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Fab Friday Finds – All Around the World

July 6, 2012  Cool Collections | I Scored at the Thrift Store

Our eyes met

and I took him home.

He completed me.

The son I never had.

He kept me company while he sat on my desk.

He laughed at my jokes.

Then, I spotted another cutie and brought her home for a play date.

The 2 globes got along famously.

They fell in love,

and the next thing I knew

I was the proud grandma to 6 globes!

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This guy even lights up.

He really thinks he’s all that too.

This is our latest little addition …

she’s the baby of the family.

And the twins in the background.

They’re fraternal but everyone always asks if they’re identical.

Ok, your turn to spill …

what collection completes you?

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  1. Danielle

    July 6, 2012 at 6:56 am

    What a cute post…thanks for the smiles. I always had a fascination with globes when I was younger. Love your collection.

    Reply
  2. [email protected] This Top That

    July 6, 2012 at 7:04 am

    ahh- they were made for each other!

    Reply
  3. aimee {sixteen fourteen}

    July 6, 2012 at 7:28 am

    “He” is gorgeous!!! You’re perfect for each other.

    Reply
  4. Kim

    July 6, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Such a happy little globe family. Have a great weekend!

    Reply
  5. Karen H

    July 6, 2012 at 8:12 am

    My grandfather was a beekeeper so I collect anything bee-related. It started with a little beehive made out of grapevine, and has grown to take up an entire shelf. It’s amazing how much bee/beehive stuff is out there!

    Collecting bee things makes me feel closer to my grandfather and my father.

    Reply
  6. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog

    July 6, 2012 at 8:16 am

    ‘they’re fraternal, but everyone always asks if they’re identical’ – love it! I am a sucker for a good globe … your little family is superb. Baby Globy is my favorite. 🙂

    Reply
  7. Jean

    July 6, 2012 at 8:24 am

    I love globes and often thought of collecting them, but I never see them around here. Well, I found ONE that I cut in half and turned it into a hanging lamp and a bowl. A couple of collections that float my boat are crocks, old irons, aqua canning jars, vintage coverlets, any old chippy architectural item…and…the list goes on….

    Reply
  8. Lauren

    July 6, 2012 at 8:31 am

    Love your globe collection! I just fixed up a small one for my vintage travel guest room except when I reassembled it — I put the globe UPSIDE DOWN! LOL — I’m leaving it like that and waiting to see how many people notice it! I collect vintage cups and saucers and well, anything tea-related including teapots!

    Reply
  9. debbie

    July 6, 2012 at 8:49 am

    Love your collection of globes…very cool and unique!~

    Reply
  10. Lynn @thevintagenest

    July 6, 2012 at 9:01 am

    I know you aren’t supposed to show favoritism to your offspring but that black one melts my heart! 🙂 Have a fabulous weekend. xoxo

    Reply
  11. Linda @ it all started with paint

    July 6, 2012 at 9:36 am

    I think I’m partial to that baby (but please don’t tell that to the other globes; don’t want to hurt their feelings …)

    🙂

    Linda

    Reply
  12. Mary Alice Patterson

    July 6, 2012 at 9:41 am

    Love your globes! I usually nab them when I see them if they have some charm, like yours do. Recently I found one from the 30’s that has different names for countries and some countries aren’t even on there yet. Pretty cool.
    Had to put it in my shop because if I start another collection. . .well, you know how that goes. 🙂
    Mary Alice

    Reply
  13. andrea cammarata

    July 6, 2012 at 10:07 am

    i love this! all globes living in peace — harmony and happiness! maybe you can work it out for the world : ) this sure made me smile and as we know the best place on those globes is NJ!!!! i hate myself for saying this — i really do but I am gonna do it (if anyone doesn’t know — that is jersey for going to do it : ) could you share these beauties over as J. Joe’s first party today : ) shameless i know but friends are friends!!! : ) hugs…

    Reply
  14. Revi

    July 6, 2012 at 10:48 am

    What a fun collection! I have a globe from my grandparents. It’s a lonely globe, though. Your post reminds me I should be looking for some friends!
    -Revi

    Reply
  15. Bliss

    July 6, 2012 at 11:04 am

    What collection completes me huh?….. Hmmm…… Do they make a kind that doesn’t need to be dusted?

    ~Bliss~

    Reply
  16. [email protected]

    July 6, 2012 at 11:35 am

    What a beautiful family you have!!!….Love the new grandchild…grandchildren bring such joy!

    Reply
  17. Honey

    July 6, 2012 at 11:43 am

    Funny post and terrific collection! You are such a good grandmother to take in all of these foundlings!

