Happy New Year Pyrexians!

2013 was a good year.

 I found many "holy grail" pieces.

 You all would consider these "holy grails"

"Eyes" Chip and Dip

Starburst Space Saver

I also found a few other things that make my heart flutter. 

Venture over to Treasures My Husband Hates to see those.

Until next time:

Happy New Year!

 May 2014 be filled with joy and Pyrex.  

Happy Hunting!

~Katie

Treasure Hunter

My Weekly Thrift Store Pyrex Finds and a Christmas Present!

I have to start by saying I have too much Pyrex!  I decided I'd part with some of it and give it to the charity that saves animals from being euthanized and cares for them until they find them a forever home. They don't receive the volume of donations of places like Goodwill and St. Vincent, so they are going to be the charity that gets Pyrex, Corelle and vintage collectibles we part with this year!  I hauled a couple boxes over and they were very happy for the donation--one of the ladies said to one of the younger employees "it's Pyrex!".  I had as much fun giving it away as I had finding it! 

It seems like the Pyrex gods rewarded me for actions. Here's what I got.

All kinds of stuff!  I got the Pink Gooseberry from my MIL for Christmas--I was so thrilled!  That collection is painfully slow, I get maybe one piece a year.  I am collecting some of Town & Country as it has been falling in my lap lately, a 043 and the second 501!  The divided dish is for my Butterfly Gold collection which is getting nearer to completion.  My second Blue Snowflake Garland fridgie, now I have two 501s. My first Horizon Blue casserole.  I got the Autumn Harvest casserole, I could have picked up Cinderella mixing bowls, but I'm drawing the line on that.  I had a Zodiac or I should say hubby did but this one is in better condition and it was $1.80, so I got it.  Three days later we went back and I found the lid for 45 cents--I was sooooo happy to get the lid! The pie pan is Desert Dawn, I grabbed the Daisy lid as I have a collection in progress--my friend gave me the 2.5 quart casserole and divided dish bottom for my existing lid for Christmas.  Lastly, a Blue Doily lid, only because it came on top of the Butterfly Gold divided dish I need, I'll likely donate that back paired with the New Holland bottom--it works together at least.  Phew! Good heavens!  I can't believe how much I hauled this week!  And prices for all were great except the fridgies, but they are so hard for me to find and I wasn't going leave without them!

I posted my last and current Pyrex display on my blog if you wanna peek here.  I'm a girl that likes to play with her Pyrex!

(Hopelessly addicted),

Evie

Spring Blossom Fridgie set

I think not only our weather, but Pyrex is trying to make spring come way to freaking early.

Yesterday I stopped at a few antique malls. One had just about every booth on sale. I did not notice until I was half way done. The signs were all up so high and I am short so I missed them. I had to go back through the entire thing. What a shame (please notice the sarcastic tone in my writing, there needs to be a font for that) I was on the phone with my mom and  I found this 503….. at a really good price (dude and on sale). AND he had his lid!

And now my set is complete. 

Lets hope I can finish more of my Spring Blossom in 2014. 

I hope you have some luck.

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Happy Hunting!

~Katie

Treasure Hunter

Merry Christmas Fetus!

Merry Christmas!

I hope your day was a wonderful one

 filled with family and joy. 

I hope you got some awesome Pyreax and look forward to seeing it all. 

I scored one piece from my mother in law. 

She is wonderful. 

FETUS!

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Happy Hunting, 

May your year end with a bang, 

but not Pyrex banging, keep those lovelies safe!

~Katie

Treasure Hunter

My Weekly Finds and My Santa Present!

I did find Pyrex this week!  There was actually quite a bit out there (that I didn't want or need).  A lot of Old Orchard especially.  Here's what I got....not everything in the picture.

First the Santa present, probably obvious...Golden Leaf.  Hubby and I went to an antique mall together that he had not been to and I showed him the bowl and he grabbed it and put it under his arm.  It was $18 and I wouldn't pay that, but he insisted it is his Christmas present to me.  I found the cradle last month so now I'll be on an aggressive search for the lid!

Speaking of lids, I got a lid for my Golden Acorn 548 Space Saver!  First Space Saver lid I have ever run into.  I was so absolutely thrilled.  Earlier this week I posted that I found the 664 lid to my round 4 quart Spring Blossom!  I got two Shenandoah casseroles now I have 471, 473, 474 and 475.  I also found a blue 2.5 quart casserole that I thought was Blue Snowflake Garland, but then when I paired it up I could see it wasn't a match and it actually looks like the New Holland.  Oh well, I guess these things happen (they don't do returns.)

I've been thrifting aggressively everyday for vintage Christmas decorations and posting at my blog here.  That's been going pretty good!

(hopelessly addicted),
 
Evie

Pyrex I did not buy!

Almost the end of the year. I saw so much I didn't buy. I have come to that stage. I don't want/need a bunch anymore. Do not get me wrong I LOVE Pyrex, but I do not want to have  rooms and rooms of Pyrex sitting around. I like to look at my stuff and use it. 

So here is the some last of it and where to find it. 

Snowflake divided dish
Salvation Army, Long Beach, CA
$15

Again I have this one. And again when I went back the next day it was gone. I don't understand why they price so high. I know they have percent off days, but some one. No one thinks they are getting a deal at $15.






Early American 444
Salvation Salvation Army, Long Beach, CA
$9.99


Even though this is priced not as a collectable they still priced it way to high.  The funny thing is they had two other 444s and they were priced at $15 each (do we see a pattern!). Wonder why this guy, to them, is worth less. Maybe because it has a design on it? Ugg

You can see more of what I left for you over at 

treasuresmyhh.blogspot.com

Happy Holidays and Happy Hunting

~Katie

Treasure Hunter 

Any other Seattlelites feel like their Pyrex-collecting days are over?

This is very region-specific, but seriously...what happened to the endless, gorgeous supplies of Pyrex in Seattle? I haven't found anything since Yellow Dots. I mean, granted, Yellow Dots was the score of the century as far as my Pyrex collection goes, but still.

Here is a picture of the nothing that I've found.

I have to assume that all the good Pyrex is being snapped up the minute it appears on the thrift store shelves by people like me, which is fine. I know I'm not the only collector. But sometimes it almost seems like Pyrex doesn't even get put on the shelves anymore. I haven't seen a piece of it in St. Vincent de Paul or Deseret Industries for months. At my local Goodwill, there are a couple DWD pieces that have lived there for months on end. It's just a bummer. 

I've got a very satisfactory collection now--way more than I need--but sometimes I just miss that little thrill of spotting a pattern from halfway across the store, having the world go silent except for the sound of my breathing and my cape flapping as I fly across the store--Super-Pyrex-Woman, on her way to rescue another piece of Pyrex from being washed in the dishwasher, chipped against other thriftstore crockery, or just not sufficiently admired. You know that feeling, right?

Any other Seattle people experiencing the same problem? If not, I'm happy for you. No need to divulge your sources--just give this lady some hope, please!

-Margaret Ann