Gift cards!

I never collect anything. I never liked anything long enough to continue buying, searching and collecting that one item. It would just be a fad, come and go.

But today, I am claiming to start collecting GIFT CARDS! I think they're just so awesome! These days, they are endlessly creative - all kinds of shapes (especially the ones at Target), all kinds of colors, for all kinds of occasions. The original idea came from seeing Nordstrom's newest gift cards for Valentine's Day - it's luscious hot pink with a stylish heart cut-out in the middle. I have to go back and get one.

How I'm going about collecting these, I'm still unsure of. Would it just be the ones I have and when it goes to zero balance, I put them in my collection, or do I "take" ones from the store? Since they are not worth anything anyway until an amount is put on them, then technically it wouldn't be stealing. But as I was first sharing my newfound one-of-a-kind idea to my friend earlier today, she hands me my FIRST collectible - her recently used up Target gift card, which I LOVE! It's a Christmas one, iridescent with three puppets moving their mouths open, up and down, as you flip the card at certain angles. LOVE IT!

However I decide to go about this, we will have to see. I'm already thinking about the big collage of gift cards I can put together in a sleek matted frame. No one copy my idea please, but if you would like to contribute to my new fad, please send them my way! =P