Tuesday Tutorial {i collect jars...}

i collect glass jars.
from sauce, olives, beans, tapenade, salsa, artichokes on the list goes.

once the food is gone i can't throw them away.
a practically resourceful addiction i guess.
one of my favorites is a tiny little glass jar from Trader Joe's for capers it's sides are an octagon, so pretty.

for a long time these empty jars would sit upon my shelf and once in a while i would put a bouquet of fresh flowers picked from my garden.
and slowly i began to use them more and more for many different things...

shells

punch

crafts, clothes pins, straws

i also have a huge jar in my bathroom filled with pretty bars of soap.

and the surfer guy likes to drink water and iced green tea out of my saved glass jars.

• how to save your glass jar 

eat or use the contents
soak in hot soapy water for a few hours or overnight

peel off the label
scrub the sticky off with steel wool or a steel scrubber like this

these actually start out looking like this...

i guess mine has been around the block a few times :)

and presto you now have an empty glass :)

what will you fill it with?

xoxo,