Silent Movies

I love silent movies, both short and full-length, and I plan to watch them
more often on Youtube.
This interest in silent films inspired my newest collection.

Flower Frogs

I first read about flower frogs in the chapter about Dorothy Twining Globus (a megacollector) in Mitch Tuchman's Magnificent Obsessions. Interestingly, she has several flower frogs, but considers them an accumulation rather than a collection, such as:
Doorstops, which inspired my Whimsical Doorstop Collection
Cigarette Cards
Globes (because her last name is Globus)
and many more than I can list here.

So what, exactly, are flower frogs?
Flower frogs are objects for keeping flower stems in place.They're made to to be placed in the bottom of a vase, and can be reused. For this reason, many  florists use them now instead of floral foam.

And flower frogs are also my 120th collection, started this morning.
 

A Decision About My Collections

I used to add at least one item to at least one collection
(some items go into more than one collection!) every day.
I've decided to go back to doing this, but I have a spicy
feeling that I will often add to several collections!
 

What I Don't Collect (Old Post, Edited)

It may seem at times that I collect just about everything,but that is far from being true. For one thing, I don't have time to collect everything
available for collecting. For another, there are some things I'm just not
interested in collecting.  However, I don't disparage those who do collect them.

I can’t list everything I don’t collect, but among them are:
Barbed Wire
Milk Bottle Caps
Stamps
Stickers
but other people’s collections of some of these things
are in my Collection Image Collection.

And there are items I will not add to my existing collections.
I’ll just name a few:
I refuse to add the Mucinex Mascot, Mr. Mucus, to my
Advertising Character And Trademark Collection.
I don’t add books that have to be returned to Open Library dot Org
to my Books With Girls’ Names Collection, nor do I include more than
one book about the same girl.
I don’t add lipstick tubes with no name given to my Lipstick Tube Collection.
Magnets that aren’t die cut do not go into my Refrigerator Magnet Collection.
Nothing later than 1949 will be added to my Vintage Print Media Collection.

I think setting certain limits on what I collect actually makes
 my hobby spicier than if I collected absolutely everything available.

And Yet Another Collection!

I started this collection last night. I hope to find
some famous people's calling cards. I already have
some celebrities' bookplates.

The Madcap Collector Strikes Again!

I've started yet another collection.  Beginning a new one
is always exciting.

TV Show Scene Inspired Collection

Yesterday, and for by no means the first time, I watched the episode of "The Big Bang Theory" with the title "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency," and this scene inspired me to start yet another collection.
I just wonder why I never thought of collecting this before.

An Unconventional Collection

 I mentioned in a recent post that I have some unconventional collections.
This is one of them.

Knob And Handle Collection

I especially like crackle knobs, which I'd never even heard of
before starting this collection.

Madcap Collector

 I have a plethora, some people might say an overabundance, of collections. All, except for my Small Red Objects Collection, are
on my computer, mostly on Pinterest. My username there is
ChelleBee, The Madcap Collector.

Some of my collections, for example these, are conventional,
My Button Collection

My Refrigerator Magnet Collection
(I used to have a physical collection
of die cut refrigerator magnets)

My Salt And Pepper Shaker Collection

while others are most spicily not. Among my unusual collections are:

My Chocolatenia Collection

My Duster Collection

My Toilet Bolt Cap Collection
(I discovered these a few months ago)

Some items are in more than one collection.

Pins removed by me were accidental duplicates.

Some collections are much easier to update than others.

Some are, for now at least, very small, while others are quite large, and still growing.
The largest is
My Cat Image Collection
to which I added the 400th item last night.

Yes, I have many, many (and I could add many more "manys") collections, which
I will blog about from time to time. You could, in fact, say that I collect collections!