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Slightly Creaky does research to find the links you would most likely need and provides them for you in an easy-to-find format. You can access the various categories from any of our pages using the top or side menus. Each category has generalized headings, followed by more specific ones.
There are millions of Internet Web sites devoted to hobbies. Our intent is to give you a sample in each category so you can start a new activity or improve one that you already enjoy. We provide historical references, sites of people who actually display their hobby online, as well as suggestions.
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Updated April 23, 2012
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Food & Drink
Food & Drink
"What do you need to start? Really only some sugar packets. It's really one of the least expensive hobbies around. It's a great activity for younger kids, because the whole family can be involved. Even aunts, uncles and friends from around the world can contribute to this great learning experience." |
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| The Sugar Packet Collector's Page | |
| Journal for Collecting Fortunes from Fortune Cookies | "I love Chines food, and I especially look ordering take-out Chinese food and eating it on a TV table while watching some of my favorite shows. It wouldn’t be take-out Chinese food without Fortune Cookies for desert." |
| My Fortune Cookie Proverb Collection | "I have been collecting fortune cookie fortunes for a little over a year, the stupider the fortune the more likely I am to keep it. The idea to start collecting these started with probably one of the stupidest fortunes I got. Here is the little collection I have received (as well as some of my commentary on it)." |
| Tea Bag Collecting Club | "To gather every tea bag collector, or collectionist of any other item related to tea like: labels, boxes, cans, tea pots, cups, etc. The idea is to exchange these items, increase and improve the collections, share and make friends with a common interest." |
| The Carrot Museum | Includes a lengthy history of the carrot. |
| A Banana Catalogue | "The Catalogue consists of 150 pages with b&w illustrations of more than 2000 different banana labels, fully indexed, and featuring two color plates. Also included are copies of the New Additions pages.The Catalogue (which is currently 'sold out') consists of 150 pages with b&w illustrations of more than 2000 different banana labels, fully indexed, and featuring two color plates. Also included are copies of the New Additions pages." |
| Becky's Gone Bananas....And Broccoli Too! | "My collection now consists of 6937 different banana labels! THANKS to my many trade partners and friends who have helped me reach this milestone. My 93 broccoli bands and my 157 asparagus bands are also pictured on my site. Does anyone else collect them?" |
| The Big Bad Banana | "Banana Stickers! Banana Seals! Banana Labels! This Illustrious Collection has them all! This site features my very own collection of banana stickers. I have over 100 banana stickers on display. This site also provides a list of banana jokes, some infamous banana quotes and groovy banana sounds! There is also a mega list of banana links and a banana message board! " |
| The Washington Banana Museum | "Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in the early years (1892-1920s) were given bananas to eat. Many had never seen them and didn't know how to eat them - some ate the whole thing, peel and all. Bananas were introduced to the American public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the same expo that introduced Alexander Graham Bell's telephone." |
| Greg King’s Cereal Stuff | "I have various areas of Cereal related items, but my main interest is in the product made by R&L." |
| Topher's Breakfast Cereal Character Guide | "This guide was created as a fun and educational reference on all your favorite cereal box characters from the early 1900's to the present. It is full of great images and information on over 975 cereal characters. (No sugar added). Just select a box top to begin. Enjoy! " |
"CJCA is dedicated to the collecting of Cracker Jack prizes and related items. " |
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| Cracker Jack Collectors Association | |
| My Cracker Jack Home Page | "This site was created to give people an understanding on Cracker Jack's history, and provide information on the associations with Cracker Jack." |
| Candy Collectors Club of Advertising Memorabilia | "Sign-up by sending us an application via mail or email. Don't forget to specify a User Name and Password. Include your membership fee or use paypal. Your membership entitles you to receive newsletters and participate in the early stages and direction of this new collectible club." |
| The Candy Wrapper Museum | "The Candy Wrapper Museum, where wrappers are to be enjoyed as art, nostalgia, and humor." |
| The Gum Wrapper Page | "Guinness world record Gum wrapper chain Official length on november 3, 2007 52,913 feet Containing 1,240,000 gum wrappers!" |
| World of Chocolate Wrappers | "This web is designated especially for: Collectors of chocolate wrappers and chocolate and cocoa related items, Producers of chocolate - interesting packaging , Chocolate and cocoa museums and other museums , For chocoholics and people who are interested in chocolate and cocoa" |
| Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia. | "Pez was originally marketed as an adult mint for people trying to quit smoking. The first Pez dispensers, known to collectors as "regulars", did not have character heads. Around 1952, cartoon heads and fruity flavored candy were introduced. Since then, over 500 different heads have been made." |
| PEZ Board | "People have been collecting PEZ candy dispensers almost as long as they've been collecting stamps. It was one of the first pop culture products to become a contemporary collectible" |
Beer and Soda Cans can be found in the Bottles & Cans section. |
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| "These pages are devoted to the beers of the world and the fascinating bottles and labels that embellish them. The total collection contains about 600 bottles. The images are in a separate folder and all are linked to the directories below. However, you have to use the back button on your browser to get to the next beer." | |
