250 Boxwood Rabbit

250 Boxwood Rabbit Bead

Object: Rabbit bead made from boxwood

Acquired: May 2011

From: The Bead and Button Show, Milwaukee

Cost: $10

Notes: There's a name for these, hang on...ojime, that's what they are called--or rather, what they are inspired by.  I like that they are tiny, pretty, carved sculptures.  And now that I have both a dragon and a rabbit, all I need is a turtle, and my obsessions are filled.

My sister came with mom and I to the bead show this year, and the two of us went around together.  We found two other booths selling ojime beads, both of which were more expensive.  One of them, however, had X-rated ojime beads.  Like, penises and women in dirty positions.  We left that booth quickly.  What would you even DO with a bead like that? I do not know.

228 Rabbit

228 Rabbit

Object: Plastic rabbit

Acquired: 2010

From: TJ Puffins' going-out-of-business sale

Notes: TJ Puffins was one of those fancy toy stores where kids drool over every, but can't ever really buy anything because it's all way too overpriced--I'm sure you know the type.  We used to go in there ...not a lot, but some. I think they have extra fun stickers, and maybe those buckets of little tiny thing that you could buy for a few cents, and we'd get those things occasionally, but the biggest thing one of us ever got was a tiny stuffed squirrel, which subsequently got named 'OP' for Over Priced.

So when we heard they were going out of business...

But this is the only thing I got there. That's the problem with closing sales; the sales aren't quite enough to make things affordable, but then when they are, there's nothing worthwhile left.

Actually, I did get a stuffed rabbit for my niece, too.

226 Salt Cellar

226 Salt Cellar

Object: Salt Celler from Molly Brown House

Acquired: Birthday 2011

From: Mom/Grandma

Notes: Mom found this in Grandma's stuff, which she was going through after grandma died. On one hand I think it's a Cool Thing and I don't mind owning it, but on the other hand, as you can see from the picture, it still has the original tousit papers. Like the flyers for the tourist trap it's from, the ticket my grandmother used to get in and THE RECEIPT.  I'm tempted to just go ahead and throw the papers out, but since I got them from my grandmother I feel like they are Heirlooms now, as if these things will ever be worth something some day.

So this is another reason I have too much stuff; being given things that you cannot get rid of, not because the giver would be upset--actually. Hmm. Mom gave them to me, and if I toss the papers in the recycling she wouldn't notice, and it's not like Grandma will care. Any inheritors I eventually have will probably thank me for not leaving them with this crap. Well, I'll think about it.

191 Necklace

191 Rabbit Necklace

Object: Rabbit Necklace

Acquired: Unknown

From: Mom

Notes: This was either a Christmas or birthday gift, I don't recall which.  Mom made it for me. I don't wear it, but I keep it because it's a rabbit, and it was a gift.

164 Rabbit

165 Rabbit

Object: Needle Felted Rabbit

Acquired: My Birthday, 2011

From: Ella

Notes: Ella actually gave me money, which I took and used to buy something on Etsy.  I usually get a stuffed rabbit around Easter and/or my birthday (which were right after each other this year), but I'm running out of space in my life, and I wanted to promote Etsy shops what actually have people crafting in them, so I bought this little guy, who came with a lovely needle-felted acorn. His head is a bit small, but I love him anyway.

I guess he's technically not stuffed, but he's fiber, so it's like the same thing.

125 Ring

125 Ring

Object: Rabbit ring


Acquired: Unknown

From: My money's on a craft fair

Notes: Mom bought me this ring as another possible replacement for Object 117. I don't think I wore it too much, since either I was at the end of my ring-wearing years, or it turned my finger green, I don't remember which (and it might be sterling silver, I really have no idea)

030 Stuffed Rabbit

030 Stuffed Rabbit

Object: Stuffed Rabbit, name unknown

Acquired: Unknown

From: Unknown

Notes: Another rabbit whose name I forgot. I feel really bad about that, actually. But I've also gotten horrid at naming the poor things as I've gotten older, so it's possible I never even named this guy.

029 Stuffed Rabbit

029 Stuffed Rabbit

Object: Stuffed Rabbit, unnamed

Acquired: Unknown

From: Walmart?

Notes: I have a collection of stuffed rabbits which started many years ago.  When I went to college I put all the rabbits whose names I could remember into the attic. I still had seven or eight that traveled with me, but every so often I stick more of them into the attic.  I wish I could recall this one's name--or even if he was supposed to have a name. Ah well, someday I'll rename him and no one will be the wiser.

002 Pet Rabbit

002 Mithril

Object: Silver Siamese Netherlands Dwarf Rabbit named Mithril

Acquired: December 22, 2008

From: House Rabbit Society

Cost: $30

Notes: We can argue about whether I own her until you're blue in the face, but the fact is that she's mine and I love her very much.

She was about two years old when I got her.