Stressful day but there is always tomorrow

Today I was stressed and was being very emotional. Thankfully I had my husband to talk to and vent out too and he is always there for me, I am a very lucky girl! I was contemplating on going out tomorrow, money is a little tight this week but sometimes you don't have to spend a lot to make yourself feel good, just being out in the fresh air makes it all better. Tomorrow (saturday) is the Stormville yard sale in upstate NY. I have never been to their yard sale before but have been to their flea market once.
Tomorrow is suppose to be a beautiful sunny day in NY and figured a little fresh air will brighten my day. So I believe I will be going out for the day and enjoying life and enjoying what little vintage treasures I can bring home with me....this yard sale is suppose to be BIG they said 400 people selling their things!

Wish me luck, I will keep you all posted!

Some of the finds along the way....

I found these beauties that I have been trying to find in an antique store in CT.

They are possibly by Hazel Atlas, no markings though. It is the same pattern as the Blue Heaven set that I have by Royal china.

These are a set of 8 in their original holding rack!

These I found in a thrift store...they are Raffiaware. Plastic with a tiki look to them. So cute for the summer! Need to get a whole set now! Wonderful for BBQ'S.

I also found these Royal China Blue heaven casserole and mixing bowl.

I love this pattern so atomic looking! 

I am in the mood for J-E-L-L-O!

It is summer time now, and I am always in the mood for some fruit jello! Cherry, Strawberry, Orange, Lime! OoOh so yummy! And I have never made a Jello Mold. I bought two molds from the thrift in mint condition and am so ready to use them! I have always made just regular jello from the box recipe but that's it and sometimes would add cool whip on top!

But there are so many recipes out there, I see ads with recipes for Jello, I also see this awesome website that I go to, where I got the idea to try out vintage recipes, she just tries out the freakiest ones which I give her credit for but I would like to try out all vintage recipes not just the weird ones...her site is www.midcenturymenu.com, You should check it out, its pretty cool!


Anyway, she has some weird recipes that are jello but they are weird but some she said the verdict was good! I will need to try them! But here are some ads I found with recipes attached and will need to try them...I am going to be brave because some look gross! But hey it's vintage so I am ready to try these =)

Animal cracker Jello- "Jell-O Kindergarten Carousel"

-1 package Jell-O (any red flavor)

-1 Cup hot water

-1 Cup cold water

-Animal crackers or vanilla waffers

-Stripped candy sticks

-Whipped cream

Directions:

Dissolve Jell-O in hot water. Add cold water. Pour into dessert glasses and chill until almost firm.

Arrange crackers around edge of dessert glass so they show, chill until firm. Center each serving with candy stick and trim with a swirl of whipped cream. Makes 4 servings.

Vintage recipes to try out

Well, I have a good idea, I have such a nice collection of vintage cookbooks, and although I have tried out a few recipes from them I have not tried out many....and I would like to start too.
I am adding a new feature to my site, besides telling you guys about my vintage finds, I would also like to share with you some vintage recipes that I will try out, some that may be crazy, some that may be delicious! I would also like for you to participate and share your recipe's with me, if you find them in a vintage magazine take a picture of the recipe/picture and email it to me! I will try it out for you and post the detailed images and the verdict at the end.
You can email your recipes to me at PyrexJunkie@gmail.com

I think it is a fun idea...I will be making some Jello molds over the weekend, I just got a vintage jello book that I will share with you today...some seem nice and some seem weird! But you won't know till you try!

Has anyone every tried a vintage Jello recipe? If so what? and was it good or just really weird?

Delicious baked ziti in my Butterfly gold!

I made 2 weeks ago Baked ziti in my Butterfly Gold Lasagna pan, this pan is such a nice size to make baked ziti in.

Havent posted in awhile..

Have been really busy this spring/summer! Thrifting here and there, antique shopping & antique fairs, also daily life!

But I did go to Clinton CT yesterday with a friend of mine and found some very interesting vintage finds! I also did go thrift shopping on Saturday found a few things not many but some nice things to bring home with me!

I will snap some pictures and will update sometime this afternoon...

Has anyone found anything interesting lately?

Oldies but goodies

I have been spotting a lot of older cars and motorcycles lately and every time I see them I try and take a quick picture to admire so here it is.

This was an Indian motorcycle (which are EXTREMELY RARE) that my husband and I saw while walking to the gym. I had to stop and take a picture of it.

This is some neat car that I saw coming down my street!