I used to be obsessed with moving.  When I was single and raising my two daughters after a divorce, I'd just take up and move at the drop of the proverbial hat!  My daughters hated it but now that they are grown say they learned some important lessons with the many moves.  They learned to make friends easily, they never got bored in one place, each move brought a new room to set up and decorate!

I no longer move so much!  My 1940s style house is perfect for me and my husband and my collection of Pyrex!

Now, I'm content to move my Pyrex around!

Last night post!  Now look at how I changed things around today....

I also added the Horizon Blue on the empty shelves...

I also changed things around next to my desk....

I really like the way it looks...for now...

This is how the corner looks...

I'm so happy to be in my studio surrounded by my Pyrex!

It's too hard to move now that I'm older and perhaps a bit wiser - so I satisfy my need to move by moving my Pyrex around as often as I'd like!  Cheaper too!

A picture of my Pyrex in the studio/study on one side of the room.  Working on cleaning out and clearing out for our city wide garage sale.  Just freed up the shelves that are showing a bit in this pic.  Don't know what will go on that one but it's sure to be Pyrex.  I try to group my Pyrex by color, or collection, or season.

On a different note, someone asked me to take a picture of the blue 401s side by side to compare the colors.  The one on the left is from the "Reverse Primary" set and the one on the right is from an old Primary 
set.  See how much darker and more of a true blue the one on the left is?

Well.  Gotta go!  Got a big mess all over the studio!  Until next time!

Pyrex came in solid colors!

This shelf is in my study/studio. 

What an amazing sight!

I look forward to being at my computer and occasionally looking up to see these.

Old 50s radio on the top shelf was my family's.  We listened to Paul Harvey at lunchtime almost every day.

The car is McCoy.

The carafe is Pyrex also.  Atomic motif also such a 50s thing.

1950s - my favorite era!

Cleaned out and cleared out Pyrex yesterday.

Posted this picture on the Pyrex for Trade site on Facebook.  I love the way this works.  Really enjoyed these pieces but have no more room to display them properly.  So, I let them go to new homes.

The space savers - Rooster and what I call Embroidery - went first.  Next went the Friendship 933.  I'm in the process of negotiating for the Medallion.  The Hex, Spices, and Hearts are still available but there is some interest.

If they don't sell on FB, I'll have them for sale at our annual citywide garage sale on October 5 and 6.
I let some go so I can justify buying some more! 

That's the way an obsession works, right?

Early American Pyrex - not everyone's favorite but I seem to be obsessed with the 400 set!

Someone on my Pyrex Facebook site posted a picture of the 400 set and I was hooked!  Had to have the set.  Found one on an obscure for sale site - $120!  Plus shipping!  Yikes.... I could buy 12 bottles of $10 wine for that....my other obsession...wine.....

Of course, the 404 of the set is a bit hard to find, I was told.  The other 3 are not a problem.  That made it even better to obsess over.

On a Pyrex hunting trip to Branson, MO, my hubby and I were in Ozark, MO and what do I see but the 400 series EA sitting on a shelf calling my name.  Got the owner of the booth to sell it to me for $90 from the original price of $125.  Eureka in Ozark, MO!

Months go by, I'm checking out Pyrex on etsy, a 404 pops up!  $16!  Yes, I'll take it!  So I also find the other 3 for about that price plus shipping.  Now I've pieced together another set for a lot less!

Walking around an antique shop in Spring, TX a couple of weeks ago and what do I see on a shelf?  An EA 404!  Maybe they're not quite as rare as I thought.  Anyway, I scope it up, post it on my FB trade site and quickly trade it for some other Pyrex goodie I didn't think I could live one more minute without!

404 Early American - rare?  Not sure but I seem to have a radar for that one right now.

If only I could be as lucky with the 404 Shenandoah!

Oh, well, it's on!  The hunt for yet another "rare" piece of Pyrex.

Which came first, the paintings or the Pyrex? 

I often wonder, why the obsession with Pyrex?  I've had various collections throughout my life starting with green stemmed glassware, to McCoy pottery, and later to enamel coated cast iron pot and pans.

But, Pyrex, unlike the others, seems to be here to stay.

I've also painted pictures for as long as I can remember.  My painting style has evolved through the years and has settled on what I like to call "Color Impressionistic".

When I took pictures of my Pyrex and saw my paintings in the background, I noticed how much the paintings and the Pyrex seemed to look so good together.  The colors of the Pyrex complimented the colors in the paintings...

This painting is called "Festival Girl".  The Pyrex on the coffee table are "UFOs".  It originally came with the turquoise 024 but I have other 024s in different colors so I change them seasonally.  See how they work well together?  I think so...

This painting is my ode to Irma LaDouce - the hapless prostitute played by Shirley MacLaine.  See how she goes so well with the Friendship.

Lastly, here is a painting I did of a lady I saw at a Mexican restaurant celebrating her birthday.  She walked in carrying those decorative bags, wearing that colorful dress and sporting her feather crown!  I loved her so much I just had to try to capture the festive mood of the birthday party.

I think she fits in quite well with the colorful pots and green chairs in my kitchen!

So which came first, the Pyrex or the paintings?  I'm not sure, but I do know they work well together and give me so much pleasure.  So much so that I couldn't help but share a bit of it with you!

Finally got my "Reverse Primary" set and got it right!  I think it's so beautiful! Bought what I thought was a complete set on etsy - posted a picture in my Pyrex group on Facebook - and was quickly told that the 402 I had gotten with the set didn't belong!  It was red!

