Our collection of antique cookie cutters...

Seems that all folk artists do think alike...

well, maybe that is stretching it a bit. But we do collect alike!

This great collection is owned by Donna of Country Keepers. Seems she has been busy!

 And another collection by Carol of Woodland Primitives.  Carol loves birds so she has tried to keep her cookie cutter collection around the bird theme. 

In researching for this post, I found LOTS of cookie cutters available on Etsy.

That can be totally dangerous!!! So, if you want to start collecting, want to add to your collection or just see what is out there make sure you check out what is offered. 

Then... you can learn about the "History of Cookies" courtesy of Otis Spunkmeyer.

Sad to say that we don't use cookie cutters like our mothers and grandmothers did before us.

Why not get out that sugar cookie recipe (or go to this one from allrecipies.com), the rolling pin and your cookie cutters and make some cookies this weekend. I'm sure you'll smile from the memories you have of freshly baked cookies!

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Globe bank collection

 My collection of globe banks just started a few years ago...

We all have studied maps, the globe, know how to recognize the 50 states and some of us just might be able to remember the capitals of those states. That was then...my now was when I married a military service member. Before our first deployment we got out a very large school map and hung it on the wall placing an arrow in his location for the next year. During his time away I fell in love with these small globe banks and sought them out whenever I went antiquing.

 The one on the top shelf by the bird is my favorite...

The one on the left is the only one that has a key attached. 

Most of these were made by the Ohio Art Company, the people who bring you etch-a-sketch.

But, depending on your age, you might have had one of their pails or child's watering can pictured below.

I am still looking for a very small one, not sure if it exists, but you know it is all in the "hunt".

The "funny" twist to this is...as a child my husbands mother would play a game with a globe. She would give him a place somewhere on their globe and he had to find it. Seems our lives are intertwined in many ways.

What do you collect?

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Woodland Primitives

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