Yard Sale Season

What an amazing weekend!  Not that we did anything extraordinary.  With some great company and new friends, this weekend was awesome. 

This weekend I had the opportunity to meet a fellow Pyrex collector and vintage lover, Trish of My Wicked Vintage.  I've been following her on Instagram for a long time, fascinated by her awesome eye for vintage Pyrex, all things medical vintage and all around positive outlook on life.   It didn't take long to realize she is practically my neighbor, so when I saw that she was having a yard sale, parting with tons of her Pyrex treasures, I was there in a heartbeat.  And even went back for a second dose.   It was so great to meet her and put a face with her awesome Instagram feed.   Trish hooked me up with some awesome pieces for my Friendship and Butterprint collection, which I'll share when the sets are more complete, and she also started my Verde collection for the fabulous price of $10.  I've had my eye on the Verde set for a while now, which is a beautiful set of varying avocado greens. 

Verde Cinderella mixing bowls

After visiting Trish on the second day of her yard sale, she recommend a street wide yard sale a few blocks down, so I couldn't help but haul my husband and our buddy Tim for a little more Pyrex hunting.   And we were not disappointed, well, I wasn't.   Within ten minutes I scored the Verde refrigerator set in mint condition for the fabulous yard sale rate of $22.  

Verde Refrigerator Dishes

These are only a few other pieces in the Verde set,  so to have so easily acquired my most coveted pieces in one weekend, within two miles of my home, well, I'm feeling pretty lucky. 

When we weren't shopping the yard sales, we did a lot of hanging out with some out of town friends, and our kick ass neighbors.  Fires in the firepit both nights and copious amounts of craft beer.  I'm loving these friend filled summer weekends!  Now if you will excuse me, my husband is popping some popcorn and putting that 404 qt. cinderella to use. 

When Shipping Pyrex Goes Wrong

One of the most convenient ways to add to my Pyrex collection is shopping online.   In the online Pyrex market the only thing I have to be selective about is how much I want to spend on items.   I've purchased from a variety of places including ebay, shopgoodwill.com and even Instagram.  All of which have been very lucrative and vital in the growth of my Pyrex collection.    Out of the dozens of items I've purchased this way, only once have I suffered any damaged items.   But once is heart breaking enough.  The item I lost was a Horizon Blue #403 2 1/2qt mixing bowl.  Luckily, the 401 and the 402 made it in one piece still.

Often when Pyrex is broken in transit, it's the fault of the shipper, however in this case, I do not believe that to be true.   I'm fairly certain that my USPS postal worker treated it like a kickball.  She doesn't tend to show us as tenants a lot of respect with any of our mail and the item was very well bubble wrapped.  Here's what I found when I opened up my package: 

Luckily, this was the first time I opted for insurance on since I've started buying online.  The cost of the item and the shipping was covered, but I haven't had the heart to bring myself to place another online order since.   In the meantime,  I'll be spending my time weeding my collection of items I'm not truly in love with.

French Daisy

This weekend my husband and I were lucky enough to spend time in Cincinnati where my husband grew up.  Our trips to Cincinnati are never long enough because there are so many wonderful people to spend time with.  We spent Saturday morning with his parents at an annual art festival called Summerfair.  This event is always held at an old amusement park called Coney Island.  My in-laws are a real riot so we had a great time.  They are also incredibly generous, so we are bringing home this beautiful wood bowl.

Woodturned bowl by Richard Ruehle

We spent the evening with some of our friends.  Our friend Andrea bought her very first house and we are so excited for her!   As a housewarming gift I gave her an adorable Colonial Mist mixing bowl set.

  

Colonial Mist Mixing bowl set

The house is a work in progress, but hopefully she will be able to put these to use  often in the near future.  In the meantime, they will sure come in handy for popcorn.