I popped in to Goodwill today, not really expecting to find anything.
Monday mornings are not usually a good thrifting time for me. Sure people have dropped off donations over the weekend, but the employees are normally still sorting and pricing on Mondays at my stores. The goods don't normally make it out of the back room until Tuesday or so.
Is it sad that I know my thrift stores intimately?
Anyhow, I was on my way to Target next door, so I thought I'd swing on in for the heck of it.
This little Halloween blow mold is marked Empire Plastics 1981 on the back.
That is the excellent thing about Empire Plastics blow molds. There's not a lot of guessing about how old they are, because they are stamped on the bottom with the year they are made.
Sort of dummy proofing it for us thrifters.
OK, I need a little help on this one.
I bought it to make an apple walnut cake that I found on Pinterest (where else?). It wasn't until I was driving home, all proud of myself for finding a cheap bundt pan, that I realized it was probably a jello mold.
Can you make a cake in this or is it just used as a jello mold? And who the heck uses a jello mold these days?
So I was all excited about my finds so far and was walking to the cash register, when I spied a row of carts full of stuff just waiting to be put on the shelves.
But it's only Monday, don't they know my Monday thrift shop theory!
Now, normally I will follow behind employees putting stuff out, but I don't normally pick at the carts myself. They actually have a rule that you don't dig stuff out of the carts in process and they are fairly serious about it. I don't know what thrift store jail looks like and I don't plan on finding out.
Until today when I did not see a worker anywhere near the golden carts.
And I saw this poking up out of a mound of stuff.
OK, maybe I had cake on my mind, but I thought it was the prettiest cake carrier I had ever seen.
The basket stuff reminds me of the old-school laundry hamper that my mom used to have in her bathroom.
Again, let's just say I had cake on my mind, because after I got it home I realized it was not a cake carrier.
It's a sewing box.
Hence the bobbin thingies. And well worth risking a trip to thrift store jail.
So, why did I have cake on my mind?
I had seen this recipe for Chunky Apple Walnut Cake that Michelle at Bite By Michelle had posted a few weeks ago.
Source - Bite By Michelle
And I've been sort of obsessed with it. I mean, just look at that caramel glaze dripping over the edges!
If that blow mold wasn't so orange, I may have mistaken it for an apple.
Vintage/Retro Collectables
Great finds and need a piece of that cake! 🙂
suzieQ
Target and a Goodwill? Deadly combination, my friend. Why would anyone mark the top of that sewing basket? I deal with price stickers placed RIGHT on the maker's marks...coincident? Nope. I think there might be some passive aggressiveness going on, anyone can correct me if they think otherwise. I don't paw through the bins, but I do give it an eyeball check for anything special. Funny, I would have thought cake pan, too.
Does anyone know of any problems from either using a pan like that for Jell-o or for baking?
Barbara Shores ~ Village Folk Art
I have a pan JUST LIKE yours and I use it for baking. I am sure it could be used for jellos too. Love the Pumpkin mold. As for the yummy recipe...it looks sinfully divine.
Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces
Great finds, Pam...and I might or might not have dug into a cart myself before...
Sherry@Back2Vintage
I would have risked thrift jail for that sewing basket too. You are a very lucky lady!!!
TARYTERRE
LOVE the blow mold.
Vickie @ Ranger 911
Now I would have known it was a sewing basket, I mean a FABULOUS sewing basket, but that sure looks like a bundt pan to me. I've watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding a hundred times, and I know what a bun, bund, bundt cake looks like. 🙂
Do you look good in prison orange?
Musings from Kim K.
You had me at Halloween blow mold. You probably knew that though. You really need to let us know how that cake recipe turns out. It looks AMAZING!
Jill
It's a good thing you went in!! That really is a beautiful cake carrier!! And I love the blow mold!
Diane
Very funny! Lucky too-- my thrifts aren't even open on Mondays.
DaiseyJayne.com
Wonderful finds, that sewing box is so sweet! And that cake, to die for!!
Shara
I bought that same pan and I baked a cake it in not long ago. So, I say try it. Why not? Go back and get all those JellO molds - NOW you know what to do with them! 🙂
Carlene @ Organized Clutter
I thought it was a hat box! Cool!
Pamela
That is the prettiest cake carrier I have ever seen!
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ThrifterSisters
You have a Goodwill next door to Target? HEAVEN!!!! You lucky gal:-)
That sewing box is the perfect color. Were you able to get the price off of it? Why do they do that??!!
~Erica
Debby
Even if they were intended for different things you still got some great items. Love that blue sewing box. It is beautiful. I don't imagine you can cook in the jello mold but I know you will come up with another good use. I had to laugh when I saw the pumpkin.....you sure can spot those things.