Put the word out and someone in the group had one for a trade but it had some "issues".  I wanted as close to perfect as possible to match the other 3 in the set.  Found one on eBay - got it today - and it's absolutely perfect!  Works so well with the others!

The official name of the set is Multi-Color Bowl Set.  If was released in 1969 to replace the old standby - the Primary Colors - which had been in production since 1945.

The colors were updated - the blue is more vivid, the bright orange is a new color, the yellow is the same as the Daisy 402 mixing bowl and the 404 is the same as the Verde 404. 

This is how the set looks with my pots in the kitchen!

This is the full shot!  I have my pots right near the stove so my husband and I can get to them easily!  But also I love how colorful they look when not being used !

How about the pop of color from the chair?

Had 3 boxes waiting for me when I got back and today I got 4 more!  Hey, it's my small way of helping to keep the USPS in operation!

When I open the new boxes I'll be posting my trades....

Walking on the beach today!  Gulf is mighty angry but oh so beautiful!  No Pyrex hunting today!

Just found out my white with red dots bowl is probably not Fire King.  But I do love it anyway and it'll be good to display during Christmas and Valentine's...

My finds today!

The brightly colored fabric is a shirt I found in the rack for men's shirts.

Fire King red dots I found at an antique shop in Robertsdale.

Pyrex Trailing Flowers was on a shelf waiting for me at another thrift store along with a lid.  Didn't want to leave the pumpkin behind - looks to be a trivet of some kind. 

The Gulf Shore area certainly has redeemed themselves in my mind this trip.  I found nothing last time or really next to nothing and this time I was so lucky.  There was some more also, but most I had already or the condition was less than perfect!

Found on my hunt today!  933 Friendship is the second one I've found in the "wild".  The pumpkin was just $5.  Got those at the Heritage Antique Mall in Foley.  The cookbook was at the Old Armory.  Just about everything was on sale there at 20% off but there was nothing in Pyrex that I really wanted.

Had lunch at the Fairhope Inn Restaurant!  Fairhope is such a lovely town - lots of boutiques and cafes.  The drive from Foley to Fairhope is so lovely.

Tonight it's LuLu's and tomorrow is another round of Pyrex hunting....

You never know what tomorrow will bring....

Had to have a Grey Goose Martini last night after not finding any Pyrex yesterday!!  I know, I know, any excuse is a good excuse!

View from our condo this morning!  Can't wait to see what we'll find today. 

Made it to Gulf Shores, AL.  4 nights, 5 days!

Stopped for lunch at the Crepes place in Ocean Beach, MS.  So delicious I wanted to lick the plate.  Chicken, asparagus - yummy!

Stopped at Alice in Wonderland Antiques in Loxley, AL - 50% off sale!  Ha ha - nothing worth buying at any price - Pyrex of course - but did really love the furniture.

Going to Nolan's tonight.  Live music and great food!

Tomorrow - flea markets, antique shops, thrift stores - here I come!

Thought you'd enjoy seeing the rest of my Halloween/Pyrex display.  I try to keep my Pyrex collection manageable by grouping the Pyrex by color. 

This baker's rack holds some of my favorite Pyrex - see the Spirograph with under-plate - some Halloween candy and best of all a painting of my dad.  I think it captures his essence well.  He loved having his picture taken, enjoyed dressing in a suit and tie, going out on Saturday night,  yet also was a "swamp man" taking his homemade pirogue out early each morning to set out crawfish traps.  I sure do miss him.

Tomorrow morning, I leave with my girlfriends for our yearly September beach trip.  We rent a condo in Gulf Shores, AL for a few days.  A couple of my friends are beach lovers - they spend all day out with a good book and a pitcher of Mimosas!  Or maybe two pitchers...

Not being so inclined - not into too much sand between my toes - also not too crazy about the way I look in a bathing suit - I hunt Pyrex!  Last year I scoured the area, even going into Florida, and came back with 2 loaf pans (I already had) and one JAJ lid!

This year, I'm thinking, it'll be different!  Who knows how much Pyrex is just sitting on shelves in Alabama and Florida waiting for this Louisiana woman to find!  I'll keep you posted!

Halloween Pyrex Display!  Each season I change my Pyrex around in the MCM hutch I got at a garage sale a couple of years ago.  It's in my living room, right across from my favorite chair, so I can enjoy the view!!! 

The skeleton, made of felt, I got at an antique market in Spring, TX last weekend.  He adds just the right touch of color I needed.

Halloween is the perfect time to display my Rodney Kent double and Musical staff.  Love the black!  Then I mixed in the "new" Pyrex I got last year at Target.  Had it filled with candy last year but it was way to tempting for me and hubby, so this year I think I'll leave them empty, at least for now!

Nouveau Floral with under-plate.

Moon Deco with under-plate.

My absolute favorite Pyrex of all!  It's called Spirograph, came out in 1970.  The top has a blue and green spirograph pattern but what I most like about the piece is its lime green under-plate!  These under-plates just finish off the Pyrex pieces - I think.  But, the deal is, they're hard to find.  It's plastic and marked Pyrex but they seem to get lost somehow very easily...

I also have two other Pyrex pieces that had under-plates - the Nouveau Floral which has a brown wood-grain under-plate and the Moon Deco with a black under-plate.  All three of these happen to be the  2 1/2 quart size, number 475.

Isn't that the most amazing top?  The colors are fabulous together.

Thanks for dropping by.  As soon as I find the other pictures I took of the Noveau and Moon Deco, I'll post them...