ocean filigree find

I am finding now that my collection has gotten pretty hefty

there are very few pieces I feel that I just have to have

I've loved the Ocean Filigree Casserole with Hugger Cradle for some time

but was pretty sure I would never see it in person

or never for a price I would pay

but today was apparently a lucky day

so here is the newest piece I'm swooning over in my kitchen

the colors just make me happy

and the plastic hugger cradle is SO different than any other Pyrex cradles

happy hunting everyone - today was most likely 

my last pyrex hunting outing for a bit

[so why not go out big]

seeing as my due date for my first little one is looming

so I look forward to seeing all the lovelies everyone finds in the coming weeks

miss macri @ educated...not so domesticated

The drought ends with... Christmas?

I've been in the worst Pyrex drought here, lately! In fact, my husband and I thrifted 6 stores today, and I found nothing {except a few mugs, as shown below, I'll come back to those...}

Then finally, at the end of the day I was out running errands alone when I decided I had to stop at one more Goodwill today. Alas! Finally, some Pyrex success!

Yes, it's a Christmas dish {1960 Holiday casserole}, but I was still over the moon to finally find this! And I adore the Christmas Pyrex and have very much wanted more, so this was an exciting find for me. I paid $4.99, and it's in fantastic condition. It didn't have it's lid, but I found a knobbed lid a few aisles from this dish, it's marked Pyrex and it fits, only 99 cents! Works for me.

These "mugs", known as Drink-Ups if I'm correct, were the only other find of the day. I paid $1.50 for all three. I've never seen these in the wild before.

A couple weeks back I visited a new thrift store in a suburb of Denver, and waiting for me on the shelf were these two Gooseberry pink Pyrex dishes. I was thrilled, of course, as pink Gooseberry is among my very favorite patterns and I didn't yet own either of these. A 503 fridgie and a 473 casserole. $7 for both! Great condition, too.

Oh, and then there's this! Two flamingo pink 080s!

I *ADORE* this size! It's so cute. A friend recently found herself a lime 080 and when I saw it in person I knew I had to have some. 

So I cheated, I bought these on Etsy.

And I paid the most I've ever paid for Pyrex before, but what can I say? We'd just received our tax refund and I had a little $$$ to splurge with. I couldn't help but make these mine. They are absolutely mint, so there's that.

And so my pink collection has grown! Hurray!

Hopefully it keeps growing.

;-)

And hopefully, my Pyrex drought is officially over. 

Cheers,

Heather @ Lark & Lola

new finds & happy holidays!

I found this first little Dandelion Duet Promotional while thrifting.  Typically this particular store always charges SO much for Pyrex, but not this little guy.  It had some orangish spots, that happened to come off without any effort, but I guess they didn't think they would.  

I picked it up - with the wrong lid - for $2.  

The next little guy I found at an antique mall but just couldn't pass it up for $5, because, seriously, it is SO small & SO cute!  The salt shaker isn't new, just there for sizing purposes!  I did however thrift it a while back for .49 cents, and yes, I do have the pepper shaker too!

 

My obsession started with Spring Blossom when I was about 18.  I've always loved green, so green Pyrex is no exception!  I picked up these verde fridges IN THE BOX!  I am so in love.  In fact, I re-arranged the WHOLE pyrex display to get all my green lovin' together on one shelf.  I'll have to take some "group" shots soon!

Now this last casserole is not new, but I couldn't pass up the chance to take a shot of it by the Christmas tree, yes, I do decorate on the retail schedule.  So pretty and ready to be used this holiday season.

So there you go - new little treasures for me!

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Miss Macri @ Educated...not so Domesticated

Latest Finds!

Hi there, My name's Dara and I am a pyrex newbie. I have been lusting after pieces in stores for years, but only seriously been collecting this past year. I am learning as I go (and as I pass things up!) I have only 7 pieces so far, and I am VERY eager to get out there and get some more! I'd see bowl sets and pieces and swoon over them, but convince myself  "You'll never use all these, you don't need this many bowls and casserole dishes!" .. I still have that mindset sometimes, but I am slowly getting over it as I begin to complete collections and fall in love with specific patterns.  :)

Anywhoo, enough with the chatter! On to the Photos.

