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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Pyrex, Strawberries and a Mystery! Vintage Thingie Thursday


Wow! It's been a really long time since I've done a Vintage Thingie Thursday post! What a busy summer! When you're finished reading mine, head over to Coloradolady's blog to find more participants in Vintage Thingie Thursday!

Today I'm featuring a little mix of things I've acquired over the past few weeks. First of all, I'd like to show off a gift from my Mom (remember, I told you how great she is in this post). My mom has been excited about building her collection of vintage Pyrex bowls for awhile now so I know this was a special gift for her to give me. When I came home to visit last week, she picked out one of each of her best bowls and gave them to me so I'd have a set! Is that awesome or what??!!




I love you Mom! Thank you!!!




Next up are a couple more additions to my strawberry collection! You might remember, I featured my slow-growing collection in this post. Well, I've found two more great pieces...

While we were home visiting Oregon, I found this cute strawberry teapot at a yard sale for a dollar! It WAS in perfect condition...but some dingbat (named ME) didn't wrap it up safely and it fell and got chipped up. It's still cute though!

Secondly, I found this little Avon bottle at my neighbor's place (I live next door to the thrift store!) It originally held bath foam and is meaningful to me, 1. because it goes with my collection and 2. because my mom sold Avon when I was really little and she has happy memories of her time as the Avon lady.


Lastly is a little mystery item! My mom gave me a bunch of knick knack thingies out of her gift shop while I was down visiting and the item below is one of them. I've got a pretty good idea as to what I think it is but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what exactly it is or can offer some ideas on how to use it! It is very heavy (crystal, I think) and has three places molded into it where it seems one would stick something in them to use it as a stand or holder of some sort.

Happy Vintage Thingie Thursday, everyone! Hope this is a great day for each of you!

19 comments:

  1. Oh you just brought back so many wonderful memories for me of my mom. She had that same exact set of Pyres bowls! I remember her standing in the kitchen cooking with those bowls and wearing an apron made from those flour sack dishcloths. I think I even have a photo of her holding that yellow bowl which was her potato salad bowl! The little red one always held homemade salsa for my dad. The only bowl I have left is that yellow one and it is all scratched up. But it brings back so many memories, thank you!

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  2. I forgot to mention that the crystal plate reminds me of a deviled egg plate but shouldn't it have more indentations? Anyways that would be my guess.

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  3. Those bowls are fantastic. You are lucky to have them,and of course, to have such a fabulous Mum!

    Best wishes,
    Natasha.

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  4. what a sweet mom you have. The pyres bowls are so pretty.
    Do you thing the crystal thing could be a candle holder. I have seen something simlar that had three skinny candle in it. Just a guess. Blessings, Vicky

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  5. Love the mixing bowls. Your Mom is good to you. I hate it when I buy things and when I get home they are damaged UGH!!

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  6. My first visit to your blog. I really enjoyed it. You have some very nice vintage items. Pyrex is getting very popular again and costly in the antique malls.

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  7. What a treasure you have in those mixing bowls. It is always nice to have items that you know where they came from. I beleive you crystal item was for candles. It is from the 60's when they had those very tall very skinny candles.

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  8. I love your treasures... especially the Pyrex bowls. I have the yellow one. It belonged to my mother-in-law. I use it often.. which might not be such a good thing, but when I do use it I have some really fond memories of her.
    Great posting!
    Karen
    Ladybug Creek

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  9. What a sweet mom you have. When I was little my mom had that set of pyrex bowls. The big yellow one was used by my dad when he made popcorn. You know, old fashion, popped over the stove kind.

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  10. Fantastic Pyrex bowl collection! Lucky you getting them all as a gift from your Mom!

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  11. I don't know what your glass thing is. I found some Pyrex bowls at a garage sale earlier this summer.

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  12. Those bowls are great. I love the colors of older pyrex.

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  13. From Ladybug Creek -- I think what I was trying to say did I allow them to do something dangerous with my knowledge just so that I wasn't hovering over them. I wanted them to think I had confidence in them. The only time I can think of is the first time they drove off in a car by themself. Yikes!! Real scarey!!
    Thanks for your comments.
    Karen

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  14. Your Mom is such a sweetie for giving you Pyrex! Everything tastes better in Pyrex! It's true :)

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  15. Got to hug your mom. Cannot have enough pyrex mixing bowls. Happy VTT. olive♥

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  16. What a wonderful set your mom gave you! Love all those Pyrex colors!

    Your teapot is just so cute!

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  17. Wow...love your pyrex bowls. I want a set like that in the worse kind of way, but they are so expensive here in our area! Have a great weekend and a happy "late" VTT!

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  18. What a great collection. I love that strawberry pitcher- how cool! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  19. Happppy to meet you Sweetie,,,hope to get to know you better...THANKS for the neat note at my blog...Those comments mean a lot to me ,,,each one is special...
    Do pop on over anytime OK?? Your blog is beautiful BTW!!!
    Blessings and Hugs dena

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