    Reply
  18. Jessica @ Mom 4 Real

    July 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Love your globes…my daughter has been asking for one, but I am afraid I wouldn’t be able to stop at just one!

    Reply
  19. [email protected]

    July 6, 2012 at 3:07 pm

    I love your globe collection! They are awesome! I have a “collection” of frames, but I dont know if that really counts 😉

    Reply
  20. Anne

    July 6, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Love em all! I always loved globes. All you need now is one of the big bar in a globe units and you’re all set! He can be granpa walton to your brood.

    Happy weekend!

    Reply
  21. Heather

    July 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    Love the globes Kelly!! Isn’t it interesting to see what the world looked like before borders changed and coutries grew or became smaller? The colors are just amazing too! I collect milk glass and ironstone….I have one vintage globe that I would like expanded to a bigger family like yours, just never seem to see them around!!! Where are they hiding I wonder? I also collect Havaiannas!!! I keep telling my husband I collect diamonds!!! HaHa! 😀 Have a great weekend, girly!! Heather

    Reply
  22. Heidi @ Decor & More

    July 6, 2012 at 9:34 pm

    Ooo, I love these!! Awesome collection, Kelly — we should do a mixer with my hotel silver! 😀
    xo Heidi

    Reply
  23. Dawn F

    July 6, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    First green glass and now globes? Were we separated at birth? I love my globes! My favorite one I have is similar to the first one pictures – but mine is navy blue. Fun!

    Reply
    • Kelly @ Eclectically Vintage

      July 7, 2012 at 7:44 am

      I’ve never seen a navy blue globe – I’ll be on the hunt now!

      Reply
  24. Shannon Fox

    July 7, 2012 at 1:07 am

    I like the wee one! So cute. I collect a little bit of whatever I like the day I go shopping, LOL. No rhyme or reason 😉

    Reply
  25. Fresh

    July 7, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    Love your globes 🙂
    Debbie

    Reply
  26. Karen

    July 8, 2012 at 12:36 am

    This is one of the most beautiful family photos I have seen. You must be so proud of your brood. I always wanted a family like this, but it just wasn’t meant to be. I have a singleton globe, and he/she/it will probably always remain so……

    Reply
  27. Randee

    July 8, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    I LOVE globes and love your collection – especially the black one! I have an only globe child, but I bought it over 30 years ago in Italy and I cherish her greatly! She reminds me of fond places of where I’ve been and urges me to visit new destinations. I visited from Junkin Joe’s

    Reply
  28. Rosemary

    July 8, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    Great collection. Globes have such a cool sculptural look.

    Reply
  29. Cindy

    July 8, 2012 at 7:32 pm

    Love your Globe collection! They seem to be all the rage right now.

    Reply
  30. grammygoodwill

    July 8, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    Great collection, and a fantastic story you’ve told with it. I’ve often thought of collecting globes, but I didn’t think I had enough room to display them. Where do you have yours?

    Reply
    • Kelly @ Eclectically Vintage

      July 8, 2012 at 7:52 pm

      GrammyGoodwill – I have mine on top of an armoire on my 2nd floor landing. Collect, and the space will come! So glad you like!

      Reply
  31. The House at Bluebird Lane

    July 9, 2012 at 9:51 am

    Love your growing globe family! Your baby reminds me of a globe bank I had as a child. My own globe family is getting quite large…running out of space for them all! 🙂

    Reply
  32. [email protected]

    July 9, 2012 at 10:18 am

    Oh the colors on these are divine! I sneaked you into my post today….

    Reply
  33. laura

    July 9, 2012 at 12:04 pm

    love your collection! I’ve been on the lookout for some of these myself.
    Cute post!

    Reply
  34. Lavender Dreams

    July 9, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    These are wonderful! I’m always drawn to them but haven’t found one i could afford! I had a bank when I was a kid…way back when!

    Reply
  35. Cottage and Broome

    July 10, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Love the globes, I need to start a collection of those for my hubby! Thanks so much for stopping by, Laura

    Reply
  36. Becca

    July 10, 2012 at 11:25 am

    You’re funny! Just what I needed this morning. I good chuckle. Antique globes, cameras and clocks are my downfall. I’ll swoon all day over them. I’m not even sure why. Thanks for sharing… and for the laugh!

    Reply
  37. Sandy

    July 10, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    Your post made me smile… My daughter also collects Globes
    and has them sitting high on her book shelves in her homeschool
    classroom….
    Nice Post
    Sandy

    Reply
  38. andrea

    July 10, 2012 at 8:30 pm

    Ahh, your globes are fascinating! I collect wooden cheese boxes and stacking dolls. I love how you have yours grouped together!

