Saturday, January 7, 2012
Mobile Post from the Estate Sale Shop Door
Well, I could barely sleep last night I was so excited for this sale! I got up at 4:45 to get my spot in line, check it:
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Estate Sale Preview Pictures are Doin Me Right!
I have to blog this because I was so excited this morning when I saw this amazing-ness on the Estate Sale website! I HAVE NOT bought these pieces yet, these are the picture that came up in the preview for the Estate Sale shop that I frequent! They will go on sale Saturday at 9am, and you better believe I will be there. I will show you the pictures and then let you know what my game plan is:
Wow. Yes, I could barely believe my eyes either, all this Pyrex in one shop! You better believe I am getting there at 5am to be number one in line! This is my last weekend before school starts to do some major treasure hunting, and I think the thrift/estate gods were calling to me.
There is one problem however. This particular estate sale shop has had some high prices on Pyrex lately. I mean $26 for a dishwasher damaged set of 3 daisy bowls kind of expensive... So this will all be based on if I can get these for a good enough price, however, there are at least a few I will pick up for my own collection of black and white Pyrex. So I spent the better half of the day researching, researching and researching some more, I actually typed up a spreadsheet with pictures of every piece that was shown on the website and estimated at about what price I could re-sell at. Then, I classified each piece as either "YES" (buy), "YES (4 Me)", "Maybe", and "NO".
Here is what I am majorly interested in in no particular order:
-Pretty much ALL of the mixing bowl sets
-The Kim Chee casserole (Picture 6)
-Bramble, Mod Kitchen and Gold Acorn from Picture 8
-Constellation and Gold Acorn from Picture 9
-All of the dishes from picture 10, the top 3 for my collection!
-Zodiac and Gourmet from Picture 11
-Rooster and Gold Acorn from Picture 12
-Grapevine (?, the top one with the beautiful lid) from picture 13
-The large Verde bowl and the Old Town Blue Napkin Rings from Picture 14
I will have to be very picky because this means a large investment on my part. It also means lots of listing on ebay. I have decided that listing Pyrex on ebay gets it sold a little faster than on Etsy, plus Etsy seems to be overpriced! I will updated you guys on which items I bought, and if any of you are looking for one of these pieces I will give you a deal!
Any advice on which pieces are MUST HAVES, please, share your insight, I always appreciate it!
Good night! -Chels
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Wow. Yes, I could barely believe my eyes either, all this Pyrex in one shop! You better believe I am getting there at 5am to be number one in line! This is my last weekend before school starts to do some major treasure hunting, and I think the thrift/estate gods were calling to me.
There is one problem however. This particular estate sale shop has had some high prices on Pyrex lately. I mean $26 for a dishwasher damaged set of 3 daisy bowls kind of expensive... So this will all be based on if I can get these for a good enough price, however, there are at least a few I will pick up for my own collection of black and white Pyrex. So I spent the better half of the day researching, researching and researching some more, I actually typed up a spreadsheet with pictures of every piece that was shown on the website and estimated at about what price I could re-sell at. Then, I classified each piece as either "YES" (buy), "YES (4 Me)", "Maybe", and "NO".
Here is what I am majorly interested in in no particular order:
-Pretty much ALL of the mixing bowl sets
-The Kim Chee casserole (Picture 6)
-Bramble, Mod Kitchen and Gold Acorn from Picture 8
-Constellation and Gold Acorn from Picture 9
-All of the dishes from picture 10, the top 3 for my collection!
-Zodiac and Gourmet from Picture 11
-Rooster and Gold Acorn from Picture 12
-Grapevine (?, the top one with the beautiful lid) from picture 13
-The large Verde bowl and the Old Town Blue Napkin Rings from Picture 14
I will have to be very picky because this means a large investment on my part. It also means lots of listing on ebay. I have decided that listing Pyrex on ebay gets it sold a little faster than on Etsy, plus Etsy seems to be overpriced! I will updated you guys on which items I bought, and if any of you are looking for one of these pieces I will give you a deal!
Any advice on which pieces are MUST HAVES, please, share your insight, I always appreciate it!
