When the going gets tough, the tough get Pyrex

Ok, so that may be corny. But, truly, this week has been very stressful! I have a huge and sudden exam on Monday (this quick blog is my only break in a 12 hr study session), my laptop fried (won't even turn on!!), and I'll be missing most of the father's day activities & my boyfriend's birthday because I'll be studying. It's a lot of pressure... and I hate having to miss out.

So, I had to regroup. Harmony Bay Rainforest Alliance is my favorite coffee (but I can no longer find it in Syracuse NY). So? Make anything else strong- as long as I put it in my cute pyrex teacup, it'll be ok!

Studying + Turquoise Pyrex Coffee Break = Motivated

Now if only that equation was on the exam....

<3,
Christina
Belle of the Blog

More Pyrex I left for you.

Wanna see what I left for all of you? Doing my part to have good Pyrex Karma I left a bunch this month for you to find.One the downside I really haven't found much for myself, except an under-plate to a butter dish, wawhoo (unenthusiastically said wawhoo).


If you like Butterfly gold and Woodland you are in luck! I left these 2 beauties on the shelves for you.

To find out where they are and how much, come over to treasures my husband hates.

Pink Daisy Anyone?

Anyone need a Pink Daisy 1 1/2 quart oval w/o lid?  I am willing to give it to you for $6 (about what I paid) + the $10 shipping it's going to take.  I have mailed before and pack them well!  If you are interested email me at jsjohnson91@frontier.com.

Recent Gems, including some Promos!

Hello fellow Collective readers! I'm Brittany and I blog about my decor, DIY projects, and love of thrifting and antiquing over at From Mizzou to Missoula. I've been lurking here (and on the first two blogs) for a few months as my Pyrex addiction collection has steadily grown. I bought my first pieces of Pyrex (a Butterprint casserole #472 and Cinderella bowl #443, last fall, but the bug really bit me come spring. Since then I've accrued a collection in Montana (where I live in the school year), and now many more in Missouri (my home state & where I'm living for the summer--so many weddings to attend here!)


There's definitely more Pyrex to be found in the Kansas City area where I hail from, so I've bought  a lot these past three weeks. Luckily, my husband totally supports my Pyrex addiction, probably because he knows the dishes are so well made. He likes to jokingly give the patterns nicknames (Shenandoah is "Ugly Bean," for example), but when we're going through antique malls he always stops me if I miss the Pyrex! Once I was on the phone as we were shopping and helped me find a minty $6 Town & Country Cinderella bowl (I'm a sucker for the brown and pale orange combo!)


Anyway, here are the finds I have to share for today:

Where to begin! I found the Shenandoah (or "Ugly Bean," $5) and Town & Country ($5) 1 quart casseroles along with the Autumn Harvest 443 ($6) and Saxony ($8) at a little antique store in Gardner, KS that I like to call Pyrex heaven. Excuse the blurry picture below--I tried to capture the glory of the place on my phone and failed. But just imagine four giant bookshelves of Pyrex in every shape, pattern, and size!

The Trailing Flowers #475 with lid was acquired at KC's Brass Armadillo for $6. I got the Snowflake #043 for $6 at an antique store in Columbia, MO, along with all of the Butterprint fridgies! I actually found three of the pieces (the #501s for $4 apiece and the #502 for $6) in one booth, then spied the #503 hiding in another vendor's shelves for $9! I couldn't resist snatching it up to complete my set in record time! 

The Garden Medley Bake n Store was purchased at the same antique mall for $10. Normally that price would be a little steep for me, but I love the cheery yellow color (it matches my kitchen so well!), have dreams of collecting every promotional casserole that I love, and plus the seller had mistakenly paired the Garden Medley with the Zodiac casserole's lid! I have dreams of collecting all the casseroles with decorated glass lids (hello, Spirograph and Friendship and Daisy!)

Speaking of promotional casseroles, I got this minty 2.5 quart casserole at the River Market Antique Mall in Kansas City for $8. I just love the large oval casseroles--they can fit so much food in them! This pattern isn't on Pyrex Love, but according to a commenter on the original collective, it's the #302 2.5 qt Golden Casserole from 1959. Score!

