Best Mason Jar Ideas - you'll want to make!

[@Bellejourney85]

Did you know a Parmesan shaker lid will fit on a regular canning jar?

[@ThankfulNanaDiane]

I’ve found certain other condiment jar lids fit Mason jars, too, not for canning, but for storage. You can also buy plastic lids to replace the ring & seal once you open a jar of jam, relish or other things that will be opened multiple times. 😊

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

That is amazing!!! I didn't know that :)

[@lynne-marieheidebrink1847]

I love using jars for storage and would like to see a video on decoupage/painting a glass or plastic jar.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

I am collecting jars now.... stay tuned!

[@sunflower6153]

I love the history lesson! I like finding out background stories about different things! It was so nice of Ball to keep his name on the jars as a tribute to him! ❤️ So many great ideas for use of these jars! Thank you! 😊❤️

[@Loraann54fi10]

Somehow, I manage to find vintage and antique Mason jars at ridiculous low prices at yard sales, thrift stores, and flea markets. I even found a bunch of old green ones in the woods on my property where there was an old homestead. My favorite decoration with a Mason jar is not really functional except for a good laugh. I took a Mason jar that is about 120 years old. (I'm particularly protective over this particular jar.) I made a vintage looking label for it that says "Brilliant Ideas." Then I filled it with all shapes and size light bulbs. I save weird things like blown vintage Christmas lights and old looking blown bulbs. Then I put a vintage lacey handkerchief between the lid and the ring. I keep my "Brilliant Ideas" jar on my kitchen window sill just in case I ever need one.😁

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

OMGosh! Can I PLEASE go thrifting with you?!?!?!

[@Loraann54fi10]

@TheCraftyOrganizer I know. It's like the universe feels I need mason jars.💜🤣

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

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[@dianeboileau2026]

So many wonderful uses for the mason jar! Definitely would like to see some decoupaging of a jar! Thanks for sharing Norrine! And thanks for the history lesson! Very interesting! 💜

[@acorn_studio8]

Love the history behind the jars. I am an alumnus of Ball State University funded by the Ball Family in Muncie, Indiana. I knew about their Ball glass jars. Nice to know they recognize the legacy of John Landis Mason by printing his name on their jars.

[@lindahamm193]

Love the idea of decoupaging the bee napkin on the jar. The history behind the Mason jars was nice. Thank you for sharing.

[@dianekraemer5989]

I'm a copy cat, I don't seem to have many original ideas and all of these are the best! The more , the merrier. thank you.

[@kittykitty435]

Thanks for the history!

[@sleeplessinscandia6452]

I’d love to see you do a decoupage mason jar!

[@sugarhillcrafter1044]

Me too!

[@unequelyusshop5201]

Me too would love to do this

[@gerilynne1955]

I no longer use plastic containers for my food. I was smelling and tasting plastic. I only use mason jars now. Pure glass. No after taste in my food. The lids are made of bamboo for display. Plus it's easy to see what I have.

[@debbiefriedt7264]

Yup, I’m getting to that point.

[@trinaroe5132]

So sad Mr Mason died penniless, but glad Ball still puts his name on their jars. I’d love to see gift ideas with recipes to go in decorated (or not) Mason jars. Since I know you don’t like to cook I know you’d recommend ones that are easy-peasy!

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

I thought it was sad too.... but love that his name lives on. 💐

[@RadBadJodster]

TY! Great ideas! ❤

[@cassfonnesbeck8057]

I always enjoy learning the backstory of products we take for granted! Thanks!

[@jillladd7319]

Decoupaging a mason jar 👍

[@cassandrasuzannelalonde4758]

You and your videos are so professional, well thought out and full of information. Thank you and hello from Murfreesboro Tennessee. I just found your site two weeks ago, you have a new fan.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Welcome, and thank you!!!!!

[@sherriejenkins6737]

Thanks for including the history lesson! It gives more meaning and appreciation for all I do with my Mason jars😊

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Thank you!!!

[@shelzp7272]

Thanks for telling us about the history! Interesting…

[@chrismcwilliams5175]

I need to get some jars! Oh wait, I have jars somewhere! I am going to pour paint and make some lights!

[@gretroman8235]

I have 2 jar dispensers in the bathroom for moisturizing soap and antibacterial soap at the sink. Much easier to refill from the economical bulk container and clean the outside weekly. I also use them for dried beans in the pantry that are sold in plastic bags. Muchveasier to store. And widemouth ones are great for portioning leftovers for reheating. I love the craft ideas, especially making your own lids from repurposed items. Great video.