| Lindsay's Beer Pages | |
| Marc's Beer Collection | "My current collection started around 2003, and the "new" target is to collect two beers from every beer producing country in the world. One for the collection of course, and one for tasting." |
| Collecting Breweriana | "The enormous variety of beers, breweries, and beer brewing methods extending around the globe and permeating many different societies provides ample hunting ground for the breweriana connoisseur." |
| CV Beer Collection | "A resource for people interested in learning more about the Terre Haute Brewing Company and Champagne Velvet Beer. To date, there are almost 300 items featured on this site! |
| Start a Wine Collection | "This page contains tips and ideas for the person who wants to start a wine collection of wines to drink for every occasion throughout the year." |
| Wine Collecting | "They are the visitors to the winery who inspect the wines, but also want to see the racks that they're sitting on. They study the nuances of the soil that grew the grapes, and know which cellar masters are to be trusted to produce a fine wine from a good vintage." |
| The Wine Collector | "Practical wine collecting advice from Steve Bachmann," |
| How to Begin Wine Collecting | "Some people collect wine for money...and some people collect wine because they have a passion for wine. Irregardless of whether you're collecting wine for profit or for pleasure, collecting wine requires some investment. " |
| Wine & Vine Things | "A virtual museum of vintage objects relating to viticulture, enology, and the consumption of wine. I take an "Earth to the Table" approach through the artifacts of the industry. My turn-of-the-century collection includes the tools and accessories which enable and provide for the planting, growing, maturing, harvesting and chemistry which eventually allow this marvelous fruit to come to your table as wine." |
| 200 years of Wine Around the World | "Only wines made out of grapes are considered as "true" wine in the following.In the geographic-historical part no more than two labels per country and per 50 years period are shown.No effort was made to choose the nicest labels. On the contrary, the labels were selected as representative of their country and epoch either for their graphics or for the quality of the wine." |
"Many of the pictures used on this web site are thumb nails that can be enlarged by clicking on that picture. Not all items are pictured and some pages will be slow loading because of the number of pictures on that page." |
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| USA Soda | |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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| "Moonlight Tobacco Co. is a subsidiary of R.J. Reynolds. The thinking here is that if RJR spins off a successful sub, then that sub is free of liability in most of the cigarette litigation in the US. Liability obtains in those cases where a tobacco company advertised that they had a safe product when they knew they didn't, and before the US Surgeon General's health warnings appeared on packs. " | |
| Tobacco Collectors | |
| Cigarette Package Collectors' Corner | "Collecting cigarette packs is a fun hobby. There are so many interesting packs from all over the world. If you are looking for a different kind of hobby, then you have found it! Start collecting today!" |
| The Cigarette Pack Collectors Association | "Collectors of cigarette packaging, advertising and promotional items from around the world." |
| Up In Smoke: Cigar Band Collections | "There are nearly 800 different vintage cigar bands currently displayed in the Museum, selected from my own collection. The cigar bands are displayed in exhibits contained in 12 different galleries arranged by general subject. Links to the Museum Main Index and to all of the Museum Galleries are provided at the bottom of each exhibit page and each gallery's index page." |
| Cigar Label Art | "The use of tobacco as a creature comfort and would be cure-all was born many years ago. It would eventually work its way into the American culture and give birth to a unique form of art. This historical art form is being returned in modern times. The latest craze to invade the art world is one where commercial stone lithography has been classified as "Historical Art." Many cigar labels fall into this category. Cigar label designs were created to sell cigar to the smoking public to satisfy one of their many basic pleasures and the art form is reborn as an art collectible. " |
| The History (And Value) Of Cigar Bands | "For many cigar smokers, the small paper band encircling their stogy is just a piece of trash, to be discarded along with the shrinkwrap around the box. But for others that cigar band is a bit of history - a collectible that adds immeasurably to the romance and mystique of smoking." |
| Value of Old Cigar Bands as Collectibles | "Because cigar bands inherently were disposable items with no intrinsic value and were produced in huge numbers, as collectibles they have characteristics somewhat comparable to certain other types of paper ephemera such as matchbook covers or product labels." |
| Collecting Cigar Bands | "People have been collecting cigar bands since they wrapped these little pieces of paper around cigars. Bands over the years have adorned billions of cigars. Unfortunately, as with most cigar art, most of the bands have ended up in the trash." |
| Collecting Cigar Boxes and Cigar Label Art | "Cigar box and cigar label collection hit a frenzied peak in the mid to late 1990s with the cigar smoking craze. Even common labels (those where a few thousand were found) were fetching very high prices. When the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants came into effect, some of the frenzy subsided, but during this time, many die hard collectors were born. Like any collectible, there is fierce competition to get the biggest collection or collect all of one subject matter. " |
| Cigar Box Art Collection | "These are pictures of the labels from old cigar boxes " |
| Collecting Cigars | "Cigar collecting can mean a lot of different things. And since it covers such a broad category, I hope to cover as much ground here as possible. The obvious choice of course is collecting cigars. For this you will need a humidor." |