Good night! -Chels
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Happy {Late} New Years!
Hello blog friends and those who have come across my blog by accident! I am going to share with you my New Years' reflections, as well as some great finds, so if you don't wanna get bored, feel free to skip to the pictures of my thrifty finds!
Well, this year was full of lots of... stuff. There were lots of ups and lots of downs, so many that it is hard to believe that the emotional roller coaster that is 2011 was all one single year. I lost some great friends, had some scary moments, but all at the same time, I was able to find some kind of good in the small things. I realize how lucky I am to have such great people (and pets) in my life, and that they are the ones who are cheering me on. They are the ones who love me even when I feel that I have failed, and they are the ones who I work so hard for. Thanks to everyone for making me the person that I am!
I would share my resolutions with you all, but the truth is that they are all sort of trivial and more relevant to me personally and less entertaining to you! I will however tell you that I do have a goal of making time for more blogging, making new blog friends, and keeping up to date with taking pictures of inventory and not to get so behind like I am now! (Eeek!) In the past year I have picked up this new hobby of thrifting and blogging, and I really love it! Everyone who reads or comments on my blog, or both, have really been the reason that I am keeping up with all this, YOU really inspire me, thanks!
Okay, warning here, I just whipped up this little photo box in haste, don't judge, this is (hopefully) not what my final photo "studio" will look like, so again, bear with me!
This is a picture of MY personal Pyrex collection! Yes, only three, but I am keeping to the black and white because there are so few of them that my collection will be automatically small. Great thinking, right? These are all pieces that I have found myself, which I think is a lot more fun and more challenging than buying them on ebay. I have been considering trading and I would love to hear your thoughts. I have LOTS of Pyrex that I have yet to list in my shop, so if any of you have any black and white Pyrex, let me know and I will see if I have what you are looking for! Even if you don't, please let me know how you feel about trading Pyrex!
I picked up this beautiful little piece of Pyrex at an AWESOME yard sale. Yes, this was the one I was telling you about! I also bought the "Barbed Wire" divided dish in the picture above at the same sale, great, right?!
I got this giant 404 bowl at the Estate Sale shop. According to Pyrex Love it is the Hex Signs Promotional mixing bowl. I think it is also really beautiful, sorry the color isn't showing up real well, it is goldleaf on a cream color.
These are a bunch of scarves I picked up a while back. I love the mod patterns and I really wanted to put them in my Etsy shop right away, but I couldn't figure out how to take nice pictures of them... These actually turned out better than I thought!
This is a Vera Neumann scarf, I didn't really know that they were so loved until I recently came across them on someone's blog. ***Whoever recently posted about Vera scarves, let me know and I will give you some cred, I just can't find who posted about them!***
I just couldn't pass up this one because the print was so cute, don't you agree?
All right, so it's a blurry picture, but these are going to be a present for my grandmother who has a player piano and could use these scrolls for them! She live in AZ as well, but unfortunately her player piano lives in their Canada home, which they will probably be selling soon. She really searched for a player piano so I know she will find a way to keep it, and hopefully she can enjoy these!
Well, that's it for tonight, but I am heading out shopping tomorrow and hopefully will pick up some great stuff! I can't wait to start listing again, I plan on taking some pictures of my inventory outside this week so I can get caught up! Wish me luck, friends!
Please take a look at the link parties I am joining, that is where I always find my favorite blogs!
Vintage Thingie Thursday with the Colorado Lady
Time Travel Thursday at The Brambleberry Cottage
Thrifty Thursdays at Thrifty Decorating
Treasure Hunt Thursday at From My Front Porch to Yours
Potpourri Friday at 2805
Well, this year was full of lots of... stuff. There were lots of ups and lots of downs, so many that it is hard to believe that the emotional roller coaster that is 2011 was all one single year. I lost some great friends, had some scary moments, but all at the same time, I was able to find some kind of good in the small things. I realize how lucky I am to have such great people (and pets) in my life, and that they are the ones who are cheering me on. They are the ones who love me even when I feel that I have failed, and they are the ones who I work so hard for. Thanks to everyone for making me the person that I am!
