{Vintage Pyrex - Continued...}

After writing about how much I thought about wanting to start collecting vintage Pyrex dishes in all colors of the rainbow HERE, I became slightly obsessed with finding these dishes all over the Internet and the more dishes I found...the more it made me want to just take the plunge to just start collecting them.

SOOOOOOOO....I DID! I have some amazing friends and I have to give a little shout out to my friend Whitney because if it wasn't for her visiting an antique store during her visit to Walla Walla, I don't think I would've started! She found a HUGE selection of vintage Pyrex, here is just ONE of the areas of Pyrex she found... 

 

The second she saw all of it, she thought of me and started sending me pictures like crazy. I definitely had to restrain myself because every picture of every dish she sent me, I WANTED TO BUY!! :-) Here are some of the pictures that she sent me during her antique store visit...

This is the one I had Whitney get for me...

These were the rest of the ones I wanted to buy...

There were more she told me about that I don't have pictures for...like I said, could've spent a small fortune!

And my second shout out goes to my friend Heidi who also saw my first post about vintage Pyrex and she told me she had a dish in a color I didn't have sitting in her storage that she knew she'd never really use again and wanted to give it to me! SO sweet of her! Here's my soon to be new beauty that I'll be adding to collection...

Here is my entire collection NOW...

I'm definitely off to a great start! Excited to get more already! Guess I'll have to pick up a new hobby of antique store hopping haha. Oh, and find another job to support that new hobby lol!

Another reason to be excited about collecting these dishes is that if fulfills one of my 101 Things in 1001 Days list!! WOOT WOOT! :-)

What are you all up to today? Anyone still on vacation for the holiday? How are you enjoying the rest of your time off? Collect something too? What do you collect? :-) 

HAPPY TUESDAY EVERYONE!

{Dear Monday}

Linked up with Megan at H a p p y Day :-)

Dear Monday - you came way to fast! I'm not okay with the fact that Christmas is already over. Here's to looking forward to next Christmas in our hometown, where we'll FINALLY be living again!! WOO!

Dear Snoqualmie Pass - I'm REALLY not happy with you at the moment! You decided to cut our Christmas Day short with our entire family by making road conditions impossible, causing my Brother in Law and his girlfriend to get into a roll over car accident (THANKFULLY, they're okay, just some jitters and minor cuts and bruises) We're all just so happy it wasn't worse...the car didn't look pretty. 

Dear Husband - I'm SO glad we still get two weeks together before you start school again on the 9th! Maybe we could squeeze a date night in there somewhere?

Dear Unfinished Sewing Projects - I will destroy you this week :-) I'm determined to have you finished by the end of January! :-) I'm excited to see you projects finished! 

Dear Inlaws - I'm sorry you had to leave like you did so suddenly and that we didn't get to have a proper goodbye! :-( Looks like we'll have to come visit sooner than we thought to make up for that

Dear Apartment - I love the fact that after entertaining so many people this weekend, that I get to start off this week with you already being clean!! Big shout out to my Mother and Sister in Law for making that possible! I appreciated your help SO much!

Dear Computer - I wish you would just fix yourself, so I could back up my photos and have space on my memory card. I don't want to buy another one lol.

Dear Blog Family - I hope you all had an amazing holiday with your loved ones! I love you all tons!

Christmas Tree #2 - our real one died before Christmas Day haha

My Father In Law playing with Miss K in the playhouse they got her for Christmas

Miss K finally getting some much needed outside time even though it was FREEZING!

{Fill in the Blank Friday}

Image: Courtesy of Lauren at the little things we do

I've linked up with Lauren @ the little things we do for my very first "Fill in the Blank Friday" post and I must say, it's these little fun themed posts that make me love to blog. If you have a blog, make your own post and link yours up on Lauren's page too! :-)

1.   The best way to spread Christmas cheer is    making holiday themed baked goods and sharing them with neighbors and friends.

2.   The thing I love most about Christmas is   getting to relive the special little traditions that i did with my family when i was a kid with our daughter, as well as getting to share this joyful season with our family members. especially this year when they all were willing to travel to us, instead of the other way around. we're really thankful for that .

3.  The holiday season is a time for   being thankful for what you have and counting all of your blessings - no matter how big or small.

4. My favorite thing to eat at the holidays is    oh gosh, this is a tough one because I could seriously list EVERYTHING but if I had to pick ONE thing...pretty much any kind of PIE!!!!

5.  I will be spending Christmas    surrounded by my husband's family - and there are no words with how excited i am about this...is more ways than one - but i won't be getting into why...we'd be here forever haha!

6.  Tis better to (give or receive?)   definitely! i'm one of those types of people that could go without ever receiving gifts if i could give everyone i wanted a gift. i find SO much joy out of giving gifts to others. makes my heart melt.

7.  I'm dreaming of a   fun, family filled  Christmas!

*TWO* DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS! WOO HOO!!

{Thursday Thoughts}

 {ONE}

Only three days until Christmas!! I'm lucky enough to get to decorate ANOTHER tree because the real one we put up while my parents were here for Thanksgiving just couldn't hold out any longer and it died :-( Poor thing. So, we get to bust out the fake tree for this weekend.

