Sunday, February 12, 2012

Collectible Cookie Jars Were Just the Beginning

By Eloise Felnickle


Cookies are a favorite treat for all kids. There is nothing quite like dipping a fresh-baked cookie into a frosty glass of milk. Many people grow up in families that enjoy cookies on special occasions. I remember when I was a kid. I enjoyed making delicious chocolate chip cookies with my grandmother. The process of making cookies was nearly as rewarding as the final product.

Discovering Collectible Cookie Jars

When I was a child, the house often smelled of oven-fresh cookies. Those cookies that weren't gobbled up right away were stored in a beautiful glass cookie jar. My grandmother did most of the baking, so after she passed away we rarely had homemade cookies. Fortunately, my parents continued to satisfy my sweet tooth by purchasing tins of store-bought cookies. After some time, my mother discovered that we had acquired a surprising number of cookie jars and tins. In fact, we had nearly fifty of them.

Although my parents wanted to recycle these cookie jars, I wanted to keep them. They would be the first collectible cookie jars to enter my collection. I was happy to have such a beautiful collection of jars. Soon I made an effort to expand my collection. My relatives and friends contributed collectible cookie jars to my cause. Anyone who had an extra cookie tin would save it for me.

Over time my collection grew. I had so many collectible cookie jars that there was no longer room for them in by bedroom. My father decided to build me a large display case so that my collection could continue to grow. Soon I had several hundred different collectible cookie jars. They were made of an wide assortment of materials. I had cookie jars made of paper, cardboard, tin, and glass.

Soon after, word of my collection spread throughout the town. Kids from my school wanted to see the collection. Many of our neighbors and relatives visited to see the collection too. One my friends wanted one of my cookie jars to hold a gift. She offered me three dollars for it. It was a pretty little tin cookie jar. It didn't take long for me to start selling more of my cookie jars. Relatives and friends bought them to hold cookies, trinkets, or as gift packaging.

I started to make some pretty good money selling my collectible cookie jars. I had such a wide assortment and so many people seemed to like them. This led me to eventually start a business specializing in gift boxes. It wasn't too hard because I already had a great collection to start from. It didn't take long before I started to ear real money. Who could have guessed that my childhood hobby would grow into a career?




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