Little Collections

January 22, 2012

I like to collect things, I always have done. I’m continuously starting little collections that never really go anywhere, but this is one I’d like to work on. I don’t know what it is about snuff boxes that I find so appealing. Maybe it’s because they’re small and intricate. Or maybe it’s just because Lord Grantham (of Downton Abbey) collects them too, and I have delusions of grandeur.

Whatever the case, my collection currently sits at a modest number of two. The first one was a Christmas gift from Ian. The second one I’ve had for a long time, and you may have already seen it several times on my blog. This one has also caught my eye, but it costs a pretty penny!

Do you collect anything?

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  2. I think I collect everything! ;) Hoarding is in my genes too.
    These are so beautiful, such a lovely thing to collect. The first one is so delicate and lovely but my favourite is the snail shell. I love the photograph where it is accompanied by your coral. Wonderful!

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  5. Ooh! I definitely understand the interest in little boxes and cases too, especially antique ones, makes you wonder what kind of special things were saved in it before.

    I have a collection of vintage photographs that I should elaborate, they are mostly strange family portraits and high school yearbook photos.

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  6. I collect many things!
    Old silver cigarette cases (even though I’ve never ever have smoked a cigarette), things I find at the beach, small boxes and cases that I tell myself I need for all my beads and stuff. Hmmm. Not so much “need” as “can’t leave it there- I MUST HAVE IT!”
    Glass marbles, but those I actually do need now that I’ve started to put them in my jewelry. :-)
    Lots of small, pretty stuff like brooches and photographs from fleamarkets. It’s like small tresaures!
    I could go on for ages…

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  9. I hoard things too. I find it really difficult letting things go; especially if they’ve been in my life for a number of years (I get sentimental about things really quickly). That snail shell snuff box is beautiful though! What a treasure.

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  10. Just come back from a flea market where I’ve bought the nth little cupful. It’s not a real collection but I’n not able to leave nice old cups when I find them for 0,5€..:)
    So cute that little box.
    Ciao

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  11. I just did a really similar post! Weird… except that I collect odd buttons and ribbons I find, nowhere near as beautiful as these snuff boxes :) xxx

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  14. Such a precious thing to collect :)
    As for me, I collect a variety of things – well actually, I can’t seem to keep up with just one lol so I manage to hoard jewelry relating to owls, feathers, and birds.

    Cheers

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  20. Indeed a nice thing to collect! I was born a collector myself, from napkins when I was 6 (yes, napkins) to magazines when I was a teenager. It was nice and decorative when I lived in my parents’ big house and the stack went up to my hips, but now in a cramped apartment in the middle of Brussels, there is no room!

    jo from slowcatharsis.blogspot.com

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  24. oh my those boxes are so beautiful and sweet thanks for sharing them.
    Uh I collect anything to do with Beatrix Potter and I usually get all of my finds from
    karboots and charity shops. 8D

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  26. So gorgeous, both of them!

    I’ve got accidental collections aplenty but nothing that I’ve set my mind to collecting. I’d love one day to build a collection of perfume bottles though (at present I haven’t any, hehe).

    xx

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  29. I also collect many things: vintage Valentines and postcards, kissing salt and pepper shakers, books. I would love to start a snuff box collection. And, don’t even get me started on Downton Abbey, love love love!

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  31. What a lovely collection! I’m a hoarder by nature too, only now that I’m living in a temporary flat I can’t really collect anything since I’ll be moving around. Still, I had to take my collection of little deer figurines with me from home, and now I have also started a collection of pretty rocks, and I also press leaves and flowers a lot. Back at home I had collections of bird figurines, old/foreign coins (with special euro coins), and I guess books and DVDs count too? Don’t even get me started on what I collected as a child, that list could go on and on forever haha (so I’m glad to say I’m not such a horrible hoarder as I used to be).

    Sorry for the long text, hoarding is close to my heart! However, the reason I actually commented was to ask if you could tell where you got that skull necklace from? It is gorgeous!

    All the best. x

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