Last up in dishes, I got another 2.5 casserole sans lid from Kris at Pyrex Collective 2 during her Pyrex liquidation. The divided Square Flowers was also picked up on my recent trip to mid-Missouri for $6. I love the divided casseroles--I also have a Golden Wheat and a Town & Country (brown).

Finally, while shopping at the Goodwill Outlet (where glass is $0.49/lb!) I nabbed a collection of Pyrex lids that have sadly been torn from their original dishes. I love casseroles, so I anticipate needing the 1 quart lid when I find a lidless gem. I audibly gasped when I saw the "old" fridgie dish lids, then searched in vain for their dishes. (If only!) It's not a full set of lids--there are two #502s and only one #501--but I had to take them with me!

Right now I have a sort of eclectic collection going--I just love bright colors and fun patterns, so I'm not limiting myself to one color scheme or type of dish. If it's a color/pattern I love or don't have yet and the price and quality are right, I generally buy the piece! Eventually though, I will probably pare down my collection and just stick to casseroles--I use them more than my mixing bowls.(Except I don't think I'll ever be able to part with my Buterprint fridgies!) It's sad to think that I won't be taking these new dishes back with me to Montana--since we're moving back to Missouri next spring, it wouldn't make much since to haul them up come August. But all will be right when my two collections are united!

Cyber Picked Pyrex

Sometimes the thrill of the hunt is the excitement of coming across something online that you just have to have.  I have often found that people feel less excited about making a vintage purchase online.  As though, it is less admirable of a find because you bought it from an online store.  I am here to tell you that is a bunch of bologna!  Take a look at what I added to my collection this week. It is a 1950s in the box Pyrex glass rolling pin.  Does anyone else have a Pyrex rolling pin in their collection?  I love it and I have added more pictures at my blog link below. Read all about how this wonderful addition became part of my Pyrex collection at CherryPickedFinds

And how I ended up with more than ONE?!

Lots of Stuff

OK, this really should be several posts.  I have a running list of stuff!  First, a question.  I'm curious how many collectors are also into cooking or baking?  It seems that most of us enjoy it...so I'm just curious.  It makes sense that if you collect kitchen stuff, you like being in the kitchen.

Next, I came up with a new table arrangement with my Pyrex.  I thrifted mint condition vintage pillow cases and made them into a table runner.  This is what I came up with!

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I put Rosemary and Violas in the fridgies

I visited my friend Jamie's new Old kitchen.  She had some great Pyrex displays

And finally... some recent finds from Goodwill

I've been wanting one of these!  So excited to find it for $4.  I wish it had a lid.

Thrifted the minty divided dish with lid of the Town and Country for $5.  My first divided dish and my first of that pattern.

Sheww!  That's It!

Stacey www.gfpastorswife.blogspot.com
and Vintage Values, Modern Times on FB

another set

i've blogged before about my difficulties finding pyrex because of where i live (in manitoba) but today, i felt like one of you! :)

i had been driving through winnipeg and happened by a salvation army so i figured i may as well stop in and take a peek to see if i could find pyrex. well, today must have been my lucky day because i turned the corner and there was some beautiful butterfly gold calling my name! i couldn't believe my luck because i had just recently decided that i needed to be more picky with what pyrex i purchase and, as i wrote about on this post in may, butterfly gold was one of them!

i grabbed all four dishes quickly without checking their prices because i was just too excited to have found them. it turns out that they were a great deal--all four of them for $17 (at least for me, and the prices i've been seeing lately, that's a steal).

(i know, i know, never stack your pyrex in this manner but it was the best way to photograph them!)

(perfect fit)

what is also a little unusual, is that the markings on the bottom of the 441 are actually different than the exact same 441 i already owned. i'm wondering if that is simply because they were manufactured in different eras?

after grabbing my new set, i decided to wander around the store a bit more and on one of their shelves near the cash register was a hodge podge of items, one of which was this beautiful pyrex england dish (it is similar in size to an 043 casserole). i've never seen this pattern anywhere before and know nothing of its name but it sure is a beauty!

lauren @ the twin oaks place