| Your First Cigar Humidor | "This is because cigars adapt to their surroundings, absorbing their environment like a sponge. If they are kept in an ill-suited environment, they will age to be ill-suited cigars, disappointing both their parents and the person who bought them. On the flip side, however, is the fact that if cigars are placed in a well-suited environment, they will age to become well-suited for even the most seasoned connoisseur." |
| Seattle Pipe Club | "We all collect pipes: if we have one pipe (surely unthinkable!) we’re a smoker, two pipes a “collecting” pipe smoker. I know absolute that if you’re reading this you’re of the later nobler category. " |
| OoOPS | "The Organization of Online Pipe Smokers (OoOPS) welcomes YOU. If you are interested in pipe smoking, pipe collecting, or tobaccos, we offer these pages to inform you about our wholesome and delightful hobby. If you are informed and/or delighted by your visit here, we will experience a warm glow. " |
| North American Society of Pipe Collectors | "The North American Society of Pipe Collectors was founded after a long evening spent over a pot of good coffee and more than a bowl or two of good tobacco. Phil Bradford and Regis McCafferty decided that a club was needed in Ohio to promote pipe smoking, information sharing, knowledge of tobaccos, and fellowship with other pipe smokers. " |
Food Containers
Food Containers
Beer and Soda Cans can be found in the Bottles & Cans section. |
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| German & English. "Since middle of the 1980's our collection of salt and pepper shaker has grown to more than 1.000 sets. In general - to save the needed room ! - we excluded from the collection all salt and pepper shaker sets belonging to table-ware series - with a few original exceptions. For the same reason we usually excluded all minor variants of already collected S&P sets." | |
| Salt & Pepper Shakers Museum | |
| Antique and Art Glass Salt Shaker Collector's Society | "A society formed for collectors of antique and art glass salt shakers. The society's goals are to promote fellowship among members, share collecting experiences, and promote the education and collecting of antique and art glass salt shakers." |
| Salt & Pepper | "Collections of salt and pepper shakers from around the world. Fun, funky, traditional, etc. all welcome." |
| Novelty Salt & Pepper Shakers Club | "We are an organization providing services and education to those interested in the history and collecting of novelty and figural salt and pepper shakers. We provide a quarterly newsletter, host an annual convention and sponsor local chapters to provide closer and more frequent fellowship and activities. " |
| Gas Pump Salt & Pepper Photo Album | "Lets start with a little history of the gas pump-shaped salt pepper shakers. Shakers were made in Kansas City, MO and are a hard plastic. They are found in many colors and styles of pump shapes." |
| Candy Container Collectors of America | "If you are fascinated by those wonderful old glass candy container toys, if you have ever considered collecting them as a hobby, if you already collect them and wish to learn more about glass candy toys, then....THE CANDY CONTAINER COLLECTORS OF AMERICA CLUB invites you to become a member" |
| Tin Pages | "Welcome to the Tin Pages, This is a catalogue of British biscuit tins. A visual record of a beautiful, and very discreet, form of advertising." |
| Collectinmg Pez | "This site is dedicated to the hobby of collecting PEZ Dispensers from the '50s to today. Whether you are a seasoned PRO or just a beginning collector, you'll find the info here to help you buy, sell, trade, or just learn and have fun. " |
| Cookie Jar Net | Includes a forum, articles, and collecting news. |
| The Joy of Cookie Jar Collecting | " It’s so much fun to gather wonderful jars of old together on your shelves and look at a snapshot of a gentler time. A time when grandmas made home baked cookies, and kids knew to look in that weathered cookie jar to find them." |
| "Welcome to Lunch Box Pad! Since 1998, LBP celebrates the history of vintage lunch boxes, while helping to preserve their future. LBP is the finest example of all web sites devoted to the lunch box hobby. Great care has been taken to create a site that is both informative and fun. The result is a fantastic experience, fit for anyone who remembers lugging around their favorite lunch-time heroes." | |
| Lunch Box Pad | |
| The American Lunchbox | "How to carry along your lunch? That's been a dilemma for thousands of years. In the ancient world, a simple basket or a nice goatskin might do the trick. But in recent times, lunch boxes have provided an attractive solution for millions" |
| Paileontology: A History of the Lunchbox | "There was a time not so long ago that the lunchbox was the ultimate in personal expression. More than mere carrying case for peanut butter and bologna sandwiches, your lunchbox showed who you were and who you aspired to be." |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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| T his site celebrates unusual wines. Unusual varieties, wines from unusual places, and wines with distinctive, weird and funny labels. Everyone loves Chardonnay, but do you want to drink it every day? There are hundreds of wines made from grapes that are not everyday names. This site features some of the more interesting ones. | |
| Unusual Wines Labels | |
| Tea Box Collection | "Bags sorted by trade marks" |
| The World of Fruit Labels | "Fruit label collecting must surely rank as one the healthiest hobbies, just as long as you actually eat the fruit." |
| Beer Labels | "Corey and Nate's site devoted to yummy microbrews and their beer labels and beer bottles. We are true beer lovers, sampling microbrews from all over the place, especially along the Western US" |
| Crate Labels Online | "Citrus crate labels have become highly collectible art forms and important artifacts of California-and American-history. Their bright colors and cheerful images remind us of the state's early alliance with health and the region's agricultural roots." |
| The Label Place | "Fruit crate labels are vintage paper labels lithographed between 1910 - 1956 for apple, pear, orange, lemon, and other fruit crates & boxes. These fruit crate labels were never put on crates, and survived the years in packing houses and attics. Collectible, beautiful, American advertising art that takes you back to simpler times! Colorful labels add that rustic, old time look to decorate home, kitchen, or restaurant." |
