Organizing With Jars

I love to be organized, but don't like spending a lot on things to obtain it. Therefore, I like to recycle and reuse items in different ways than their original intention. I needed some storage to contain some of my bulkier scrapbook embellishments, so I decided to use jars.
I took a bunch of jars I had saved and cleaned the labels and glue off of them. I had read many tips on how to do this easily but, I can tell you when I used olive oil the glue slid right off. Wish I had know this some years ago it would have saved many a frustrating moment. Anyway, I painted all the lids with DIY chalk paint - you could spray them but I was doing some other projects and just did them this way. Then I proceeded to embellish them with bits of burlap, ribbon, lace, twine, tags, buttons whatever I thought would look nice and fit in with my decor.
Here are some of them sitting on my desk so I can see what I have on hand. Being a very visual person I need things right in sight or I tend to forget I even have them.
I like how they add to the vintage feel of this area and that they are right there where I won't forget to use them. If you want see more you can go to the link listed below.
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  • Dallas Dallas on May 06, 2022

    I love organizing with jars also. I love how you embellished them. I use toilet bowl cleaner to get all the stick residue off my food jars. Don't know if you've tried that yet, but it works really well for me. Thanks for your post.

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