CollectIn Texas Gal

8/29/12

The Cure for Pyrexia? More Pyrex!

RARE Pyrex Napkin Rings...Take Six and call it a PyrexFix!

Okay, so you would have a hard time Swallowing Six of these.

But you know as well as I do that they are the just what the doctor ordered for a Perfect Pyrex Fix.

And LOOK!!! They are Compatables!

That means they go with EVERY PIECE of PYREX ever made.

Well, at least the Old Town Blue pieces.

Why am I letting them GO? I'm glad you asked!

I don't don't do Old Town Blue!

I do the Pyrex Turquoise Blue!

Are you as excited as I was to find these Napkin Rings in their ORIGINAL box?

Well, at least most of the original box....it's missing the lid!

If you suffer from NoNapkinFoldin' Disorder....here's your 'FoldFIX' on the box bottom.

To TopOff your Pyrexia Meds...a pair of Pyrex Salt and Pepper Shakers.

This set has seen a day or two of the Shakes, but still can SetUp

with their compatable Pyrex Pattern 'Snowflake'.

There now! Don't you feel better just seeing these Pyrex Pieces?

Yep...The Cure for Pyrexia IS More Pyrex!

8/27/12

Barbara Willis SIGNED Pot...Who Knew?

Once upon a time, I was a Potter!

The kind that played in clay all day!

I discovered clay in college as a requirement to get a degree in Art Education.

Before I knew it...Clay REQUIRED a Pottery Studio for Sue!

So, I imersed myself in the world of Clay, Glaze, Kiln, Wheel, Tools, and ALL things POTTERY!

Including Collecting Pottery!

That's how I came to have this 'Funky Pot' in my collection!

I found it at a 'Thrift Shop' before Thrift Shopping was Cool...

sounds like a Country Song, huh?

It kind of 'Spoke' to me, although I wasn't into the color YELLOW, I was into Handmade,

Crackle/Raku Glaze, Underglaze Design and SIGNED.

Barbara Willis! Never heard of her! But, I liked the pot and bought it for a 'Song'...seriously...I wailed a tune about being a 'Starving Artist' and walked away with this cracked glazed, scratched bottom, puke yellow pot for under FiveBucks!

It sat around the house and collected dust for years. I even tried to sell it in one of my Juntique Booths...touting it as a SIGNED piece. Noooobooody bought it! I guess I'm the only person who liked cracked glaze, scratched bottom, puke yellow pots!!!

So, back to gathering dust....until last year!!! While surfing TheNet I saw this same 'Bird' on another Pot in a much more pleasing 'White Crackle' color being touted as SIGNED by Barbara Willis, 'Mother of Modern Ceramics'.