[@papercraftingwithenis]

Yes, please. Would love a decoupage tutorial on a jar. And thanks for the really fun and creative video.❤❤❤

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

I love that you included the history of mason jars. I keep and reuse certain mason and other wide mouth jars in large and small sizes in my kitchen and around the house for storage of small items. My favorites are giant two-quart jars that I bought especially for rice, pasta, oats/grains, nuts/snacks, and cereal. My favorite use of mason jars is in my garden. I have a dozen or so mason jars converted into solar lights. I cut 3mm clear plastic to fit inside the ring lid and use waterproof sealer to attach an inexpensive solar path light to the lid and then to seal it to the ring lid. I painted some of the lids and added colorful glass drops to some of the jars. They sit in sunny beds or hang on shepherds' hooks. The total cost is maybe $3.00 a jar and they are so pretty.

[@pegasis12000]

YES!!!! Decoupaging on jars! Please do this. I want to learn!

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Yay!!!!

[@annatysinger307]

The history lesson was nice, I have never taken the time to check it out. I didn’t know there was an upside down jar. Yes I would like to see you do a decoupage jar! ~Anna~

[@rosebud3510]

Love all the ideas. Yes decoupage a jar to show us how. Ty

[@mecheledunlap4301]

Yes please decoupage ❤

[@mardiclardy123]

I love all the ways you can use these jars.

[@janetmoore1124]

I picked up two of these jars as the local hobby store along with a bag of colored glass rocks and made door stops with them. Cheap, easy, and because I don't mistreat them, long lived. They have done their duty in my home for over 20 years.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

WOW! That is amazing!

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

What a great idea. I filled the bottom of mason jars with colored glass drops and made them into solar lights, using inexpensive solar path lights from Walmart. I wired the jars and hung them using coated chain.

[@angelaporch2984]

Great ideas. Thanks for sharing hugs my dear friend

[@jo-annmaruszak9885]

Hi. Good to see you. 😊

[@keishajackson4054]

I appreciate the history lesson about John Mason and the Ball brothers. I had no idea! I would love to see how you decoupage a jar. Thanks, Noreen, see you next time!❤

[@ThankfulNanaDiane]

I’d love to see you decoupage a Mason jar as well as the fairy lights! My hubby spray painted some jars for me for tissues, and had a hard time not getting drips in the paint.

[@jacquelinestauch1940]

I would like to see your bee decoupage project. Thanks for posting this.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Yay!

[@Melodypodrasky]

Ya, please show us how to découpage mason jars! Thanks for sharing!❤

[@mariay.279]

Thx. Love mason / ball jars.

[@nancyhansen8844]

let's see you decoupage.

[@paulahaddad5114]

Thanks for both the history lesson and creative uses of these jars. I have several from my family.

[@charlenemiller9784]

I have not ordered anything, but my friend orders stickers and card stock and the die cuts and she loves them.

[@rikinut2274]

Norrine, my favorite DIY-er… It’s good to have you back❣️❣️❣️. I’ve missed you. Another great video 😊 Luv this Mason jar video AND the history lesson. Information like always interesting to me. Hugs❣️ If you ever come to Florida’s Treasure Coast, we have a guest room☺️☺️☺️

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Hoping to start that RV life in about 18 months!!!!

[@rachelburgener819]

Such a wonderful history lesson👏👏👏, thank you for your time you put into it! I’ve always loved canning and it’s accessories, we have even decorated our home in the way of light fixtures with the blue ones; made by my husband🥰. I’m so blessed to have him!!! Yes on the decoupage lesson OR whatever else you come up with. ❤️😀

[@creativekraftsndiy5289]

It was really fun watching your video😊new friend and sub

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Thank you 🤗

[@judyweigl9604]

Please do a decoupaged glass jar. Loved the history lesson.

[@judithmitchell4667]

Hello Norrine! Love to you and your family (especially your dad). Hope you're having a wonderful day. I am loving all these ideas and enjoyed the history of the jars. Would also love to see you do some of the jar ideas on camera, like the patio lights, for example. It's good to see you back. You are always in my prayers, my friend. Blessings - Judith 🎭🎵

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Thank you, Judith!

[@epicnamepwns1242]

For food or other storage the plastic lids from mayonnaise fit canning jars quite well and are usually airtight. Some lids from peanut butter will also fit. I prefer free but you can also purchase "freezer" or "canister" lids. A small piece of hardware cloth or poultry mesh cut to fit into a canning ring can add support for a floral display.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

THAT is an amazing tip that I did not know! Thank you!

