My First Trade

I conducted this trade a while ago now, but I just realized today that I never shared it! (shame on me)

I traded a 2qt snowflake blue casserole (this one)

for this 2qt verde bowl

I tend to like bowls better than casseroles because I find them more useful. What kinds of pyrex do you all find most useful?

Aki

P.S. check out my thrifty finds on my new blog!!

Shenandoah, Flamingo Pink and Snowflake Blue

I picked up some pretty pieces this past weekend at Goodwill. My first find was the Shenandoah 401 and 403 bowls for $5.
I'd never seen this print before - but there was no way I could leave behind such a pretty pale yellow set!
The next item I spotted was a 403 mixing bowl in the Snowflake Blue print. Blue pyrex is my favorite - and this bowl was in such great condition (and great price: $3) too. I already own 2 403 bowls (in Spring Blossom Green and Butterfly Gold) but I prefer the 2 I picked up today, so I may have to give away my 2 original bowls.
The final piece I found was a flamingo pink 2 quart round casserole for $4. It was missing its cover and has a small chip...but its pink...it is scientifically impossible to leave behind a pink pyrex item, right?

WOW SO MUCH PYREX!

Hello Pyrexers!
  I have found so much lovely Pyrex lately and wanted to share it with you all...

So much fun. Please feel free to visit my blog for more thrifty finds Joyful Treasure Hunting

Smiles,

The Joyful Thrifter

Estate Sale Pyrex

I went to a great Estate Sale on Friday not far from my office. This lady had tons and tons of stuff and much of it was still sealed or in original boxes or in great shape. I walked away with some great items.

 This flamingo pink casserole set was all stacked together and in absolutely great condition. They are almost mint. The pieces were dirty from storage but cleaned up amazingly. Do you think this was sold as a set? This set was only $10.

 Great Early American set mint in original box. I don't believe these were ever used they are in such great condition. I paid a little more than normal - $25 - but I've never had a set in the original box before.

This piece is in great condition but it does appear to have been a favorite and was probably used a little more often.- $3

If you would like to see more of my great finds check out my blog.

Weekends Well Spent

I can't do much thrifting for Pyrex during the week. Is it wrong that these few months I have been collecting Pyrex that I LIVE for the weekend so I can hunt for more pieces?
I picked these pieces up a couple of weekends ago:

See my blog for more. Warning--photos galore!

Hope you all are finding great pieces this weekend!

Leave No Pyrex Unturned

Today I got to a suburban Goodwill and immediately checked out the cart full of gray bins to see what was headed to the shelves. At some of our local GW's they put up signs telling customers not to dig through the "new" item bins - but luckily this GW was not one of them. I spotted this at the bottom of the bin, and I almost didn't dig them out, because the reflection of the outside colors made it look like some Autumn Harvest mixing bowls, which I already have a complete set of:

But I am SO glad I did take the time to dig them out (they were under about 10 fragile wine glasses, sheesh!)

Because they weren't Autumn Harvest at all, they were this:

PINK! Glorious pink Pyrex mixing bowls! I think these came in a set of four, these are the two middle sizes. I happily paid $3.50 for the smaller bowl, $4.99 for the larger bowl.

When I first started collecting Pyrex, the Debbie Downer that I was assumed I'd never find any pink Pyrex (my favorite) but so far I've collected two Gooseberry bowls, the Dessert Dawn dish, and the Flamingo Pink Pie dish. Since May.

(Sorry for the bad quality color photo above! They look dull, yuck..)
Now I have two more pink pieces to add to my collection, and they're in great condition.

Today I also spotted, still in the bins waiting to be shelved also, some Snowflake Blue Corelle. Until now I haven't ever been tempted to pick up any Corelle dishes, which I see quite often, but these matched the Snowflake Blue Pyrex, which is one of my favorite patterns. So I went ahead and got several Corelle dishes as well.

That's 1 small covered (butter?) dish, 1 oval platter, 1 large bowl, 2 medium bowls, 8 small plates, and 8 bowls for a grand total of $8.50!

Which was perfect because just a few days ago I found this Pyrex butter dish at another Goodwill for $2:

I'm loving the Snowflake Blue pattern. 

That little dish is interesting to me in that the dish is marked Corelle but the lid is marked Pyrex. It's so cute!

Practical Pyrex

My gramma recently came over and saw my Pyrex collection. She is too practical to collect anything much less 'old dishes' but she is still supportive and I think in awe of how much I have collected in such a short amount of time. She called me a few days later to tell me she had something to give me. I was so excited when I made it over there. She gave me this unused set still in the box. When I asked why she never used it, she said, 'They were too nice to use.' Turns out she is not ALWAYS practical.

I was thrilled to have this as part of my collection. I have been thinking about selling or trading some of my pieces but I tend to get sentimental about pieces. I am definitely keeping this set.