Tribute to Mason Jars

If confession is good for the soul, I'll admit it, I use Mason Jars for just about everything. This is my tribute to my beloved jar. To my friends at Burke Community Church, I do use them for more than just coffee, although that is a great start to the day.


Taking a tour of our house, you'll find the following uses:

• base to a lamp (if you look carefully at the one on the left, it has the tag still there saying what kind of jelli was in it)

• candle - see the below picture (thanks Mike & Paula - Autumn Hill Candle creators)
• pen/pencil holder once the candle is used up

• jelly
• daffodil's growing in them (here's the picture, but you'll need to scroll down a bit)
  
• next Christmas, I hope to make Candy Jars for each in our family - I remember my grandparents having their hearth lined with candy jars for each person in our family, one Christmas
• of, course, my coffee (and today's happens to be a recycled sorghum jar, thanks honey!!)
  
• potpourri
• cork holder
  

Here are some other ways I've been known to use the various sized Mason Jars:

• fresh cut flowers
• actual canned food
• sugar bowl
• baking soda (I buy the Costco size, which stays near the washer and dryer and keep a portion in the kitchen)
• small junk bowl for those things that you don't want to throw away because you might remember where it goes some other day
• coffee/tea related gadgets - honey sticks, coffee scoop, loose leaf tea strainer, etc.
• craft supplies - pomp pomps, little plastic eyes, etc

Suppose I really do dream of being in the country if I decorate with Mason Jars, Quilts (and some of those quilts are now lamp shades although not made my me), baskets, wire/wrought iron, wood. My dream house would have a wrap around porch with awesome views of mountains and sunrise/sets. Of course, the vehicle I'd really like is a faded, red pick up truck.