Oh that? That’s just my wand collection.
Poof!
Of course I have a stamp collection. I’m a collector. Hope it can look like this someday…
Know what stamp-collecting is called? Philately. My semester of Latin in 12th grade was way worth it.
image via: fer1972 Post History of America by Paul Seftel
Source: fer1972
Ruth shared some of her depression milk glass vases with me, leftover from a party she threw. I have one piece of milk glass that I heavily bargained for at an estate sale, because I just had to have it for my bathroom. I’m afraid this is fueling another collection. There is a ton of this stuff out there that could easily pull me in. At the very least, they will make for some fabulous themed-decor. How cute would they be at a baby or bridal shower?
The thing about being a collector is that you are always adding to your collections; your rock collection, your shell collection, your stamp collection, your cork collection (which started with a large box that you got a great deal on at an estate sale) your old crockery, silver cup and glass container collections, too.
These are distinctive Batchelder tiles from the fireplace of one of the properties. They’re for my tile collection, you know the one I dream about having for mosaicing beautiful pieces and such on sunny Saturday afternoons.
The College Hill Commoner, a Wichita neighborhood publication reports frequently on historic Wichita vignettes. Recently they covered Batchelder tile, an Arts & Crafts-style tile created by craftsman Ernest Batchelder. Batchelder’s goal was “no two tiles the same.” The tiles were once popular and found nationwide. Now they are increasingly rare, as production ended during the Great Depression, and are no longer commonly sold.
Good thing I’ve got a whole bucketful in my collection.
