First off, I found my first Cathrineholm. The skillet was an unmarked Goodwill find and the bowl is an unmarked square pattern that isn't as frequently seen as the popular Lotus design. I would be thrilled to find more pieces in the wild for good prices!
I thrifted these sweet little McKee Glasbake custard cups for 99 cents total. I love polka dots!
I also found a vintage holy grail - a custard McKee dots dish! In the same antique store I found the Snowflake Blue dish to finish my round casseroles (470's) and got a fantastic deal on some pink fridgies!
On the Fire King front, I bought the blue band and pink band bowls to complete my Stripes set.
I also thrifted my favorite Fire King mug ever - a 99 cent reStore purchase.
These original ads were antique store purchases, but were inexpensive - I spent 3 times what I paid for them to frame them, lol!
I didn't realize when I thrifted this vintage Lisa Frank lunch bag just how much I'd use it and love it. It's held drinks and snacks for my husband and I on many a yard sale day/antique trek. It also seems like Lisa Frank is on a major resurgance lately. I saw so many different knickknacky Lisa Frank items at the Dollar General around Christmas this year, I requested them for my stocking stuffers.
And speaking of yard sales, this is one of my very favorite finds of the year. And it definitely wins for best yard sale score.
I wish I had the slightest idea who made these canisters. They are unmarked. Chances are good they were sold nested with only a sticker on them or a cardboard holder/box. The turquoise set was a junk store find earlier in the year. Each set was 5 bucks! I really want to know who made these and what color combinations exist!
And on the Pyrex front, I thrifted a new cabinet (that I still haven't painted!) to store some of my favorite pieces. I've toyed around with the idea for years of taking a turquoise Pyrex mixing bowl with me to have color matched at the store, and this year I think I'm really going to do it. It might make me rethink what pieces I have on display, but that's okay with me. What I'd really like to do is turquoise on the outsides and as the drawer color, but white shelves and insides with white framing the whole piece. I'd also like to measure the backs of the shelves and have some kind of thin wood that could be painted or framed with fabric. I'd start off with black & white chevrons, but I'd also like to try just a solid lime green as well.
I found my second turquoise bowl set in the wild, and I shamelessly snapped them up.
I also very recently added my first piece of turquoise bakeware.
I also scored my very first Pyrex in the original box!
And added a couple of great Horizon Blue pieces to my collection. I love those decorated opal lids so much!
Added two Friendship pieces I'd never seen in the wild before.
Also recently added these unusual labware pieces to my collection. Butterfly Gold looks really neat in blue!
Finally, to round out the year, I added a couple of Christmas items that were high on my wishlist. First I found several working strands of bubble lights at a yard sale for 10 bucks, then I added 7 more boxes via thrift stores!
So I think this is the longest post ever! I'm sure I've forgotten things, and failed to post some good stuff. Maybe sometime I will catch up with the rest of the world, get a smartphone and do that ole instagram thing all the kool kats and hep chicks are talking about.
I've not really gotten out so far this year. Went thrifting once. Found a lady head vase for my mom and few Pyrex mugs, but that's it so far. Hopefully we'll hit the town by Valentine's Day and find some new treasures.
Looking forward to finding all sorts of neat treasures in 2015!
Happy Thrifting!
I love these type of posts. It's always fun to go back and see what people have found. It also gives me ideas of what to add to my Wish List!
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Erica
Hi - I'm your newest follower and I'm enjoying going back and reading some of your old posts.
ReplyDeleteI had that exact Friendship casserole for years that my mom had originally bought new. Last year I was using it and it shattered in the oven. I was shocked and crushed.
Great blog!