Orange

I love orange, it makes me so happy. Did you know it's the official color of Mensa? I picked some orange pieces up this weekend and the Long Beach Flea Market. There was so much Pyrex there, it ranges all over the board in prices but I got some deals.

I grabbed the fridge for $6 and the 404 bowl for $10. I'm trying to cobble together an all orange nesting bowl set. The 404 and 401 are the trickiest to find in the wild so I'm pretty happy I found it rather than pay $20 plus for it online.

Aqua Fridgies - Craigslisted!

Hi Pyrex Collective, it's SixBalloons here!

I think we probably all have our own personal "Wishlist" of Pyrex items - if you are anything like me, you'll occassionally haunt eBay and see if you can scoop a smoking deal on say, the New Dots set of bowls or something.

One set that I love looking for are the Aqua Fridgies, which regularly go for more than $100. I was browsing Craigslist recently and saw a local ad posting a set of the Aqua 501, 502 and 503 for... wait for it... Fifteen Dollars!!

Was it too good to be true? I phoned and emailed the seller right away, but didn't hear back for almost a week. During that time, the ad was deleted and I figured someone else lucked out.

If you're interested in what happened and to check out more photos of my new Aqua Fridgie Set, come by my longer post at http://sixballoons.blogspot.ca/2012/03/pyrex-aqua-fridgie-set.html to read all about it and tell me what you would have done!

Butterprint Fridgie Score!

Hello Everyone, SixBalloons here... by the way, I see this is Post #900! Amazing stuff. =)

I am wrapping up my series on thrifting in Victoria, BC where I was on vacation two weekends ago for a wedding.

My favourite find of the trip was this beautiful Pyrex Butterprint fridgie! I loved it even more when I saw the price tag...

Yay, $2.95 and in perfect condition! I also saw three lids for the 043 small casseroles for a bargain, but I don't actually have any orphaned Pyrex dishes needing those. Feel free to read more about my adventures thrifting in Victoria at sixballoons.blogspot.com!

Pyrex

Freeze dried strawberries & unsalted, roasted sunflower seeds in a pair of brown 501 Pyrex refrigerator dishes.

- Sir Thrift-A-Lot

For Trade!

So the living room/ dining room redo is almost over and now it is time to re-evaluate the massive stock pile of glass ware (I.E. pyrex...) Well most of it is Pyrex! hehe

Here is some of the Pyrex I have to trade so far....

A large 503 bright orange fridgie from the Daisy set. The smaller one is kind of spoken for....for the time being.

A Pink 502 fridgie. The lid has changed....it is now a pre-1950 lid, with just stripes on the sides.

A lovely JAJ english Pyrex fridgie.

A small Woodland casserole with lid.

 A Horizons divided casserole.

A small Frienship casserole sans lid.

A Laurel RW platter

A Red Kettle RW serving platter

I am sure I have more pieces up for trade but I haven't got the time yet to go through the boxes!

Here are some of the pieces I'm looking for:

The very elusive metal chip and dip clip

A 2 1/2 quarts 045 Charcoal Snowflake casserole

A 502 and 503 Gooseberry

2 salad/dessert Flamingo plates (Pyrex dinnerware) 

Now if you're interested but you don't have what I'm looking for don't hesitate and write me because you might have a piece that I don't even know I need!

All my pieces have been used but gently some have scratches, but NOTHING has been in the dishwasher and they don't have chips.

My email address is in my profile and drop my blog also I love your visits !

Have a great evening :)

Miss V.

Town & Country Lass and her Distant Cousin

I made a quick thrift stop on the way home yesterday and was pleased to find the Town & Country 503 Fridgie.  I don't need another 503, but....A) It's a pattern I don't have, B) I have a billion 503 lids looking for a fridgie, and C) She was only $2.99.  How's that for justification?

While there I saw the CorningWare baker (complete with mid-century cradle) that I've considered getting in the past.  While not as cool as pyrex, it did strike me as being quite functional, as I do a lot of baking (and a little entertaining), so I grabbed that one too.  Why not!

do you need this?

i was just reading through blogs and i saw that my favorite "junque" store, Gina's Junk, has a fridgie set for sale!

i don't need it, but i was wondering if anyone in the collective might need/want these. give gina a call to order them OR if she won't ship them, shoot me an e-mail and i will pick them up for you and mail them... you just pay shipping.

taylor

taylorebarnhill (at) yahoo (dot) com

Pyrex Delphite Fridgie

Hullo Pyrex Collective, it's SixBalloons here, I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!

I had a ridiculous morning of thrifting Saturday at a local annual fair. It's only been a week or so since I found a couple of Pyrex Delphite side plates, and I can't believe I came upon a Delphite loaf pan fridgie for $2!! It honestly was waiting for me since last year when I passed it up at the last sale due to the price.

