~ Pyrex Butterprint... and my can of Bar Keepers Friend....

I am late. So late. I had not realize there was a contest going on for Bar Keepers Friend. 

What I can do... is show off why I love this magical can of goodness. Along with my Mr. Clean sponge. These two items are my go to cleaning products for practically everything in my kitchen.  Especially when cleaning vintage glassware.

See that cooked on... grime covered Butterprint dish. The one that the glass lid had decades worth of burnt nasty in all the grooves.

The one that I purchased for 3.99 at the thrift store. And had been there looking all ugly, with no takers. Well it got a forever home with me. I knew I could make it pretty again.

With a little time... a sink of warm water and that can of Bar Keepers Friend. A little miracle can happen. I pour some power out on the counter and dip my damp sponge in it. And get to rubbing.

Look how pretty she turned out!  The only time I have run into issues with baked on grime... is in those tiny thin areas on the inner handle. It requires a tooth pick or a small tooth brush... a wet paste made from Bar Keepers... and patience. Sometimes I need a little help with the patience. 

I have always used Bar Keepers Friend for cleaning my vintage glass. It has never dulled anything I have worked on. Or scratch up the design.

(Every thought shared here, is from my own bias opinion. These pictures are from my original post from Farm Girl Pink @ 2013 which I decided to share here. Strictly so you can see how well the product has worked for me in the past. And I buy my Bar Keepers Friend from my local Kroger...)

Thrifting in Saskatchewan

I've been doing quite a bit of thrifting in April!  I've blogged about it here and here!

Pyrex isn't super hard to find out here in Saskatchewan, there almost always is at least one piece in Value Village.  In the Mennonite Clothes Closets it's rarer, and same with the Salvation Army's.  I've seen a few abused pieces that made me very very sad.  There are usually lots of Termo-Rey and the other glass companies as well.  

Some eye candy for you!

Also does anyone know of an online English Pyrex reference site?  The one I have linked to on my blog doesn't work anymore. :(

Maybe My Luck Is Returning.

Perhaps my drought is over... finally!

Got some great stuff over the last few days!
Some Butterprint and a horizon blue fridgie and guess what! There's more.

$4.54

503 Fridgie for $3.53

Hope on over to my blog LuluBelle Vintage for more thrifted goodness and a few questions I have for you pyrex experts!!
Happy Trails!
<3 Lulu

The Drought is Over...I think!

I was stunned and delighted to pull this out of the new merch bin at Goodwill yesterday. Four clear fridgies! Three with lids! And in a holder I've never seen before and not even sure originally came with the Pyrex--does anyone know for sure?

I picked the entire set up for $5.99. There was now way I was leaving the 501 lids behind!

I'm sure a lot of other collectors have the same issue, I had plenty of fridgies at home with missing lids! I would have gladly bought just the lids, but the extra pieces were a bonus, for sure. 

Also found last week was this little red set! I love the size of the little red dishes, they're darling. 

Then there's THIS! Orange Butterprint!! It's a 443, and a friend picked it up for me. I nearly keeled over when she texted me asking if I wanted it. 

To which I replied, "I want!!!!"

I guess it was marked $12.99 but she got it half off. Yay!

{Thank you, Kellee!}

After a day of thrifting with my husband last weekend this was the only Pyrex I had to show for it, but it was a fun find and $3.

And a Wheat 043 gifted to me by a friend who already had two.

{More thanks, Kellee!}

A Pixie was found at an antique mall for $6.

I've never seen one in real life before, so I was smitten with it's size!

And also these two little dudes, thrifted a couple weeks back.

Now I wish I hadn't sold my other Twin dish. Oh well...

So, I guess it's safe to say that Pyrex Drought of Winter 2012 is officially over for me. Last summer was really fruitful for me, so I'm looking forward to the Pyrex to come!

Cheers,

Heather @ Lark & Lola

PS--I recently spotted a little bit o' Pyrex at a retro kitchen exhibit here in Denver, check out my blog to see what I found: http://lastdayago.blogspot.com

Finally!

Here in the Great Northwest, there has been quite a shortage of decent Pyrex.  Sure I can still manage to come across at least 2 yellow Primary 404 bowls in a week along with a never ending supply of Spring Blossom.  But that all changed last week.  I managed to find some awesome pieces and I didn't have to go into one single antique store to get my fix!

My husband brought home the Colonial Mist 404 and I got the Old Town butter dish from a mobile home community rummage sale.  It was only 50 cents!  The Desert Dawn yellow 024 and lid were a steal from Goodwill for 99 cents FOR THE SET!  Crazy.

I got this HUGE 9" x 13" Snowflake Blue casserole dish and this 8" x 8" lime green square browning pan at the same Goodwill on the same day!  All of us Pyrex maniacs know that doesn't happen very often!

And let's not forget about the Butterprint refrigerator dishes and Family Flair dishes I blogged about earlier in the week.

Wow, what a week, huh?  Hopefully this is only the beginning.......

