Trading Pyrex

I belong to several vintage kitchen trade groups on Facebook. One of my favorites is Pyrex 4 Trade. I have scored some really good trades in there in the past. I did a couple of trades last week and one of them arrived yesterday. I love coming home and having a box awaiting me. 

It's feels like Christmas or my birthday when I get a goody in the mail. She had it packaged real good.

I unwrapped the Saran wrap and found a ton of bubble wrap. Which I recycle. The first rule of trading is to keep whatever packing material you receive. It saves money when you do your next trade.

I was so excited to unwrap my yellow Pyrex cake pan. It's beautiful.

It is the same size as my green one I got last summer. Finally, a set of them. Now I can bake a two layer cake using my Pyrex. I can't wait.  

I still have two items left to trade, but haven't had any takers yet. Does anyone need the Pyrex Old Orchard casserole dish. I am looking for a trade. 

The only other item I am trading is a true opal round casserole. I have debated on this one, but I have nothing else opal so I decided to trade that as well. 

But if they don't trade, I will just keep them in my collection.

A gift from a friend...

I have a dear friend who is an avid crocheter. I asked her to make me 4 or 5 little crocheted doilies the other day and offered to buy them from her. She is such a sweetheart that she wouldn't take anything for them, but offered to make them for free if I didn't care what thread or yarn she used. I assured her it didn't matter because I had plans for them and no one would see them. Well, she called yesterday and said she had dropped the bag off at my house. I came home to find this.

She had made me 10 of the little doilies. I was beyond thrilled. I needed them for a specific reason and this is plenty to do what I needed.

As you know, I collect Pyrex and I collect the Cinderella and the mixing bowl sets that nest inside each other. Sometimes when the dryer runs in the utility room, the racks in the kitchen will shake a little and I always worry about my bowls getting chipped or scratched. 

I have found if I place a crochet doily in the bottom, they won't move and it adds a little cushion to prevent scratching. I placed one in my new bowl from Christmas. 

Then I stacked the next one in the set inside the bigger bowl on the doily. 

Now they are stacked and won't shake. I am loving it. I still need two more to complete this set, but I already have the doilies when I need them. 

She surprised me with the extra white doilies, but then she surprised me even more with the red dishcloth. I love these. I collect them because they have so many uses and never seem to wear out.

She even made me a few red doilies so I can use them for Valentine's. I was thrilled. 

I love all my goodies. Thank you my dear friend. 

Pretty 'n Pink

I love pink. Especially when it is vintage. Here are some recent pinks I fell in love with on Pinterest.

One of my favorite recipes.

I have a favorite meal that I thought I would share with you. I washed and baked four potatoes. You can do as many as you want depending on how many people you are feeding. This was for me and hubby. I baked them unwrapped in a round pan at 450 degrees for one hour. I like my potatoes good and fluffy.

I cut them open and let them cool just enough to handle them. 

While they were baking I fried up some bacon to use in the dish.

Once they cooled enough that I could pick them up, I scooped all the potato out of the skins.  

I added button and some salt. I like mine with lots of butter, but use your own preference.

I smashed up the potato and butter and crumbled the bacon into the mixture. If the potatoes are too cold for the butter to melt, simply pop them in the microwave long enough to warm them up and soften the butter so you smash them up good. 

Then I mixed it all together. (It looks a lot more yellow than what it was. Don't know what happened to the picture.)

Spread it out in a baking dish. Size you need depends on how thick you want your layer and how many potatoes you baked. Just use your own judgment.

Cover it with your favorite cheese. I alternated between American slices and Velveeta Shredded. But American was all I had on Sunday. 

Place it back in the oven at 350 degrees until cheese melts and it gets warm again. Usually 10-20 minutes depending on how cool the potatoes got. If your potato mixture is cold, you can also just warm it and then add the cheese the last 10 minutes. My potatoes were still warm from the microwave so I just did mine for 10 minutes this day. While it was in the oven, I got everything out to make some scrambled eggs to go with it. It is also a good side dish for chicken tenders. 

This is how everything turned out. 

I always save me a few pieces of bacon to have as meat with the meal. This is one of my favorite meals. Just looking at it this morning makes we wish I had leftovers. 

Top 10 Tuesday

Today's Top 10 title is TULIPS.

Here are 10 items I have seen on E-bay and Etsy that have tulips on them that I just love.

10. This pan is just too cute with the little tulips and the birds. 

9. I love floral on anything and since this has tulips and daffodils, two flowers I love, it stands to reason that I am going to love the tray. Plus I like the rustic look of it.

8. These dessert plates are really cute. 

7. I love the bunny flower sack dishtowels.

6. But this one was my favorite one I saw. 

5. Of course, you know if there is a tulip Pyrex pattern I am going to have it in my top 10 list. 

4. And I couldn't resist adding another Pyrex tulip pattern. 

3. I just saw this pattern for the first time. It is Corelle from 1972 and is called April Tulips. I am in love with this little cream pitcher. I am on a mission to get one of these. 

2. I love this style of Fire King cup and saucer. I have a set of the Blue Bonnie pattern, but have never seen the tulip one. There is a local antique store that carries the Fire King so I need to go check it out. 

1. And my all time favorite tulip item that is on my wish list, the Black Tulip Pyrex pattern.