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Now this is exciting news:

Located in located in Somerville, MA, the Museum of the Modern Snowglobe officially opened its doors on November 6, 2010. It began innocently enough: a snowglobe from Philadelphia, sent to a friend in Boston in 1997 insid…

Now this is exciting news:

Located in located in Somerville, MA, the Museum of the Modern Snowglobe officially opened its doors on November 6, 2010. It began innocently enough: a snowglobe from Philadelphia, sent to a friend in Boston in 1997 inside a tiny, handcrafted wooden box. In no time, a dozen snowglobes became fifty, fifty became one hundred. Why fight it? The collectors were both museum professionals, as were many of their donors, so began acknowledging gifts with credit lines and accession numbers. A database was created and a website soon followed. Find out more about the Museum here. (via Junkculture: Collections: The Museum of the Modern Snowglobe)

January 27, 2011
Tags Snowglobe collectors unite!, amusing, collection
Reblogging my unconsumption post:

 
 
The appeal of banana stickers (and other things):
Colors magazine’s winter 2010-11 issue, titled “Collector,” “visits people who have amassed holdings of everything from Concorde memorabilia to banana stickers …

Reblogging my unconsumption post:

The appeal of banana stickers (and other things):

Colors magazine’s winter 2010-11 issue, titled “Collector,” “visits people who have amassed holdings of everything from Concorde memorabilia to banana stickers to used tea bags.” The collectors “see ordinary things in extraordinary ways.” Pictured above is Houstonian Becky Martz’s banana sticker collection. (via Colors on Collectors - NYTimes.com)

Related (also, a confession): When I was a child, I repurposed banana stickers, using them to decorate my school book covers (repurposed paper grocery bags, thanks to mom!). Several of my classmates did something similar. Anyone you know collect banana stickers?

See also Rob’s insightful New York Times magazine Consumed column on the design of banana stickers, a.k.a. minimal packaging.

Additional confession: My mother let me go out in public occasionally sporting banana stickers on the backs of my hands or on my forearms, tattoo-like. She was awesome. :)

January 2, 2011
Tags collection, design, brand, packaging, stuff, silly kid stuff, personal
Via thingsorganizedneatly:

PEZ DISPENSER COLLECTION

Via thingsorganizedneatly:

PEZ DISPENSER COLLECTION

December 5, 2010
Source: http://bradleyllew.tumblr.com/post/2083249...
Tags collection, stuff, color, today's spot o' color

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