I had so much fun with my Snowman in a jam jar ( I’ve named him Marcel ) that once I had more jars to play with, I knew what I wanted to do. I didn’t take step by step pics but the process is basically the same. This time I added trees ( I picked up a couple of packs of bottle brush trees at Dollar Tree…$1 for a pack of 2) and used some wood thread spools I had in my stash.
I’m sticking with plain white glue with my Epsom salt. I tried Diamond Glaze just to see what would happen. Not so good! So the process is:
- Coat the bottom of your jar with glue ( remember bottom will become the top) and invert to let a few drips run down wherever).
- Pour in some salt
- Swirl / shake ( cover your opening!) until coated
- Spray some spray adhesive ( I used Elmers )
- Sprinkle coarse glitter, spritz a little more sprinkle fine glitter
- While that’s drying, paint your lids
Spritzed the inside of the lids with some spray adhesive and sprinkled some more Epsom Salt, then lowered the jar onto the lid ( you want to make sure and keep the salt out of the rim of the lid so your jar screws on correctly) . I dribbled a little glue in the rim too.
On these, I went around the neck with plain twine. Start and end with a dab of hot glue.
Finished by adding a glittered snowflake from a pack of ornaments ( $1.49 or $1.99 for a pack of 12 @ Michaels, by Darice) to the top ( formerly the bottom!) of the jar.
Now I’m craving a pickle.
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ReplyDeleteThese are seriously sweet. I need bottle brush tress!
Marcel! Bwahahahaha! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThese are just so freakin adorable! Love them.
ReplyDeleteI love them! Marcel...ooh la la. Btw, my family runs every empty glass jar by me before heading to the recycling bin...hmmm...
ReplyDeleteCUTE! Love that you named your first Marcel. ♥
ReplyDeletesuper cool! i have never thought of that ( -:
ReplyDeleteWOW, that is SUPER creative.. I LOVE the tray and the globe's.. So beautiful.. You did a fantastic job : )) LOVE it..
ReplyDeletevery cute I just ordered my mother the lover of snowmen a musica globe mad out of a mason jar come and I love your idea as well may use this to provide myself with some decor see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, Carol...this is absolutely, positively charming!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
Jenn
These are so cute. I would love it if you linked them up to the Success U - Wednesday Linkup Party at www.thestuffofsuccess.com.
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely adorable!!! I think this means I am heading to my dollar tree tomorrow to find bottle brush trees:-) Thank you for inspiring me to clean out jars and go shopping all in one post:-) Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE!!! PINNING THIS TO MAKE!! These are adorable! Great job! :0
ReplyDeletelove love love!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a ton of mason jars and I need to make some of these with them.
Awesomesauce! I gotta try this now. Wanna pickle?
ReplyDeleteThese are sooooo adorable. I just threw away some jars too :( Guess I need to start looking through my stash. Great project!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive! I love all your touches!!! You and I put Anthropologie to shame!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Aimee from ItsOverflowing.com
Great idea to use pickle jars, always have some of those! Thank you for linking up to A Crafty Soiree, I've featured you in tomorrow's new one.
ReplyDeleteThese are on our Christmas to do list.=) http://bellesbazaar-heather.blogspot.com
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