I took a bit of a break from the collections posts, only because my collections were all put away while we painted!

I’m back this Monday with another smaller collection, but one that I love no less.

Toy Scooters! I have more than pictured, but again their still packed away and waiting for a permanent home, in our home. My thing for scooters started almost 10 years ago when my car broke down and I needed a new form of transportation in the city (Baltimore City to be exact). I would pine over the Vespa adds in the newspaper every week. It wasnt until a year later Adult Swim started airing the anime FlCl. A slightly confusing but awesome show, about a girl possibly from outer space that is annoying a young boy with loads of problems. (I’m being vague on purpose, because I think you should go watch it on netflix now, and I don’t want to give anything away). Anyway, the main girl rides an awesome mustard colored scooter with some odd modifications…

… and this is the scooter above! It was my first toy scooter purchase!! It actually came with the character too, but she fell apart pretty quickly.

A few months after that awesome purchase I got to have a real scooter of my own!!! It was a baby blue and cream colored Honda Metropolitan II. I couldn’t have a Vespa because my legs were just too short and I would have toppled over. Ha. I drove that thing everywhere! I loved it so much. Sadly I can’t seem to find pictures of it on this computer, I’m going to search around the house and see what I come up with.

Back to the toy scooters… The collection grew very fast after owning my own human sized version and every time I saw a teeny tiny scooter, or even a large Barbie scooter, I’d pick them up!

I’m still on the lookout for more, though it seems the craze has died down a little in our area. So I don’t see them as often.

And as for the real scooter, I sold it when I became pregnant with CT. We didn’t think I’d get much use out of it in the country and a friend really needed a replacement for her stolen scooter. I seriously miss it all the time. We are still talking about getting me another one day, but this time it’ll look more like the FlCl scooter, P! sticker and all!

I’m one of THOSE nerds.

So this collection isn’t AS big as the last two, as in it doesn’t take up a lot of space. There’s still a bunch of them…

Cupcake Liners!
I just love them. I don’t even make cupcakes that often! I’m more of a cookie girl. When I do make some I’m totally  prepared, and I can even make them mismatched. I don’t store all of them year round, I actually pack holiday themed ones away with the decorations. Because really, do I need Halloween liners in July?

I can’t take credit for the idea of storing them in a huge jar btw. I saw it on Pinterest awhile back and knew it would be the perfect way to protect and show them off. I’ve also seen people use the tall skinny spaghetti containers and stack them inside. I just had too many.

So as I promised last week, here is a peek at one of my largest collections…

All of my My Paper Crane / Heidi Kenney pieces.
This is another accident collection. Aren’t most collections accidents? I bought my first piece about 7 years ago? I may be wrong on that, I’m horrible sometimes with dates. I bought a large stuffed tampon, with eyes, from her booth at one of the first craft shows I ever did. I didn’t keep it, I gave it to my mom, but I really wish I had. After that every time I did a show at the same time as her I’d buy, or trade for, a piece or two and sometimes three. I’ve bought way more pieces than are shown! Some are still packed away and some are in my little sisters collection. There’s also a rainbow and a cloud hanging in CT’s room.

My absolute favorite piece is the wedding toast Heidi made us as a wedding gift! It’s so cute and I love the double meaning of wedding toast!
My second favorite piece is that HUGE toilet in the first picture! It makes me smile every morning when I pass by it.

I haven’t collected too many of the Kid Robot pieces, I have a bunch of the donut keychains from the first series plus a few breakfast keychains. A lot of those are scattered around on different bags and key chains. We’ve been buying some of the pillows for CT’s room too, she loves them. Especially the HUGE pizza pillow, she’s always hanging out on that thing.

Just like the Hellboy collection, I don’t think I’m anywhere done collecting. I don’t think I have too much yet… I’m assuming that’s what makes people stop? More collections coming next week!

I’ve been talking a lot about collecting lately. It is something I’ve always done. It’s kinda compulsive. If I like something, I have to have every kind! Or at least a few.

I’ve decided to photograph a few of my larger collections to share with everyone and post about them each week.

To start this off right, here is one of my favorite collections…

Hellboy!
Yes, I collect Hellboy toys, art, books and clothes. I know it’s not a traditional thing for a girl to collect. Ha. But I love it all.

It started as an accident collection. I was working at Hot Topic, many years ago, and after work sometimes my husband and I (he was just my boyfriend back then), would wander around the Suncoast in the mall. (remember those stores?).They always had awesome toys on clearance. One night they had a bunch of the toys from the first Hellboy movie 75% off. I loved the movie, so I bought two.

After that I would just pick up anything Hellboy related that I saw and liked. I’ve been slowly building this collection for about 7 years. I have two favorite pieces. One is that HUGE figure in the middle. I bought him about 3 years ago after I did really well at a craft show.

My second favorite is my Qee Hellboy, I don’t remember where he came from, but I love that it’s two things I collect in one toy!

I’m nowhere near done with this collection. Just the other day my husband was suggesting I try and find an 8″ version of the Qee Hellboy. He said I NEEDED it. He’s no better than me with collecting. One of the many reasons we work so well!

Next week I plan on showing off my largest collection… I just need to round it all up first!