[@donnerdonner315]

You hit my "obsession"💙😍....glass jars!!! I love especially Mason jars...blue is my favorite right now. I have a shelf over my kitchen sink across my window decked out in cool jars and glass pieces! Love-Love-Love them! I thrift most of mine and use larger ones in my pantry for dried goods (four, sugar, rice, beans, oatmeal, etc)! There are endless possibilites with Mason jars!!! 😍

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Yay!!!! Glad I found something for you. :)

[@dancnluc1]

Love these ideals. I would love to see decoupaging jars.

[@Tina_and_life]

I'd love to see you decoupage a jar! Love your channel ❤

[@LisaBaker-cb7bg]

Some really beautiful ideas!

[@sandrashaw8343]

Would love to see you decoupage a jar! X

[@vayes7958]

Great ideas... Love the ideas for making home in life for yarn etc...

[@judymcintire7095]

My kitchen theme is Mason Jars. Old to new. Love the video!

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

That is so cool! Do you have the upside down one????

[@judymcintire7095]

@@TheCraftyOrganizer I haven’t seen one

[@judymcintire7095]

@@TheCraftyOrganizer I do have the pitcher for iced tea

[@leisacarnahan7647]

Love all of these ideas are wonderful.

[@lorifitzgibbon3085]

I decoupage 2 small jars last year with napkins and put the battery lights in them. I just love them.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Any tips before I try and replicate the decoupage idea???

[@lorifitzgibbon3085]

@The Crafty Organizer clean the jar with soap and water then before you apply napkin wipe area with alcohol and allow to dry. Don't touch it after you apply it. Let it dry completely. Then apply a second coat to seal it. You got this. Just remember not to touch it while it's wet, it's a sticky mess.

[@SouthernCharmaine]

Excellent video Norrine‼️👍 I especially love that you went above and beyond by providing the history on Mason jars! I love learning something new every day! 😊 It’s amazing how many uses there are for these incredible lil jars. TYFS❣️😊💜💜💜

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Glad you enjoyed it! I had fun doing the research. :) Have a great night!

[@naomiakulu-haulangi3502]

Love this.. decoupage yaay😊 great work Norrine

[@karengamboa6524]

I would love to see a decopodged jar!

[@annerohrbacker6097]

Awesome video! 💙

[@laurencunningham8281]

Would love to see videos of these💖

[@stellaolejar9007]

Noreen, this tutorial was genius. All the ideas are fabulous. I will never look at a mason jar the same way. Will definitely be attempting some of these ideas for my kitchen. Have a great weekend

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Thanks! Hope you have a great weekend too!

[@joanhowze1069]

Loved how you did this

[@mjosephinefonzo8783]

WOW!! I NEVER THOUGHT OF ALL OF ALL OF THESE IDEAS! YOU OPENED MY EYES. NOW TO FIND THE JARS.

[@melapost9207]

What great idea!!

[@kathlynsteinman3599]

I used to can when I had a young family. I grew up in a Midwest rural area where many canned. We used Ball and Kerr jars I think. I also loved the history lesson! 😊

[@sugarhillcrafter1044]

I also learned how to can veggies with my Mama. She was one of 16 children and learned to make biscuits from scratch. She was also a seamstress and quilter. Her Mama embroidered on muslin cloth and made a quilt for me. It is one of my most treasured things. I miss her so much, but she lived to be 85 and lived with us the last few years. So many wonderful memories.

[@terryjbrown6953]

Yes, I would love to see you do a Listen Decoupage a Mason jar Norrine!

[@carolentringer8836]

Fun! I’ll use the idea for straining thread through the hole in cardboard at the sewing machine. 🪡

[@leticiarocha6121]

I would love to see your idea for decoupaging the mason jar.

[@peggyfitzmaurice4100]

I love mason jars. Thank you for the history lesson and all the great ideas

[@michellewohlgemuth8597]

I would love to see you decoupage some jars. I used to do decoupage but would have never thought of doing something glass.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Yay! I'll add it to my list!!! :)

[@sharonbonner6687]

I like those ideas.Thanks for sharing.

[@marycasey9404]

I'd love to see the deccapoge jars!

[@sharonharmon9311]

Love these ideas. ❤

[@lisamode6590]

I love jars !!! I use them everywhere!

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Same! I collect certain kinds and use them all over my house.

[@sharons8690]

can you give us more details on the solar light string of mason jars? was that something purchased or was it a diy? thanks

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

You can buy them that way, but it's not hard to DIY by making a small hole in the lid, and feeding the light socket through the hole and then screwing in the bulb after wards. I may do a video on it!!!

[@sharons8690]

@@TheCraftyOrganizer i would love for you to do a video on it. i can follow along and mine might actually might work.

