New Dot Pyrex - Finally!

My first ever "New Dot" Pyrex!

I changed my blog name from momwaldsplace to marywaldsvintageplace.blogspot.com.  It is nice to finally have a fresh piece of vintage Pyrex to share on it.  

Lil Bub lubs Pyrex!

The most popular cat on the internet right now, Lil Bub, apparently loves Pyrex! This blue butterprint bowl appears in the background of a couple of Lil Bub's Friday Zone videos!

— grace

My previous posts:

• a million little pieces
• a very pyrex christmas
• back from hiatus with hearts
• breaking the pyrex fast
• road trip pyrex finds
• Pyrex book project
• the Pyrex drug connection

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!

99¢ Pyrex!

99¢ Pyrex!

If only we were all so lucky all the time. Red is showing some previous loving, but nothing too harsh. I think Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser might do some magic on it. Found at Goodwill, 50% off day, regular $1.99. Found Blue at Value Village in Windsor, Ontario over the weekend priced at 99¢. Can't pass up a fridgie right now, lid or not.

Now you're going to have to deal with my mediocre photo. I wish I had a fantastic camera like some of you who take great photos have! What do you use!? I also don't have many places to take photos unfortunately.


Yours truly,

Sir Thrift A Lot

Fridgies!

Since I starting collecting Pyrex about a year ago, I noticed that fridgies seem to be hard to find here in the Twin Cities. Fridgies in good condition are even rarer. This past few weeks, luck has been on my side.

My first set (minus the largest fridgie) I found together. They were pushed to the back of the shelf near the bottom. I had been talking to another shopper (the two fiesta sets in my cart caught her eye) and wasn't really paying attention to what was on the shelf until another shopper moved a couple of ... well, something. I don't remember. I just remember seeing the pyrex. And diving for it.

Okay, so I didn't dive for it. That's what I did in my mind. Luckily, I was able to stop myself before I did that. Whew!

When I had a chance, I pushed a few more items aside and pulled out a three piece set of Spring Blossom. It looks like it is unused. Beautiful!

My first pieces of pyrex were a set of Spring Blossom cinderella bowls. (I had bought them because my mom had a set of them when I was growing up. And would never let me use them.)

I have slowly been collecting other Spring Blossom pieces as I find them in thrift stores.

The two smaller ones cost $2 each and the larger one cost $3. Not bad.

About a week later, at different store, I found this one in the Woodland pattern. Again, it was pushed to the back of the shelf with other items hiding it. After a quick inspection, it was paid for and on it's way home with me. It was in excellent condition, just like the ones above.

Not a huge fan of this pattern (like many of you), but it's growing on me. As I mentioned before, fridgies seem to be hard to find here in the TC, so I was feeling lucky to find one even if it wasn't in a pattern I collect.

This one cost me $4.

Since they seem to be hard to find, you can imagine my surprise when I found this blue fridgie with an older lid last night! I hesitated for a minute before I decided to purchase it. Glad I decided to buy it as I'm sure it would have been gone by the time I went back.

Yes, it was a little more than I am usually willing to pay at a thrift store, but it was in great shape with only one small chip in the paint. And I haven't seen a blue fridgie that was in such good condition before.

This one set me back $8.00.

Here are all my fridgies together. My beautiful, growing collection of fridgies.

As this is my first post, I would just like to say that I love seeing all your photos and reading your stories. Keep 'em coming!

Happy pyrex hunting this weekend, everybody!

Fantastic Fridgie!

Had yet to find a fridgie in my adventures until today, that's over a year since I've been looking for & collecting Pyrex. I went to about 8 different thrifts outside the downtown core today & to my surprise came across 5 fridgies! I only purchased 2. You'll find a picture of my new favourite Pyrex piece. It only cost me $2.99. The other fridgies were not in purchasable condition, terribly faded red, cracked, topless blue (twice!). I'll post my other Pyrex purchases this weekend!


I also came here to ask my American collectors a favour. As you may or may not know, if you do know me or not, I am a Canadian, which leaves me in a sorry situation on eBay sometimes. There are a couple sets of New Kids On The Block stickers I'd like to purchase, yet the sellers don't ship to Canada (you can't even contact them if they don't have your country in your shipping options anymore) & the ones on ebay.ca are outrageously overpriced. If anybody is willing to help, please send me a note. I'd really appreciate it. I'll send you the money via Paypal in advance.

