Collecting Isn't "Hoarding"~~~It's Simply Collecting

I don't like the word "hoarding", as that implies a disorder of some sort.

Just because you have alot of something doesn't make you a hoarder, but rather a collector.

Hoarding sounds nasty....and collecting is anything but that.

So, having said that......

This is my collection of vintage millinery flowers.

I try not to take them from hats, as that destroys the hat.

I like to pick them up here and there, one at a time.....and add them to my pile.

I do use them for projects, but don't sell them individually.

Customers ask me why I don't sell them,

And the only answer I have for them is....

"Because then I wouldn't have them"....and that makes sense to me.And how could I part with this beauty?
And these little berries with the ladybug are precious.....
What a fun hat that must have been!

I especially love the ones that are velvet..

I'm pretty sure I have a "thing" for that kind of fabric.

And tons and tons of stamens for when I decide to make some of my own.

Yeah, I'll put that on my list :)

Thank you for stopping by today.....

I always love it when you come.