. Found at flea markets, antique stores, on ebay. Can't stop! I also collect pierrot imagery. Old postcards and prints - framed and hanging in the hosue but not before I took copies so I could use them in my art. AND:
Roller stamps. Can't Resist. The jumbo ones were scored online....the rolling date stamps and word stamps, awesome for journaling. AND MORE:
HANDS. Anything hand, I'm a sucker for it. Started collecting porcelain doll hands and began using them in my art (see box). The patterned mannequin hand was from Cathleen, she did an article on them ages ago and when I wrote to sing her praises, she sent it to me. HOW COOL IS THAT? And how about that articulated hand? It's rockin'!
Yeah, duh. Of course I would design and collect hand stamps.
And here's my weird one. I like to collect barricade tape. I will make a journal page about it so the stories can be told. It's just a thing I like to gather when I'm out and about. The red was recently nabbed while in D.C., I ever-so-discretely-while-waiting-at-a-stop-light pulled some off nearby scaffolding, then stashed it quickly into my bag.....which was clear! Dunce! Not that anyone would care, but I didn't realize the bag from the museum gift store was clear, so here I was with a hunk of swiped tape for the world to see. And the packing tape? Good greif there is some terrific stuff out there. Had to have some for my funky sprayed boxes that get posted in the mail.
So here's the challenge: name the stuff you like to collect. Name one thing, or many things. Make a journal page about it or a blog entry with photos and your story. Post in the comments with a link to your site showing your crusade entry. The cool thing about admitting what you collect is that your friends will start sending you stuff. Really.
Pick Your Poison: Name your collections (or obsessions). DUE DATE: April 1 (no foolin') Anyone can play, so join us! Want to participate in an earlier crusade? No problem, just label appropriately.
EDIT: Participants links moved from sidebar, listed below. (Some links may no longer be active).
- Belinda Schneider
- Beth Leintz
- Carlene Federer
- Corrine Davis
- Erika Nelson
- Gaby Braun
- Jennifer Duncan
- Juliet Wilson
- Karla Nathan
- Kristen Robinson
- Laura Wilson-Anderson
- Maj Carita Hoenborg
- Mia Howard
- Michelle Infantino
- Nicole
- Penny Stuart
- Ro Bruhn
- Ro Bruhn again
- Sigrid Hollender
- Susan Greene
- Tina Shoaga
- Tracy Parlett
- Ursula Clamer
Late addition: Karen Davis