Recluttering is a celebration of your stuff — stuff that you just want to hold on to, stuff that makes you happy, stuff that makes you feel nostalgic for a moment, a memory, or a loved one. We’re ...

Not too long ago, I had the chance to look through a couple of fine old matchbook collections, and it got me to thinking about those handy little giveaway advertisements that were ubiquitous in my ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --A Virginia woman sorting through her late father's matchbook collection says she believes it could be a new Guinness World Record. Linda Holsinger of Rockingham County said her father ...

'Yes, please come on over,'' Bob Pitcher said over the telephone. "I'd be honored to show you my collection.'' So I drove over. He and Katherine live in a modest house off Belcher. They're both about ...

DULUTH — Our region has seen increased concern about fires this spring, but based on the number of matchbooks being handed out all around town in the 1980s, it seems incredible to me that Duluth ...

Dannevirke's Pat Edwards-Sextus with her collection of 350 advertising matchbooks. Photo / Christine McKay Pat Edwards-Sextus' collection of 350 small matchbooks not only tell the story of her travels ...

Once, they were everywhere. Stacked haphazardly in big bowls near a diner’s cash register. In lobbies of hotels and funeral parlors. Special, commemorative editions were printed for big games or open ...

With the resurgence of bar and restaurant matchboxes, Matchbox City Prints offers the largest collection of meticulously photographed framed matchbook prints--perfect gifts for anniversaries, holidays ...

When I was a kid, my best friend Kenny and I used to collect matchbooks. I’m not really sure why. Kenny was the one who started it, actually. And then I, seeing a good idea, took it and ran with it.

I was an amateur phillumenist long before I ever heard of the term. Sounds ominous, but it refers to being a matchbook collector, and the hobby is called phillumeny. The name was coined in 1943 and ...