Reminiscing the Christmas Holiday ;D

How was every ones Christmas Holiday? Mine turned out to be quite a success :D! I ended up spending two days in the kitchen cooking and baking away to my hearts content. I cooked from scratch (for the most part) on Christmas Eve, and baked from scratch (for the most part) on Christmas Day. What did we have?? Well I'll be happy to share that with you! Check it out...

Smoked Ham with a honey glaze, and garnished with
 pineapple slices & maraschino cherries

 Didn't that look delicious?? It tasted just as good as it looked! Thank goodness because it took nearly 4 hours to cook, not to mention preparing my honey glaze, basting every 30 to 40 minutes, and garnishing it to perfection. ...well at least I thought so ;)! Then I made the sides (rice broccoli cheese casserole & garlic mashed potatoes) from scratch, whew! This is what I ended up with...

Christmas Lunch Plate Setting ;D

 YUP I needed that glass of wine when I finally sat down to eat! One serving, and we were full! We ended up having leftovers on Christmas Day. So I baked two pecan pies (because it's HuniBees' absolute favorite), sugar cookies for my SamyCake, buttered biscuits to go with the left overs for dinner, and some chocolate chip cookies (which didn't make it), all on Christmas Day. OH I also made some homemade hot chocolate, but we drank it all while opening our presents lol. Newho, have a look...

Pecan Pie :)

Mmmm....

Buttered Biscuits and Homemade Sugar Cookies

Tasty!!

Now for some Pyrex updates! This is what I have acquired since the holiday! No need for words, just enjoy the gorgeous Pyrex that is about to devour your sight ;)...

Vintage Pyrex Starburst Spacesaver with 550c lid

Vintage Pyrex Green Wheat Spacesaver with 550c lid

Vintage Pyrex 023 Turquoise Round-bottom Casserole with 683c flat-top utility lid

Vintage Pyrex 215 Opal Loaf Pans

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday, and had a chance to go thrifting or what have you! A new year will begin in less than 3 days ...OOO! I wish you all a Happy New Year and may all your wishes come true!!

<3 Veronica



Loving Pyrex ;D

YAY! More Pyrex has made it's way home into my loving arms! I finally got a few of my packages, some from trades, some from etsy, and of course good old thrifting :). I have to say I'm ecstatic!! So let me show you what I got. Ready? Me too!

SO, my first three packages. Two were from a couple of great flickr buddies, and the other was from etsy.  They contained these beauties...

Vintage Pyrex 444 Yellow Gooseberry Cinderella Bowl, 024 Solid Pink Round Bottom Casserole, and an 024 Pink Flamingo with a 684 flat-top utility domed lid :)

 Thank You Flickr Buddies! Of course I love them! Call me crazy, but who doesn't love pinks and yellow? :) Next, I got all of these from another wonderful flickr friend. She got some good pieces from me too, so no worries :). It was a great trade! And after much deliberation, here's what I finally decided on...

Vintage Pyrex 043 Snowflake Blue Cinderella Casserole, 442 Yellow Gooseberry Cinderella Bowl, 024 Pink Flamingo Round Bottom Casserole w/a 624 handled domed lid, and an 024 Lime Round Bottom Casserole.  

 Whew!! Beautiful aren't they?? I love these as well, Thank You wonderful flickr friend ;)! Now all I need are the red, turquoise, and opal colors! (psst! By the way I have yet another great and wonderful flickr friend who is also sending me an 022 opal, SO YAY!!)

Now that I have received a couple of my trades, I'll show you a couple of my collections together. Now this little 441 Gooseberry is what began my hunt for the Cinderella Yellow Gooseberrys'! I found him at my Arc Thrift Store some time ago. I wasn't really interested in this pattern, but I couldn't leave him -all minty mind you, sitting on that shelf all alone. So I adopted him, and now we're both happy! I reunited him with his long lost loving family. See...

Vintage Pyrex Yellow Gooseberry Cinderella Nesting Bowls - 441,442, & 444

 They really do look happy together, don't they :).

And lastly, my "they just happened to just fall into my lap" 024 round bottom casseroles collection (from top to bottom)...



Vintage Pyrex 024 Round Bottom Casseroles in Hospitality (Golden Branch), Solid Pink, Lime, and two Pink Flamingos

Oh Joy! These are so pretty together! I'm trying to gather two of each color, and I think there may even be two sizes for these babies. Now, I don't collect two of every piece of Pyrex I love. I mean, come on, a gal only has so much space -right?? Hmm...  NEwho, if there is another size (& I'm pretty sure there is ;D), that will be my next quest. Search for the other size, gather those in my favorite rainbow of colors, & collect two of each. Two because I like to entertain, and - I like pairs, and - I love having the same dish if I happen to make huge batches of the same food. I know, I'm weird.

WOW!! I sure missed posting up photo's of my precious Pyrex! SO much fun, ahhh ...I Love Pyrex :)...

Thanks for sharing this wonderful moment with me people! Be sure to subscribe (if you wana of course), and tell me about your wonderful Pyrex finds!

Now- off to have some Little Big Cheeks (Samy) quality time ;D

My VS Collection

Ahh, I love collecting vintage sheets and pillowcases. I happened to be organizing my sewing room again, and thought I'd take photos of my updated collection :) Wanna see??

 And here's my vintage pillowcase collection...

 My vintage sheet fat quarters...

 These are my left over VS scraps...

 ...and my wide and skinny hems...

I just love going through all these. I love to select and prepare them for FQs & quilting, for sewing pot holders, mug rugs or other tiny projects, and even sewing PJ's and curtains. 

I still have every intention of add these to my etsy shop, I just haven't had the time to do so :) Feel free to contact me if your interested, and I also love to do swaps! Off to do more thrifting today! ;D