This post is sponsored by American Crafts.
With school starting back, and with both of my girls taking college classes this year (one in university and one in dual enrollment), creating good storage to help them be organized is pretty important to me right now. Simple items seem to go missing the easiest, so I’m working to find ways to help them keep everything neat. Since I’m joining in with a few friends to give life to thrift store finds, I wanted to use something that can be found in almost any second hand store (or even your recycle bin) – a glass jar. So let’s create a pretty pencil holder from a mason jar.
For this project, you’ll need:
A glass jar
Chalk style paint
Toner printed page
Decoupage Medium
Brushes
Scissors
Start by painting the jar with a couple of coats of chalk style paint. Let dry between each coat and let completely dry before starting the next step.
Using the Minc Machine, print out the sheet of hearts on TONER paper (use a copy machine if you don’t own a toner printer.) Run it through the machine – you can learn to gold foil here. Of course, there are multiple ways to gold foil, but this machine is the easiest way I’ve found. You can find it on Amazon, or almost any craft store like JoAnn’s. Trim out one of the hearts to apply to the front of the jar.
Apply the heart to the jar with decoupage medium, covering the top well to seal it down. Let it dry and you’re done!
Need more than one? Painting different sizes and different shade would be a beautiful way to organize almost anywhere.
Find more great thrift store makeovers by visiting my friends…
Thrift Store Décor links html August
*Thanks to American Crafts for partnering with me on my post. All ideas, words and opinions are 100% my own.*
Bliss says
August 26, 2015 at 9:16 amWe won’t be back to school here till after Labor Day, but I’ve been working on the ever challenging task of organizing my son. Some kids do that naturally, and some are clueless year after year. He falls into the latter category!
kristin says
August 26, 2015 at 2:26 pmthese are so cute, my kids go back to school on monday.
kathy@petticoatjunktion says
August 26, 2015 at 6:17 pmI love the way the gold foil pops against the turquoise! I have to give it a try.
Maryann @ Domestically Speaking says
August 27, 2015 at 1:01 amSo cute Gina! My oldest daughter would love that on her desk… she adores teal!
Christy @ Our Southern Home says
August 27, 2015 at 6:18 amWhat a fun idea. I haven’t heard of a Minc machine, but so looking into one. Thanks for joining us this month in the thrift store challenge/
Simon says
January 9, 2019 at 4:34 amHi Gina, I am contacting you on behalf of Difusión – Maison des Langues, a publishing house based in Barcelona, Spain. We are specialized in the creation of educational materials for the teaching of foreign languages.
We are currently working on an French textbook in which we would like to include a picture of your pencil holder.
I am therefore contacting you in order to request the reprint rights on this document.
I would really appreciate if you came back to me via e-mail to discuss all the details.
Thank you for your consideration.
Gina Luker says
January 9, 2019 at 1:20 pmYou are welcome to use it, thanks for asking!