Pyrex Haul

It goes in waves. The Pyrex, that is.

About a week and a half ago, I thrifted a pink bowl in the Gooseberry pattern, the largest bowl in the Cinderella shape (the pour spout shape), after about two months of not finding a piece. Two months! Now, I realize I have a lot of Pyrex, so the pieces I need are becoming few and far between. As they should.

But two months was a long time for someone who thrifts all the time.

So I found this amazing pink bowl, and then at a different thrift store a couple hours later, I found a beautiful yellow and white Gooseberry bowl set. (Scroll down to see more photos. Also, the yellow and white, and pink were $13 each.)

So not only do I find the same pattern in different colors, but I also find a rare pattern. Very rare. These are patterns from the 1950s so finding them seventy years later is already a miracle. Finding them in nearly excellent condition is another one. And that's what happened all on the same day.

Then, a few days later, I found this beautiful blue and white Butterprint pattern, also from the 1950s. These were about $12 each. Then I found the small bowl for the chip and dip Balloon pattern. This is the rarest of all the patterns I found that week! My finds just kept getting better and better.

As I said, if you're a Pyrex collector who thrifts a lot, you understand what I'm talking about. It's feast or famine sometimes. And I feasted like a queen last week!

The prices were very, very fair for rare Pyrex. 

I had to share my finds and one of these days, I'll have all that I'm looking for. But until that happens, every time I thrift a piece of Pyrex, I know how miraculous it is. It seems like everyone is collecting it, so finding them at great prices feels like I've struck gold. Eureka!

Happy Pyrex hunting...

Isn't she beautiful? Set of three.

In ridiculously good condition. The Balloon pattern.

A picture of the set from the book "Pyrex Passion." Buy it here.

Part of my Pyrex collection.

Yellow and White Gooseberry. Just missing the third bowl.♥

Pink Gooseberry.

Voila. Already had the other two, now to find the smallest one.

My collection after only four years of ONLY thrifting Pyrex.
March 2021-2025
Anything is possible...

Reference Book: Pyrex Passion

Vintage Haul Flat Lay / March 2025

I haven't done one of these for a while and thought this latest haul from last week was fun. Look at those browns, rust red, and bright oranges. Love how they coordinate unintentionally.

This haul was a little bit of everything:

• vintage '70s military shooting shirt (first time sourcing this piece ever)
• vintage '50s blond mink fur stole
• vintage '80s Harris Tweed Hat
• vintage '70s women's leather vest
• vintage '60s men's mid-century "bowling" shirt
• vintage '60s Hawaiian Liberty House dress

Thanks for checking out my latest finds. Everything is headed to the shop this week.♥

-Heather

Vintage ‘40s Dresses in Perennial Vintage on Etsy

Some exquisite 1940s dresses just hit the shop this week!

Several are from my collection that I've been waiting to wear, but never got around to it, or realized I didn't fit. A couple needed repairs and cleaning.

But finally, I've listed all four of them just this week, and they are beautifully coordinated together with their pastel spring colors. Easter dresses are here.♥

Visit the shop for all the details or click on the pictures to take you to each dress. 

Vintage Haul - February 18, 2025

Almost every thrift store within a hundred mile radius was having a 50% off sale for Presidents’ Day yesterday. 

I didn’t go to any of them. 

We were hosting my sons’s birthday party that evening and I really had to much to do. 

So much to my surprise, when I went thrifting today, I still found things I wanted to pick up for the shop. Which goes to show - everyone is looking for something different than you. All the time. 

Found a sweet cardigan, a wonderfully vintage 60s purse, vintage Disney belt, bandana, olive green utility pants… all the usuals that I long to find. There they were!

So be encouraged. Thrift and thrift again even when you don’t think you’ll find what you’re looking for. 

Because as my son - whose birthday we just celebrated yesterday - used to say about everything when he was three years old (mind you, he just turned 24): “Sometimes, you just never know.”

Indeed. Sometimes. 

Dooney and Bourke Handbags

This post should be titled, "Ode to My Mother" because she owned Dooney and Bourke purses and used and loved them as I grew up in my teen years.

It's also why when I see one (particularly in the traditional British tan and navy pebbled leather), I stop in my tracks, have to pick it up, and look at it, nostalgically remembering the "good old days."

Dooney and Bourke was an American leather company founded in 1975 by Peter Dooney and Frederic Bourke. They began designing and making men's leather goods like belts and wallets (very similar to the Coach Leather Co. history) and transitioned into making leather purses.

It's not hard to see why. Leather purses are a lucrative business! And when you make quality, USA-made leather bags, well, it's a no-brainer. This is how Coach did it and it worked. 

I came across this mini tan and navy Dooney purse just yesterday. It is straight from the late '80s to early '90s. It is in remarkably good condition and looks to have been rarely worn. I cleaned and conditioned it and she's ready for another thirty years (she's in the shop.)

She is petite, just 7' by 6" by 3" but big enough to carry your phone and all the essentials for a night out on the town (or a day out shopping - hands-free since the strap is long enough to act as a cross-body bag.)

Have a wonderful weekend.♥