
After that, you will experience more breakage because of the wear and tear of normal use. Canning jars have a life expectancy of 10–13 years. You can also find and connect with me here on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram.Vintage, or antique, canning jars are perfect for decorative use. I look forward to seeing you all next month! Melt colorful Perler beads with the help of some pipe cleaners to make these one-0f-a-kind ornaments and cards.Īnd for easy but beautiful rainbow fashion, you will love these rainbow painted hairpins craft idea.

#MASON JARS FREE#
What do you wish for at the end of your rainbow? If you asked my daughter, she would say, "chocolate, of course!" This is super simple and great way to give a sweet "Pot of Gold" filled with a chocolate treat complete with free printable tags. Patrick's Day inspiration, try these fun and easy ideas: I like them just as they are, as fun and simple St. Once they are completely dry, you could also fill them with wrapped candies (glass stain is NOT food safe), or use as a fun pencil or flower jar. I love how the tinted glass jars turned out, and they look great with just natural sunlight glowing through them. These are festive with or without the candle in the middle. You can also turn them into pretty luminaries by putting a candle or battery operated candle inside. I finished the pretty jars off with with a little green and white baker's twine. Now, put it down and let it dry completely! Don't touch, you won't want to smudge the glitter.
#MASON JARS WINDOWS#
I used the tip of my X-ACTO knife to grab the edge of each shape and help take them off to reveal the pretty green shamrock windows it created in my jar. This one was a little trickier to take the vinyl stencil off. Remember, wherever you put the decoupage glue is where the glitter will stick. In reverse, I applied a layer of decoupage all over the jar just under the rim and used the same technique.

Make sure to peel off the vinyl before the glue dries. Then, ever so carefully, peel back the vinyl stencil. I sprinkled on the gold glitter and carefully shook off any excess.

The first one as a window, and the second one as barrier.Īfter the vinyl is securely applied to the outside of the jars, it's time to add the glittery goodness!įirst I applied a coat of decoupage right onto the glass, wherever I wanted the glitter to adhere to. So I used the same stencil in too different ways. Keep in mind, wherever the vinyl is applied is where the glitter or glue will NOT go. If you don't own one, you can cut out your designs using an X-ACTO knife, a steady hand, and this Shamrock template printable as a guide. To add the glitter shamrock shapes on my jars, I used some self-adhesive vinyl and my Silhouette cutting machine. You will want to let your stain dry for a least 24 hours before putting anything else inside your jar, but I let it dry for about 2-3 before adding the glitter shamrocks on the outside of the jar. I used a paper towel to wipe off any excess along the top rim, but that is basically how you can tint your own mason jars. Then I sat it upright again and let it slide back down to dry. I did this over a paper plate and actually let it drip down for a couple of minutes to get excess out, adding a little extra glass stain if necessary. Swirl it around and let gravity work it's magic by spreading the color all along the insides of the jar. Start with a clean dry mason jar and squirt a little glass stain on the bottom.

Decoupage glue ( I used Americana Decou-Page.Green transparent glass stain ( I used DecoArt brand).Because, let's just be real, everything is a little better with glitter, right? Patrick's day flair, used gold glitter to add shamrock designs on the front. I started with regular clear mason jars, and hand-tinted them a really pretty transparent green. So cute, right? You won't believe how easy it was to make them. Patrick's Day spirit with these Shamrock Mason Jars with glittery gold shamrock designs. This time let's put our leprechaun hats on and get in the St. Hey ya'll! It's Pauline from Club Chica Circle again - and it's time for some holiday crafting inspiration!
