My Mom's Colonial Mist

This set belonged to my Mom and now it belongs to me - yesterday I was going through a box of family pictures and I found this set in action - the picture is on my blog.  It's not often you find a picture like this....

Pyrex Wedding Shower

My sweet fiance's family threw us a wedding shower over the weekend and guess what i got....

(that's my excited face! haha)

His aunt, who I have traded with in the past, bought be a set of three colonial mist casseroles

AND a pot holder!!

(which by the way, I entered to win forever ago and it STILL hasn't come! anyone else had that problem?)

It was the best shower gift for a pyrex lover like myself!

taylor

decorating with pyrex

i love using navy and white as a color combo during the summer and i thought it would be the perfect way to use my pyrex collection in my decorating.

do any of you use pyrex in your decorations? maybe some snowflake patterns at christmas?

BIG trade

i recently shipped out a HUGE box of woodland dishes to Studio Reb

and in return she sent me all kinds of new colonial mist to add to my shelves.

and as luck would have it... while i was waiting for the shipment to arrive, i found a twin bowl for $2 at a thrift store.

i've never seen a clear bowl with a pattern on it. does anyone know if there are other patterns that come like this?

so for anyone who is going through a dry spell in the hunting department, trades are always a great way to add to your stash.

taylor

Aren't Friends Great?

I just got home from a busy garage sale day and am busy cleaning and sorting, but I wanted to take the time to say a big THANK YOU to my shopping-and-booth partner, Bargain Hunter.

She saw this #404 Colonial Mist bowl first and handed it off to me because she knows how much I like it. How sweet is that? Now I have both the 401 and the 404 and I'm half-way to a full bowl set!
Thanks again , girlfriend -- you're the best!

I Broke My Pyrex Fast

I know that's a goofy title for a post, but I am drawing a blank for something better.  What I mean is, it seems like I've had a long spell without buying any Pyrex—a fast, as it were.  The other day, however, I broke the fast when I found this Golden Acorn divided dish at Goodwill.

It was peeking out from under a bunch of random glass lids piled up on the cart full of things waiting to be put on the shelves.  Well, this pretty thing didn't have to wait any longer, it came home with me!

There was also a large Spring Daisy casserole with a Verde lid taped to it.  The lid was chipped along the edge and since it was taped together, I couldn't see what the inside of the casserole looked like, so I left it behind.  My pet peeve with my local Goodwill is that they will throw a bad (damaged or unmatched) lid on top and then ask a higher price for the "set."  I've tried negotiating in these situations, without success. Oh well.

This bowl isn't new, but since the late afternoon sunlight was nice in the kitchen when I made this slaw yesterday, I thought I'd take a couple pictures.  The name of this pattern escapes me at the moment.

Shredded cabbage, green onion, red peppers, carrots, and sliced mushrooms tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette. Yum!

Wanna Trade?

Morning everyone! I just joined a group on Flickr called Pyrex For Trade and put up a few goodies.

www.flickr.com tallGlassofH2O's Pyrex For Trade photoset

If you have some pieces you would like to trade you can find my contact info on my blog, Tall Glass of Water, or contact me through my Flickr page.

My goal is to complete my Woodland fridge set. Yes, I once said that I thought Woodland was ugly. But it has grown on me :) Do you participate in this flicker group? I think it's such a great idea. Hope I get some bites on my pieces!

Pyrex Stories

Getting to read about everyone's Pyrex adventures has been one of the best things about being a member of the Collective. I am starting to realize that we all have interesting and personal stories about certain pieces that we pick up! Whether it be the labour-of-love scrubbing of the Heinz promotional pan that P. from The Way I Sew It wrote about, or Katie's Zodiac Casserole which was from her parents' wedding, we all seem to love the memorable aspect of our collections.


My silly story for today is regarding a large Colonial Mist mixing bowl I found at a thrift store this past summer. I stumbled upon it at a volunteer-run thrift shop that supports the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). This place has quirky volunteers, and quirky customers. It's also a bit of a dive - very cluttered store, messy, dusty, and stuffed to the max. When I first spotted the bowl, it was filled to the brim with dried macaroni pasta that looked like it had been sitting out on display for weeks. There wasn't anywhere to dump the noodles, so I brought it up to the till and asked the price. She said "So, do you want the pasta?" I stifled a smile, politely said no, and she quoted me $4. I wonder what it would have cost me if I indeed wanted the noodles ;)


The reality is, it made me a bit sad that there are customers who might need to take the pasta home. While I know it was the right choice to toss it, I guess I have a bit of guilt for wasting the food. It's experiences like this that make me realize that for many of us, every piece has a story. For me and my Colonial Mist bowl, it reminds me that sometimes people thrift because they need to, and I should appreciate the fact that I get to do it for fun. I like to think that thrifting keeps me humble; if I need to scrub an old pot that someone has tossed, it's worth it to put in a bit of hard work and get something useful and rewarding. I guess that's the beauty of stories. Keep em coming, Pyrex Collective!

Feel free to visit me at SixBalloons to say hi sometime!

Pyrex In The Mist

A Colonial Mist that is. Hi, I am Leslie over at Theory of Thrifting. I thought I would share my newest Pyrex acquisitions.

This last weekend we went to our favorite place, Laughlin, Nevada. On Saturday, I headed over the river to Bullhead City, Arizona to thrift. I found the shorter blue casserole and the white casserole at the Salvation Army there. I brought them home to join the larger blue casserole and the blue mixing bowl. According to Pyrex Love , I now have the Colonial Mist Bake Serve Store set. The only thing they are missing is the lids. These bowls have the same diameter just differing depths.  I use these bowls all the time to serve breakfast , lunch and dinner. They are great!