My Collection so far:



I've posted these over at my own blog as well. A Very Good Coat Rack.
I enjoy drawing my pyrex too! A Tweed Fox
Thank you all for listening & reading, I LOVE looking at your collections. :) Take care and happy hunting!

The Crown of My Collection

I know I'm not the first and only one to post about the Bluebird casserole, but I just couldn't resist showing off what I consider to be the crown of my entire collection. {Which by the way, since starting to collect in May I have over 100 pieces! Uh-oh... time to start trading & re-selling...}

So here she is! My "baby". I found this on Etsy last month, actually, and paid more than I've ever paid for a piece of Pyrex before. But, I ADORE this pattern, have never seen a Bluebird in the wild, and it came with it's original cradle, lid, and box! The cradle looks tarnished some, but the dish itself is pretty much mint, I cannot find a single utensil mark on it. Even the box is in superb condition. And at 50 years old!

So I bought it for $18. More than I've ever spent before, but I had some spending money and decided to treat myself to a Pyrex dish that I truly desired. I love it!

Cheers!

Heather @ Lark & Lola

My rapidly growing collection

I am starting to run out of room... I will have to start the art of "stacking" here soon.... my husband admitted to me last night that he is "worried".... not because of the money I am spending (not spending much!) but because of how much I have found so quickly... I wonder what my kitchen will look like three months from now?! ;-)

Cradle for Pennies

I was at my local Goodwill by the pound last week, where I saw this lurking under a pile of stuff:

A cradle! It's missing a handle cover, but considering I probably paid less than $1-who cares?  Check out the detail on the band:

It holds the 2.5 qt casserole, here it is with my Verde:

I couldn't find this particular shape in the Pyrex guides. I wonder which pattern it belongs to? Any ideas?

monogirl at Vintage Spinster

An uncommon find!

On my way to visit my parents in Madison, Wisconsin earlier this week, I made a list of thrift stores to hit up in various towns along the way. At one, I came across this piece of promotional Pyrex, called Olive Medallion. It is the 045 oval casserole (2.5 quart size - my favorite!). While this side of the dish looks great, the pattern on the backside has quite a bit of smudging to the paint. It likely came from the factory that way. I paid $2.99 for it. I'll still have to find a lid for it, but it's staying with my collection! According to what I can find online, this promotional pattern was available on the 043 and 045 casseroles in 1964.

And, between two other stores, I found this nice stack of round cinderella casseroles. Although the green looks a little off color-wise in the picture, it's spot on in real life! All of these look like they've never been used. Bottom is a Verde 473, middle is a Daisy 472 with clear lid (not the Daisy lid is should have come with) and top is a Butterfly Gold 472 with clear lid. The bottom two were $4 each and the top one was $3.

Happy Monday

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

There was tons of stuff going on this weekend. First Jen and I went to the Asparagus festival in Stockton, CA on Saturday. That was tons of fun, good food and great weather.

While there and driving back we stopped at quite a few thrift stores. Let me just say people down there take thrifting very seriously!! We were at a thrift store 20 minutes before it opened and the parking lot was already full of people waiting to get in!

We still found some great stuff. We went to about 7-8 thrift stores on the way back home and actually found quite a few items. Including an awesome typewriter desk and the cart these pictures were taken on.

Sunday brought us to Folsom, CA for the Folsom Peddlers Fair. For those who haven't been there are tons of booths with people selling a whole bunch of different items. From 50 cent antique bottles to $400 Dolls. That netted us some great deals as well including an entire set of Daisy Cinderella bowls.

We also got two pink bowls and a Golden Leaf Promotional in the same weekend. Talk about luck! We now have lots of color in our collection and we couldn't be happier.

