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<p>[QUOTE="AntiqueAnnie, post: 481229, member: 5464"]<i>"Which means you may not ever be a specialist in anything" </i></p><p>Score! Oh yes, that's definitely me..in general. Choosing a major at college, career..list goes on. I find an interest in all, want to learn about everything..at first it sounds like a beautiful thing, but knowing me my only issue with that is I get overwhelmed, jump too quickly from one interest to another,lose interest because I am already trying to learn about something else or usually end up doing nothing at all. And in a field as wide and interesting, where anything can be considered an antique, I can see myself swarming all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>To avoid that from happening, I'll start collecting. (collectorsweekly is a great site, to help me narrow things down a bit..and it's hard for me as it is!) That way, instead of wanting to collect it all, I'll just try to stick to one category and break it down.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what I came up with as far as things I'd be interested in collecting and possibly reselling:</p><p><br /></p><p>Home & Kitchen Accessories :</p><p>Lol! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I know! This doesn't help as these accessories could possibly be anything you make it out to be (furniture,chairs,lamps,signs,bottles,clocks,advertising, etc..)</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose I can hand pick those unique things that I would personally like to put in my home. This is actually a favorite because I want to start getting into home decorating, so I could be placing two hobbies in one (?) Also, I've noticed a lot of home decor stores trying to imitate antique/vintage objects.. so what better way than to get the real deal. And from what I've seen in trends people will turn something into anything, mason/milk glass jars as flower vases for home or weddings and so on.</p><p><br /></p><p>So.. maybe I'm getting somewhere. Sorry for the ramble! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AntiqueAnnie, post: 481229, member: 5464"][I]"Which means you may not ever be a specialist in anything" [/I] Score! Oh yes, that's definitely me..in general. Choosing a major at college, career..list goes on. I find an interest in all, want to learn about everything..at first it sounds like a beautiful thing, but knowing me my only issue with that is I get overwhelmed, jump too quickly from one interest to another,lose interest because I am already trying to learn about something else or usually end up doing nothing at all. And in a field as wide and interesting, where anything can be considered an antique, I can see myself swarming all over the place. To avoid that from happening, I'll start collecting. (collectorsweekly is a great site, to help me narrow things down a bit..and it's hard for me as it is!) That way, instead of wanting to collect it all, I'll just try to stick to one category and break it down. Here's what I came up with as far as things I'd be interested in collecting and possibly reselling: Home & Kitchen Accessories : Lol! :shame: I know! This doesn't help as these accessories could possibly be anything you make it out to be (furniture,chairs,lamps,signs,bottles,clocks,advertising, etc..) I suppose I can hand pick those unique things that I would personally like to put in my home. This is actually a favorite because I want to start getting into home decorating, so I could be placing two hobbies in one (?) Also, I've noticed a lot of home decor stores trying to imitate antique/vintage objects.. so what better way than to get the real deal. And from what I've seen in trends people will turn something into anything, mason/milk glass jars as flower vases for home or weddings and so on. So.. maybe I'm getting somewhere. Sorry for the ramble! :muted:[/QUOTE]
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