Collections

There is something so amusing about collections.  It usually takes years to accumulate different pieces to make a collection.  When I was just a little girl, I loved to collect.  I collected bugs, butterflies, stamps, coins from other countries, rocks and bird nests.  I have no idea what happened to the bugs, butterflies and stamps, but I still have the coins (mostly from an old neighbor that worked internationally), rocks and one bird nest left in the garage.  How that bird nest managed to stay in one piece through all the moves…. I will never know!

Now I’m in my late 20’s and still collecting.  These days, I am collecting Moonstone depression glass, tea cups, re-jeweled pieces and alway rocks.  I love Moonstone because it’s very rare and it’s crazy to think that the pieces I have were actually made during the Great Depression. The Moonstone pieces I have, I can mostly thank my MIL and mom for.  They are always on the hunt for me!  A few pieces of depression glass came from my Great Grandma Lucy Orlando’s farmhouse in WI.  My tea cups are not just any tea cups you find at the store.  I prefer the Made in England tea cups which are harder to find and of course they have to be passed down to me from family members.  I have tea cups from my Great Grandma’s and Grandma’s.  Others would consider it junk, but I’m sentimental like that.  The re-jeweled pieces are handmade from my awesome-sauce relative here in Boise.  My rock collection has exploded.  (I couldn’t think of a more appropriate word!) We recently bought a different curio cabinet to finally be able to display a handful of rocks.  The others are stored in boxes for now.  Very sad.

I saw on Pinterest a picture of a lady who had a bunch of different shaped and sized crocks on top of a very large cabinet in her kitchen.  That is where this idea stemmed from.  I would love to have a small collection of original Stoneware crocks.  Not to put on a cabinet, but to put on a planter shelf in our dining area.  I usually don’t like “stuff” on planter shelves (in our house especially because of natural light issues), but I’m loving the idea of displaying our family’s old crocks.  In a recent post, I mentioned that I have Grandpa J’s crocks from the farm.  My mom has an old bean crock and milk jug crock that needs a home.  I think that would complete my small collection of stoneware crocks.

Rejeweled Vintage Hair Pieces

Great Grandma’s Green Depression Glass

Pieces of Moonstone

I would love to hear if anyone else is a collector of certain things!! Happy Thursday!!!

Love, Rach

1.7.15

We decided to take Bugs to the pool the day before swimming lessons just to see how he would react.  He loves his bath so we just assumed it would be the same.  To sum it up, it was what you call an epic failure!  Granted, it was almost his bed time and it was loud and packed full of kids, and so he screamed at the top of his lungs….. that high pitched squeal.

The next morning I was prepared to deal with the same reaction.  During swimming lessons, everything else in the pool area is shut down so it was quiet and not packed full of kids.  He enjoyed the pool this time so I hope it continues.

My Gpa and Gma J gave me their old stoneware crocks that they used back in the day on their farm.  I was excited to have them, but didn’t have a clue what to do with the crocks.  When pickle season comes, I’ll use the smaller crock for the pickles.  In the meantime, it serves as a planter pot for my Narcissus plant.  The large crock I have next to the fireplace.  A funny store- the other day I was in the check out line at the store.  I felt eyes on me so I turned around and sure enough, the lady behind me kept looking in my direction.  Was my skirt tucked in my tights?  Was there spit-up on Bugs’ chin?  Another line opened so she went to that line.  When I was loading the Jeep, the lady came up to me and asked what I would be doing with all the birch logs I just bought.  Ahh….. I get it now.  I told her exactly how I would cut them and put them in my Gpa’s crock.  She said she had a large crock as well and wanted to use it.  She was thrilled to know there were more birch logs on the shelf.  Unfortunately, we have a gas fireplace, but even if we had a wood fireplace, birch logs are just too pretty to throw in the fire.

Here is a picture of what I did with the birch logs.  I wish I could see a picture of what she did with them.