Pyrex Passion

I requested the book Pyrex Passion for the holidays this year: ask and you shall receive! I realize it's been almost half a year since I acquired it and I never posted anything about it. I remember at least one or two people wrote something about the book here when it first came out, but I wanted to offer my own two cents (or about $50 as the case is with the cost of this thing...!) 

The good news for those of you who don't want to shell out $49.99... it looks like the price dropped to $39.99 for the book, AND there is now an iPad version available for $19.99. 

I enjoyed reading through the book and I appreciated how thorough the author was in listing what kind of pieces came in which patterns. I recently sold several pieces of Spring Blossom and a few other miscellaneous patterns that I wasn't collecting. I was thankful the book had a section on when everything was manufactured, since I was able to tell the vendor right then and there the information she requested. It was also helpful to see what the pieces were roughly worth. 

Personally though, I found that the prices quoted at the back have since skyrocketed at least at the antique stores near me. (Then again, most of those pieces of Pyrex have sat on shelves for the past year collecting dust...)

One other quirk I found with the book was that there was nothing about any of the Pyrex plates, cups and bowls that I'm personally passionate about, like these pink ones, or these turquoise ones.

I realize that the title is a 'comprehensive guide to decorated vintage Pyrex'... but I was at least hoping for a little something more about Pyrex tableware and dinner plates. There's also nothing about the See 'N' Store Canisters. But, if you want to see my See 'N' Store collection, check out this post. 

Meanwhile, I'm going to continue to enjoy eating and drinking out of this Pyrex, regardless of how little I know about it. 

What about you... do you have a copy of Pyrex Passion? What do you think? 

Happy Pyrexing, people... may you find the pieces that stoke your passion! 

Brenda

Pyrex Vacation!

Hi PC3, SusieQT here from Practice in Time!

We recently spent a week and a half at our cabin upstate. One rainy day up there, I cleaned out a lot of the stuff we don't use and took it to a thrift shop in the local town. I dropped off four big trash bags full of stuff! And the bonus was I got to shop at the store too, and this is one little shop that hasn't yet succumbed to the high prices of the big chains. Nothing in the store was more than $2!

You can bet I was super excited to find Pyrex on my vacation- I was going through withdrawal at this point, and these were just what I needed! The snowflake divided dish (with lid!) was $2, the flamingo plate was 25 cents and the turquoise vegetable bowl was $2 at a flea market (more on that later!). I already have the snowflake DD, so this one will be for sale. I'm trying to resist collecting the Pyrex dinnerware, so will have to let the plate and bowl go too (eventually!)

I got a bunch more stuff too, so come on over to my blog and check it out! 

Turquoise Delight

I've been on the hunt lately for more turquoise band dinner plates like the ones I already have here. I know they're out there somewhere! This week, I went antiquing with a friend, thinking that maybe I'd find a plate or two, since this particular three-story shop never lets me down. 

My friend doesn't collect Pyrex (yet) but she's quickly learning the difference in the patterns and whether something is Fire King or Glasbake or Pyrex. 

I didn't find a dinner plate, but I did find a lovely platter with gold trim for $2.66. That's right. Less than $3. 

 

The next floor yielded even more goodness. A turquoise chip and dip bowl for $9. Not what I'd normally pay for a bowl, but since this seems to be a hard to find piece with normally crazier prices attached to it, I took it! 

 

I've had the dip bowl for a while, although my husband has been using it for the chips instead of the dip. I'm sure he'll be thrilled to know there's a bigger bowl for chips now.  

The snowflake space saver came home with me too. My bargain buddy and I stopped off at a new Goodwill on the way home. While she lamented leaving behind a canister of chandelier crystals there the previous week, I squealed down another aisle -- I spotted the blue snowflakes hidden behind a bunch of green stuff (our local Goodwills all color coordinate their aisles -- do they do that in other locations too?) I don't know why it wasn't in the 'blue' aisle, but for $4, I clutched that thing like a baby through the rest of the store and was even reluctant to hand it over to the cashier to ring me out! 

The chandlier crystals were gone, but at least we celebrated the snowflake space saver sale. 

I seem to be on a space saver roll, but despite the name, I'm seriously running out of space for Pyrex. I really do have a tiny kitchen. For some fun small kitchen organization tips, read more here. 

Hope your weekend brings you all fabulous yard sale, flea market and thrift finds!

Brenda    

Plate Date

This weekend, I had a date with Adamstown. I drooled, saw rainbows, and generally felt Pyrex overload by the end of the day. I really just wanted to look, and promised myself I wouldn't buy anything except for plates. I found two of these dinner plates locally a few weeks ago, and was hoping to find at least two more without buying them online. 

(Yes, that is a salad the size of a dinner plate...)

I love how well the plates match the turquoise Butterprint!

I saw an entire set at one antique mall, but didn't want to splurge. Instead, I ended up finding four salad plates and a teacup and saucer (the same style seen in the movie 'The Help'. How fun is that?!) I ended up getting 50% off... so I paid $10 for everything. 

The plates are a little beat up around the edge, but since I plan to use these for everyday dishes, I don't mind. 

I also bought two dinner plates in the Blue Grecian pattern to match my cereal bowls. 

 
I still can't find the Blue Striped 401 I mentioned earlier here. I'm sure someone else nabbed it as soon as I left the store. I did find some fun Fire King chilli bowls though earlier this week while searching again for the bowl. You can see those here, as well as the winner of the Great Gravy Boat Giveaway! 

Happy May! 

Brenda
 

Tableware Thrifts

The other week, on my way home from the cereal bowl score, I stopped at another thrift store and found two sets of these cups and saucers for only 25 cents each (I got the larger plate earlier at another store). 

I had passed these up at the antique store since I didn't want to pay that much for them. Even at the cheap thrift price, I still left six more on the shelf for another Pyrex collector -- I simply don't have room for an entire set! 

I'm not a huge fan of the Corelle plates (I don't really like weight or the feel of them), and I would have left these behind if they came with the Corelle cups, rather than the Pyrex ones. 

It's funny to me that they didn't manufacture separate Pyrex saucers to go with the Pyrex cups -- or did they, and I missed the memo?

But now that I've been using them, the saucers are definitely growing on me.

That little yellow dish in the back deserves its own post!

And, just when I thought I had enough plates, I saw three of these bread/salad plates sitting on a thrift store shelf, for only 40 cents each. Who can pass up fun Pyrex Tableware, especially at that price?

Finally, for those of you curious about the status of the Starburst Promotional Piece I spotted recently, it is still there on the shelf at the antique store. So far no takers for that price!  

Happy Hunting! 

Brenda