Over the weekend I decided to spruce up some old mason jars. I first saw these on Pinterest and then discovered this DIY and basically fell in love with the idea. Who knew that with a little spray paint you could give an old jar a completely new look? Here's how to make your own...
What you'll need:
- 16 oz. mason jars
- 8 oz. mason jars
- fern green spray paint
- summer squash spray paint
- shipping labels
- x-acto knife
- fresh flowers
Use your shipping label paper to print your silhouette of choice. I know, I'm on a deer kick right now. Cut out your silhouette and stick it to the jar.
Spray paint your jars. If your jars do not have a silhouette sticker, you can paint both the inside and the outside. If your jars do have a silhouette sticker, flip them over and only paint the outside.
Once your jars are completely dry, remove the sticker.
Add some fresh flowers and you're all set!
Love it ;o)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I love the colours you chose too. Now I need some spray paint and somewhere to use it haha
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carly! I don't know what I would do without spray paint, haha.
DeleteYeah, I did it the hard way, like the second picture , my advice, either your the stencil down our tape it really good like the whole inside should be flush to the jar other wise it drips under the paper
DeleteReally craft...great idea.
ReplyDeleteWye
What a great idea ... thanks for sharing! So cool for all those spare jars under the sink.
ReplyDeleteI love this! I did one in pink intending to stencil on a white bunny but never got around to it. I like the idea of putting the silhouette on first then spray painting. Must make another!
ReplyDeleteLove it. Ive seen this with other shapes and its always so perfect. Thanks for the reminder.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute project! I love it so much that I decided to feature it in my roundup of mason jar craft tutorials on the FaveCrafts Blog! Check it out here: http://www.favecraftsblog.com/link-love-mason-jar-craft-ideas/
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
Thanks, Julia! So many cute ideas!
DeleteTerah September 17, 2012
ReplyDeleteLove the jars.....I would like to know if you used a particular type of spray paint.
Thanks for sharing.
I just used whatever I had on hand but they might make spray paint particularly for glass. Thanks for stopping by the blog!
Deleteloving it! would love to know the names of the spray paint colours you used.
ReplyDeleteHi Natalie! I unfortunately don't remember the name of the green but I know that it was by Rust-Oleum and it was a "Gloss Protective Enamel". The yellow is also by Rust-Oleum and it is called "Summer Squash". Both are satin finish. :)
DeleteNatalie! I found the green! It's "Fern". :)
Deletehttp://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=24
where do u find the shipping labels?
ReplyDeleteThey sell them at Target or any office supply store.
DeleteI want to try this .I love this ,I had bought the stickers and never used them ,now I will try this ....
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely a great idea! I think I`ll do one for Mothers day and give it to my mom. She`ll love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Melissa! I'm sure she will. :)
DeleteI love them, and how correct a gift you would want and the person receiving the gift well something about a person putting thought a personal or personality into a gift my fsv.
ReplyDeleteI love this tutorial so much that I included it on my DIY gift guide for this year! Here's the link if you want to check it out: http://www.thehannahgold.com/2015/12/a-broke-fabulous-holiday-season-diy.html
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteI tried something similar and I cut out the deer from normal printer paper.
ReplyDeleteNow the issue was the tape because it was so fine it was hard to get it to tape without the square ruining the deer stencil. How did you stick your stencil to the jar?
Please help, I tired this last night but I couldn't get it to tape fully so a bit of paint got under the finer details, and some of the tape also blocked the picture. How did you get your stencil to stick
ReplyDeleteI printed the deer on blank shipping labels which are basically stickers and then cut it out. I did not use regular printer paper.
DeleteTrace the image on contact paper cut out and stick it on your jar
ReplyDeleteSo I luv this so MUCH!! Only warning is I thinking I huffed the fumes on accident & felt like I went to the land of Oz! But all turnded out cuz when I was aware/back I looked at my work & they turnded out better than I think! Advice, wear a mask! Or invest in some Ruby slippers! Thanks in u for the idea! Funtastic!
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