Sunday, May 20, 2012

butterfly gold

i had a magnificent dream that my local thrift store would be filled to the brim with gorgeous well-cared-for pyrex dishes (the kind of dream we all have). well, when i walked in (for real, not in dreamland), i could see the famous shape from a mile away and i ran up to it. first, i looked at the price on the inside of the bowl and it read $1.00 (score!). then i flipped it over to see what the pattern was...and it was a well-loved butterfly gold 403. even though it needed a lot of TLC, i held on to it like it was precious cargo because i hadn't found a new pyrex piece in weeks!

i took it home and managed to clean off the scuff marks (it was so scuffed up that i wasn't terribly careful how i buffed the grey marks out but i was super fortunate to not cause any further permanent damage!) and it definitely was given some new life.

i look forward to adding it to the other butterfly gold pieces i already own (oh, plus i bought a set of butterfly gold mugs with the 403 but forgot to photograph them)!

then, last night i managed to get to the "big city" (i do live an hour away from the closest metropolis) and snuck into a value village just before closing time. there it was. a gorgeous and amazing butterfly gold 444! i was so excited! i hurriedly grabbed it and flipped it over to see the price...$12.99! oh, no!  :( i was so bummed to have to leave it behind but i just couldn't justify paying that much money. it was such a hard thing to do especially after not having had any new pieces in so long and then finding different butterfly gold pieces earlier in the day. oh, well. i shall keep my hopes up and keep on pyrex hunting!




lauren @ the twin oaks place

5 comments:

  1. It will happen! Someday you'll have a Pyrex dream day. Shame on VV that's just not right. Your BFG sure looks like it cleaned up well. Good save!

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  2. You cleaned that up so well, it's so pretty.

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  3. I just don't get their pricing. Sometimes it's so cheap and then other times...outrageous. They have pricing split personality

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  4. That's just a crazy price!!

    Great clean up job!!

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  5. Wow, that piece cleaned up so well. Can I ask how and what you used? I have a few pieces here with some similar scuff marks and they don't seem to budge :(

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