Calling Pyrex Collectors

Hello there,

A woman by the name of Catherine May emailed me with a request. She works for a Toronto television company that is producing a new series called Collectors which features various collectors throughout Canada and the U.S. She would love to find a rabid vintage Pyrex collector to feature on the show.

If you are interested, please email Catherine at catherine@acrhitect-films.com

All the best,

Canadian Erin

Pretty, Pretty, Pretty!

"For fine food and a festive table, put it in Pyrex."

Made a Cinnamon roll basket in our turquoise 222 8"x8" last weekend, it was Mmmm, Mmmmmm Good!

Come over and say hello at my blog too, Everyone Goes to Mick's.

-Mick-

Hush Hush!

Im a big country music fan and I love the group Pistol Annies which features Miranda Lambert, well the ladies just released a music video for their single "Hush Hush" and it's full of pyrex! I saw gooseberry, butterprint, desgins, spring blossom and potentially a lime green pie plate!

Here's the link if anyone wants to see if I missed any!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/OkvjhWirED8?rel=0

Buffet Twins

I found a set of Buffet Twins at the antique mall. I paid ten for the set, no lids or cradle. I think they are charming. :)

I just finished my master's program and feel so much space opening in my mind without that looming  around. :) I work full-time and have two toddlers, so it isn't like I am twiddling my thumbs, but I can dream about more pyrex!:)

Happy Spring, or graduation or Cinco De Mayo or whatever you want to celebrate!

new home, new pyrex displays

hello everyone!

 haven't posted lately

turns out having a baby, going back to work five months later,

moving into a new home, and finishing my masters [in june!]

can make for fewer pyrex posts - mostly because I'm still not on a regular hunting schedule

but, I do have something to share

a new home means displaying the pyrex collection in new ways

this corner window ledge is one of my favorite places in my new home

and as you maybe can tell, our new home was actually built right around 1950

so vintage pyrex was meant for this ledge!

I love having a dining room for my hutch

it seems quite small now that it is in a room, and not a hallway

I also love that I can see the majority of my collection from the main living space

something that was not true in our other home

even so, I still have a few pieces I cannot display

we lost three very large open shelves that our old kitchen had

and I'm really hating that our china and a few other pieces are hidden

I'll have to work on something for that soon

but for now, I can officially say I have moved my ninety+ piece collection 

with no breaks, chips, or cracks

[I did spend a good penny on packing supplies however]

miss macri @ educated...not so domesticated

Blue Obsessions

I have been so busy lately with work and school and home life have unfairly kept me from any good pyrex thrifting lately. BUT this past weekend I found some fun things that I wanted to share.

A few weeks ago my dear friend found the small horizon blue oval casserole at a thrift shop. I was going to purchase it from her, but she fell in love with it (which I completely understood)! This weekend I found my own at a massive antique mall! It goes nicely with my larger one, and I do plan on making kitchen curtains out of my spoonflower pattern. Horizon Blue is one of my first loves in Pyrex - that and Primary stuff - and anything Blue! :)

Everything else I will show is from goodwill.

I found an interesting Corning Bowl. From what I found on pyrexlove this is a Corning Hornblower bowl. It is stamped Corning and 1951. It has a lovely shape. Oh and I found an opal rectangular cake pan, but can't tell if it is just DWD so that whatever was on it is gone or not. I don't really see anything on any sites about it. AND I found a lovely Blue Garland round casserole and this might be the beginning of a new obsession - or just a continuation of my blue pyrex obsession.

And then I have two items I have found recently at Goodwill. A Royal Wheat Divided dish, which is so cheerful. I need to find a good use for it. And I found the Brittany Blue Tart Dish at Goodwill too. I am not a huge fan of the look - it reminds me of my mother's (and probably lots of people's mothers) early 90's country blue obsession. Or maybe that it is trying too hard to be pretty or french with the Brittany name. Nonetheless - I can totally see using the size of the pan for breakfast quiches, etc, so I can get past the look. And lastly, I found the large homestead casserole. I think the size is so great for large meals, and although homestead is not my favorite, I don't dislike it like. I wish I had the big lid. Perhaps another day at goodwill. :)

Phew! Sorry to write so much at once! I just wanted to make sure these lovelies were given their due.

Good luck in the coming Garage Sale season!

Mod Kitchen Dreams Come True

Amongst the patterns I've coveted since I began collecting pyrex the mod kitchen has on my wish list! It's got fun graphics and it's a great yellow, what's not to love? In all of my travels I have yet to come across it in a thrift or antique store but today my mom found it for me!!! She had no clue what the pattern was only that it was pyrex and that she knew I would want it. She picked it up for a whopping $4!!!! Can you believe that? The best part is it's minty and perfect and looks like it's never been used. God bless the little old ladies who only ever displayed their pyrex and didn't use it!!