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Posted on September 20, 2010 by Gretta

For those of you who were excited for the release of Paprika Fiestaware back in June 2010, there’s more good news: Paprika Fiesta Ornaments are now on sale. You can pre-order just in time for the holiday season at FiestaFactoryDirect.com.  According to the email we received from Homer Laughlin, the 2010 Paprika Fiesta Ornaments are [...]

Posted on September 02, 2010 by Gretta

Hey folks–this is your last chance to get the limited edition Retired 75th Anniversary Marigold 3-PC baking set from Homer Laughlin at a discount. Marigold is super duper rare–it only ran from August 2008 to September 2009 and is only available as a baking bowl set and as the large oval platter. So, if you’ve [...]

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Gretta

Homer Laughlin announced yesterday that Fiesta Jam Jars are now on sale in additional colors. Each one is $16.99. New Fiesta jam jar colors include: Plum, Cinnabar, Scarlet and Turquoise. The first release was in limited colors, including Paprika (out of stock currently), White, Ivory, Sunflower (out of stock), Tangerine, Cobalt Blue, Peacock, Shamrock, Lemongrass, [...]

Posted on June 07, 2010 by Gretta

In celebration of Father’s Day, there is now Free Shipping at Boscovs.com! As regular readers of the Discount Fiestaware blog are aware, Boscovs.com carries a number of Fiestaware items. And with free shipping, now’s a great time to stock up on your collection while you shop for dad. Not sure which Fiestaware piece to get [...]

Posted on June 05, 2010 by Gretta

Fire up your shopping carts, Fiesta collectors–with the introduction of Paprika Fiestaware, Cinnabar and Evergreen Fiestaware will enter the hallowed halls of retired Fiestaware. And once they are retired, they never come back. Here’s what Homer Laughlin has to say about retired Fiestaware: No. We’re sorry but we are unable to bring back a color [...]

Posted on June 02, 2010 by Gretta

Hey Fiesta fans! Just got an email in my inbox from Homer Laughlin. You can now pre-order Paprika Fiestaware over at FiestaFactoryDirect.com. There are limited items available. Get it while it’s hot! Currently, you can get the following items in Paprika: Fiesta Square 3 Piece Place Setting Fiesta® 4 Piece Place Setting Fiesta® 5 Piece [...]

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Gretta

This etsy artist makes necklaces and jewelry out of broken plates. We think you’ll find this one especially interesting: Very cool, and most definitely vintage. You can tell because of the lowercase script and how it’s all strung together. The smaller circle there is from a lemongrass Fiesta piece and you can recognize the trademark [...]

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Gretta

Fiesta Sea Mist Green was first created in 1989 and was discontinued in 2005. Because of its recent discontinuation, there are still some Fiesta Sea Mist Green pieces for sale on Amazon.com. Usually, you won’t find rare and collectible Fiesta listed with big retailers – but today’s our lucky day. Check out Fiestaware Sea Mist [...]

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Gretta

Lead content is a bit of the redheaded stepchild of both vintage and contemporary dinnerware – including Fiesta. The fear among many consumers is that lead from the glaze can leach into your food and into your body and cause lead poisoning. Homer Laughlin is well aware of this, and has since begun printing “Lead [...]

Posted on April 07, 2010 by Gretta

You may remember from our earlier post on the original Fiesta colors that Homer Laughlin used to use uranium in it’s Fiestaware to give it that nice, radioactive (literally) red/orange look. Well, if you didn’t believe it then, here’s proof: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8SVyLrv-yQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&] This video accompanies a post from blogger and author Anthony Lewis and shows just [...]