{TWO}

Two of my brother in laws (and practically sister in law hehehe) are headed our way as I type, my mother and father in law will be joining us TOMORROW! :-) I'm so excited that we'll still get to celebrate this holiday with family because my husband and I decided this year that we just couldn't afford to travel back to our hometown since we're trying to save up money for our big move coming up this September.

{THREE}

Finally happy that the stomach flu that plagued our house this week is finally GONE and my husband never got it! BONUS! I was terrified that we were going to have a flu-filled Christmas. That was Miss K's first stomach flu...and I must say that the actual vomiting wasn't the worst part to deal with...it was the "Mama please help me!" look that she gave me every time she was about to throw up. That was rough seeing that and knowing there was nothing I could do but just be there.

{FOUR}

I have this sudden urge to buy Starbucks everyday from here on out before the holiday cups go back into hibernation! I know it's silly, but those red cups just make me smile. Also sad to think that the holiday season is almost over too :-( 

{FIVE}

I desperately want to go drive around to look at Christmas lights. I can't believe that I'm just now realizing we haven't done that yet! Shame on us!

{SIX}

I LOVE grilled cheese sandwiches! My our little family seems to be binging on them for breakfast lately. I can't explain why they're so amazing, but they're not just for when we were kids! HAHA! Well, I guess I would consider myself a big kid ;-)

What are your plans for today? Anything special you're doing for the holidays? :-)

.::101 Things in 1001 Days::.

I'm jumping on the 101 in 1001 Train!!! I've partnered up with my gal pal, Nadina, at Life One Day at a Time to take on this awesome task and I encourage all of you to do this! It's definitely a great way to get excited about the things you want to do/get done in your lives! :-) You don't HAVE to have a partner...but I think it will be more fun this way to help each other complete some of their tasks! :-)

To see my list go HERE, or click on the tab at the top of my page titled .::101 in 1001::. (which will be there the entire duration of this project), and I also have a tab that's tittled .::101 in 1001 Pictures::. where I will share pictures of the tasks that I complete :-) If you make your own 101 in 1001 list, I would love to have you share it with me, to give a little encouragement or, who knows, I just may send you something to help you complete a task on your list...you just never know!! Just post the link as a comment below!

{Vintage Pyrex}

There are quite a few people that I know that have their one thing that they collect to decorate a room with. For most, it's something that they collect to add the little something to their kitchens. My mother is one of those such people. She collects vintage nut choppers (not to worry gentlemen, there's no need to jump to conclusions hehehe) and they're just really cool! Here's what I'm talking about...

She has a colorful assortment of nut choppers, just like the one pictured above, sitting up on top of all the cabinets. I love them! They add the perfect touch to her kitchen.

My hubby and I often talk about how we really want to find something like this to collect to add that little bit to our someday kitchen too. And I think I've figured out what I want to collect....

*VINTAGE PYREX*

But not JUST vintage Pyrex...vintage Pyrex in an assortment of colors!

Here is the source of my inspiration. I found this picture on Pinterest and I knew immediately that when I saw it, this is what I wanted to collect. Major brownie points to the photographer for the "rainbow arrangement"!! :-) 

This is exactly how I would do it too! I pretty much love every color of the rainbow and for this to have all vintage pyrex displayed in rainbow colors...SQUEAL!! :-) I get excited over the oddest things, I know.

When I moved into my first apartment with my husband, my Mom had actually given me a set of 3 of the green vintage bowls and I've held onto them for the past 7 years. I guess what triggered my want for more Pyrex lately was running into a pink vintage Pyrex bowl that was left behind when one of the tenants at our apartment complex that had moved out. It's the exact same pink one in the Pinterest picture above :-) 

For those of you that read this, you're AWESOME! It really means a lot to me that you listen to my random ramblings and humor me when I get excited over things like this! LOL! ;-) Love you all!!

{aNeMoNe} - Handmade Paper Flowers

You're probably looking at the title of this post and thinking to yourself "handmade paper flowers?? seriously??".

Let me be the first to tell you, that they're A-MAZING! Mary, the owner of aNeMoNe, made my wedding bouquet ENTIRELY out of paper flowers just over 2 years ago! Here is a photo of my bouquet from my wedding...

 Isn't it GORGEOUS!? I still promise you...this bouquet is made entirely out of paper!! :-) I also have a few of aNeMoNe's arrangements throughout my house and they add just the perfect touch. You never have to water them, they're made out of quality paper, and THEY NEVER DIE!! I still get to admire my bouquet 2 years after my wedding! (I know, that was a little bit cheesy...but it's all true!! LOL!)

What I'm trying to get at is....if you're looking for a really unique gift to give someone for the holidays/for anytime of year, or if you're like me and don't want to spend a fortune on flowers for your wedding that die shortly after, OR you just want to treat yourself and your home to something beautiful...GO CHECK THEM OUT! :-) They also have Christmas ornaments!!!

aNeMoNe

309 W. 2nd Ave. Ste 102

Spokane, WA 99201

Phone: (509) 838-7037

Email: info@handmadepaperflowers.com

Website: HERE

Facebook: HERE

Here is just another taste of their amazing work....

And not to forget about the Christmas decorations!!! :-) 

UPDATE!

Just hours after posting this, one of our local news stations aired a special of aNeMoNe!!! Here's the link, check out the video that comes with the story to see more amazing work from Mary and her crew! :-)

Here's the link:

http://www.kxly.com/news/29955368/detail.html