Collecting vs. Minimalism

I'll be honest with you, I've gotten a bit behind with this blog. The 'real world' and blogging for business has taken somewhat of a precedence. Don't get me wrong, this blog is 'for profit' (more in the sponsored-post-reviewing-products sense than the you-pay-me-to-work-for-you sense) but this place has been more of a scrapbook or a journal for me. And I LOVE that about this blog, that's why, though it's mostly just for fun, I'm gonna try my hardest to not forget this place.

That being said, I've got a few videos to post, a few forgotten outfit photos, and those wedding photos (yes, I know I've had my one-year already, they're coming!) to share with you. Today I'm sharing my Collecting vs. Minimalism Update video below. (If you missed it, check out my How I Make Videos video from the week before!)

My Sailor Moon Collection

I've been in love with Sailor Moon since I was a preteen. It was one of my first fandoms and the reason I met some of my best friends later in Jr. High. (I believe one of them noticed my Sailor Moon fan art and decided we should be friends.) Since moving to Maryland I have gotten back into reading the manga but I left most of my collection back in California. The following is a video I shot before the move, showing off everything I have (and might one day be reunited with, or decide to give it all away, only time will tell.)

My Collection of Disney Pins

I've been collecting Disney Pins for as long as I can remember. That being said, I don't really have that many...at least not compared to most people in the Pin Trading community. I also don't trade them and since I'm not in SoCal anymore, I don't know if I'll ever get the chance. Here's my video of what I have collected throughout the years, if you want a closer look at some of them that I did not feature, let me know. I hope you enjoy checking out my collection!

5 Things I Shouldn't Have Brought with Me on My Cross-Country Move

Let me explain. I am a collector and I just moved across the country in two cars and nothing else. As I was unpacking I found myself wondering how/why I packed some of these, rather unimportant (relatively), items made there way in to the 'must take' piles. Perhaps you can help me decide what to do with them all...

1// Barbie Accessories 
These (mostly shoes) were in a little box that was with other little boxes that all contain random items and jewelry making supplies that I think I just all threw together in a cardboard box labeled 'craft supplies.' I guess I now have to find a craft for them.

2// My Sticker Collection
I've had this collection since I was probably 5 years old, my childhood bestie and I were avid sticker collectors and I recently found out she still has her collection as well. Oh and this is not all of it, this is just the favorites box. (Let me know if you want me to do a video showing all of them off!)


3// This Harry Potter article from a 2001 newspaper
I'm sure at the time I was saving it because of the great 'Inside Hogwarts' bit and the 'Quidditch Explained' part. Think this would do well on eBay? I'm not sure how much I personally need to save it anymore.


4// My Disney Pin Traders Pins
Ok, so I actually have a reason I brought all of my pins. That reason is I am planning to do a video on them soon. The one time I showed off some pins in a YouTube video it got more than the average views that my videos get. So it's smart to make a full collection video...also, I'm proud of them...and I miss Disneyland. *sniffle*


5// My Drum Key
Yeah, I haven't played the drums since 1998...so this one's a mystery. I found it in one of those random craft supplies boxes...still not sure what to do with it.