Maybe it's a little bit silly...?
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It definitely is, but anyway, I have decided to let you all know what I collect! 🙈
And, at the same time I have decided to create a community where we can share the silly and not-so-silly items that we collect. :))
I am sure each of us had at least a phase in our lives when we collected very common items like cards, posters or stamps. Those who had the opportunity to spend some time by the seashore probably collected seashells or pebbles. But there are many other stuff we found cute and started taking them home... and it became a collection. That is what actually happened to me.
Let me explain.
There is a little beach in the neighbouring town where we like to go. Just one path surrounded by trees and flowers leads there and if you are not familiar with the area you would not find out about it. It is protected from the wind by a tall cliff, and up there one line of houses has the privilege of sea views. Seems that the terraces of a few houses collapsed (as they built them in a place where it was not safe... rain and winds have eaten away a part of the cliff).
That is how bricks and broken pieces of tiles ended up in the sea. It must have happened many years ago because the edges of those broken pieces are not sharp anymore. The sea sanded them.
It happened a few years ago that I found the first one. The colourful broken piece of tile was cute and I took it home. Then the next time I found another one and I realised how happy I was searching for those hidden tiles in the shallow.
I can say that finding a piece of tile is like discovering treasure but I know - it is trash! Yeah, basically searching for the broken parts of someone's collapsed terrace became my pastime on the beach.
{I know, I know, I must be out of my mind doing it}
Some of the found tiles like to sunbath with me on the towel 😂
And then they jump into my bag and travel to my home, joining the rest of the family.
But it is not just this beach where I find the tiles. I started finding them also in our walks, though those are not so well "sanded" so I avoid taking the sharp-edged pieces.
There are seasons when I forget about this passion for collecting the tiles. Still, the cloth bag where I store them fills up slowly. This is the result of a couple of years of collecting.
It just looks... weird! 😁
A bag of colourful trash!
From small to big ones, in different shapes, showing how they once broke and the constant waves and salt from the sea shaped them to become part of my collection.
My husband was sceptical in the beginning, {maybe he still is haha} why do I collect these broken parts of tiles?
I could not give a good answer. It just became a pastime but this bag also has its purpose. The pieces at home get a new life.
Little improvised mosaics.
Not fixed scenes that can change with each move.
In some of them, people appear... Do you see a person with a green body and blue head?
Maybe the next photo shows the idea in a better way. It could be a mother and a child. Or just two individuals showing care. I don't know, it can change with each move.
One day maybe these pieces will become fixed mosaics on the wall or else. Until then I collect them and store them in that bag!
It is still just silly, I know haha!
Now when I have shared with you my odd collection, let me see what is yours!!
Don't let this newly created community die away after this post 😆
There are many things we can collect! I can think about:
posters (we all did that as teenagers)
comic books (my husband used to have a nice collection)
shoes
hats
guitars (I have a student with more than 15 guitars at home)
CDs
vinyl records
stamps
envelopes
bottle caps
cans
cards
stickers
postcards
classic cars (requires money though)
dolls
toys
old clocks (my father has a few antique ones)
badges
jars
perfume bottles
magazines
figurines
ties
seashells
pebbles
...And much more. But I am not here to tell you - I am here to ask you what do you collect?? :))
Do you collect something? It doesn't matter if it is a common item or a weird one... The important thing is that you have a passion to do it. It can be anything that you have been collecting for decades, years or just days, if you have something to tell us, here you go.
Show some effort in creating the post, read the rules of the community before you post and have fun! You can format the post in the way you want, it is up to you. Be creative. This new community, the Hive Collectors Corner is waiting for your contributions, so don't be shy to post and spread the word ;)
Well, if you have any questions, you can ask me ;)