My Pledge

As my apartment began to burst at the seams with my rapid Pyrex collection expansion, I began to consider what would be my stopping point...
I decided on Sunday night to pledge to stop going Pyrex 'hunting' 


I get a lot of fun out of doing the rounds of the thrift shops but it is a costly, time consuming hobby! I almost never come home with just Pyrex!! So in future I will only buy Pyrex on special occasions and holidays. I think Pyrex for Christmas, birthdays, Mother's day is quite a logical gift to myself and when holidaying I enjoy hitting the antique malls that I pass along the way, so I am not ready to give that up just yet... if ever!!

Here is my collection thus far:

My turquoise, opal and Pyrex England (with Nordic Blue pieces that complement it), go in this china cabinet that I got on the weekend for $120:

The top of my kitchen cabinets is overstacked with  T & C, Autumn Harvest and FK Copper/Peach:

These next shelves are all in my living room:

And this piece I can't fit on any of the shelf units, I think I need to go to IKEA and buy and extra shelf for one of the units!

And remember I said I live in an apartment, it is 1400 sq ft and I am a quilter so one whole spare room is bursting with fabric and I have 9 sewing machines!!

So I have picked favorites; anything pink, anything turquoise, lime, Autumn Harvest, Town & Country, Spring Blossom, Verde, Early American, black snowflake. These will be my main sets that I occasionally buy pieces to complement, I am also constantly in search of Friendship. But I am no longer going to buy every print I don't have...



at least not until I have a house to put it all in. I drove past Savers yesterday on my way home from work and didn't feel the urge to stop, so lets see if this can last!?

How do you manage your collecting? Are you obsessive like me? Do you need to set yourself limits? Do the limits work?

My Collection to Date

I've been a "casual" Pyrex collector up until a about two months ago, when I got well and truly infected with the bug. Below is my current collection. It's actually smaller than it was a few days ago as I offloaded some pieces I didn't really like via Craigslist; they were all things I purchased in my "must have all Pyrex I see" phase. Now I am focusing on what I really want. What you see below does't even begin to encompass that, though!

I've got a long way to go! I was happy that on a chance run into a thrift store by my in-laws' house I stumbled upon a Butterfly Gold 501 (sand lid) for $.99. It was the first time I had ever seen a fridge in the wild and I was thrilled. The other fridges you see with it I caved and got off ebay.

I'm slowly getting rid of the plastic. The Le Creuset is my husbsand's (he's got his own collection started) and is staying.

Happy hunting!

Jacquelyn

the {collection}...so far

as mentioned previously, my collection recently grew by several more pieces which meant it was time for my pyrex to make a move! i had removed two cupboard doors in my kitchen months ago to allow my pyrex to be on display but those shelves had rapidly filled up (see below) so there was no way i was going to get any more in there!

 

so, it was time to make some furniture switches. i grabbed my bookshelf from my living room and dragged it into my dining room instead. then i got the joy of reorganizing all the pyrex again! don't you love doing that? i spent two hours moving pyrex pieces around the shelves until they were pleasing enough to my eye. ;)

 

 

a close up of each shelf (pardon the iPhone-quality pix):

 

then i was just left with my super lovely butterfly gold pieces (and a couple randoms to fill the top shelf) that i kept on display in my kitchen. i wish i had a few more butterfly gold pieces to fill up those shelves but i'm sure with a little more patience, they'll show up. :)

 

 

oh, and i do actually use my pyrex so i have some mixing bowls and measuring cups not pictured because they were in the sink! :)

 

and, finally, out of interest's sake, below is a picture of my collection as of april 3, 2012. it's grown a little in the last six months. :) can you believe i only had 2 butterfly gold pieces and now have over 15?

 

 

 - lauren @ the twin oaks place

Hello!

Hello All!

My name is Jessee. I am new here and pretty new to collecting Pyrex! I actually wrote an entire post about that on my own blog.

Today I figured as my first post, I'll just post a photo of my favorite pieces... 

I really seem to love anything black, white, gray and "gold". My grandmother had a bunch of pieces from the Butterfly Gold series when I was younger, so I'm always drawn to those first. It's also the easiest series to find in my area (central Maryland).

