Unearthing.

So many boxes.


The Pyrex is emerging.


Luckily we have a hutch for all of our vintage treasures! Someday when it's finished I'll post a picture of it.

Randoms from my camera

I put pictures on my computer today and realized, we have been doing things over here, and I haven't blogged about them. We celebrated my mom's birthday:


Yum!


I made enchiladas. And froze some for later!


We got most of our prized Pyrex displayed attractively:


We made a ton of grape juice:
(Well Aaron did, and I helped a little)


40 quarts to be exact.


We also made some stewed tomatoes and next up is applesauce, we have a tree full of apples we need to do something with.
Meanwhile school is plugging right along, although I'm still looking forward to Christmas break!

Thrifting

Aaron and I hit a lot of thrift stores while he was here (you are a bad influence!!!).
But we did find a few awesome things. I found this milk glass and freaked out about it, then turned it over and practically yelled "And it's got a f$#*ing cow on it!!!!" in the store. I don't think it's old, but it makes me happy.



These owls came from an antique mall near my house, only $3!


We are constantly adding Pyrex to our collection. It's become a bit of an addiction. I just remembered there is one piece we got that is in the fridge, that I didn't get a picture of. I am in love with all the refrigerator dishes, they are fantastic. Not only do I like how they look, but you don't need saran wrap and you can just stick them in the microwave and then eat out of them.


We also found two salad plates that match our set, they are beat up, but perfect for using everyday and not worrying about them breaking or getting scratched. Then we found a blue one as well. I love these plates and would like to start collecting all the colors (4, kind of a salmon, gray, blue, lime). The ones that don't have gold on them are less common, so we don't see as many of ours.

What We've Been Up To

I don't feel like we have a lot to show for how "busy" it feels like we've been...but we have been making a lot of things. We tried to ignore Christmas, but it kept coming at us, so we ended up doing a lot of last minute present making. Aaron has been making mittens from old sweaters. I don't have any pictures of the finished products, but they are turning out really nice. We are going to try to sell them on Etsy, since we got a ton of old sweaters.


Seen here:


I have been batiking up a storm.


We drove to Albany and Salem for Christmas. Here is our fruit platter.


Delicious meats and cheeses.


Our cookies that were made while sewing, batiking, packing, etc.


Christmas was fun, our longtime friends and neighbors had been without power for 4 days, so my parents invited them over for "showers and dinner". It was really nice to spend time with them and they were so thankful for warm food and good company.

And we did a little thrifting on the way home. We stopped at this antique mall in Albany called Pastimes that is always fun to visit, only to find out it's going out of business. Sad, but most of the pyrex we found was 20% off, so we um, picked up a few pieces. These match our set of dishes, (we also found two of our small plates for .50 each the other day, pretty beat up, but it's always nice to have extras) a bread pan and a casserole dish.


The refrigerator box on the left is in really good shape and I love it. Small casserole dish on the right and we aren't sure what the middle bowl is for, it's a strange shape. I'm thinking it will be a perfect whipped cream bowl.

New Dot Set!!!

We are the proud new owners of a New Dot Pyrex set in beautiful condition. I've been wanting this for a while. We saw it yesterday after visiting a bunch of 50s, 60s, 70s Retro stores, and came home to check it out on Ebay. We got a really good deal on it, especially since Aaron asked if they were firm on the price, they dropped it 20%!



These are some pictures from a farmer's market the other day. Farmer's markets are so much cheaper here than in Corvallis. We got these delicious sandwiches with the works, they were wonderful, thanks Hannah our sandwich artist!



We also got roasted sweet corn that was super good, and ginger medallions with good chocolate on them and some white chocolate/mango/chili powder/lime zest candy too. No produce that day.

PYREX!!!

I am beginning to pack up, and I gathered together all the Pyrex. I love our Pyrex collection. We also have a full set of these. I love these dishes and can't wait to live with Aaron and use them! They are currently residing at the Gallagher household until I move back to Corvallis. Aaron found them in Minnesota at a thrift store for $45! I'm not sure how many pieces...maybe 50? When my parents were out for my cousin's wedding, we jumped on the opportunity to get them back to Oregon.
These are our pieces we have gathered here and there. The only thing we really splurged on is the primary set. It's so hard to find the red bowl! Aaron has a more beat-up set as well, although I think he broke his red bowl recently... fortunately it was one I found it half buried in the yard of an abandoned house near ours. It was so faded that it was pink and soft, not red and shiny.

I definitely still want a set of new dot bowls, but seriously who doesn't?