Pyrex Sale!

Home is Where My Pyrex Is

The last four months of my life were completely consumed by a renovation and then a move into the newly renovated home. It's been a very exhausting experience, but also a true blessing layered with amazing learning opportunities.  Throughout that time I had 90% of my collection packed away and did my best to not continue adding more and more Pyrex to the pile of boxes (28 boxes :x). We've been settled in our new home for one week now and it's been wonderful. My Pyrex collection is out and ready to play.

I don't have most of it fully displayed because I've lost all of my plastic containers I used for stacking, but I'll aquire more in no time. I do have a new to me server that I couldn't resist jazzing up with my spring display.

The server is a family heirloom and I'm so lucky to have it. The side cabinets are amazing for storing divided dishes, which I've decided I have too many of. 

I'm thinking I'll give one away shortly through my Instagram account, @morepyrexplease. Stay tuned for more info on that. 

Now that the renovation and move are behind us, we have a cross country trip coming up where I hope to do more treasure hunting. I'm feeling so blessed and excited about life!

💛Beth

Soup, Chicken Noodle

Chicken Noodle soup has never really been my idea of a delicious meal. At least, not until I had an awesome homemade serving of it a few years ago. My mom, best friend, and myself road tripped down to Atlanta to spend a few days with my high school best friend, Ashley.  Let's take a minute to discuss how wonderful Ashley is. She's AMAZING.  She befriended me the day she started working with me at the dry cleaners. She is one of the funniest, sincere, and downright stylish woman I've met in my 28 years.  I can't get enough of her, especially now that she lives thousands of miles away. Well, Ashley got right to it after college and by the time we got down to see her, she was serving up a lovely dinner of homemade chicken noodle soup to us, her three boys, all under 3, and her husband. And let me tell you, that chicken noodle soup was a game changer. It was so simple, yet so tasty. I had never considered making homemade soup until that moment. Three years has gone by since that experience, and now I can't stop making soup at least once a week.

I've made this one a few times and I appreciate it because it's so simple. I used this recipe from food.com.  

I served it up in 441 cinderella Pyrex bowls because they are the perfect size, and the spout and handle make picking them up when the soup is steaming much more comfortable. 

There are only two of us for now, so we tend to have excessive leftovers from soup. I package a few in small mason jars to take for lunch and freeze the rest. 

Stay warm out there and snuggle up to a warm bowl of homemade soup soon! 

Fall Reflecting

So, life is good. Busy, but very good.  My husband and I have spent three of the last five weekends attending out of town weddings.  One of the many great things about the weddings was the treasure hunting in new locations.  While in Cincinnati last weekend, I scored some excellent goodies. 

We found the bar cart, the primary colors nesting bowls, the jadeite juice reamer, and the Friendship mixing bowl all for under $75. I'm super excited to put the bar cart to use even more in our new kitchen when we move in a few months.  The Spring Blossom 401 and the dishwasher damaged Primary 401 were a gift from a friend of mine I got to see at the wedding. 

I think these Primary Colors mixing bowls will become one of my everyday sets.  They are cheerful enough that they will make me smile when I use them, but they aren't in the best shape, so I won't feel bad knocking them around in my pan drawer. 

This square Horizon Blue baking dish was a gift from a man who goes to church with my parents.  He is also a treasure hunter and came across this beauty and picked it up for me after hearing about my collection. I'm so grateful and delighted by his generousity. 

This Friendship pattern mixing bowl was a steal.  Unfortunately, part of the pattern is melted off on the other side. 

  

This Florida orange juice citrus reamer is one of my favorite finds from the weekend.  I've always wanted a jadeite reamer and this one is adorable. 

These Verde casseroles were also a gift my mom found me.  

I'm so lucky to have so many generous and considerate people in my life!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

My mother-in-law introduced me to some of my favorite cookies a few years back, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies.  This is one of the simplest cookies to make, as there are only three ingredients.

Ingredients:

1 box of spice cake mix

1 (15 oz) can of pumpkin puree

1 bag of dark chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Combine ingredients in beautiful vintage Pyrex mixing bowl ;)
3. Scoop using melon baller onto baking pan.
4. Bake for 14-16 minutes.
5. Enjoy!

Not only do I love these cookies, but I love my new-to-me Friendship divided casserole.  My husband surprised me with it a few days before our anniversary, which is today.

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies in Friendship divided casserole

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I have over the years!

Harvest Moon

In the wake of a beautiful harvest moon that hung low in the sky, I've found myself fully emerged in the season.  My beautiful city of Cleveland has taken its time adapting to 'normal' temperatures, but a heavy 15+ hour rain has brought a cool breeze.  Today we started bringing out a few seasonal decorations, and I also prepared one of my favorite autumnal snacks, candy corn and peanuts.

The combination of salty and sweet is perfect!  It tastes just like a Payday candy bar and look how great it looks in my Friendship casserole!  Hope you are all having a lovely Saturday and enjoying the beautiful season around you.

The Power of Pyrex

It's been just over a year since I started collecting Pyrex.  Over the year I've accumulated around 80 pieces of vintage Pyrex in a range of patterns and colors.   I've had a lot of fun hunting thrift stores, antique malls, flea markets, garage sales and estate sales on Saturdays, Sundays and sometimes lunch breaks.

Since I've started collecting I've attempted to participate in the online Pyrex collecting community. Sort of.  Instagram was the first pyrex community I started participating in, then I looked for Pyrex blogs to follow and keep up with.  Recently, I've joined a few Pyrex collecting communities on Facebook.   The reason I've attempted to participate in these communities is to gain knowledge, awareness and inspiration of all things vintage Pyrex.  What I've found in joining these communities is that they each provide what I'm looking for but also come with a side of drama.  Though many of the other users are there for the same reason I am, it's inevitable there will be a very few very opinionated, "know-it-all" participants who are trying to out-smart, and out-do what everyone else is doing and saying.  Now, don't get me wrong.  I'm all about constructive feedback.  But I'm not interested in someone trying to "school" another user for any reason.  When this behavior takes place I do my best to ignore it, as I do not find it to be a healthy contribution to my life.

Luckily, there is still plenty of good.

It's safe to say that I'm most active in the Instagram pyrex community, as that is the forum in which I discovered the beauty of vintage Pyrex.  It was also this community that I was lucky enough to find and connect with another local Pyrex collector.  Trisha of My Wicked Vintage is truly amazing!  She has a fascinating spectrum of interests and a great eye.   One of her collections is vintage Pyrex and she has been actively collecting it for years ( I'm pretty sure she said 20 years ).    I know I've talked about her before on here, but that's because she is totally my Pyrex idol.  She has been very kind to me at her garage sales as she selectively whittles down her collection to a museum worthy showcase.  Last week she held another garage sale and hooked me up with pieces that I didn't know I needed, but couldn't go without now.

These online communities are full of knowledge, inspiration and valuable contributors, and as long as I proceed as a positive contributor, I hope to continue to gain excellent contacts and friends.