My crafty book collection tripled in size this past holiday season, with Christmas and my birthday. I even got a couple more after this photo was taken! I absolutely love craft books, and it’s my goal to fill an entire shelf with them in my studio. They are just so much fun to look through, I have a whole list of projects that I am excited to try. In fact, once I get these kids into bed I think I’ll go spend some time downstairs. My best friend ever is due to have her baby boy ANY SECOND NOW (Seriously Julie, you need to hurry up and pop) and I just have to make her something fun.

I really don’t think I’ll ever own enough books. Both craft books and regular ones. I just love books. I have an Amazon wishlist with 74 books on it, and I add new ones almost every day! Here are just a few of the pretty books I am drooling over at the moment. (I need to add a “books” category to our budget, I’m sure my husband wouldn’t mind. He is quite obsessed as well.)

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Lately I have been slightly obsessed with the idea of collections. I thought I’d start a mini blog series about collections, which my husband has decided to call “The Collectorials”. I have a few collections that I’ll be sharing, and I’ve got a few collections that I wish I had! (Does any one else dream of collecting certain things??)

The first collection that I will be sharing is probably my oldest. My coins! I keep them on my dresser in my favorite little jar.

I started collecting coins when I was in 6th grade. I was walking down the hallway at school and I found a neat coin on the ground. I was fascinated, I felt like I had found a treasure! I got a lot of my collection from friends who went on cooler vacations than I did, and I bought some of them at the mall.

I love coins with holes in them, and ones with really different writing. (You know, like symbols instead of letters. I wish I could read them!) The “coin inside a coin” style is neat too. The Aruba coin is the one that started it all.

It’s been a long time since I’ve added to my collection. In fact, it’s gotten smaller over the years as I’ve moved across the country multiple times… I used to have some really great ones! I wouldn’t mind expanding this collection someday. When I have some extra money to buy money! (It seems so silly when you put it that way.)

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