Upcycled Pickle Jars

I find it's getting harder and harder to find time for crafting and projects with research papers and midterms and what not, so I'll keep this one short and sweet. This is a project I've started in the past and finally completed, thanks to procrastination of other more important items, such as my research paper that is due tomorrow, but I'll worry about that later.


For some reason, I inherited my mother's trait of keeping glass jars, be it from pickles to olives and anything in between. She makes a lot of home made goodies like jam and pickles, and uses them to stock up on fresh lemon juice from her tree that she keeps frozen year round. So what am I to do with all these ugly mismatched jars?! Chalkboard paint of course!

I love using these for food storage, or any small items that you just don't know where to put. With a 99 cent sponge and a $10 can of chalkboard paint that you can pretty much use on anything, I turned what usually ends up in the recycling (hopefully), into really cute storage that I can use for anything and everything.

Happy chalkboard painting!

-Lori