Reunited!

I got a phone call the other day from my husband that went something like this:

Hubs: I'm at St. Vincents and they have this dish with a lid that is white and has blue farmers on it.
Me: It's Butterprint.  What size is the dish?
Hubs: It has roosters on it too.
Me: It's Butterprint!  What size?
Hubs: And corn stalks.  It's in really good shape.
Me: IT'S BUTTERPRINT!  WHAT SIZE IS THE DISH?!
Hubs: Uhhhhh 503?  And it has a lid.  Should I get it?
Me: (Silently thinking) Have I taught you nothing?   (Out loud) Yes.
Hubs: Don't you want to know how much it is?
Me: Who cares! It's Butterprint!

So he brought home this perfect 503 refrigerator dish with the lid.  Price?  $4.99.

Then two days later I was in a hurry to get home and I told myself that I wasn't going to stop at the St. Vincent's that I was going to drive right by on my way home.  But I found myself slamming on my breaks and turning into the parking lot anyways.  I just can't help myself.  I'm so glad I stopped.  Look at what was waiting for me...

Two of the small Butterprint refrigerator dishes with lids.  For $3.99 apiece. 

Do you think they came from the same person?  My husband swears they weren't there when he found the larger one.  Why can't the thrift stores ever put things out that obviously go together at the same time?  Oh well.  Good thing I stopped that day, huh?

Have a great week!

Consolidating

Hello Pyrexians. Awhile back, I came to the conclusion that I had to stop collecting random pieces and get a print or color going for space and financial reasons. I decided on Gooseberry and Butterprint. These are my current pieces housed in my vintage cherry hutch.

Don't they look great?

Turquoise & Pink Have a New Home

While doing a little thrift store/antiquing this weekend, I found this cute old utility cart

It used to be pink and was in pretty good condition with only a few rust spots.  I wish I had gotten a before picture but my husband got ahold of the spray paint before I could.  It is turquoise now (sorry about the shadows).  Since he was doing all the hard work, I gave him the option of colors.  Being the guy he is, he obviously chose the blue over the pink.  Now it proudly sits in my kitchen and holds all of my turquoise and pink patterns

How lucky am I to have found a guy who can wield a can of spray paint? 

Have a great week!

Bits & Pieces

 I just thought I'd shared some recent acquisitions, my collection continues to grow {out of control}. Above is the Friendship purchase I made off Etsy. I got both for $22, which is not a deal by my standards, but I decided I wanted them for my daughter's 1st birthday party next month so I was willing to pay a little extra...

Also, yesterday I picked up the Butterprint 442 at an antique store, now all I need is the 441. If anyone has one for trade, let me know!

 A friend recently traded me this Garden Medley casserole, I decided it'd make a great dish for my paper whites.

Yesterday, I found this Golden Scroll casserole at Goodwill for $4.99. It needs a good cleaning, but I saw this dish at an antique store recently going for $20. So I happily paid $5 for it. I adore the color!

 This is, by far, my most favorite find recently! Pink Rainbow Stripes! Found them at a community garage sale/antique show. They had the same sizes in yellow & blue, too {and if I was rich, I would have jumped on them, but sadly I had to chose}. So I had to decide which color to take home, I chose pink. I paid $25 for the two. Again, more than I'm usually willing to pay, for sure, but it's not every day you see pink Rainbow Stripe, right?

 Although this find, at the same sale, was only $5! A Fire King jadite 2qt casserole! Not Pyrex, sorry, but I sort of have a thing for jadite, too. For $5, I couldn't pass it up! Although when I got it home and researched it, I found out it is Fire-King 2000, not vintage. Still, for $5 I love it!

 Last but not least, at an indoor flea market I picked up this corner shelf for a steal. I've been looking for a corner shelf to help with my Pyrex display {we live in too small a house for this addiction} so I took it home.

Thanks for looking. Happy Pyrexing!

Cheers,
Heather @ Lark & Lola

Recent Acquisitions

The perfect gift...of course!

This little snack server came courtesy of some late-night e-baying. It was just too cute to pass up at a fairly reasonable price.

As I was inspecting it, I noticed that the seller had left on the Goodwill price tag.

I LOVE this black and blue casserole. I had been stalking one at an antique store in Seattle, but they wanted way too much. While driving home from Thanksgiving I made a stop at the Thorpe fruit stand/antique store. It was much more reasonably priced and included the cradle. I couldn't resist!

This casserole was another result of late-night e-baying. 

I really shouldn't get on the computer after 11 pm.

It came with a little advert. So fun looking at all the pics and descriptions.

Yes please! I will take everything pictured here!!

I've had this turquoise casserole for awhile, but recently found this candle warmer cradle at a thrift store in Spokane. I don't know what it originally came with, but I was delighted that it fit the basic round casseroles.

My little sister picked up a small and medium refrigerator dish in turquoise butterprint at a thrift store in Idaho. So nice of her. I love fridgies and turquoise!!