Happy New Year dear Hivers, and especially collectors.
Maybe the first of January is a day like any other day, just a change of number in the calendar full of days, weeks, months; each of these 365 days we should live in joy and find reasons for fun and play. For me, that is exactly what these announcement posts for a new topic at the beginning of each month are. They give me a lot of fun, I feel like a child who collects her/his treasures and finds joy in the process. In this way, I invite you too to feel inspired to be playful and maybe find among the items in your home a collection.
How do the ideas come? It depends. Sometimes other Hivers inspire me, other times I see something that catches my attention and then it becomes a monthly theme in the form of a collection. That is how this item also came to be the main protagonist of January 2025 in the Hive Collectors Community - socks!
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In the run-up to Christmas, many shops and supermarkets display merchandise that can attract customers. Clothing, especially with Christmas motifs, is popular and it is no wonder that I came across so many socks with winter and Christmas motifs. I resisted the temptation, I did not buy any of these socks that you see in this collage, although in the window of one shop, I saw something that was super suitable for me... Can you guess which pair of socks it would be?
Maybe I regret now that I didn't enter and buy myself those with the piano keys but it would be just for fun as I have enough pairs of socks. More than I will show you today. I just skipped the boring white heel shield sports socks I wear during spring and summer. When it comes to colder weather I like to have ankle or mid-crew socks.
But wait, better we open my closet and see what we can find it the drawers!
Inside the lowest drawer sleep those socks that are showing themselves for this collection! There are flamingoes, deer, stripes, flowers...
...flamingoes?
Well, I don't usually wear socks full of prints... I prefer the mono-coloured ones but this mini collection of three flamingo socks has a story behind it. In October I went to Madrid to run some errands. It was a rainy day and I went with some sneakers that are not waterproof... My right foot got wet and I got cold and I don't like that feeling very much.
I was fine for a while but then I felt even colder, the sock on my right foot was also completely wet and I didn't have a chance to dry it. The solution was to look for a dry/new pair of socks. I found a store where I could buy them, hurray! The only problem was that they all had patterns and came in packs of three pairs. I needed only one 😂 but I had to buy the three pairs. It is like they knew these socks would be part of a collection. They did me a favour! 😁
Did I mention I don't like prints? Well, I did, but check this out: I am wearing some cosy Christmas-themed socks. I bought them in a pack of two pairs, one is dark blue and the other has deer (reindeer?) and snowflake prints, which I actually like now a lot. 😍 They are super comfy!
I also have tights. The black opaque ones are really warm and great to wear in winter, then a white with patterns and other black ones with little blue flowers.
Little blue flowers...
The white ones are my favourite from this section, and I like to wear them with short wool dresses and boots.
Speaking about flowers, these white knee-highs are full of them. The morning that entered through the curtains gave additional floral patterns. :)
I hope you like this month's theme. It is a very easy topic as we all have these garments to wear on our feet and legs... although, thinking about it better... maybe it is not as easy as it seems to have a collection, as our washing machines often eat up some of the socks. 😂
For the end of this post, I was saving the funniest pair of socks (or slippers, I don't know what to call them). They are handmade, knitted and are very sexy, aren't they? 😂
But I don't mind, they are extra warm and perfect for these cold winter days.
Feel free to bring your funny, crazy, printed or any kind of socks, in the way you want to present them - wearing them, mixing up the pairs or whatever creative idea comes to your mind. I will be waiting to see your collection of socks during the whole month of January!
