Wow, Shell, that is so neat. You are doing a wonderful job with your jars. It looks so professionally done. I love the butterflies. They are sweet. The colors are super too. I think you are doing a great job - keep it up.

Janet, I am the same way - I wish I could add about 12 more hours to each day. There are so many super ideas around here that I want to try and I just done have the time.

Take care of yourselves.

Amanda, I love the jar with sunflowers! My favorite flowers! I might try that. These jars are really cute and I need a secret place to put money that I'm saving for things... And if I can't see throught the jar to see how much is in there, I won't be likely to spend it before I have enough to get what I really want.
Plus, it would be a great disguise so that no one else would take my secret savings. I'm bad!

I know this doesn't have anything to do with the jars but wanted to share. You are very talented in your painting. And I am a beginner but I did something really neat on my daughter's wall the other day and I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I painted a huge sunflower on a narrow part of her wall (about 6 and a half feet tall) and for each big leaf measures a foot. It's a growth chart! It looks so cute on her wall (the decor is garden theme). Just wanted to share. Pretty proud of myself in how it came out. I might even make her a jar like yours for her loot too!

Thanks for all the great ideas!

Stacy

Thought I would share some more of my creations

yet another one

Ok well you guys got me motivated after seeing all these jars and the one Amanda had on the site the other day made w/ the fabric - so I have some jars I set aside and I have a question - how do you guys get the labels and the glue off the jars? What is the easiest way?

I really didn't need another project! I have several going right now - but i couldn't get them out of my head! So if you can't beat 'em - join'em right????

Thanks for your help,
Wombat

Shell I really like each of your jars. It makes me think maybe I can do this too.

I keep trying to save jars but everytime I put one in water to soak the label off, when I come back it is gone - my husband throws them away. So far I haven't got him to understand I am trying to save them to paint on. Maybe He thinks I have too much stuff around here - too many started projects and not very many finished projects. lol hahahahaha

Hope everyone is having a great day.

You could use the baby food jars to hold potpourri, I decoupaged torn tissue paper (I used lavendar and white mixed together) on the outside all around the rim and the whole jar, then filled it with potpourri and took cut toille and put it on top with ribbon around it. I used these for my mom's wedding shower favors, and everyone loved them! Most people didn't even know they were baby food jars!

The look would totally change depending on the color or colors you use for tissue paper, toille, and ribbon! You could easily use Chritmas colors, with cinnamon potpourri or something like that! Or even a candle wrapped in toille with a ribbon!

HTH!!

I'm not sure if someone else mentioned this or not, I'm just starting to read the posts in this thread. . . Have you considered doing some cross stiching for a lid cover? Maybe with a ribbon around it? You could do it on a clear jar, even without painting,and fill the jar with cookies or carmel popcorn or something!

. . .just an idea!!

Well it's been a while since i made a new jar, but I received a custom order for a jar with a pale yellow background, strawberries using cool reds, and strawberry blossoms. Here's the result My first time ever doing fruit LOL