Now for my craigslist score!

Here it is.......

Isn't it MAG?!!!!! I couldn't believe my eyes. It was ONLY $10! 

This is not a common piece for Butterfly gold, I actually just lost a bid on this same piece on eBay and it went for $50 or $60!

There is no chips whatsoever, no scratches and it came with the original lid! 

This baby is HUGE!

It is a 4 QT! 

I believe this is super RARE? Anybody knows about this piece???

This is the size compared to the Spring blossom Pyrex mug.

I actually used this huge casserole dish for last nights dinner, PASTA! Yummy.

Wasn't this worth waiting for =)

Pyrex craigs list score!

I always love to talk to sellers at antique stores who sell Pyrex. Well, the Pyrex queen at this antique store emailed me to tell me to check out this one add on craigslist. I saw this listing before but I never clicked on it, because it said Pyrex baking pan, thinking it was new. She said look at it, because she knew I was looking for certain patterns etc. I clicked on it and soon to be hold I saw this amazing Pyrex LARGE casserole dish with original lid. For an AMAZING price, and it is super rare!

I called my husband at work right away just to tell him when he gets home from work we need to scoop this up ASAP. We sure did and there is not a scratch, a chip, a nick on it! It is in MINT condition! 

Now for the pictures...right?

To be continued =)

Saturday thrifting, antique shopping and whatever else!

I have not gone antique shopping in 1 week and that is too long for me! Tomorrow my mom and I are going to northern CT to go to some antique center's. Haven't been to these few shops since the summer.
Also on the way back to NYC, I am going to stop off at some of my usual thrift stores and 1 antique center before heading home. So hopefully this week brings more Pyrex than last.
Hope this weekends brings a lot of Pyrex finds to you too!!

Update-Pink vintage bathroom

I need to express my feelings on Pink vintage bathrooms. I just love them! In today's society everyone likes the boring brown or beige. For me, this is really boring. I love color. I love 50's pink and black, or pink and green. So retro and so unique. I have a task ahead of me. I am re-doing my bathroom. It is original from the 30's or 40's which consists of white tile, white floor. Very boring and plain. My grandmother never updated her bathroom to the 50's or 60's in my apartment and that is what I am trying to do. I am calling all tile places and one person I got on the phone was extremely rude. I said to him I am looking for PINK TILE, he said "Pink tile??????", and I replied yes? He looked and said he thought he had something but he doesn't. He said how about red? I said no I would like Pink and then I said you know today's color's are so boring and he said well I don't think so, I think there are some nice colors.
He continued to say well I think pink is a boring color sorry to say....

can you imagine this? Nice customer service! Needless to say I hung up on him because he was being arrogant.

My question to you is, where can I find pink tiles? Does anyone know, I tried eBay and called a few places but no luck....=(



UPDATE- I found tiling company in California that carries Pink tile!  It is called B & W Tiles http://www.bwtile.com/index.html. They are very accommodating and I will check out one more place next Tuesday in update NY where my mom lives. I am buying Black and white checkered tile for my kitchen! Right now is lanolin tile =/ not so great. Will update on the progress of the bathroom!  

The story of my home

I live in a apartment in my grandmother's house. She is 88 years old and is still doing fabulous! She has lived in this house since she was 19 years old which was the year 1943. She married my grandfather August 1st 1943. (Strangely enough, my wedding anniversary is July 31st 2010) I never thought about it until a year or so after I was married that just 1 day after was my grandparent's anniversary).

A little story behind my home. My grandmother's house was built in 1930 when my grandfather's parent's moved from Manhattan to The Bronx. My great-grandparents were not poor people. They were pretty well off. My great-grandfather had his own contracting business and had a bunch of men working for his company. My great-grandfather and his workers built my grandmother's house in 1930.

Even thought this is an old house, they do not make houses like this anymore. I always have loved coming to my grandmother's house as a kid. It was full of memories and history. My grandmother lived in this house her whole life, my mother was raised in this house, my family had 1950's parties in the basement with cousins and uncles and aunts and friends enjoying the time of the century.

My mother was married out of this house, and I was raised in this house and also married out of this house. There is so many wonderful memories engraved in this house. It really is a beautiful thing.

I would like to share with you some memories that this house has had over the years..

These are the pictures of my great-grandfathers constructing company.

My great-grandfather is the one to the botttom left, the man holding the bike.

These two pictures are from my house in the 1940's. The bride is my Aunt Ida, which is my grandfather's sister. With her in the top picture is her father, my great-grandfather in front of my house.

The bottom photo is taken inside the house with her mother, my great-grandmother.

This photo was taken in the 1950's. The women looking at the camera is my Aunt Rose. She is my grandfather's other sister who lived in my apartment for many years, and raised her two children in my apartment in the 50's and 60's. The women to the right is my grandmother. and the women by the door is my great-grandmother.

(Everything to this day in this house is still original. The windows, the walls, even the doors!)

So this room is exactly the same.

Taken in the front of the house, my grandmother calls it the "sun parlor"

This was taken in the 1950's. This is the parties I was talking about in the basement of my grandmother's house! All of my family members celebrating and enjoying each other's company.

This is my mom as a little girl, isn't she so cute? She was celebrating her birthday in the 50's. This was in their living room. I noticed the awesome vintage tablecloth in this picture.

This was a family portrait taken in my grandmother's living room.

An awesome 1950's photo. Seemed to be that they were going to a party.

This was taken in my grandmother's living room. 

(Left, my mom in the pretty blue dress, her two friends and the older girl to the right is my mom's sister)

Another great photo, my mom in the yellow dress with her awesome umbrella and her sister in the pink dress. 

Picture taken in the living room.

Dresses should be made this way again, so classy and pretty!

Picture taken in the mid 1950's.

My mom in the green dress, my great-grandmother, and my grandma to the right

Also taken in the living room.

Party in the 50's! 

Such awesome dresses! My grandmother to the left, with (left my mom, middle my Aunt Barbara and right my mom's sister)

Taken in the living room

Taken in 1946 or 1947 when my mother's sister was born. 

Here is my grandmother and her first born sitting on the steps of her house.

Taken in the 1960's. Taken in their living room. My grandmother in the black with her sister to the left and friend next to her.

My dad in the 60's. This picture was taken in my grandmother's bedroom.

She still has that same bedroom set!

My mom and dad in the sun parlor in the 70's.

Butterfly gold collection growing....

Well, I am finally making my collection bigger for Butterfly Gold. I love this pattern, I think it is simple but very awesome. I took a Pyrex photo shoot a few days ago.

Thrifting tomorrow!

I have a full day ahead of me tomorrow! I am going to about 12 thrift shops tomorrow with my mom and a friend. Hopefully tomorrow will be filled with some Pyrex! That would be great, hopefully the drought is over and 2013 will bring some awesome finds!

Until then, Happy thrifting!