I love collecting things. I remember being a little girl and I collected those little ceramic dogs. I had one little poodle that sat up and I named him Oscar. Over the years I have gone thru many collections. At one point I even had crystal hippos! Now my biggest collection is Longaberger baskets. I also have started collecting Boyds Bears! If you click on the boyds words you can have a look at the site for them. After all the place is only 1/2 hour from me! I have alittle collection of Dale Earnhardt Jr. cars too. But thought I would show you some of my baskets. I don't have them all here as I have 70 of them now, with more on the way! They are wonderful to collect. I have found so many uses for them. My best friend and I always are trying to out do each other with using them. These two are the only halloween ones I have yet. This shelf has 3 of my inaugural baskets, from Clinton's two presidency's and President Bush. I have the new one but haven't got it up there yet. These two are tour baskets from when I was out in Dresden in 2003. These are some of my Christmas baskets. They come out with a new tree trimming on every year. This year it is a Gumdrop basket. It is sitting on the left top side of the big one. A 1990 and 1987 Christmas basket for the two years my sons were born. I'm a lover of the beach so I had to have the seashell basket! These pictures of the ladder and the shelf are in my kitchen. My husband seems to be making shelves for me too much! I have to fill them with more baskets! Just some I have bought. These baskets are some of the ones I got out in Dresden in the shops that carry the retired baskets. I hope you have enjoyed looking at my baskets! Come back soon.