The Nifty Thrifty: Pyrex, Hellenic, and Blocks

Hey Thrifters!

In a strange turn of events this week, Julia did most of the buying without me.  We usually go picking together, but I was unusually busy this week, and I didn't have much time to go out.  I did, however, make it to Savers with Julia today, and I bought an amazing yellow vintage Schwinn Continental bike (like this one).  So I don't have to keep repeating myself, everything we bought came from Savers this week.

Also, in case you missed it, we posted about our latest art projects the other day (check it out here), several of which are related to some of our favorite vintage styling items, air plants and Edison bulbs.

This awesome "Royal" serving divided Pyrex with gold patterned lid was a good find for Julia.  This bright blue promotional piece was only made in 1961.  We regularly find divided Pyrex, but they usually lack their lids, and few have exciting patterns on them like this one.

These little glass bowls were also a nice find for Julia. They are 1950's Jeanette Glass Green Hellenic Jasperware, which feature a funny greek pattern on olive green with a gold rim.

Mysterious Vase

This strange little vase is my favorite of Julia's finds for the week.  It is handmade and only bears the name of Smith on the bottom. The natural earthenware color is great, and the three separate openings are just awesome and vaguely reminiscent of a heart or some other organ.

Julia found a fourth Thermos brand insulated jar this week to go with the three we picked up at the rummage sale last week.

Cool Color Set

My big purchase for the week was several bags of colorful vintage wood blocks.  Julia and I had lots of fun dividing up the 350 or so blocks into sets to be sold on Etsy.

Christmas Set

This is the festive Christmas set we put together.  I can totally see someone setting these up on a mantel for a creative holiday display.

Warm Set

This is our fiery set of warm colors.  Perhaps this is the palace of the heat miser.

Yo Burger!

These lovely worn letter blocks peppered the bags of blocks.  I can definitely see these selling on Etsy.  We easily had the most fun arranging these into the selections we have here.  Each block has a different letter or set of letters on the back, so the possibilities are practically endless.

Not much this week, but what do you think of what we did pick up? Did you find anything interesting? Share with us again in the Nifty Thrifty Link-Up Volume 5!

These blogs also host great link-ups that we join, so make sure you check them out, too: Apron Thrift Girl, Me and my Shadow, and Sir Thrift-A-Lot

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