I would share my resolutions with you all, but the truth is that they are all sort of trivial and more relevant to me personally and less entertaining to you! I will however tell you that I do have a goal of making time for more blogging, making new blog friends, and keeping up to date with taking pictures of inventory and not to get so behind like I am now! (Eeek!) In the past year I have picked up this new hobby of thrifting and blogging, and I really love it! Everyone who reads or comments on my blog, or both, have really been the reason that I am keeping up with all this, YOU really inspire me, thanks!
Okay, warning here, I just whipped up this little photo box in haste, don't judge, this is (hopefully) not what my final photo "studio" will look like, so again, bear with me!
This is a picture of MY personal Pyrex collection! Yes, only three, but I am keeping to the black and white because there are so few of them that my collection will be automatically small. Great thinking, right? These are all pieces that I have found myself, which I think is a lot more fun and more challenging than buying them on ebay. I have been considering trading and I would love to hear your thoughts. I have LOTS of Pyrex that I have yet to list in my shop, so if any of you have any black and white Pyrex, let me know and I will see if I have what you are looking for! Even if you don't, please let me know how you feel about trading Pyrex!
I picked up this beautiful little piece of Pyrex at an AWESOME yard sale. Yes, this was the one I was telling you about! I also bought the "Barbed Wire" divided dish in the picture above at the same sale, great, right?!
I got this giant 404 bowl at the Estate Sale shop. According to Pyrex Love it is the Hex Signs Promotional mixing bowl. I think it is also really beautiful, sorry the color isn't showing up real well, it is goldleaf on a cream color.
These are a bunch of scarves I picked up a while back. I love the mod patterns and I really wanted to put them in my Etsy shop right away, but I couldn't figure out how to take nice pictures of them... These actually turned out better than I thought!
This is a Vera Neumann scarf, I didn't really know that they were so loved until I recently came across them on someone's blog. ***Whoever recently posted about Vera scarves, let me know and I will give you some cred, I just can't find who posted about them!***
I just couldn't pass up this one because the print was so cute, don't you agree?
All right, so it's a blurry picture, but these are going to be a present for my grandmother who has a player piano and could use these scrolls for them! She live in AZ as well, but unfortunately her player piano lives in their Canada home, which they will probably be selling soon. She really searched for a player piano so I know she will find a way to keep it, and hopefully she can enjoy these!
Well, that's it for tonight, but I am heading out shopping tomorrow and hopefully will pick up some great stuff! I can't wait to start listing again, I plan on taking some pictures of my inventory outside this week so I can get caught up! Wish me luck, friends!
Please take a look at the link parties I am joining, that is where I always find my favorite blogs!
Vintage Thingie Thursday with the Colorado Lady
Time Travel Thursday at The Brambleberry Cottage
Thrifty Thursdays at Thrifty Decorating
Treasure Hunt Thursday at From My Front Porch to Yours
Potpourri Friday at 2805
Friday, December 30, 2011
Holiday Haul!
Hi all! Well, I am finally home (only to leave again tomorrow, so my shop is still in vacation mode) so I had a little time today to take some pictures! I decided I would take a group shot rather than a bunch of single shots, because I am not listing these items for a while, until I make my own photo box like Rachael did recently! I can't wait to make my pictures look more professional, they need it!
So I will start from the left and list all of what is in this picture:
-Set of 7 vintage brass drawer pulls
-2.5 Quart Spring Blossom Green Casserole w/Lid
-1 Pint Butterprint Serve and Store Casserole w/Lid
-Family of 3 Silver Plated Glass Llamas, Made in Peru
-Brass Bird Cage
-Brass Dolphin Door Knocker
-Snack Set
-1.5 Cup Spring Blossom Refrigerator Dish w/Lid
-Vintage Postal Scale
-Westclox Babyben, not working, but still cool looking!
-Anchor Glass Serva Snack set in box
-1.5 Quart Orange Refrigerator Dish w/Lid
These are things I have picked up over the holiday break, I have been so lucky! I was so excited when I first found the Spring Blossom fridgie for $1.99 at a Goodwill, only to go to the next aisle to find the orange one for $3.99!