Here it is with my Primary Blue loaf pan. Love that almost-lavender baby blue colour...

If you're interested in reading more about the awesome sale, including the Dansk Kobenstyle pot I purchased for 50¢, come on by to sixballoons.blogspot.com and say hello!

Juicy!

My two favorite colors are aqua and orange and I love this sweet little fridgie against this backdrop.

After I took this picture I sent it to my friend, she sent me one back of a red fridgie on her desk filled with M&M's!

I use most of my fridgies to hold my candy stash and I have one that holds salt for cooking on the stove. What do your fridgies hold?

Blue Fridgie!

Hello Pyrex Collective, it's SixBalloons here! It appears that a lot of us have had luck lately at places we previously dismissed as "No Pyrex Zones".

I made a great discovery at one such No Pyrex Zone where I found this beauty!

Is something in the air? Does Spring Cleaning result in people purging their shelves of unwanted Pyrex?

Come on over to my blog and read all about my Primary Blue Fridgie Find!

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

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

Cute use for a topless fridgie..

Here is a cute use for a topless fridgie by vintagelove who owns a booth in Blue Banana Market here in Kensington Market in the heart of Toronto. Using it to display their business cards.


Yours truly,
Sir Thrift A Lot

A home for my junks

I posted this on my regular blog and my thrifting blog but I had to share it here too as all the pieces are one I've documented here.

This was the first project I tackled in my new apartment (I just moved from Seattle to Los Angeles). Luckily all my Pyrex survived the move and have a new happy home.

New Obsession!

I've been collecting Pyrex for 4 years now. At first I hungered for ALL the pieces but as time passed and my collection grew, I started being 'picky' and passing entire patterns.
A couple of weeks ago, I started obsessing about Spring Blossom Green and Crazy Daisy. It made me think of Spring and flowers and sunshine.

So today I changed my display in the kitchen...

Best Friends!

Chatting...

My new acquisitions? A small fridgie and the larger refrigerator dish of the Verde set.

Aren't they fresh and sweet?

Orange and Yellow

I just did a major move from Seattle to Los Angeles. Boy I'm going to miss those Seattle thrift stores, They are such goldmines!

On my last thrift run I found some really awesome pieces.

I picked up these two fridgies for $5 each and the casserole for $6.

I found this lidless guy for $4. 

Such great deals, I'll miss Sea-Town!

We shall see what LA brings...

some quick finds

i thought i would write a quick post on some of the pyrex finds i made last weekend. yes i am a week behind on blogging... but in my defense, i'm in wedding planning mode (at least for the next nine months!!)

anyway, you want me to stop talking and show the goods:

i found two snowflake garland pieces to add to my rapidly growing collection... and my first lil green fridgie. and i must say this guy photographs a LOT worse than he looks in real life. trust me, he is not this beat up looking.

but he gets to join the blue fridgie family. (who by the way have NO lids. dang those things are hard to find!) i also picked up a lot more thrifted items that i plan on using at the wedding... if you want to check it out.

i'm going thrifting again today, so wish me luck. have a great weekend!!

taylor

Pyrex Fridgies!

Hello Pyrex Collective, it's SixBalloons here! I hope everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit and avoiding conflicts in mall parking lots...

I just wanted to share some cute refrigerator dishes that I found recently. The cute small round casserole dish with lid is my first pink piece, and I was really surprised to find the red fridgie in such great condition. I also really love the blue loaf pan's size and colour, so I was happy to stumble upon this "duplicate" for my collection.

I'm looking forward to having some time off next week... Merry Christmas to you all if I don't have anything else to share before then!

Check another off the list.

One more aqua piece has landed in my grubby hands. I got this for a deal on ebay and it was insanely well packaged. The lid has a lot of caked on debris which I have been going at with toothpicks (it really works).

My goal next is the tiny fridgies, the loaf pan/fridgie, the cinderella bowl, the round cake pan and the pie pan...phew...that's it for aqua isn't it?

I'm moving soon and I can't wait to display all this in my new kitchen!

The Many Uses...

Hi Pyrex friends!  It's Anna popping over from Victory Garden Yarn!  I asked you all in my last post here at the Pyrex Collective how you like to use your Pyrex other than for baking and staring at in your pretty displays.  I thought I would share my latest use:


Kitschy Christmas craft fair display!  When peddling handmade, kitsch-inspired Christmas ornaments, one is practically required to pull out their holiday hued Pyrex and show it off, right?!


Since my little 'Atomic Christmas Ornaments' were inspired by the classic colors of a 1950's Christmas, it is only appropriate that classic Christmas Pyrex be a part of the display.


If you look very closely you can also see my new favorite use for a small fridgie: business card holder, brilliant!

Those of use who have hefty collections of Pyrex must come up with new and ingenious ways of using our Pyrex...that way we can justify having it all when asked, 'But, don't you have enough yet?'