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Words: Jonas is a collector of "B"s. What are "B"s? It's what he calls blankets. He'll shout the letter at any old blanket, but a "B" has to be special to make it into his I-want-this-when-I'm-upset, I-need-this-to-go-to-sleep, Hey-give-that-back-it's-mine-but-we-can-share collection. He's not discriminating about color (he's commandeered most of Eliza's baby blankets and her baby quilt). All he requires is awesome texture. He likes 'em silky, fuzzy, fleecy, velvety, and soft. I'm glad he collects them, because that means that any "B" will do. If we loose one, it won't be the end of the world (which is certainly not how I felt about my "blankie" when I was little).
Here's what you can take from this:
- To make a collection, you only need three like items. Even if you're not a hoarding collector like me (we've got TONS of collections going in my house), then you still have a collection. (Maybe it's something like nail polish, tools, action figures, books, shoes, exotic spices, or scrapbooking supplies?) You can document an intentional collection, or an unintentional collection (which is the route I went).
- Try photographing the collector with the collection.
- I've blogged about a few of my family's collections, if you need more inspiration.
- Try describing where the collection came from and the criteria an item must meet before it fits into the collection.
This is my documentation from the Daily Doc | Nov 2012 handout. It has 30 prompts to use if you get stuck documenting. I'm tackling all of these this month AND doing unplanned daily documentation. I printed out the prompts (pages 2-4 of the handout) and I'm highlighting them to cross them off as I go. I'm not doing them in order; I'm using them as they make sense for me.
If you did unplanned documentation today, post a link to it in the comments section!
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