| The Label Man | "If you are looking for fruit crate labels, old advertisements, seed collection packets, cigar labels or vintage canning labels, TheLabelMan.com offers a huge selection of high quality, genuine labels at good prices, with unparalleled shipping and customer service." |
| Label Collectors.com | "At an early age, growing up in Ventura, near California citrus orchards, Paul nurtured his collecting passion of colorful and then plentiful crate labels. In the early 1980s he began buying, selling and trading labels. " |
| "Is it an adhesive bandage? A sheer strip? A plastic strip? A cloth strip? Only time can tell, and it can't seem to make a final decision in the matter...The prices of the boxes range from 47 cents to 59 cents, although some of the boxes have "33" scribbled on their lids. Price? Perhaps. It's kind of weird to look at all these boxes, not one of which has a UPC symbol on it. Unfortunately, none of the boxes have dates on them, but some are pretty easy to guess." | |
| 75 Years of Band-Aid | |
| Cameron's Band-Aid Collection | "The 900+ in my collection Band-Aids are divided into 103 different pages." |
| The Vertual Toilet Paper Museum | "A tribute to that much-maligned material which plays such an important role (or should that be "roll"?) in our everyday lives." |
| Barf Bag Collection | A comprehensive collection of "barf bags" from airlines worldwide, this site has pictures and descriptions for each one (none are shown used). |
| Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum | "One can tell a lot about an airline's image from their Air Sickness Bags. Some barf bags are no more than a baggie with a twist tie, while other sick bags could win international design competitions. Are they art? I think so. You decide." |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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Appliances
Appliances
| A History of Teapots | " The story of teapots begins with their necessity -- the development of tea and its regular consumption required an efficient, and later an aesthetically pleasing, vessel for brewing and drinking." |
| African Teapots | "When I was in West Africa, I found these little teapots everywhere. I mean, everywhere. In mosques, in windows, doorways, stairs, furniture, and odd places in the streets. What I could never figure out is, why are they plastic? It turns out that these are not teapots after all. They are used to store water that is used to wash your hands after "personal" activities." |
| Tea Infusers | "Welcome to Tea Infusers and Tea Balls (.info & .com), a resource for those interested in accessories used in the brewing of tea with an emphasis on tea infusers, commonly called tea balls or tea balls" |
| National Toothpick Holder Collectors Society | "The National Toothpick Holder Collectors Society (NTHCS) is open to anyone interested in the collection, research and preservation of toothpick holders." |
| The Toaster Museum | "Since our origin in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s, our organization has dedicated itself to educating, entertaining, and enlightening people about the history and cultural importance of the bread toaster. " |
| Collecting Cookie Cutters Of The Past And Present | "Chances are you have at least one cookie cutter in your kitchen drawer already. Perhaps it's a gingerbread man that you bring out every Christmas season. Or maybe a treasured cutter that came from your mother or grandmother." |
| C is for Coffee | Collection of coffee pots |
| Decorative Arts: Coffee Pot | From the Brooklyn Museum |
| Antique Meat Grinders | "Often found at flea markets or garage sales at bargain prices of $5 to $15, many are in mint condition and can be quickly restored and ready to grind." |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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China
China
Also see Paperweights & Globes
| Glass Encyclopedia | "The Glass Encyclopedia is intended to be the ultimate reference source on glass. It covers a list of topics that will be increased and up-dated regularly, building up to a fully comprehensive glass encyclopedia on-line. " |
| "Depression Glass is colorful or clear, machine-pressed glass made during the 30's and used as premiums in dime stores (chain emporiums where most things cost originally 5 or 10 cents). On slow nights, movie theaters also offered it to entice audiences through their doors." | |
| Depression Glass | |
| National Depression Glass Association | "The NDGA is an organization for those individuals or clubs who collect depression era glassware" |
| Historical Glass Museum | "Currently, the Museum holds displays of American Glassware dating from the early 1800's to contemporary times. Displays include, but are not limited to, glass from Heisey, Cambridge, Fenton, Fostoria, and Sandwich factories as well as those that produced depression-era glassware. Items on display include candlesticks, compotes, milk glass, stems, bowls, historical plates, salts, kerosene lamps-and even several items from the estate of Liberace." |
| Online Glass Museum | "This article covers the background to the Arts and Crafts Movement in England and its associated international design trends (the Shakers in the USA and Wiener Werkstatte in Europe). We will discuss why it developed, the concept of Industrial Design, the leading figures (Ruskin, Morris, Crane, Dresser), the contemporary Aesthetic Movement, parallel movements in Europe and America, effects on glass design, and in particular, the hand-blown glass of the Whitefriars factory (Powell glass) and the pressed glass of the Sowerby Glassworks." |
| American Cut Glass Association | "The American Cut Glass Association is devoted to the study and research of American Brilliant Cut Glass. The Brilliant Period lasted from approximately 1876 to around 1914. Please take the time to go through our web site. It will increase your interest, understanding, recognition, and appreciation of American Brilliant Cut Glass . " |
| Connected Collector | "We created Connected Collector, Inc. to organize dinnerware matchers and to connect them to the Internet." |
| Air Capital Carnival Glass Club | Air Capital Carnival Glass Club is a non-profit organization devoted to the education and promotion of collecting carnival glass which is sometimes referred to as antique carnival glass. |
