Woodland happiness

I was surprised to find this minty woodland casserole today. 

And what's that inside?

Maybe it was never used!  Interestingly, the brochure shows a set of butterfly gold mixing bowls so I don't know that it actually came with this casserole...anyone have any ideas?

For $5.99, I was thrilled.

My Husband's Weekend Finds

I went to an antique show/fundraiser on Saturday but found nothing. My husband was out of town and he spent a good part of Saturday stopping at thrift stores on the way home. He had much better luck than I! This is a shot of most of his finds. He also found a couple lids we need and the little clear round dish pictured in a previous post. I think he spent less than $20 for everything.

He loves blue, so his favorites are the two snowflake dishes. The spacesaver dish shows some wear, but the round 1 qt snowflake blue casserole is in very nice shape! The cat was not included.

We also like little fridgies, and try to buy them whenever we find them reasonably priced. Two are from the Town and Country series, and I’m not sure what set the butterscotch dish is from.

Then on Sunday he stopped at the Goodwill in town where I always stop and have never found anything. His first time there and he comes home with these for 75 cents, a pretty American Heritage dish and a white Corning Ware teapot in great condition. I couldn't believe it!

And he was disappointed not to have found anything in pink for me. I think he was very successful!

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.

My Collection is Growing!

I found a few piece over the last two weeks. I haven't decided on a pattern or color to focus on. I am just excited to find anything at the local thrift store. This is a lot of 'firsts' for me!


My first bowl set and first Spring Blossom pieces



My first divided dish. The handle included was a major plus!

I love this piece! According to Pyrex Love is the Compass Snack Server and a Promotional Item. I just love the black and white patterns!

I bought this as a three piece set in the Homestead pattern. I am not sure if the piece on the left was supposed to have a lid too.

I'm not crazy about the Homestead pattern. If I can figure out the trading thing, maybe this will be traded.

My first butter dish!

Growing up my parents had the Butterfly Gold dishes. There is something very comforting about this pattern. It's not my favorite color scheme, but I want to collect them for sentimental reasons.

I can't wait to keep thrifting and add to my collection! I love having a place to share my finds!

What is This?

My husband was out of town and came home with many lovelies he found thrifting! I will post more about them later. Can you help me identify this little clear dish?
(My cat is such a ham!) On the bottom is the clear logo stamp that says: PYREX trademark made in USA 019 20 oz. We don't collect clear Pyrex, although I have several that I brought from home and use regularly. My husband thought it was cute!
What was it used for? It looks old; is it?
Thanks for any help you can give.

Question

I really don't know that much about Pyrex only that I like it.
Can some one tell me is it good to have a clear bottom? and why?

Pyrex rescue

I'm sure you have all seen some sad (damaged/dishwashered) Pyrex.  However, I'd like to think that it is usually done accidentally by someone who doesn't know better.  However, I'd never seen intentional Pyrex harm...that is until today.

Can you believe that someone would do this to their Pyrex?!  As I discovered later, these were the initials of the person whose estate sale I was attending when I found this poor delphite bowl.  Luckily, after I got over the initial shock, I did a little scratch test with my nail and discovered that the red substance (nai polish I'm guessing) might just come off with some good cleaning.  So of course I had to rescue it.  And luckily, this is the result after a good scrubbing:

Yah, now we're happy pretty Pyrex!!

And I also picked up a pair of woodland mugs in perfect condition at a rummage sale for 10 cents each (though admission was $2).  I couldn't wait to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate in my new (vintage) mug after Pyrex hunting on this cold rainy day.

Yum!