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I just thought of this when I was reading Freke''s thread about shoes, many of them jewel toned and silver or metallic colored.
I like and collect gemstones, but it is a relatively recent thing.
I know I have been fascinated with jewelry for a long time, looking in my grandmother''s multiple cases of costume jewelry, and as a child could spend hours organizing my mother''s jewelry.
However to think of it I''ve always liked collecting on a small scale, such as shells, small books, and old postcards.
My mother tells me that when she was young she was fascinated by ornamental stuff, in the sense that her great aunt had fancy wear and costumes that was in a steamer trunk that she loved to look through, and an ancestor made stained glass windows, and had a case of smooth glass pieces in all beautiful jewel toned colors, and she loved to pretend they were jewels and play with them.
Do any of you diamond and gemstone lovers collect other things? If so, what are they, and do you think it is somehow related?
I like and collect gemstones, but it is a relatively recent thing.
I know I have been fascinated with jewelry for a long time, looking in my grandmother''s multiple cases of costume jewelry, and as a child could spend hours organizing my mother''s jewelry.
However to think of it I''ve always liked collecting on a small scale, such as shells, small books, and old postcards.
My mother tells me that when she was young she was fascinated by ornamental stuff, in the sense that her great aunt had fancy wear and costumes that was in a steamer trunk that she loved to look through, and an ancestor made stained glass windows, and had a case of smooth glass pieces in all beautiful jewel toned colors, and she loved to pretend they were jewels and play with them.
Do any of you diamond and gemstone lovers collect other things? If so, what are they, and do you think it is somehow related?