QOTD - 4/7

Good Morning Ladies!!

I hope you are all having a good day, I know Monday's can be tough as we would all like to sleep in, just one more day.

I have a 4 part question today, and my answers are a little long, but I will try and trim them up during the week.
I was thinking about the things we collect last night, and was wondering: What do you like to collect?
What does your FH like to collect?
Are any of the things you collect a unusual or have people surprised by it when it is mentioned?
Are you going to try to incorporate any of your collections into the wedding?

I collect Depression Glass, this if you are unfamiliar is glass made during the Depression. There are many different patterns, my favorite is the Iris iridescent, they also made a clear. They were often given out when you went to movies and such. I also collect Spoons from different areas of the world, I have 2 from Egypt and 2 from Italy, both gifts, and over 300 total. My favorite thing though and most unusual to people is swords and knives. I don't collect just any kind, they can't be something that looks cheap that you sometimes see at the Scottish Games at Westbury Gardens (sorry guys, it's true). I have a few copied from the Lord of the Rings movies and one from The Shadow. I have a few no name types just because they are different and beautifully done, in my eyes.

FH collects and makes some mouse decorations. He used to work with mice in his job as a Biochemist. Unfortunately he hasn't been able to find work for over 3 years. he makes his out of different types of wood and has quite a few cartoon mice. He also collects Avon cars, he does have a train, Liberty Bell and Cannon in there for good measure though. The most unusual thing he collects is Bricks. These have names molded into them from one of about 130 brickyards that ranged from NYC to Albany, many along the Hudson. It was the largest brick making region in the world. the bricks were manufactured from 1840 until 2002. Many were used to build houses, and apartment buildings, but there were some that were fire bricks used for lining furnaces, kilns and fireplaces.

We are not incorporating any of our separate collections into the wedding, but our mutual one of shell collecting we are. We will have 3 large clam shells placed around 3 different size vases on all 10 tables, each with a tea light in our colors. 5 tables will have green and 5 purple.

Ok ladies, your turn, tell us about you and your FH.

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Posted by Angie2014

I collect souvenir shot glasses and FH collects magnets whenever we travel somewhere new.

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we used to do the same but reverse he collects shot glasses and I used to collect magnets but now our new stainless steel fridge we cant use magnets on the front so I collect a Christmas ornament from every place we travel.

FH and I collect shot glasses, ornaments and sometimes magnets from all sporting events, plays, vacations and hotels that we go to.

We also have a huge collection of wine glasses and pilsners from different events/holidays but we don't necessarily collect them.

We did not incorporate our collections into the wedding.

That's ok JaimeLin, you aren't a buzzkill, not everyone collects things. Some people collect items with a purpose like shoes, pocketbooks, hats, etc. you just aren't one of them.

As they say, to each his own.
Thanks for participating in the QOTD, I enjoy it because we learn more about each other and form friendships that sometimes go past the forums.

For you ladies who collect shot glasses or buy them for your FH, have you seen the one on Amazon that looks like a skull?
It is easier to see with the liquid in it of course. The glass is wider than most, but the inside area is shot sized. I have a friend who is into skulls so I bought it for him as a birthday present, his wife is my MOH.

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Posted by KimnAndy

For you ladies who collect shot glasses or buy them for your FH, have you seen the one on Amazon that looks like a skull?
It is easier to see with the liquid in it of course. The glass is wider than most, but the inside area is shot sized. I have a friend who is into skulls so I bought it for him as a birthday present, his wife is my MOH.

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A friend of mine has those, they're so cool! They definitely hold much more than one shot though!! LOL!

FH collects shot glasses or anything sentimental really. I'm not much of a collector since i HATE clutter, but if i were to think about it, I guess you could say I collect watches. I have close to 50 now, and two are vintage luxury time pieces. Whenever FH asks how much I spent on those two, I lie and say the lady who sold it to me didn't know their true value. If he were to find out, he'd freak. lol

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Posted by simba301

I collect shot glasses and pottery (drip & raku), he collects Aliens memorabilia, and together we collect Starbucks 'city' mugs.

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Love those city mugs! Also big thumbs up to the Aliens memorabilia. We're big fans of the movies.

my FH collects tickets- movies, baseball games, disney tickets, etc... and he has saved all of them since we started dating- I was organizing his stuff and decided to start a scrapbook of all of the tickets he's saved in time order. It was kind of cool to look back and be like 'omg that was our first date' or 'omg that movie was TERRIBLE why did we ever see that?' lol so I had alot of fun making it... There are still a bunch of pages left so I plan to keep adding to it

edit: we also have a collection of mets ice cream 'hats' lol i just remembered that.. we have like 15 of them that we brought home with us and cleaned haha- we wanted to use them as ice cream cups one day hahahha