I figured I would share with you all a simple DIY project. This was the very first DIY I did when I moved here. I had been determined to get going on decorating our apartment and making it more us so I figured I would start my first project with something small.

I got all of my supplies from Michael's
You will need:
Mason Jars - Size and quantity to your liking
Twine
Paint (I got Pond, and Cloud by Martha Stewart, and Medium Grey by FolkArt)
Paint Brushes
Flower Decals (optional)
Something to fill your mason jars (I got pink daisies)
Newspaper

First you want to lay out the newspaper you have so you don't make a mess. I put my paint colors on a paper plate and had them ready to go and placed my left hand inside the mason jar upside down to start painting. The most difficult part is setting the mason jar back down but this was the easiest way for me to paint them. I only painted one coat on each of the jars because I was going to sand them down and make them look more worn and rustic eventually. It only took about twenty minutes to paint them and then I let them dry for a couple hours. I screwed the metal piece back on keeping the lid off and took the twine and wrapped it around the neck about eight times on each jar before tying it in a knot at the end.


Here is the finished product!
These particular mason jars were made to be put in our bathroom. You can use them for storage (I put our toothbrushes in one and q-tips in another) or for decoration (I put pink daises is one). You can even make these into soap dispensers, which I plan on doing soon. There is an endless amount of things you can use them for and they are so dang cute and easy!


What are some of your favorite DIY projects you have done?