Sunday, August 14, 2011

Jumping on the bandwagon


Yep, we are finally on, the vintage pyrex bandwagon of course. There is a lot of love out in blog world for the humble vintage pyrex bowl and Betsy and I are so excited to have joined the club. I feel compelled to reveal the secret to sourcing such an item as they are getting scarce in op shop circles. This one was from my local op shop, just down the road, the one I would pop into easily once or twice a week. Usually there is not much of interest.

Until I did a quick sideboard and wardrobe cleanout and took a huge bag of scary things like coasters made of laminated gum leaves, down to my local oppie. Secret Santa presents from 1999 and the like. I suspect the coasters had been spawning as there was also an equally nasty set of glass coasters with dodgy handpainted butterflies. And for this speedy cull, the universe decided I was to be rewarded with not only vintage pyrex but a small collection of treasures, all from the one shop.


This plate just caught my eye for the lovely pattern, made in Germany, no idea if it's new or old but could imagine it covered in bikkies.


And just look at this dress.  A beautiful home made pale pink dress with fabric in that old style stiff cotton that is almost like linen. Still smelling very much like a nanna's wardrobe and with the pearliest pink buttons all the way up the back. But the lucky little girl who wore this (maybe once, to a wedding perhaps as it is in immaculate condition) had another little sister dress to this one.



This one is white with a gorgeous pink frill down the front but has a zipper in the back and is not lined like the pink one. I can't wait to dress miss Liongirl up in these and take some photos. Am a little scared to wash them though, any tips on this kind of fabric would be appreciated.



And one lovely pink, purple and pale blue wool blanket to finish off with. Confirms to me that culling and giving away is really, really worthwhile. Now, I do also have a small confession to make. I have been experimenting with house colours again. Exterior colours actually. After living with my previous colour choice for a few months and it being too cold to actually do any nocturnal painting, I decided my previous colour choice was too neutral, bland and too similar to the neighbours house. Now I'm leaning towards grey. And I've started mixing my own as I can't find a sample colour I like.



It's obviously a work in progress. Did make a nice backdrop to the German plate photo, that's my own colour mix going on. Just need to live with it for a while and let the weather warm up a bit to be sure. Linking in with Sophie to see if anyone else had a falling in love with pyrex kind of weekend.

17 comments:

  1. I found a little pyrex myself...welcome to the club! Love the plate, gorgeous colours and pattern. Good luck with the house colours, greys may be as hard as whites.

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  2. oooh your pyrex looks to be in perfect condition. LOVE the the pink dress especially.

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  3. it's the best bandwagon to be on! i must say i have a couple of pieces. dresses are divine and i love the grey. i can imagine beautiful flower pots against it in summer. lovely. xx

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  4. Everything you found is lovely: Pyrex, plate, blanket but most especially those pretty little pink party dresses. How nice to find two.

    I hope you find a grey you like...we have a grey house and I think it looks great. x

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  5. Yep on the Pyrex band wagon also since a few weeks ago. It must be popular as I rarely see it in oppies. Fantastic bowl.

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  6. I havnt joined the Pyrex wave yet not sure I will unless its a wonderful pattern and super cheap but will see I do love that plate you got.I also love vintage girls dresses I have a few but wish I still had the 2 beautiful 50s ones I had when my girls were little.I think its why I am a hoarder now cant have giveaway regrets then just need lots of space lol

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  7. Love that you shared your finds. Love the bowl and the dress. Not sure how you would wash them except maybe in some planet soap and just hand wash. Planet soap is very mild and won't leave build up. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. vintage pyrex, just beautiful! I always scour the homewares shelves at the oppies for delightful pieces but apart from a nice glass salad bowl I found at a garage sale I have yet to find anything exciting. Lucky you!

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  9. I found a nice bit of 70's oval pyrex myself the other day. I didn't have the change but asked the to hold it. Next day when I returned to pick it up I was also blessed with a carved wooden 60's Daisy Duck wall relief thingy which I bought for 50 cents. I too believe in what I like to call op shop karma. Donate big and ye shall receive!

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  10. lovely finds, especially the plate. Betsy is going to look fab in her new frock.

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  11. I love your pyrex bowl what a great find. I've been on the look out at my local oppies but no luck, I did see three sold together at the local antique shop for about $40 but it sounded a bit expensive so I didn't buy them. Is that expensive? I do like the colours you are looking at for your house, I think the grey and white looks great together as a colour combination. Have a great week. x

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  12. I never seem to find any pyrex locally in great colors or patterns. Everyone around here seemed to favor the golds and browns back in the day. Your bowl is lovely!!

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  13. Good finds, especially the plate it's fantastic. Now don't hate me, but can I just say, please don't mix your own paint colour for the house. It just makes it so difficult in the long run. (We run a painting co) What you can do though, is find test posts and colours from other paint companies and the place you want to buy the paint from can mix it. Eg if you want a Resene colour, British paints can match it. This way you can be sure the whole batch ends up the same colour otherwise there will be TEARS. Resene paints have some lovely greys and neutrals if that helps. I don't know if you have Wattyl in Australia, but they have great colours too! Hope that helps. deb xx

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  14. Loving your gorgeous wool blanket. Makes me think of being a little girl snuggled beneath one.

    Wattyl do a great grey colour called Weathered Grey (I think) - I have struggled with mixing my own paint.

    Take care.

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  15. Those bluey greys are divine, keep mixing!

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  16. Oh pyrex makes me happy, although I have none. Speaking of painting... I better get on with it!

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  17. remember the 'humpy' ... that little place near the bay where you collected the iron bed? Have a look at Nippon (Bunnings brand) {Hickory 2} ... however I would suggest having it mixed in a Taubmans or Dulux!

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