Pretty Stacks

This is one of my entries for the Fresh Pastry Stand contest.  Check out my blog to get more info and lots of links.

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! 

Pretty Pyrex Pics

Just some of my pretty pyrex pics :) sometimes we just need a "pick me up"! 

Enjoy & happy pyrexing!

Christina

A few finds!

On a recent weekend camping in beautiful Durango, Colorado, my daughter and I had a few Pyrex finds!
There was a flea market on the weekend at their fairgrounds and we scored the turquoise bowl for $3 and the 2.5 quart oval casserole called Hex signs or I also found it called Snowflake, (I like that better) for $5! The casserole is a 1958 promotional and I always snatch those up. We found the Desert Dawn cake dish for $2.99 at a thrift. It was so grimy and had baked on yuck...with some oven cleaner it cleaned up great!

My only find in an antique store was this adorable 2 cup carafe called the Little Gold Jug (1958)! I love the carafes and this is the second one we have found. My daughter kept the first one because her birthday is on St. Patrick's Day, naturally I wanted one too! I plan on using this one for syrup.

Then today I stopped in on an estate sale and got this 403 turquoise beauty for $2, a few scratches but still pretty! Gosh, I hope I happen onto the others!

I hope Pyrex hunting is going well for all and you have a great weekend! Head over to thevintageshelf.blogspot.com for some pictures of our weekend in Durango, Colorado!

Ranae

Too busy for Pyrex...NEVER!

I have to admit I have been a little side tracked in the treasure hunting department lately. But, not with out good reason I can assure you. More on that later.

On to the Pyrex that I am never too busy for! The new dots! My first and found in the "wild". I was super excited as any you would be.

I also, found the friendship bowls too. It was a super fun find. I am only 1 bowl shy from a completed set now.

So, I bet your wondering what has had me sidetracked from Pyrex hunting lately. The restoration of a 1952 vintage trailer is what! My fun and major summer project. Catch up and follow along at cherrypickedfinds.blogspot.com

 

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Happiness & Sadness for my Yellow Butterprint

Hi Everyone!

I was SO excited when I received my Yellow Butterprint mixing bowls that I had purchased. They are so pretty and SO perfect for Autumn! However, as soon as my husband got home he started commenting about how UGLY they are! The nerve!

Well, I thought this would wear off and he would just accept that I loved the bowls like always does. Not even close. He is still commenting about those terrible bowls! 

So I decided to bite the bullet, and just sell them :/ They go perfect with black for Halloween, or as they ar for Thanksgiving. $100 + shipping and they are yours (what I paid for them). email me at tiffanyvsaint at gmail.com if interested!

Something Old, Something Blue

Last weekend, I had a few hours to myself, so naturally I drifted through a few thrift and antique stores.

Of course I had my eye out for the turquoise plates, and space savers. (Ever since I had a lucky streak finding three space savers in a row at thrift stores, I keep dreaming. You can see those here and here.) 

No plates or space savers, but I did spy this 474 on a top shelf. I actually thought it was Glasbake at a first glance, but it's definitely Pyrex. I really do have plenty of Pyrex at the moment (when you move, you realize just how heavy it all is...) but this one was just so summery and cute -- I'd never seen the pattern before. I also didn't have anything in that size, and for $3.50, I figured it was a bargain. 

I later looked it up online -- I found the 1961 Bride's Promotional! I didn't get the lid or cradle, but still, I love it. 

I also discovered this blue mug -- I bought it as a birthday gift for a friend. I have two yellow scuffed ones that are the same style (both marked Corning) but this one is actually marked Pyrex. Even the sales lady at the antique mall said she'd never seen that color blue before. 

 
I think the Bride's Promotional would be a super fun gift for a bride-to-be -- especially if it was packed full of other little goodies. (Well, let's face facts, any vintage Pyrex would be fun to receive as a wedding gift!) Have any of you gifted or received Pyrex as wedding gifts? 

Speaking of weddings and gifts, do any of you know if Pyrex ever made snack sets? I haven't found any information on them, but maybe I'm missing something. I'm discovering how fun and versatile vintage snack sets are (and apparently they are still popular for wedding and baby showers in the South...?) so I picked up a bunch on the same day that I scored something old and something blue. You can see those here on my blog. 

Hope everyone is having great end-of-summer-sale-success! 

Brenda