| Art Glass Association | "The Art Glass Association is the largest association in the world that is dedicated to the business of art glass and related supplies. Founded in 1986, AGA is an international non-profit organization whose purpose is to create awareness, knowledge and involvement for the growth and prosperity of the art glass industry." |
| Glass Art Association of Canada | "The Glass Art Association of Canada is a volunteer, member-run organization. We offer Canadian glass makers, students, collectors and interested individuals a communication network through the publication of the Contemporary Canadian Glass, our quarterly journal, and GlassWire, our Internet-based electronic newsletter." |
| Amphora Collectors International | "Amphora Collectors International is an organization for those interested in furthering their knowledge and appreciation of the "Amphora School" of art pottery." |
| Antique Bottle & Glass Collector Magazine | "Every month A.B.&G.C. brings you a wealth of information in the form of well researched articles covering many facets of the hobby." |
| Historic Glass Bottle Identification & Information Website | From the BLM. " Goal of this website: To enable the user to answer two primary questions about most utilitarian bottles and jars produced in the United States (and Canada) between the early 1800s and 1950s," |
| Carnival Glass from the USA | "Carnival Glass is pressed glass which has an iridized surface treatment. It is made by exposing the newly formed hot pressed glass to sprays, fumes and vapours from heated metallic oxides. These form a lustrous coating at the surface of the glass. It looks as if it has rainbows on it, like the coloured patterns sometimes seen when petrol floats on water; like the rainbow colours on the surface of a soap bubble." |
| Early American Pattern Glass Society | "...to foster and encourage the collection, appreciation, study, preservation, and documentation of early American pattern glassware, and its place in American life, past and present." |
| Goofus Glass Museum | "Goofus glass was an exclusive, American, phenomena. This is not to say that glass wasn't painted at times in Europe, etc. by anyone, but the massive production of cold painted pressed glass, or "decorated" as they called it, belonged exclusively to a few United States glass factories of the period. Jewelry of all types being presented as "goofus" is a fraud. People have been hand decorating jewelry all over the world with paint forever. Painting of a hunk of glass does not make it a piece of goofus, anymore than putting a stripe on a rural road makes it a goofus road." |
| World of The Bear Collector |
"An Exclusive Online Presentation. The Manual on BearstonesTM you have always wanted, even demanded. The Culmination of years of research. It goes beyond simple collecting and looking at pictures. You will learn everything there is to know about BearstonesT" |
| Antique Lady Head Vases | "I have loved and collected antique lady head vases for several years now. I do extensive research on all the ladies that I acquire. I try to keep up-to-date on all the new values and try to give you the most current information as I can. These ladies are my passion and I would like to pass that on to you." |
"Welcome to my Hard Rock Shot Glass Collection. I started this hobby November 11, 2003. I only collect 4" shots and now I have a total of 1,134 shot glasses in my collection." |
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| Shotglass.org | "One of my favorite places to go on vacation is Walt Disney World. One of the places to get shotglasses at Disney World is the World Showcase at Epcot. For those who do not know what the World Showcase is, it is an area of the park where parts of various countries are reproduced, and staffed by residents of the respective countries. You can shop, eat and drink in eleven different countries." |
| Promotional Glass Collectors Association! | " The PGCA is a club for collectors of cartoon, character, advertising, and sports drinking glasses and related memorabilia and collectibles." |
| Beer Stein Library | Welcome to the Beer Stein Library — By far the largest on-line repository of information about collector beer steins anywhere. |
| Stein Collectors International | Stein Collectors International is a non-profit, member owned and operated organization dedicated to advancing the state of knowledge and the appreciation of beer steins and other drinking vessels. |
"A genuine Tiffany lamp is a spectacular example of skill, technique and elegance, however, a hefty price tag is likely to accompany such an object." |
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| Collecting Tiffany Stained Glass Lamps | |
| Stained Glass | "Photographs of Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern stained glass windows from northern France." |
| Art of Stained Glass | "Stained Glass is a pleasurable art and craft. It is a hobby for many, and an art for the few. Stained glass is often used in the making of windows and lampshades, but is also useful for boxes, clocks, cabinet doors, picture frames and other 3-dimensional projects." |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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| "The first man-made plastic was created by Alexander Parkes who publicly demonstrated it at the 1862 Great International Exhibition in London. The material called Parkesine was an organic material derived from cellulose that once heated could be molded, and retained its shape when cooled." | |
| The History of Plastic | |
| Bakelite and Plastic Museum | "You can find images of items from all over the world. By clicking on the item you get a larger image." |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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Bottles & Cans
Bottles & Cans
| "Collecting cone top soda cans is a very narrow specialty of the broader hobby of soda can collecting. The soda cones shown in this Virtual Museum probably represent 85% of all of the different cone top soda cans produced during a rather narrow time span from 1938 to about 1955." | |
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| Soda Machine Collections | Commercial site. Lists, collections, and pictures |