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend as much as we did.

Hello Everyone

My name is Will and I am new to the collective.

My obsession with pyrex began when I was younger. My mom had one Spring Blossom mixing bowl when I was growing up that was my favorite bowl to use for everything from making salads to popcorn.

Now that I am older I noticed that there were other pieces to this set and I wanted to use those instead of new dishes. This sent me down a long winding road leading me to here.

I found more Spring Blossom then I ever imagined and now I am realizing there is a whole world of other pyrex out there waiting for me to find. The pieces they produced are so varied it makes me feel like every time I go out there is an opportunity for me to find something new.

At first my wonderful girlfriend thought I might have lost my mind but now it is something we love doing together!

Here is my collection of spring blossom green. Also known to my family as "where it all began". As you can see it has grown well beyond that first mixing bowl. In fact I am only missing a few pieces of the bakeware. Without a doubt my favorite piece of this set is still the large mixing bowl. But other then that I would have to say its the refrigerator dishes or the salt and pepper shakers.

These are some of the random pieces I have collected since then. My collection isn't quite as colorful as some of yours. (I am dying to find some reasonably priced pink, yellow and blue). From Top Left clockwise we have: 1. Coffee mugs two are labeled pyrex one is labeled corning 2. A telephone pole insulator made by pyrex and a Terra Casserole 3. Another shot of them 4. "Midnight Bloom" with stand 5. Random collection of pieces The clear one is Colonial Mist 6. Another random collection Snowflake, Barbed wire, Old Orchard, Golden Bouquet? and Golden Pine.

Hopefully this post was not too long. I look forward to sharing more finds with you as well as seeing the great pieces you all find.

With any luck we will start a blog covering some of the other great items we have found while thrifting include the table these were sitting on for the picture.

What $35 of pyrex looks like...

I was away from home the end of last week for other reasons than thrifting, but managed to fit a bit of it in :)  This is what $35 of pyrex looks like!  I cannot believe everything I found.  Most of it came from a St. Vincent De Paul store just north of Seattle.  All but the flameware and divided dishes came from there and cost only $20!  I lucked out to visit during their "Everything Used 50% Off Sale."  Dishes average $7-10 each whenever I find them, so I NEEDED thought I'd give them a new home and scooped all the pyrex they had up.  I am so excited about my loot that I have just a couple pics from when I had them drying today.  I will come back and show you the dishes in better detail in a couple of days.  (clicking the picture will link you to my pyrex set on flickr)

Stop by and visit me, over on my blog, sometime.

Newbie to the Collective!

Hi there, this is my first post to the Pyrex Collective II. I've been following (and drooling) all of the gorgeous pieces for quite a while now and I finally decided it was time to join you!

My name is Tara and I blog over at Scarborough Seashells.

For my first post I decided to share with you some of my most recent aquisistions.

These are currently the pieces I have waiting to find a home in my quickly shrinking cupboards. The pieces were all found over the last two weekends.

Promotional seemed to be the word of the day yesterday. I'd never seen any of these patterns before, so I promptly came home and hit up Pyrex Love to see what I could learn about them.

I found these two 045 2 1/2 qt. Golden Grapes(?) oval casseroles. ($5 for the lidded one, $4 for the non lidded)

The 575-B 2 qt. Golden Pine rectangle casserole WITH it's gold leafed cover. ($5)

This 043 1 1/2 qt. oval casserole which I think is called "Bramble". ($4) No lid and some paint scratches, but as you can see by my curtains in the background, a perfect match for my diningroom.

This Spring Blossom (Pyrex by Corning) butter tub- which had no lid and I definitely want the lid so I will have to be on the lookout! ($3)

And this tiny yellow bowl ($2), which reminds me of some of the larger hostess pieces I've seen, but I've no idea to which set it belongs. Any guesses?

If I've ID'd anything incorrectly, please let me know! I posted more photos of some other recent finds on my blog if you are interested in checking them out. Nice to meet all of you!