18 July 2011

What To Do With All Those Jars?

Well, I admit I kind of have a problem of keeping jars and always have intentions on using them for something. So I finally got around to it and I am excited to clean up my classroom desk with them. My family eats a lot of pasta and we tend to have a lot of these jars around. My picky daughter enjoys her pasta sauce from these jars, which are a little smaller than the ones mentioned above. Finally, I buy a lot of pesto that and it comes in these jars,which are the smallest in the bunch. After they've been emptied, I scrub the labels off and run them through the dishwasher. Then they usually collect somewhere, like on the top of the refrigerator, until there are too many and I must find something to do with them. So, I decided to paint them, add a few bows (to cutesy them up), and use them as storage containers for my pencils, pens, scissors, and all kinds of other things that collect at my desk. I think it's time I get rid of the coffee mugs and cutesy the desk up a bit. So here is how I started:
I began by adding primer to the outside of the jars which added a nice base for the paint to stick to. Then once the primer dried, I added the cute colors you see above: Watermelon, Pistachio, and Blue Ocean Breeze. After a few coats and some ribbon, here's what they look like:


And here are all of the items I painted, I just couldn't stop at the jars:
The large jar in the back is an old sauerkraut jar, and the wooden box was my $1.99 Goodwill find. Don't ya think these will look so much cuter than old coffee mugs? One more thing, we will be choosing a winner tonight for our giveaway. If you haven't had a chance to enter and would still like to HERE is the link. We also have a few freebies there too! Hope you all have a terrific week!





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10 comments:

  1. That is adorable! I love the colors! I am pinning it to my board!! :-)
    Tammy
    Live Love Laugh Everyday In Kindergarten

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  2. Thanks Tammy :) Love, love, love, Pinterest!!

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  3. I love it!

    http://quenchyourfirst.blogspot.com

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  4. I found a post on pinterest where a girl spray painted just the lids of different shaped jars and filled them with different kids of seasonal candy. Just switch out with each season!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Mandy
    firstgradetothecore

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  5. Thanks mandytaylor! Neat idea. I will have to find them and pin them :)

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  6. This is getting pinned to my board too! Very pretty!

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  7. Glad you all like these! So excited to decorate my desk!

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  8. I love these. I'm going to start saving my jars now so I can make them! Thanks for the cute idea!
    ~Meredith
    Keen on Kindergarten

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  9. Made some of these, but didn't have mason jars. I saw another pin where you use hot glue to spell words on the jar, they came out great!!! I've only done black, silver, and white but I am going to get the 3 colors you used because those are my classroom colors!
    Miss B, Busy Bee

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  10. Great idea about the glue :) Thanks so much! I bet silver and black look so cute!

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