Thrifting in Saskatchewan

I've been doing quite a bit of thrifting in April!  I've blogged about it here and here!

Pyrex isn't super hard to find out here in Saskatchewan, there almost always is at least one piece in Value Village.  In the Mennonite Clothes Closets it's rarer, and same with the Salvation Army's.  I've seen a few abused pieces that made me very very sad.  There are usually lots of Termo-Rey and the other glass companies as well.  

Some eye candy for you!

Also does anyone know of an online English Pyrex reference site?  The one I have linked to on my blog doesn't work anymore. :(

The Pyrex Gods Are Smiling...

I've had such good pyrex luck lately.
Found these beauties on my way to do a trade. I stopped in at my local VV at 2:30 in the afternoon and they were just sitting there. I couldn't believe my eyes. The 401 was 2.99 and the 403 was 4.99.

I found all of this one day... a JAJ black snowflake, an old orchard divided dish (which isn't a pattern I like, but, this specific dish is growing on me.) a clear fridgie (which I think is newer) a little blue, a red 402(both from the 1940s primary set, the red is for trade) and two pink cake pans that were ridiculously dirty with baked on gunk. I soaked and scrubbed and they look way better.

Got all this today; A woodland 441, a lime green pie plate and utility dish, a daisy divided with cradle, two red fridgies and 3 pink dinner plates!(they're in awful shape, but, I had to have them)
The Woodland has a funny story behind it. Well, It's actually kind of a sad story... It was awful, I picked it up and next to it was its mate, a 442 that had been dishwashed. Then if that wasn't enough I saw an older asian lady with a Gooseberry pink casserole dish in her cart. I went up to her and tried to explain that it couldn't go into the dishwasher, she smiled and nodded and muttered something in a very thick accent. Almost like she didn't understand me. I went off to look around the store for a bit in the hopes that she would put it back. No such luck. Oh well, Poor Gooseberry. Save the Pyrex!



If you want to see better photos or more of what I've got recently wander on over to my flickr! http://www.flickr.com/photos/lulubellevintage/
I hope you've all had luck as good as mine!
Happy trails!

English Pyrex Platters

This is a repeat from my blog, so apologies to those of you who got it twice!

As part of my organizational overhaul this week I've been pulling out stuff from all of my cupboards and taking a bit of an inventory (I've been thrifting too much and organizing too little). Yesterday I realized how many lovely English Pyrex (JAJ) platters I have collected this year. I'm still holding out for some Cottage Rose, I adore the colours.

I think the June Rose pattern is my fave. This holds pride of place in my living room.

In Carnaby Tempo, a little scratched but the pattern's so cute.

Chelsea is a little boring for decor, but it looks great heaped with food.

My newest addition, Autumn Glory. Supposedly this is a steak plate, but that would be an enormous steak!

I have no idea what this pattern is called, I can't find it anywhere.

I know, not a platter, but those peaches looked so pretty I couldn't resist.

Happy thrifting everyone

Mismatched Sets are Beautiful Too!

My thrifting has been a bit out of control these last few weeks because I haven't been working. This week I got these three lovely bowls:

The bottom one is the most stunning colour of pink! I was so excited about the middle one because I have a platter with this rose on it and I love it so much I display it like art.

I also found these mugs, which are Crown Pyrex.

There are some more pictures on my blog too.

Happy Hunting!

Nicole