I am a Collector
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
Canada
December 25, 2015 11:46am CST
Certain things seen to gravitate to me. At Christmas I notice it more than other times because my collections (some of them) get put away and have a season. This season my Santa Collection is out and looking beautiful. I also collect angels. All the angels are out and most get put away after Christmas but some stay out for the whole year.
The photo attached are three big Angels made by my sister who is an artist with fabric.
The Frog angel even has her fingernails and toe nails painted She sits where ever I want her to.
The flying Angel is made to fly attached to an antique spindle. Is is looking into the future. She has a lot of tiny details you can' see in the photo from head to toe.
The little one standing in white has a sculpted face with a lot of personality. She is singing. Her dress is delightfully delicate and beautiful.
The red clay is a beauty I bought in Santa Fe, New Mexico years ago.
Next are four Lladró Angels playing musical instruments on the fireplace hearth too next to the Santa Fe angel.
There are many more and each and every one is special, attached to a happy memory. When I pack them up after Christmas I will choose a few to keep out for the new year.
I will share some other collections I have at another time. I adore anything made with blue glass. I also collect Occupied Japan Pieces from the 1940's. I find them at yard sales, flea markets and antique stores along at charity shops.
Its fun finding items your love in strange places. So are you a collector? And if you are what do you collect?
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@jstory07 (139810)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate The train was at another house and it was really neat they have tracks that go all around the house.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
There is a story behind them all and you are fight. I've never thought of it but the story makes it more beautiful!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
25 Dec 15
My whole family is here, it is a wonderful Christmas.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Dec 15
No never really collected anything. I did have a good collection of records some years back, not sure what happened to them.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate Merry Christmas Marilyn hoping yo are having a lovely one.
Vinyl back in fashion and expensive too. I was surprise the cost of an album I bought for a few pounds way back when.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
25 Dec 15
Merry Christmas Kevin, we all tad a lot of records didn't we. And we had no idea they would be old fashioned so soon...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
I know from you photos you love those animals. I'm happy to hear about your collections, they have such interesting personalities.
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@rebelann (112962)
• El Paso, Texas
26 Dec 15
yep @PainsOnSlate Boy what personalities.1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
@rebelann My husband is watching sports on TV and just said El Paso is getting snow...really?
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate Sorry about her husband, but glad that he's improving. Please give her my regards.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
Thank for asking. She is fine but her husband has been seriously unwell but is recovering now. She didn't like the B place and I haven't encouraged her to join because of the stress at home but she knows I'm here. When things calm down at her house I'll suggest it. She's been sewing a lot!!! Its therapy for her.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
@jaboUK I will let her know you are thinking of her.
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@celticeagle (168163)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec 15
They are lovely. I used to have a angel ornament collection. I had some old ornaments that my grandmother had given me all in the same box. I lost them in a marriage. And, I had a collection of unicorns at one time but a little girl who came to stay with us stole them. So, over the years my collections have all gone by the way side one way or another. Just things.
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@celticeagle (168163)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate ...I did a theme of snowflakes one year. Found some lovely ones.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
Its sad that life get in the way of something as simple as a collection. I love my angel ornaments too.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
27 Dec 15
What a beautiful collection. Yes I am a collector. I collect little Fenton vases, English bone china egg cups, embossed tinware just for starters lol
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
27 Dec 15
Tinware is inexpensive and you can use it which makes it very appealing. @PainsOnSlate I am always on the lookout for a unique piece. By the way I love your new picture you look like an angel. lol
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
@BelleStarr Thanks for the kind words, Taken in Mexico a few years ago. I rarely like any photo of me but this one was OK.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
I love your list, I have seen many to add to your collections. Tinware always interested me but I never started collecting it. I used to have tea cups but i sold them, took up too much room.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
27 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate Well, I am Catholic, it's a bit of a shock for me to see an animal dressed like an Angel. This is considered very disrespectful for our religion.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
@LadyDuck I'm sorry you are offended but I love her. I am a Christian and have no problem with creativity. If you think about it I'm sure Disney and others did priests and angels as cartoons, same thing in my eyes - Art not disrespect. We will have to agree to disagree...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
That frog is a favorite. I sister made it and sold many with many different teams. She made the angel for me because she knew I collected them and i love her - both my sister and the frog angel.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
26 Dec 15
they look great...what a lovely collection you have.... I have lots of nice Christmas ornaments and baubles that i have collected over the years, but have not reallh got any room to collect anything else ...., but I would if I could.... lol's
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate I find pinterest quite helpful for collecting things .... digitaly..without taking up room in my home or requiring dusting...lol's
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
I don't mind collecting the Christmas things becasue most get put away and just brought out for a month. No room for large displays in my house either.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
28 Dec 15
I would love to see the beeswax ornaments, they sound so interesting. And thanks, photo taken in Mexico a few years ago
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
28 Dec 15
@JudyEv I hope you do, I would love to see them.
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@JudyEv (341797)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate Not that is matters but they're Beswick ornaments, offshoot of Royal Doulton. And I can't believe I don't have a photo of them. I'll take some and maybe do a post about them.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Dec 15
I love your collection of Angels. I used to collect depression glass but I stopped when my collection got to big, I have given some of them away and I have sold some.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
I like depression glass too but figured it would take up too much space. Selling it would have been fun though...
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate It takes a ton of space. I have sold a few pieces for a profit so I'm happy with that.
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@ashishbedi (34)
• Gwalior, India
26 Dec 15
That is an awesome collection. I collect coins, I guess I have collected around 130 coins from 28 different countries as of now.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
That sounds interesting and probably worth more than my angels. I have several friends who collect coins too.
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@ashishbedi (34)
• Gwalior, India
26 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate thank you, but it's nothing compared to your collection of angels :)
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@theLekhak (33)
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26 Dec 15
Your collection is really interesting. The hobby of collecting is not as common as it was before . Collections like these could get this hobby back in trend . Great job ! Keep going .
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
Thank you I love my angels and look for new ones every season.
@theLekhak (33)
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27 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate i would love to see you add on to that ! Wish you the best! :D
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
i enjoy my collections but I can't keep them out all year. I get tired of dusting. I have a glass case for my Occupied Japan figurines and love them behind glass.
@GreatMartin (23672)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
27 Dec 15
I use to collect hippos until I got tired dusting them!! 
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
I bought a special glass case for my Occupied Japan because I was tired of dusting too... My other things are jut out for a short time. Hippos sound like fun! But very big...
@DaddyEvil (137487)
• United States
26 Dec 15
Well, @painsonslate , I used to collect music boxes of different types that have a Christmas theme to them. After I started working at Walmart, I quit collecting them. Walmart starts Christmas so early that I am sick and tired of seeing Christmas well before it is actually here!
I haven't gotten a single music box out since I started working at Wally World!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
Isn't it always Christmas at Wally's World? I like the idea of collecting music boxes.
@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
28 Dec 15
You have a lovely collection of angels I love the frog!!!
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
28 Dec 15
Thank you, I love her too she is what I would call Folk Art.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
26 Dec 15
When I was a kid I collected post cards I have albums full of them. Love looking through them every few years...
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@DeborahDiane (40317)
• Laguna Woods, California
27 Dec 15
Those are lovely angels. It sounds like you really enjoy your collection.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
I do and my family and friends are always adding to my collection. Thank You!
