Painted Mason Jar Vase

House of HepworthsFirst, I have to tell you how {EXCITED} I am!  Two of my posts were featured 

this past week.... this was my first time being featured since I started this blog 3 weeks ago!

Now, it's time for today's post. .......

This project presents many opportunities!  

~ It can be a simple vase sitting alone (mine is on my bathroom countertop).

 ~ It could be used as table markers at a wedding (or party).  

~ It could be used as a centerpiece.

 ~  Etc. (Leave your comments and tell me what YOUR ideas are....)

 Let's get started on the pics and how I did it.

First, I made spaghetti!  :-)  LOL! 

I needed an empty Mason jar and this one looked good... so my family 

had to participate by eating spaghetti!  (Not a problem, I doctor the jar sauce 

up so much that you can't even tell it's from a jar!)

I took my cleaned jar and some white and silver spray paint with my "spray paint box"

and headed outside to give the jar a coat of silver paint.   

I turned the jar upside down before I sprayed it.  

After the silver paint dried, I sprayed it with white paint.

Once the white paint dried, I scratched the 

paint to rough it up and make it look old.  

I had a small problem, when I noticed the expiration 

date was showing.  I could have painted over it, but 

I like a challenge!  So I decided to bring this project 

to a whole other level.   

So..... I grabbed my twine, burlap, some acrylic paint, 

chalkboard paint, chalk and super glue.  (This is

why these supplies are pictured separately above).

After I wrapped the twine around the neck of the jar, I used 

super glue to adhere the twine to the burlap tag.

(Ya gotta love super glue!)

I am blessed to have a hydrangeas in my yard... (my favorite flower)!

So, I just went outside and cut some fresh flowers to display in the jar.

Here is a close up pic of the jar and the bottom of the burlap tag so

that you could see the color coming through the burlap.  It is subtle,

but you can still see it.  I think it adds a vintage, shabby chic feel to it.

My one hydrangea bush produces a variety of colors.

It is pretty {FABULOUS}! 

I chose different shades to display in this jar.

So, now it is YOUR turn to decide......

I hope this inspired you to recycle common items that you may have 

at your disposal and make them into beautiful items that you can

use to decorate with or maybe give away as a gift!

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Until next time, be blessed!

:-)  Tonya

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A Jar is More Than a Jar....

Good afternoon.  I enjoy repurposing items that I love in a creative way 

so that I can display them.  I found this old Anchor Hocking jar that has a 

glass lid.  It is completely awesome!  I had to display it somewhere!  

So here is what I came up with...

The lid on this jar is glass and it is awesome!

Another really cool thing about this jar is that the front side of the jar is clear 

without pattern so you can easily view the photos.  The jar is almost like it was 

made to be a frame!!! Lol!

Okay, so the reason that this is so ideal is because I have a lot 

of old photos that I want to keep protected and by keeping them in the jar, 

I can accomplish that.  You can't keep a lot of photos in a frame, but in a 

jar... you have more "storage space".

So, now I just have to find the picture that I want to display.  There are two photos of 

my mom that I love and I need to choose between the two.

I think I will go with the younger photo of her.

Okay, so next... I stacked the photos together so that I could see the "layers" of old photos...

you know, from shortest to tallest...

I had to curve the stack to get them to go inside of the jar.

I put the lid back on.

...and here it is!  The photos look great in this old jar.

I hope this inspires you to use items items 

you love in unconventional ways! 

Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Until next time, be blessed!

:-) Tonya

* P.S. - I linked this post to Think Pink Sundays (Flamingo Toes) and Nifty Thrifty Sundays and 

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Cherished Treasures.

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