[@anaschulz8084]

I absolutely love these Mason jars. I use them for everything!

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Hi, Ana!!!!

[@anaschulz8084]

@@TheCraftyOrganizer my friend! I miss chatting with you. I know life has been so tough for you but so happy to see you back here doing what you do so well!

[@Mme_Chantal]

Great information! The fairy light are adorable! Thanks!

[@elizabethshultz2462]

I would love to see how you make the "bee" jar 😊

[@marikareimer4411]

Hello Norrine! So good to see you! 😊 Loved the history re: Mason Jars. I love learning new tidbits. Great ideas you have, TYFS. Take care and see you soon! BTW you're looking fabulous! 🤗

[@dawndecesare2177]

Awesome video!! I am so inspired and am planning on using mason jars for my bathroon. I have been looking to change out the decor but the toothbrush holders and other items are so expensive. I would love to see a video oon how to decoupage a jar. TFS!!!

[@brandygarden5113]

I hope you will create a decoupage jar . I would love to see what you could do with it. You are so crafty. Love your videos. Take care and God Bless ❤

[@thecrazylifeandtimesofacra2629]

i love love love jars i buy them at yard sales my hubby say more jars i say i dont have these ones lol i look for different shapes and sizes any jar all jars i can too so i buy a lot for that too but i love the different shapes and sizes for my craft room

[@rachelburgener819]

Yep I’m right there with ya😝❤️😀

[@jo-annmaruszak9885]

Loved the mason jar history lesson. That was great. Loved it. ❤❤❤❤

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Thank you!

[@ArtyAntics]

I’ve painted jars with a mix of mod podge and paint, if I want to make a design I use fabric puffy paint first and then paint over it. It’s great for using up puffy paint that is in those neon colours that don’t get used up and it a little more controllable than hot glue. I’ve also done a glass ramekin with glitter and mod podge on the inside and used it to store my rings.

[@pattimercer9357]

Fabulous video! Very inspiring!!

[@terrisommers2620]

Always a pleasure. I learn ea time I visit.❤

[@dianesass9901]

Can't wait to see what you come up with on the jars. I have several 1/2 gal blue Ball jars. I'd love to be inspired by something from your creativity.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

I have five clear half gallon Ball jars. I use them for things like pasta, rice, snacks, or cereal in my kitchen. I love them.

[@margueritepeaden3445]

I had a jar lid that rusted due to what was in it. I traced around it on the flat side of a milk jug and cut it out. I use that with the ring rather than the metal lid and don’t have to worry about it rusting again. You can also cut a lid of plastic canvas to use for things you want to shake out.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

So smart!

[@susandzama3000]

I like the rusty. Look and keep using them but to get them open easily I run a little Vaseline around the jar. Also works if you have something in them that is sticky

[@Kathleen58]

I have a lot of mason jars and these are ideas are great. Thank you for sharing.

[@jenniferdebeneditto6075]

Idliveto sea decoupage jar tutorial

[@tawniamartin5559]

Love this video and I would love to watch a decoupage video! Thanks!

[@lalagamma4452]

I hope your day was great. Namesta 🐞🥰

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

Same to you 🥰

[@lalagamma4452]

@@TheCraftyOrganizer my bank account was hacked thru PayPal. What a mess. 😆 But we have half the $1500 returned. A nightmare but on the way to recovery. Huge hugs 💗🤗🐞

[@ruthfinley3720]

I want to see you craft with jars❤

[@susandzama3000]

Green cheese top works great on mzxon jars and can be sprayed with different colors and love the historic facts

[@jkym4574]

Thanks sooooooo much for the creative ideas

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

You are most welcome 😊

[@brendasidmore2731]

Great ideas! I use cheese shaker jars for my twine. I paint the lid blue and use one of the holes to thread the twine through. I also have some mason jars to put some of my crafting supplies in. I will be using the store technique from one of your previous videos to pretty up my craft room.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

That is so smart!!!!

[@mariedavison3707]

Excellent video

[@unequelyusshop5201]

Very Nice ideas!!

[@charlottehutcheson740]

Would love to see how to decoupage a jar.

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

I really want to make one!!!!!

[@dedestaggs5093]

Please do a decoupage jar tutorial

[@cathierayes4226]

Yes, please, on the decoupaged jars! I'd love to know which kinds of decoupage glue dries hard and non-sticky, since I've had acrylic paints and glues alike be kind of sticky when the project is finished. Will the jars need to be varnished?

[@TheCraftyOrganizer]

We will find out together!!!

[@SBL1932]

This vidio is awesome. Love the ideas. Been using jars for years.