| Soda Can Collecting | "It doesn't really matter which can came first in 1938, the fact is that the citric acid in the drinks proved to be to much for the lining of the cans to handle so soft drinks in cans would have to wait." |
| Collectable Soda Cans | "Fully updated, including known cone top caps and a growing display of advertising lids for many of the early cans." |
| Coke Bottles of the World Home Page | "I now have approximately 900 different foreign bottles, and the following foreign bottle photos represent a small portion - I have many more countries than those shown, however, there are still a LARGE number of countries I need " |
| Chad's Dr Pepper Web Page | " I have gathered quite a variety of items that are associated with Dr Pepper. I hope you enjoy my salute to an American original. " |
| "I have well over 10,000 different beer bottles in my collection now. I do have a few extras I trade or sell on my FOR SALE page. I do take donations in beer bottles and cash to help run this website. When I first started I was finding most of my bottles under bridges, by building, from friends and just about anywhere I could get them. At first they they just looked good sitting on my small shelves in my room. My whole family thought I was nuts. Now over 26 years latter my family thinks I am crazy. My wife is very good about my collection. My kids have no clue why I like beer bottles so much. " | |
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| Beer Cans World | "We can collectors have our own language! I'll give you quick lesson in beer can collecting lingo. Just click here to visit my page on Beer Can Lingo. You can even learn how to "grade" a beer can. By grade, we mean how you determine the condition of a beer can and from that, I can tell you just how much that can is worth" |
| Association for British Brewery Collectables | "The Association for British Brewery Collectables is the successor to the Association of Bottled Beer Collectors. Founded in 1983, the ABBC has represented the interests of bottled beer collectors since then. It was in 2003 that the coverage was widened to include all brewery collectables, in keeping with the broadening interests of the members." |
| Jeff's House of Beer Cans | "The building and displays were constructed between 1998 and 2001 with the help of Jeff's father Fred, friends and other family members. The collection, which numbers in excess of 56,000 different cans, is now the largest of it's kind in the world" |
| Vintage Cans | "I'm a collector first, but also enjoy the wheeling and dealing of cans, so I've tried to build a site that provides those things I like when collecting virtually: an uncomplicated shopping experience, more to look at than just trade inventory, and the opportunity to interact. " |
| "To the world of miniature bottle collecting. Our bottles are generally six inches or less in height and contain or have contained liquor and/or liqueurs. Our hobby includes miniature straights (like the little bottles you see on the airlines), including scotch, whiskey, gin, vodka, rum, tequila, cognacs, wines, beers, and liqueurs. Miniature blown glass bottles are collected by many, and feature (but not limited to) bottles by Rynbende, Bols, and Peter Hagen" | |
| Midwest Miniature Bottle Collectors | |
| Miniature Bottle Collectors | "The site includes an area containing lists and images of bottles from my collection. These are organized by category of bottle (for example Cognac, Liqueur, etc.). " |
| The Miniature Bottle Collector | "In the world of miniature beer bottle collecting, it isn’t hard to pick up a Blatz, Schlitz or Pabst Blue Ribbon for your collection. Just do a quick search on ebay and you’ll know what I’m talking about. After you have been collecting these things for a while, it is not too hard to create a rather nice collection consisting of some moderately hard to find bottles such as Crystal Rock, Red Ribbon, Tip Top, Fehr’s, Manhattan, and many others." |
| My Mini Bottle Collection | "Our mini bottles collection has been started by my wife's parents at 1955, the day she was born when her father brought to the hospital a miniature bottle to celebrate the birth." |
| Miniature Bottle Collecting Web Page | "Miniature bottles, also known as "minis", "samplers" or "nips", are small bottles of alcoholic beverages. These bottles are commonly used for two reasons: 1) Serving drinks on planes, or in some areas, bars. 2) Sell as samples for people who want to try a beverage but don't want a whole large bottle." |
| Lourdes Mini Bottles | Rare, old and bottle sets |
| The Mini Bottle Club | "The Mini Bottle Club was founded in 1979 by a group of collectors with the aim of furthering the hobby by the mutual sharing of information and swapping of miniatures. Word spread and this group of friends expanded into what is probably the world's best mini bottle club. " |
| "Websites that contain information of interest to fruit jar collectors. Example: Grandma's Cubboard - Welcome to our Fruit Jar Collections page. We personally do not have a great variety of different closures or color but we certainly enjoy what we have and like to share them with others." | |
| Fruit Jar Collectors | |
| Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club | "The Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club is an organization of people interested in collecting and learning about fruit jars and bottles. While the club is headquartered in the Midwest (Indiana to be specific) we have members from all over the country. " |
| A Primer On Fruit Jars | "The hermetic preserving of food... This revolutionary invention allowed families to prepare for the winter by "putting up" what they had in abundance in the fall. Families often traded a jar of this for a jar of that, preparing for the lean season with relative abundance. The invention of the fruit jar, or mason jar as it was called, made life a little easier; best of all it made Winter meals far more nutritional and palatable." |
"Our purpose is the research and dissemination of information in the furtherance of the international hobby of milk bottle collecting. The study and documentation of the history of the fluid milk industry is a defined goal. " |
