Just an inkling...

Hello Pyrex friends!  Anna from Victory Garden Yarn here.  I recently took a trip to visit family...and returned home to my pokey little Seattle apartment with an armload of new Pyrex!  The fridgies above are just an inkling of the perfectly pretty pieces I found on my journey to California.  You can see the rest of my newest additions by hopping over to my blog, The Victory Garden: Yarn and Curiosities.

I must admit, I never thought I would find a Gooseberry fridgie in the wild, and it might just be my newest prized piece of Pyrex!

What are some of your most prized Pyrex pieces?

xo

Anna

The Victory Garden: Yarn and Curiosities

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!

Primary colors refrigerator set

Hello!  Sharon from icantotallymakethat here!  After drooling over all the gorgeous refrigerator sets shown on this blog, I finally have a set to call my own!

I've been trying to learn more about them and from what I gather, there are older lids and newer lids?  Seeking expert opinions please!

More giddiness about this refrigerator set here on my blog.  Thanks for sharing in the addiction!

Pink and Grey and White, Oh My!

Hello there my good Pyrex people! It's Anna popping over from Victory Garden Yarn to share my latest pieces of Pyrex happiness!

One benefit of using a few found objects for my crafting business is that I am forced to go on quite extensive thrifting excursions on a somewhat regular basis. Bummer, eh? I'm always hunting for gently used vintage embroidery hoops...but you know, the housewares section is usually located two steps away from the craft section in most of the thrifts...

So they make it really easy for me to get a little business AND pleasure taken care of!  I have dreams of owning an entire set of dove grey Pyrex dinnerware, so two salad plates and two teacups (even with a bit of a gold stripe still intact!) are a good start.  Pink Gooseberry is always welcome on my (slightly bowing with too much weight) shelves.  My Pink Gooseberry count has risen from one to three, yippee!

The opal loaf pan may look like your ordinary loaf pan...but when I consulted my handy dandy Pyrex spreadsheet that I carry around with me at all times (more on that some other day...) I realized that this one is actually a half inch larger on all sides than the one I already own.  Score!  I actually use my loaf pans a lot; not just for baking, but around the house and on shelves to corral my wayward mail, pens, business cards, fabric, you name it.  The same with the few small fridgies I have found; quarters for laundry, business cards (ooh, that gives me a good idea for my upcoming craft booths, yes!), little bits of yarn I might need for package tying...fridgies are perfect!

And that teeny tiny little carafe looks quite familiar!  I think I'll be putting some colored pencils in it to go with my other small glass carafe!

Which leads me to ask all you lovely people the question: What do you use your Pyrex for, other than baking and drooling over on your beautiful display shelves?

California Pyrex Dreamin'

Hi there!  This is Anna, resident Yarn Wrangler and thrifter extraordinaire, popping over from Victory Garden Yarn to introduce myself and say hello!

I happen to be on a small sojourn from the cool, calm, and collected Pacific Northwest to the (very) hot and not-too-bothered Central Valley of California.  Upon disembarking my wee plane (into the ninety degree heat, I might continue to add), a large vehicle (with plenty of room for transporting things...such as Pyrex) was waiting for me, complete with familial chauffeur ready to hunt and gather vintage milk glass of a particular persuasion.

What we found was...well, you just have to see it:



And it continued throughout the day. As the heat rose, these two wilty hunters couldn't tell if they were feeling faint due to the excessive heat or the overwhelming displays of Pyrex they encountered...



All of this bounty was not lost on these weary and searching souls.  Oh no, for our brains were suddenly clear and our hands were able to reach for shiny objects.


Cradles and fridgies and baking pans and pixies!


Perfectly pristine and packaged Pyrex! 

We think we may have found Pyrex Heaven...but it's hard to say...as Miss Scarlet would say, tomorrow IS another day...

Here's to you Erin, Delphite in the snow !

As I was talking to Erin last night, I mentionned that I brought the Delphite outside last winter for a photo op...

Here goes

Fridgies and Cups & Saucers

Milk Pitcher, Cream and Sugar

                                               A Cup & Saucer close-up

A Fridgie close-up

As far as we know the biggest fridgie (503) was never produced in Delphite. The blue lid is more desirable than the transparent one because it was made for a really short time...People (housewives) wanted to see their leftovers hence the transparent lid! 

All those pieces were made in Ontario, Canada in the late 40's early 50's. They have the Pyrex Canada stamp under.

Gotta love the Delphite! LOL!