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My Families Love of Refrigerator Magnets

For as long as I can remember, we always had decorative magnets on our fridge. When I was a kid, my grandmother’s refrigerator always had…

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Growing Up in a House Full of Clowns

I wrote a post sometime back about my mother’s angel collection. You could look in any corner of my mother’s house and find an angel…

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I’m Closing Down My Etsy Shop

I have made the decision to shut down my Etsy shop. I’ve had the shop for a little over a year now and I’ve never…

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Not All Keepsakes are Antiques

I have to admit, I’ve always thought of keepsakes as those things passed down from one generation to the next. But that’s not always the…

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Happy New Year from Collected Keepsakes

Well, we did it. We made it through to another year. I hope you got something wonderful to add to your personal collections this year….

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Collecting the Christmas Spirit

The things we collect around the holiday season

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My Mother Collected Angels After Being Baptised

When I was little, my mother was a pretty wild woman. She would hang out at the bars and loved to party. I saw a…

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Posted in Buying and Selling

Adding a New Piece to My Antique Book Collection

A personal experience in purchasing an antique book for my collection

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How to Sell to a Collector

Okay, I won’t lie. This isn’t a How-To piece. This is me, trying to figure this out as I go along. I’m in the process…

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Handmade Collectibles

As someone who’s been a collector their whole life, I’ve learned that some of the best collectibles are those that are made by hand. Not…

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