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| The National Association Of Milk Bottle Collectors | |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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| "The magazine for in-depth articles on antique bottles, old bottles, poison bottles, mineral water bottles, medicine bottles, quack cures, ink bottles, poison bottles, black glass, seals, pot lids, stoneware bottles, stoneware flasks, cream pots, ointment pots, enamel signs, breweriana. whisky jugs, whisky crocks, old advertising and hundreds of other collectables." | |
| Antique Bottle Collector Magazine | |
| Rusty Cans | "Welcome to the RUSTYCANS web site, dedicated to providing information about beer can collecting in general as well as about my collection and collecting interests." |
| Antique Poison Bottle Collectors' Association | "The purpose of the APBCA is to socially unite all poison bottle collectors and to promote, foster, and encourage the betterment of their collection. We encourage the exchange of information about our hobby and the exhibiting, displaying, promoting and researching of poison bottles." |
| Antique Bottle Forum | "This website is a forum for antique bottle collectors, diggers, traders and anybody with an interest in old bottles. It is provided as a free service to the collecting community." |
| Decanter Collectors | "The main purpose of this site is to help the bottle and decanter collectors. This is a fun hobby enjoyed by thousands worldwide. We believe this site provides all the information the collector needs to pursue the hobby intelligently. We have links to many sources providing important resources about decanter collecting." |
| Antique Bottle Collector's Haven | "Welcome to the leading educational Internet site for finding, buying, selling and learning about Antique Bottles! If you want to learn more about a particular category of bottle, or simply find out "how much is my old bottle worth?", then you've come to the right place." |
| Digger Odell Bottle Prices | "The place on the web for bottle prices and information" |
| The Canadian Bottle Lovers Page | "This web site is dedicated to bringing images of early Canadian and interesting Canadian bottles." |
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| "The Millmania site is now 9 years old and in that time I have made many online contacts with other people who collect the odd antique coffee grinder or two. I hope that I have provided both enjoyment and information through these pages. It doesn't matter whether you own one coffee mill or have a collection of mills numbering in the hundreds. You are cordially invited to come in and browse these pages and enjoy some of my collection." | |
| Antique Coffee Grinders | |
| How to Buy Silverware | "Back when entertaining meant a formal meal rather than a backyard barbeque, people set ornate tables full of unusual pieces, a treasure trove for today's collector." |
| Coffee Stirrer Central | "The only site on the web for the study and collections of coffee stirrers" |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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Commercial. "Our mission is to provide high quality souvenir spoons and their accessories on the retail and wholesale level." |
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| Spoon Quest | |
| Sky Spoons | A collection of spoons from airliners |
| Spoon Museum | " The Souvenir and Commemorative Spoon Museum Presents an eclectic mix of unusual silver spoons for your viewing " |
| "American Spoon Collectors (ASC) is an organization which is devoted to the promotion and support of the collecting of Souvenir Spoons. Founded in 1974 by Bill Boyd (Editor Emeritus of Spooners Forum), American Spoon Collectors is a national and international organization through which Spoon Collectors are able to communicate with one another and share stories about mutual collecting passions. " | |
| German & English. "Since middle of the 1980's our collection of salt and pepper shaker has grown to more than 1.000 sets. In general - to save the needed room ! - we excluded from the collection all salt and pepper shaker sets belonging to table-ware series - with a few original exceptions. For the same reason we usually excluded all minor variants of already collected S&P sets." | |
| Salt & Pepper Shakers Museum | |
| Salt & Pepper | "Collections of salt and pepper shakers from around the world. Fun, funky, traditional, etc. all welcome." |
| Novelty Salt & Pepper Shakers Club | "We are an organization providing services and education to those interested in the history and collecting of novelty and figural salt and pepper shakers. We provide a quarterly newsletter, host an annual convention and sponsor local chapters to provide closer and more frequent fellowship and activities. " |
| Gas Pump Salt & Pepper Photo Album | "Lets start with a little history of the gas pump-shaped salt pepper shakers. Shakers were made in Kansas City, MO and are a hard plastic. They are found in many colors and styles of pump shapes." |
"The beauty of silver has attracted collectors for many years. Collecting silver became particularly popular in the 19th century and this popularity continues to the present day. Hallmarking makes collecting and dating silver easier but there are some pitfalls and points to remember when buying." |
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| Collecting Antique Silver | |
| Association Of Small Collectors Of Antique Silver | "We have two aims: to promote friendship between our members and to spread knowledge of antique silver items, their hallmarks and their workmanship techniques." |
| The Online Encyclopedia of American Silver Marks | "This is a collection of hallmarks from American manufacturers and retailers of sterling silver, coin silver and silver plate. Marks are listed alphabetically by manufacturer. Click on any letter to get started. There are now 201 marks illustrated on this site." |
| Collecting Antique Silver and other Metals | "Antique silver and other metal objects make great collectibles, because we can use them for generations without worrying that they might get chipped or broken." |
| Antique Gold Jewelry | "Secrecy has clothed the Antique Jewelry business for centuries, but times are changing and changing fast. " |
"There are 1000’s of different designs on Zippos. Since it is not practicable to collect everything, most people select niches, or themes within the universe of available Zippo lighters to collect." |
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| The Zippo Gallery | |