I'm so drawn to that pattern, that I'm starting to get a lot of duplicate pieces. Plus I am now prepared to entertain 20 family members with a complete, matching, set of dishes and mugs to go with all the casseroless and bowls... I'm starting to run out of room!! 

Orange Harvest Wheat Casserole

I check the local thrift shops frequently and haven't found anything for a couple of weeks.  I was getting ready to leave the local Goodwill empty handed this afternoon after going up and down each glassware aisle three times each.  Something told me to look around some more, so while digging around in some wire basket shelving in the furniture area I found this under some curtains and stuff.

Harvest Wheat 1.5qt casserole

 

This is my first piece of this pattern and I love the rich orange of it (the picture doesn't do it justice).  It has either seen very little use or was very well taken care of.  The color is beautiful with no scratches (except one on the bottom) or fading, and it was the normal price for this Goodwill $3.25.  Now I need to find a lid.

Pyrexin' in Vancouver, B.C.

After I stumbled upon the gorgeousness that is pink gooseberry about a month ago in a "I cannot do anymore Math/Geology homework and need to keep my mind completely and utterly occupied or else I will daydream about radicals and glacial till sort of moment", I officially caught pyrexia. It's completely overtaken my mind, I'm thinking about pyrex all the time. When I watch TV, I'm looking for it. When I'm driving with my Mom, we must stop at all garage sales/thrift/antique stores, and I actually had a dream last night I found one of the Shamrock bowls in a garbage dump. Cra-ay-zee,
So, when I discovered the Pyrex Collective websites and Pyrex Love, I felt my sanity restored. We can't all be crazy, right?
.....
  On a trip to Vernon, BC I insisted my husband take me to every Value Village and Salvation Army in town. He actually did, too! I have a wonderful husband :) Too bad I only found two red fridgies, no lids for $4 bucks each. A bit steep, but I was feeling desperate.  I found a store in Kelowna, BC that boasted the Okanagan's biggest collection of Pyrex, named Sparrow's Nest. I picked up the Primary bowl set from the store owner, Wendy, who knew her Pyrex well and had a great collection.

I was stoked! Only the red one was showing a bit of wear. I feel like I cheated or something, getting the entire set at once. If you live in Vancouver, BC or any of the suburbs and are planning on making a trip out to Kelowna or the Okanagan before the summer ends, you should definitely check her store out. Sparrow's Nest Kelowna, BC . I like to share good finds and support women pursuing their passions in small business. Wendy, if you're out there, thanks for the great shop!

 I hadn't seen much awesome Pyrex advertised on Vancouver, BC Craigslist, but I did meet a fellow Pyrex lover when she sold me her pink daisy divided dish and a flamingo bowl (sorry, I'm still learning the official measurements and terms) and the daisy dish remains one of my favourites.

I scored the full Butterprint (also, side note: can anyone tell me why it's called Butterprint? Are the Amish Farmers making butter or something?) Cinderella set in great condition for $19.99 at Value Village in Langley, B.C on my very first day out thrifting. I was adamant that I would only collect Pink Gooseberry, but at that point, I hadn't found any.I couldn't leave that beautiful turquoise sheen behind. My husband used it to mix bread dough in the very first night we had it, so I call it a success.

I'm glad to have found this site and all the nice people on here! I'm enjoying reading your blogs and have sent CanadianErin mine as well to add. Nothing on it yet, but I'm sure at some point the rest of my Pyrex,love of hexagonal tile and my ranting about fitting all my Pyrex into 700sq ft apartment with my husband and English Springer Spaniel will be found at www.theapartmentwife.com

Happy Pyrexin' to you all! Good luck hitting all the thrift stores and garages sales on this beautiful August weekend! I will be living vicariously through you all as I study for finals :)

-Megan

Pyrex Collecting on the Canadian Prairies

Hi! I'm new here but not new to pyrex collecting. I live up in Winnipeg Canada and spend my days and nights scouring thrift stores for not only pyrex treasure but also items to repurpose.

I've been shopping at thrift stores for decades but it's only the last few years that I've become enamoured with Pyrex. Above is just part of my collection! Find out more about me and my thrifting adventures at PeriwinkleDzyns.