Yours truly,

Sir Thrift-A-Lot

pleased to meet you

Hello there pymaniacs, I am honoured to take up my place as a new contributor and look forward to sharing my musings about the glassware I love with like minded folk.

I live in Oxfordshire, England where you can't venture very far without stumbling upon a well-stocked charity shop, brimming with goodies to be discovered. Since I was a teenager I've been picking up various little bits of mid century miscellany, but I'm fairly new to Pyrex, having picked up my very first baking dish last summer.

As you can see, my collection is very much in its infancy, but it is fair to say I have fallen well and truly head over heels in love with vintage Pyrex and there's no going back. I recently wrote about all the many reasons why adore it over on my own blog and I would love to hear all you reasons for loving it too.

My current favourite piece is this little gravy boat, which I bought recently for only

 £1 ($1.61) - score!

and my latest addition is this egg shell blue butter dish, also a steal at

£1.50 ($2.42)

I can be quite fussy about the pieces I buy- I disregard anything adorned with fruit or chintzy little flowers (I'm all for granny chic, but there's definitely a limit).

Thank you again for having me- I'm now off to read some more about your super finds and to envy those of you with anything pink!



Mother Of Purl xx

Promotional Aqua Blue Scrolls

OK Pyrex Collective, it's SixBalloons here with my first post of the year!

I'm really excited to report that I have found another great promotional piece... Blue Scrolls!

I have been quite good sticking to my "rule" of not buying any Pyrex online, instead scouring around at thrift stores, church basement sales, etc. to find pieces in the wild. I'm pretty happy with the little collection I've put together so far.

I've got more photos and info of this piece, including a shot with a couple of my favourite Pyrex pieces here at sixballoons.blogspot.com!

Happy Pyrex New Year!

I'm not entirely sure what the proper protocol is on wishing *Happy New Year* to your friends (I think it's safe until MLK day?!) but, HAPPY NEW YEAR from Leah @ Storybook Ranch!!

I just wanted to share a couple of photos from our New Years spread, where we used the heck out of our Pyrex. A while ago, I made a promise before the Pyrex Gods that I would only keep pyrex with the color BLUE. It sure makes things easier for me.



The clear, lidded pyrex dishes are perfect for keeping dips chilled and for storing left overs, as well as for serving.
No transferring from serving dish to storage needed!



Here we used a Blue Amish Butterprint Bowl to hold shrimps and white butterprint casseroles to hold the chips.



In addition to Butterprint, we also used a Snowflake Divided snack dish  (sushi)
and a oblong casserole to hold our dipping breads.  



Hello, Bonjour, Guttentag!

Hello, My name is Ana (rhymes with Madonna) and normally you'll find me on my design blog Rearranged Design. I found this lovely blog through the Toronto Star article and I knew I had to be a part of it...my people!

I haven't been collecting pyrex long but I've admired it for a very long time and I just needed to find my piece to get the ball rolling as it were. I started with orange casserole dishes, then I acquired a Daisy divided dish but that's not what I wanted to share with you today.

It's this piece:

The Big Bertha 4 quart Aqua bowl. Makes your heart palpitate doesn't it? I picked it up for $3...THREE!
I have a great thrift store circuit that I do near my house and the store that's closest to me I usually skip, they never really have anything and usually I leave empty handed but this time I hit the jackpot!

I thought about styling it with some oranges for this picture but I think it's beauty speaks for itself. It's in fantastic shape and I've been using it for everything. I'm totally in love and now I'm determined to find the rest of the set.

The good news is that I've heard the hardest one to get is the big one...any truth to that?

HumHum Delphite!

This is my favorite Pyrex piece: The square bottom lipped bowl made in Canada in all it's delicious Delphite glory!

My second favorite Pyrex piece....

Is the Delphite casserole...yes Pyrex fans there is a Santa Claus! Also made in Canada (Ontario) in the 50's

It was found by one of the Pyrex soldiers (my father has actually recruited some friends to look for Pyrex for me!) at Value Village for 2.99$ you can't beat that!

Have a great evening and you have yourself some nice and peaceful delphite dreams!

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!

How cool is that?

This blog is soooo new, it still has the new blog smell!

I couldn't resist I had to post! Here's a pic called: Blue, Orange and Boubou.

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The bowl is from an 80's pattern called: Blue Rainbow.

Welcome to everyone and long live the Pyrex Collective! LOL