| Zippo Windproof Lighters - Collect An American Icon | "Zippo Windproof Lighters, first manufactured in the early 1930s, now represent one of the fastest growing categories in the world of collectibles." |
| American Match Cover Collecting Club | "The American Match Cover Collecting Club is dedicated to older match covers and match books. A publication, The Front Striker Bulletin, was started in August 1986, and ran for 57 quarterly issues, reaching, at its peak, an active membership of over 900 collectors." |
| On The Lighter Side | "This club is for collectors of any type lighter -- Ronson, Zippo, Evans, European, etc. We also have a few members who collect other categories of tobacciana, such as ash trays, smoking stands, Case & Zippo knives." |
| The Virtual Matchbox Museum | "This site is dedicated to the images on the matchbox labels - the small artworks that most of us do not pay much attention to. But they reflect our history, our likes and dislikes and sometimes they are real artworks in themselves. " |
| Matchbox Labels | This homepage gives you information about matchbox labels, boxes and covers from the Netherlands and also some other information in relating to this hobby. I also interested in documentation and catalogues about matchbox label collecting. |
"When choosing a drink coaster you might want to choose a designer one that somehow suits your décor or the occasion you are celebrating." |
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| Choosing a Drink Coaster For Your Home | |
| Beer Mats | "Beer coasters, items that are there, but rarely contemplated. It's like the old college students' philosophical answers: "Why not," or "Because." However, the time has come to consider beer-coasters" |
| The Canadian Corkscrew Collectors Club | "The Canadian Corkscrew Collectors Club ("CCCC") was founded in the Spring of 1981. An enthusiastic group of corkscrew collectors who belonged to a Canadian Wine Club, answered the advertisement placed in their magazine, the Wine Tidings. Dave Dakers who was living in Ottawa at the time called his fellow Opimian Society members together to form an organization to foster and promote further interest in this "twisted" hobby." |
| International Correspondence of Corkscrew Addicts | "Membership included addicts from Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States." |
| Just for Openers | "If you collect beer advertising openers or corkscrews, this is the web site you have been looking for. Through Just for Openers, you "open" new resources of information and access to other collectors. Continue reading for information on Club membership, Newsletters, the Annual Convention and Publications." |
| Collection of Cool Bottle Openers | "Nowadays, bottle openers come in all shapes and sizes. This post showcases our favorite examples of cool bottle openers." |
| Bottle Cap Net | "To browse our giant catalog of bottle caps by brand, click on View Caps." |
| Bottle Cap Index | Index is in the upper left of the page. |
| Daisy Baths | A galary of drink sturring sticks |
| Swizzle Stick Collection | "Generally made of plastic, glass, sometimes metal, swizzle sticks are part of objects which are collected from bars." |
| Tea Card | "TeaCard.Com is here to be a source of information about tea cards in general and specifically to be a resource about Brooke Bond's Red Rose Tea Cards in the US and Canada. " |
| "Is it an adhesive bandage? A sheer strip? A plastic strip? A cloth strip? Only time can tell, and it can't seem to make a final decision in the matter...The prices of the boxes range from 47 cents to 59 cents, although some of the boxes have "33" scribbled on their lids. Price? Perhaps. It's kind of weird to look at all these boxes, not one of which has a UPC symbol on it. Unfortunately, none of the boxes have dates on them, but some are pretty easy to guess." | |
| 75 Years of Band-Aid | |
We are seeking links for this category - If you know any good non-commercial web sites, please let us know. Collectors' Forums are also welcome. suggestions@slightlycreaky.com. |
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| Oozing Goo | "Welcome to the ultimate lava lamps site. You have stumbled into the hub for all lava lamp information. You'll learn about the history, the styles, the collecting, and we have a great shop too! " |
| Pen Collecting | "Have you ever imagined what a tremendous role a small writing pen plays in our life? Of course in our modern society we all have computers, notebooks and mobile phones, that we use to type in and store various sorts of information. But this small and oblong item is still indispensable in our life." |
| How to Start a Fountain Pen Collection | "Collecting fountain pens may be one of the more esoteric hobbies, but fine writing instruments are far more than your basic ballpoint. They can be of historical, technical, and aesthetic interest; they can be a pleasure to use, and some may even be described as works of art." |
| Internet Pen Resources | Everything on the Internet dealing with pens. |
| Spittoons of the Old West | "These containers came in all sizes and shapes and where made of many different materials. Most people, when thinking of spittoons, think of just saloons. But spittoons could be found any where people gathered, the hardware store, jail, the barbershop, banks, hotel lobbies, even the courtroom." |
| Ashes to Ashtrays | "As they disappear from daily life, ashtrays have become smoking collectibles." |
| Ashtray Collecting | "If you collect ashtrays, share some photos and stories with us here at the ashtray collector's portal." |
| How to Shop for Collectible Magnets and Then Show Them Off | "If you would like to collect something a little different, try collecting magnets! You can find magnets anywhere and everywhere. The best place to purchase magnets is online from websites. Many people who collect, make, or find magnets sell them on the Internet for profit." |
| Tissue Box Cover Collection! | "I've been collecting these since around 1997 or so. I bought some of them from mail order catalogs, but I really started buying alot of them when I saw how many different WEIRD kinds of tissue covers there were on ebay . I saw one that I liked, then there was another one that I couldn't pass up, and it sort of mushroomed from there." |
Hobbies Categories 2012
Each area includes hobbies, how to do, and collecting
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