The little family of silver plated llamas (hanging out on top of the spring blossom casserole) I found at a Savers and they are actually quite valuable. Two are very ornate, where one of the is very simple. The ornate ones have stickers on them that say made in Peru, Silver Plated 925, etc., which is way cool! I found them in the "bag" section at Savers where they have an entire wall of small bagged knick knacks! I love finding treasures in that section! That is also where I found the vintage drawer pulls, I love vintage hardware!
Actually, come to think of it, the dolphin door knocker was in that section too. I was looking at it for about 5 minutes racking my brain on what it could be, "Some kind of desk thing?" I was thinking to myself, when my boyfriend came over and was like, "Oh what's that? A dolphin door knocker, that's cool, people love dolphin stuff." Haha he is getting way better than me at all of this!
So today is when I picked up the Butterprint Serve and Store, it is my first find of Butterprint and I got it at a garage sale! I know, I NEVER go to garage sales because I am disappointed by the loads of kids clothes, toys and plastic junk I see at 90% of yard/garage sales I go to. This one looked cool, the ad stated that it was a boyfriend and girlfriend selling goods from each of their grandmothers, it was in a historic, nice neighborhood so I knew it was worth a shot! I lucked out here! In addition to the butterprint, I picked up a couple other pieces of Pyrex which are now soaking in the sink, I will post pictures soon, one of them will be staying in my personal collection!
Here is a set of four pink Pyrex dishes, 3 cake dishes and 1 square casserole baking dish. They are all various shades, which I thought was cool! They are currently listed on ebay as a set, hopefully I will get some attention here! They are all in pretty nice condition, besides some scuffing from use!
The 2.5 quart Spring Blossom Pyrex casserole is also on ebay, here is a closeup, this is the one my boyfriend picked up for me all by himself! He of course reaps the benefits from sales!
Last but not least, a pictures of my flower mold crafting products, ta da! They were a big hit at Christmas!
Hope you enjoyed! I will try to take some more pictures of a few other things tonight so I have some material for you all while I am on vacation! Hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)
-Chelsea
So I will start from the left and list all of what is in this picture:
-Set of 7 vintage brass drawer pulls
-2.5 Quart Spring Blossom Green Casserole w/Lid
-1 Pint Butterprint Serve and Store Casserole w/Lid
-Family of 3 Silver Plated Glass Llamas, Made in Peru
-Brass Bird Cage
-Brass Dolphin Door Knocker
-Snack Set
-1.5 Cup Spring Blossom Refrigerator Dish w/Lid
-Vintage Postal Scale
-Westclox Babyben, not working, but still cool looking!
-Anchor Glass Serva Snack set in box
-1.5 Quart Orange Refrigerator Dish w/Lid
These are things I have picked up over the holiday break, I have been so lucky! I was so excited when I first found the Spring Blossom fridgie for $1.99 at a Goodwill, only to go to the next aisle to find the orange one for $3.99!
The little family of silver plated llamas (hanging out on top of the spring blossom casserole) I found at a Savers and they are actually quite valuable. Two are very ornate, where one of the is very simple. The ornate ones have stickers on them that say made in Peru, Silver Plated 925, etc., which is way cool! I found them in the "bag" section at Savers where they have an entire wall of small bagged knick knacks! I love finding treasures in that section! That is also where I found the vintage drawer pulls, I love vintage hardware!
Actually, come to think of it, the dolphin door knocker was in that section too. I was looking at it for about 5 minutes racking my brain on what it could be, "Some kind of desk thing?" I was thinking to myself, when my boyfriend came over and was like, "Oh what's that? A dolphin door knocker, that's cool, people love dolphin stuff." Haha he is getting way better than me at all of this!
So today is when I picked up the Butterprint Serve and Store, it is my first find of Butterprint and I got it at a garage sale! I know, I NEVER go to garage sales because I am disappointed by the loads of kids clothes, toys and plastic junk I see at 90% of yard/garage sales I go to. This one looked cool, the ad stated that it was a boyfriend and girlfriend selling goods from each of their grandmothers, it was in a historic, nice neighborhood so I knew it was worth a shot! I lucked out here! In addition to the butterprint, I picked up a couple other pieces of Pyrex which are now soaking in the sink, I will post pictures soon, one of them will be staying in my personal collection!
