I have officially entered the cookie baking segment of the holiday season … The decorations are up. The twinkle lights are twinkling. And the house feels all cozy and festive and fun … the perfect atmosphere to pull out that MixMaster and get my cookie baking on! And I have a fun […]
Mixed Nuts in Mason Jars
Have you been assigned an appetizer to bring to this year’s holiday gathering? Or perhaps you’re hosting a New Year’s Eve bash and are looking for some fun — and delicious — finger foods to serve your guests to ring in 2014? If so, I’ve found a recipe that will earn you raves. […]
Holiday Votives
More often than not, we overthink things. Add too much. Forget to edit. And then … and then … and then we stumble across an idea that is so simple. So easy. So classic. That we find ourselves clunking our heads with our palms questioning, why-oh-why didn’t we come up […]
Snowman Mason Jar
My sister loves to decorate for the holidays with snowman … because the snowman decorations don’t have to come down after the first of the new year. They can satay put through January and February. So when Malia at Yesterday on Tuesday shared with me her super cute snowman mason jar, I immediately […]
Salt Shaker Ornaments
Okay, technically this is not a mason jar project. But little salt shakers from the Dollar Store are almost like mini mason jars … if you stretch your imagination. 😉 I created these shabby chic creations for the amazing Kerryanne at The Shabby Art Boutique. For her 2013 Simply Shabbilicious holiday magazine. […]
Holiday Gift Ideas in Jars
Looking for some fun and festive handmade gift ideas? Well I’ve pulled 20+ ideas from our Holiday Mason Jar Extravaganza event … just for you! I’ve even organized them into categories … just for you! Mason Jar Snow Globes Car in Jar Snow Globe from It All Started With Paint Anthropologie […]
Candy Jar Mason Jar
I’ve fallen in love with the 1 1/2 pint Wide Mouth mason jar from Ball Canning (affiliate link). And, yes, I realize that I should fall in love with this jar for it’s canning possibilities … I envision stalks of asparagus standing proudly and deliciously side-by-side. But I also look at these jars and […]
Anthropologie Snow Globes
The Anthropologie mason jar snow globe has to be one of my favorite mason jar holiday crafts. Ever. I debated long and hard if I should even create these jars for the blog. I mean, you can’t swing a dead cat in blog land without hitting one …. or three. They are […]
Cranberry Jelly Recipe
I’m cooking a Turkey today. Seriously. I kid you not … You see, we didn’t host Thanksgiving dinner this year. We joined friends and family for a fabulous and festive celebration. That’s the up side. The down side? No leftovers. We were a hungry group. Luckily for us, my husband’s […]
Giving Thanks …
On this Thanksgiving day I wanted to say thank you to all of you who stop by here! And in the spirit of thanks, I’ve pulled together a collection of some of my mason jar Thanksgiving favorites … 1. Pottery Barn-Inspired Acorn Votive from It All Started With Paint 2. Pumpkin Pie in Jars […]
Candy Cane Mason Jar
Psst. I’ve got a secret to share with you … but you have to promise to keep it quiet. Because if my other mason jars caught wind of what I’m going to tell you, they might just create an uprising … or, worse still, shatter into a million little pieces. You […]
Mason Jar Cookie Jar
The cookie jar takes on a whole new meaning when you put cookies in a mason jar … it’s a much more literal interpretation. When I saw this Ball Wide Mouth 1 1/2 pint jar, I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it … because my friend Elena at a […]
Holiday Decor … with Jars
Holiday décor is a pretty vague title for this project … but I’m not quite sure what to call these holiday mason jars. Maybe holiday mason jar candy jars? Or holiday gift jars? Or maybe a holiday décor idea for a shelf or mantel or bookcase? Or a fun gift […]
Tiffany Box Mason Jar
What woman’s heart doesn’t skip a beat at the sight of Tiffany’s little blue box? It holds such promise inside … Hopes. Dreams. And a little … or maybe a lot … of bling! That little blue Tiffany’s box can be a life changer. A path alter-er … But […]
Turkey Cookie in a Jar
My mother always told me not to play with my food. But then again she never made cookie turkey parts … and frosted them with appropriate cookie turkey parts colors … and packaged them up in a mason jars … for me and my siblings to play with before we gobbled them […]
Thanksgiving Centerpiece
Are you looking for a Thanksgiving centerpiece idea? Something fun and festive and colorful? Something that tells your guests how thankful you are to have them in your life? Something that just screams Thanksgiving? Something that gets the conversation started. You know, the one where everyone around the table shares what […]
Car in Jar Snow Globe
Last week I got a jump start on holiday crafts in jars … a jump start inspired by my mason jar loving friends. Here, on this blog, I shared my Santa Hat Mason Jar candy jar project. And there, on my It All Started With Paint blog, I shared this cute vintage […]
Mason Jar Link Party!
1. Free Pretty Things For You 2. The Cottage Market 3. The Shabby Creek Cottage 4. The Country Chic Cottage 5. The Gunny Sack 6. The New York Melrose Family 7. Cupcakes and Crinoline 8. It All Started with Paint 9. Mason Jar Crafts Love 10. Yesterday on Tuesday 11. Two Shades of Pink 12. […]
Santa Hat Mason Jar
Can you believe I couldn’t find a single project featuring a Santa hat lid on a mason jar? I Googled it … and then I Google imaged it. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to share with you a project that has been so overdone. That you wouldn’t show up here and […]
No Bake Pumpkin Pie
This pumpkin pie recipe had me at no bake … but then … then as I kept on reading, there was mention of a cream cheese mousse. Um, yum! And, yes! And, can I have seconds?!? Just in time for Thanksgiving, Lindsay at Life, Love … and Sugar has […]
Thanksgiving Mason Jar
I think I’ve met my mason jar craft match. Malia at Yesterday on Tuesday. Seriously. I mean, just look at this super cute and clever Thanksgiving mason jar craft idea … corny containers! A mason jar craft that’s perfect for kids to make. And share at a Thanksgiving feast. And […]
Holiday Mason Jar Party
Can you believe it’s November already? And you know what that means, right? It means that the next two months will be all about the holidays … and I’m jumping on the holiday bandwagon. I’m joining up with a group of amazingly talented bloggers … many of whom I’ve featured right here […]
Halloween Craft Ideas …
Can you believe Halloween is less than a week away? On one hand, it feels like time has flown by … and on the other, it feels like I’ve been celebrating Halloween for over a month. Between crafts and features here … and crafts and Halloween decorating on my other blog. […]
Striped Mason Jar
Technically, this black and white striped mason jar isn’t a Halloween craft … but I can’t help to look at it and think Halloween. Perhaps because my son chose a prisoner Halloween costume one year. Complete with the stereotypical black and white stripes. And that little prisoner cap … and I have […]
