February 20, 2017

Painted Mason Jars – Easy DIY Tutorial

I did these DIY painted mason jars after going to Anthropologie and completely falling in love. Every time I go in to Anthropologie I am so inspired by decor they have for their floor set, and this time was no exception, and led me to come up with an easy DIY.

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white room with wood table and painted mason jars

DIY Painted Mason Jars

This is a super easy DIY tutorial with limitless options of how the end result will look. The other reason I love it is it something you can do with things you are going to throw away.

If you are gearing up for the DIY you can save up pasta jars, jelly jars, and so on and use them for some of the jars you are going to paint.

I personally used a good mix of actual mason jars and other jars I had on hand and was setting out to make a really affordable and simple centerpiece for spring on my dinging room table.

Since that time I have used these jars for so many different things including baby shower decor, wedding shower decor and more. I have used them as a group and individually.

I didn’t want to go quite as bright as Anthropologie so went with a bit of an ombré look in tan-ish brown, white and pink.

They have been a fun, unique way to add color in a subtle way to tables and decor.

How to Create These Painted Mason Jars

I’ll give you a brief tutorial on how to do these, but this might honestly be the easiest DIY project I have yet to complete.

Supplies:

– Old Jars of different shapes and sizes (so start saving those pickle jars….or is it just pregnant me going through those weekly??) you may have to buy some, so here is a great set from Amazon

– disposable cups for paint mixing

– disposable spoon or skewer

– craft paint

– water

– something to set them on to get messy (I used disposable tin baking dishes I had on hand, and appreciated the lip, but it wouldn’t be necessary)

How to create the jars:

These are really easy to create – but there is a bit of an art to getting them different one by one.

I started with JUST paint and poured paint into a jar. Swirl it and tip it upside down. For some of them you want to leave them upside down for longer so it goes all the way to the top, but for some you want to tip them back right side after not too long.

painted jars on white table runner on table

There are some tips for making it a much smoother project

– water the paint down just a little. You don’t want the paint to watery, but if it’s really thick you will use so much more paint than necessary to complete only one jar.

-Add paint to the jars then turn it upside down. Let it run all the way to the top on some, and on others tip it right side up before its gone as far up. You want a good mix.

It is worth noting – this is one of the oldest blog posts I have done. I did my best to update it without cringing too much, but overall it is still a fun, easy going craft project that is great for beginners.

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Jura Party of Five

So the title here should give away the reason for this post.

Sweet Little #3 will be joining us in June.

I initially planned on taking a short break from blogging just to survive the first trimester awfulness, but that has turned into 22 weeks of me on hiatus. This little babe has been the toughest to bake by far. The first trimester was your typical not feeling awesome, but even more so I was more tired than I’ve ever felt in my life. By the time that subsided and I started feeling human again I started getting awful migraines several days a week. I have gotten migraines for years but haven’t had them this frequently since high school, and without being able to take much to help I was pretty miserable . (Partially in an attempt to help my headaches I did MAJORYLY cut my long locks. It is a huge change for me, but I’m loving it!)

I’m now 22 weeks along and aside from a head cold (you see what I mean…I was not meant to feel good this pregnancy haha) I am finally gaining some motivation and actually using my creative side a little more. We have known what we are having this time around for about 10 weeks now (which has been so fun!), but because we have a boy and a girl already have decided to only share that news with really close friends and family – IE anyone who will come in contact with my toddlers who will sing like a canary if asked that secret.

I’ve been busy moving Avé to her ‘big girl room‘, nursery planning and decorating, potty training the two-year old, and basically trying to keep the two I have from burning the house down. How am I going to survive three? ha

Hopefully I’ll be back more consistently now, and will post some of our recent happenings.

XO Arin

Avé’s Toddler Room

For the past month, I have been working on completing Avé’s toddler room’. I wanted to give her plenty of time to adjust to a new room before the baby arrives, and needed her out of the nursery in order to prepare it for the baby. I loved her nursery colors at our old house, so wanted to take small parts from that and incorporate them into this room. All and all I think her pink and gold toddler girl room was a success.

(her room has since been updated in bigs ways, so make sure you check out the updated version here!)

Because I took so much time to finish Avé’s room, a lot of thought went into many of the aspects of it. We went with a full size bed that we felt would truly grow with Avé for her whole life time at home, and very subtle pink walls that she and I would hopefully not tire of too quickly. The remainder of her furniture and bedspread are both white and easy to decorate around for years to come.

Pink and Gold Toddler Girl Room

Some aspects of her room have been in her room since she was in her nursery at our previous home, and others have been added along the way. It was really important to me that this room allowed for us to be able to make small tweaks as her personality grows and changes. I want her to have a put together room that makes me happy when I walk past it, but at the end of the day, also want her to look around and see the things she loves. At this point her only serious request was to have “pink walls!”.

I have linked many of the items at the end of this post, but if you have any questions please leave me a comment!

ROOM DETAILS AND LINKS

Paint color: BEHR frosty peach

Bed//Floral Pillow – No longer available but this site had so many that were hard for me to pick from //Name Pillow//Wildflower print//Name print//lamp(similar)//Jewelry box// Jellycat Bashful Pig // Floral quilt //White quilt//Curtains//pouf//Rug // Books // heart sheets