Here is a set of four pink Pyrex dishes, 3 cake dishes and 1 square casserole baking dish. They are all various shades, which I thought was cool! They are currently listed on ebay as a set, hopefully I will get some attention here! They are all in pretty nice condition, besides some scuffing from use!
The 2.5 quart Spring Blossom Pyrex casserole is also on ebay, here is a closeup, this is the one my boyfriend picked up for me all by himself! He of course reaps the benefits from sales!
Last but not least, a pictures of my flower mold crafting products, ta da! They were a big hit at Christmas!
Hope you enjoyed! I will try to take some more pictures of a few other things tonight so I have some material for you all while I am on vacation! Hope everyone has a HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)
-Chelsea
Monday, December 26, 2011
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
Hi there everyone! So yes, I promised a post a while back and didn't deliver, and unfortunately, I again have only a little to share today! I have been busy crafting all my Christmas presents (pictures below) and shopping for those who need other presents! My boyfriend even when thrifting for me when he was back home for a few days without my and he picked up some wonderful things for me! Take a looksy at these pictures that are not mine, but are appropriately credited!
This is such a cute little snack set that is available in Rachael's Etsy shop Vintage Dreams. The one he picked up for me is a little different but it stacks like this and is just precious. Oh, and go take a look at Rachael's shop (link above), she has recently done a complete makeover on her shop and it looks awesome!
This is a 1.5 Quart Pyrex Spring Blossom Green casserole dish. I love its size and beautiful lid! This picture is courtesy of an ebay listing.
Now as I said, I have been crafting my Christmas presents, I will show some pictures of finished products, but I decided to make jewelry for all the women in my family, and so far, I think it is a hit! I made all the flowers below with a mold from an Etsy shop, but they seem to have shut down their shop... However, if you are interested in making these, there are lots of Etsy shops that carry a variety of flower molds, I got one mold that had 13 different flowers, and it came with two single flower molds as a special gift! Here's the product:
Sorry it is a little blurry, the picture came from my phone! The little silver dish is a thrifted gem that I absolutely love as well! I will post some pictures of finished jewelry soon, and maybe do a giveaway with the extra stuff that I have!
Well here is something silly I found at the Goodwill but did not buy. If you are not familiar with the movie The Fifth Element, then I suggest watching it.
Have any of you found any weird stuff at the thrift stores lately? Tell me about it!
So, as a little teaser, I did go thrifting today and picked up some great stuff (hint, fridgies!), I hope to take some cell phone pictures and update you all soon!
-Chelsea
Linking up again, finally! Oh how I have missed my linky parties! I will add as I find time!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Living in the Land of the Lost!
Hey all! Sorry it has been a while since my last post, but it has been a very busy past couple of weeks. I finished up my first semester of graduate school and got right into surgery with getting my wisdom teeth out! Now that was just yesterday morning and I am already feeling so much better, it seems like it will be a quick recovery! (Knock on wood!) Anyways, I have had some great finds recently, but since I have been out of town, I have had NO opportunities to take pictures! I have some pictures today, even though they are not mine (eek!), but here they are:
Okay now all are Pyrex, so here goes nothing:
This is a Golden Honeysuckle 1.5 Qt. I love finding the goldleaf Pyrex, they are just so beautiful!
I really didn't realize until I was looking up this next Pyrex piece that the patterns are almost exactly the same, but the next pattern is green on white:
Last up are a set of Spring Blossom mugs that I found at the Goodwill, a set of 4 or 5 I think. They were just too cute too pass up and I knew when I picked them up and felt how sturdy they were that it was definitely Pyrex and not Corelle. Now don't get me wrong, Corelle is nice, but it all seems so fragile! I love the heft of Pyrex!
Oh and another quick update, my Etsy showcase was on Sunday and I seem to have rocked it! 5 items sold in one day, which is a personal best I believe! As soon as I get back from this long vacation I need to RESTOCK, and sign up for another spot!
