Saturday 29 December 2012

Ooooo what a FUN girlie thrift day we had yesterday!  My friend Kerry and I booked the day off and put the husbands on duty with the kids.  FREEEEDOM!  We left at 10:30am and didn't get home until after midnight (ok ok, we didn't spend the whole time thrifting...there may have been some boozy bevy's involved later in the day).

We trecked down to Bellingham and hit some great hot spots for vintage treasures....on the list were pyrex finds, train cases and anything interesting we loved.  Kerry found some beautiful vintage xmas ornaments and I SCORED some amazing train cases.  I also snatched up a butterfly gold II cinderella bowl set for one of my customers (on her " Pyrex dream" list).

I started collecting Pyrex and Fire King mugs lately and was absolutely THRILLED to find this vintage mug tree....freeken' love it.  I also snagged the little milk glass mug with the pretty pink flowers on it...so cute.

I'm not really sure what I enjoyed more...the thrifting or the multiple Flirtinis we consumed...either way.  SUPER FUN!

Thursday 20 December 2012

Here's my collection 3 months ago...ahhhh sigh.  It started with the Butterfly Gold bowls on the right.  After seeing my best friend Autumn's bowls at her house one day...I thought how pretty they were.  It just so happened I was at Value Village that week and spotted this complete set for $12!  And so began my addiction...

Adventures in Thrifting

I've always been a thrift store fanatic.  My Mom was an antique nut and so by the age of 10 I knew what Milk Glass was.  Recently, after having my daughter, nostalgia hit me hard...mostly I turned into a Pyrex-aholic.  I started collecting about a year ago and can't stop (errrrr...won't stop really).  Stopping is over-rated anyway.  I eventually started a Facebook store to sell some of my Pyrex finds (this is really just a cover....I use it to convince my husband that I need "stock" and have to buy more Pyrex...let's keep this somewhat under wraps though shall we?)    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Everything-and-the-Vintage-Pink-Sink/293857417395696?ref=hl