Merry Pyrex Christmas

My husband does not share my love of all things Pyrex. He has said on a few occasions that he would never buy me Pyrex as a gift. He thinks I have too much already and doesn't get my obsession. He sort of understands though, if he compares it to his own obsession with math and science books. So imagine my surprise when I opened up by Christmas present this morning and found this beautiful set of New Dots. It was on my list. I hoped he would get it. It was the set of Pyrex I coveted most.

It's lovely, don't you think? And it fits nicely on my primary sets shelf.

My dear knew just how to make my Christmas bright. Now we are preparing for a blizzard. Keep warm and make a snowman if you can! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Vintage Pyrex shines in the news!

Christmas fudge in Pyrex, recipe here. 

I just had to pop in to share this article I just read, as it talks about newer Pyrex & Anchor Hocking compared with older, vintage pieces. Turns out, a recent study shows that vintage Pyrex is less likely to break and explode!

Here's a quote:

"‎"Not your grandmother’s Pyrex... Their article, published this fall in the American Ceramic Society Bulletin, concluded that the newer glass is far less able to withstand rapid swings in temperature than the older material, now used mostly in pans sold in Europe." "

Just one more reason to support our addiction, isn't it?

Read the full article here.

Merry Christmas!

Heather @ Lark & Lola

Recent Pyrex Finds

Hello Fellow Lovers of Pyrex!

 I have found some lovely pieces recently and wanted to share them with my Pyrex friends.

For all the details on my new treasures stop by to my blog at Joyful Treasure Hunting

Smiles,

Red Hostess double duty!

I don't know about you all but pyrex has been hard to find in patterns I want and at prices I want to pay! I haven't found a reasonably priced piece in the wild in some time! It's sort of depressing! I was at the Vancouver Flea market and there was a lady selling some pyrex, she had the turquoise scroll bowl but she wanted $35 and wouldn't accept my offer of $25 so I guess it wasn't meant to be! And this is my point I'm so desperate for pyrex I'm willing to over pay! Hopefully things pick up soon!
I took some inspiration from the thrifter sisters and took some of my vintage ornaments and put them in my red hostess and set it on my mantle!
Here's hoping everyone is having better luck than me!

The Elusive Classic Butterprint Set

I've been collecting Butterprint for several years now. I even have the set of all-white Cinderella bowls and two of the orange ones, but I have just now acquired a set of the "classic" Butterprint bowls. I'm so excited!!!

I actually only found the two blue bowls yesterday, the white ones are borrowed from the all-white set. But the final product is the same! Now I just need to find two more white ones and I can display both full sets at once!

These are the other treasures I found yesterday:

The pink pie plate was at Goodwill for $1.99. It was coated in brown sticky grossness but after some serious scrubbing it is in pretty good condition after all!

I'm so in love with the lamp! There's a close up picture of the details here. It's just gorgeous!

New Holiday Display

Just thought I'd pop in really quick to show you my new "holiday display" of Pyrex! Before this, some of you may remember, I had all pinks & turquoise on my grandmother's hutch. I decided a few days ago that it would be a shame if I didn't break out the festive holiday Pyrex and display it for a while. 

My favorite, as always, is the green "Merry Christmas" bowl in the center there. I love it! 

But also featured is some Friendship, which can look very Christmasy in the right setting, and some Snowflake. I also brought out some of the Thanksgiving colors, like my Americana set and some Autumn Harvest. Finally, the Starburst at top makes for the perfect tree-topper-like crown, doesn't it? Reminds me of the star of Bethlehem. It's very cheery! I'll have a hard time taking it down come 2013...

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

I can't wait to see some of your Pyrex at Thanksgiving posts :)

Cheers,

Heather @ Lark & Lola

and also at Last Day Ago

It's Been Awhile

So although I have been picking up pieces here and there, having the time to blog about them the second I get home is a completely different story.  Life just gets crazy and keeping up on my personal blog can be hard enough.  I have been doing really good at taking pictures of the things I  bring home but sharing them with all of you?  Not so much.  So, no more excuses.  It is not fair of my to deprive you all of the beautiful eye candy that we all know as Pyrex. 

So here you go...

I splurged and bought myself this Scroll Cinderella bowl while on our annual girls trip in Bellingham, WA.  Sometimes it can be hard to buck up and pay antique mall prices but sometimes you just have to.  The odds of finding those more rare pieces in the thrift stores can be pretty bad.  And lets face it, if you do find them they may be priced like antique mall pieces.

I got this 024 Red Pine Cone bowl from my wonderful sister.  I now have 3 pieces of Christmas Pyrex.  I can't wait to use them.

I brought back this Rainbow Stripe 401 from Las Vegas when we went in August.  I bought it in an antique mall for $7.  How unheard of is that price?

This Horizon Blue refrigerator set is probably my best deal that I have found in quite a while.  When I first saw it in the antique mall booth, I didn't think anything of it.  The big dish was behind something else so I thought it was a Butterprint set (which I already have).  Then I got to thinking that the Butterprint set doesn't come with blue 501's & 502.  So I went back to it and realized it was a Horizon Blue set.  I was super excited because I had been watching the set on eBay for quite a while but of course couldn't ever find a good enough deal.  The best part?  The entire booth was 30%.  The seller had each piece priced individually and when all was said and done, I paid $13.00 for the entire set! 

I still have more photos in the Pyrex folder on my computer so stay tuned Pyrex Buddies!

Until next time...

Erica