Happy Holidays everyone!
-Chelsea
Okay now all are Pyrex, so here goes nothing:
This is a Golden Honeysuckle 1.5 Qt. I love finding the goldleaf Pyrex, they are just so beautiful!
I really didn't realize until I was looking up this next Pyrex piece that the patterns are almost exactly the same, but the next pattern is green on white:
Last up are a set of Spring Blossom mugs that I found at the Goodwill, a set of 4 or 5 I think. They were just too cute too pass up and I knew when I picked them up and felt how sturdy they were that it was definitely Pyrex and not Corelle. Now don't get me wrong, Corelle is nice, but it all seems so fragile! I love the heft of Pyrex!
Oh and another quick update, my Etsy showcase was on Sunday and I seem to have rocked it! 5 items sold in one day, which is a personal best I believe! As soon as I get back from this long vacation I need to RESTOCK, and sign up for another spot!
Happy Holidays everyone!
-Chelsea
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Catching Up On Life
Hi all!
As the semester is winding down, my workload is again increasing! After my last little break you guys came back to support me and I appreciate that and hope you will do it again! After about next Wednesday I will be freed up and ready to put my love back into blogging! In the mean time, I have one (yeah, sad I know) picture to share with you of some PINK Pyrex I picked up today! This picture is from the estate sale shop's website, there were actually three of the pink pie plates and the square baking dish as well. I got into the shop and could NOT find these dishes anywhere! I went right to the kitchen ware area and passed by them 3x before I found them tucked away behind some Fire King dishes! I grabbed all four, $4 a piece! I also saw a charcoal casserole with the lid, but I didn't get it because the snowflakes were really faded... I might go back and look to see if it is still there in a couple days!
I did actually pick up a charcoal snowflake divided casserole over Thanksgiving weekend, and I have made a little decision to myself. I have decided to *slowly* develop my own Pyrex collection of black and white Pyrex. I decided this after finding the Black Tulip Promotional Casserole and the charcoal snowflake. I couldn't bring myself to put the promotional Black Tulip on ebay, it was just too beautiful!
I have also recently purchased some beautiful flower molds from a shop on Etsy (will post the link soon, lots of beautiful molds and great customer service all the way from Ukraine!). I have made two batches of flowers so far and they are so beautiful! I will be making them as Christmas presents for family, and possibly we will have some blogger appreciation here close to the holidays and I will send out some earrings, pendants, necklaces, etc.! So stay tuned! I will be posting pictures soon, don't forget about me, I will still be lurking!
-Chelsea
As the semester is winding down, my workload is again increasing! After my last little break you guys came back to support me and I appreciate that and hope you will do it again! After about next Wednesday I will be freed up and ready to put my love back into blogging! In the mean time, I have one (yeah, sad I know) picture to share with you of some PINK Pyrex I picked up today! This picture is from the estate sale shop's website, there were actually three of the pink pie plates and the square baking dish as well. I got into the shop and could NOT find these dishes anywhere! I went right to the kitchen ware area and passed by them 3x before I found them tucked away behind some Fire King dishes! I grabbed all four, $4 a piece! I also saw a charcoal casserole with the lid, but I didn't get it because the snowflakes were really faded... I might go back and look to see if it is still there in a couple days!
I did actually pick up a charcoal snowflake divided casserole over Thanksgiving weekend, and I have made a little decision to myself. I have decided to *slowly* develop my own Pyrex collection of black and white Pyrex. I decided this after finding the Black Tulip Promotional Casserole and the charcoal snowflake. I couldn't bring myself to put the promotional Black Tulip on ebay, it was just too beautiful!
I have also recently purchased some beautiful flower molds from a shop on Etsy (will post the link soon, lots of beautiful molds and great customer service all the way from Ukraine!). I have made two batches of flowers so far and they are so beautiful! I will be making them as Christmas presents for family, and possibly we will have some blogger appreciation here close to the holidays and I will send out some earrings, pendants, necklaces, etc.! So stay tuned! I will be posting pictures soon, don't forget about me, I will still be lurking!
-Chelsea
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