    Reply
  39. Pamela

    July 10, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Those are fanatic Kelly! Last week I started our globe collection. We have a total of three now. I want to place them above some shelving for the built in desk we have upstairs. Love love all of yours!

    Reply
  40. Jody Smith

    July 10, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    Love globes-redoing my son’s room and found 12 globes to put on his shelf!

    Reply
  41. SwedishCornerDownUnder... Pernilla

    July 10, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Wow, that’s one awesome collection!
    Greetings from Australia
    ~Pernilla

    Reply
  42. debra

    July 11, 2012 at 10:46 am

    Love your collection ..I remember my mom used to have an old fashioned wooden globe and I loved to spin it around when I was little

    Reply
  43. Morgan

    July 11, 2012 at 11:20 am

    I love globes! I have an obsession with them and I look for them everywhere I go.

    Reply
  44. The Style Sisters

    July 11, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    I would love to have this collection! They look great anywhere in the house. Who knew back when I was in grade school these would become such a collectors item to have! I think I would like to do a tablescape and call it around the world and use all different kinds of textures and colors and the globes all down the center of the table! So cool!! Come link up to Centerpiece Wednesday.

    Karin

    Reply
  45. Sandy

    July 11, 2012 at 3:28 pm

    oh where in the world do you find these? Mom & Dad had a turquoise globe when we were little and I still see it in old photo’s. I always wondered what happened to the thing lol

    Reply
  46. Erika @ HomesteadSimple

    July 11, 2012 at 11:29 pm

    I love your collection!! It’s awesome and that black one is sweet! We’d love it if you’d share this at our Home is Where the Heart is! http://www.homesteadsimple.com/home-is-where-the-heart-is-link-it-up-wednesdays-1/

    Reply
  47. Dee

    July 13, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    I love your collection! How cool that one lights up.
    I collect Fisher Girl prints.

    Dee

    Reply
  48. Joselyn @The DIY Spot

    July 14, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    Your collection is beautiful!!!! You make me want to start a globe collection of my own:)

    Reply
  49. Michele

    July 14, 2012 at 4:17 pm

    I collect globes, too and have about six or eight now. They are irresistible, aren’t they?

    Reply
  50. Daune | Cottage in the Oaks

    July 16, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    I love globes! I think because I love to travel…and when I see one I see adventure. 🙂 There are so many things I love to collect. I think I am a collector of collection.

    Reply
  51. Roeshel

    July 16, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    haha! I have a small growing collection too. Love yours! 🙂

    Reply
  52. mary

    July 17, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    I love your collection! Beautiful colors–Your featured this week on Share the Love Wednesday at Very Merry Vintage Style. Stop by and grab a feature button!
    Mary

    Reply
  53. May

    July 19, 2012 at 11:00 am

    You have such wordily taste! Sorry! Couldn’t resist. But I seriously love the collection.

    Reply
  54. Upscale Downhome

    July 19, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    Love globes. I have 2 but just sold 2 in my Etsy store. I debated about keeping them but sometimes you gotta let them go but I saw pictures for an estate sale tomorrow that has a black globe like yours and I might just have to pick him up!

    Reply
  55. Danielle

    July 19, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    Oooh, I love your globe collection! I’ve just started one. So far, I only have two, but hoping to get more. They look lovely all together.

    Reply
  56. [email protected] Clutter

    July 19, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    I am an avid collector. My favorite collection is head vases! Love the globes! A very fun collection! How many grandkids do you think you’ll have?

    Reply
  57. Diann @ The Thrifty Groove

    July 24, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    What a fun post. And you have a great collection. Love your “global” family! Thank you for sharing at TTF last week. I hope you are having a fantastic day!

    Reply
  58. erin

    August 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    I have a collection of globes too!!! fifteen and counting!!!! Been collecting them for years and I have light up one too!! I just added a Goodwill vintage school pull down map to collection as well. Been wanting one for years and I finally found it!!!

    ~Erin

    Reply
  59. Carla Stanley

    August 14, 2012 at 7:15 am

    I was just talking to my brother about a new passion for globes. Found an amazing vintage globe at a sale for ONE DOLLAR! It sparked a desire for more. I am on the hunt for a black one next.
    My passion has been white American pottery. Been collecting for years. Check out part of my collection here, http://birdbrainvintage.wordpress.com

    Reply
  60. judy hall

    September 5, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    I’m a globe phobe myself and I think your collection is fabulous! No intervention needed, they look great where ever you place them. I’m a newbie collector of globes and your collection makes my mouth water!

    Reply

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