Arthiss Kliever, for this post in her blog, Life, Love and Laughter at The Little Library:

http://artellacafe.com/blogs/lll_at_tll/archive/2008/07/05/blog-contest-17.aspx

Here are some of the comments about Arthiss' post:

She described all of her collections so well, and then tied it in to her little library!

Exploring a lifetime of collections was a great way to approach this topic and it was interesting and intriguing to get a glimpse into each one.

I think your lifetime collections reflect what many of us go through - from one to another, where each somehow is a part of us and a reflection of us and our lives. Your library is the culmination and penultimate collection; what a wonderful celebration of words that you share with small souls!

I love your varied collections and can myself remember collecting different things over the years. In addition to thoughts and words, I now collect candles, bottles, yarn, rubber stamps, paper, stickers, buttons and books.

This was fun to read and made me think about how collections and what we are drawn to, can change over the years - thanks for sharing :)

I tip my hat to the master collector...!  I guess that collecting is the mother of creativity...

Congratulations, Arthiss, and thanks to everyone who entered!  You can find all the entries by reading the replies to this post.