Salt Lick Shop: Pastel Jars

Here is a pretty cute project that I got the idea for off of Pinterest.

A painted, two toned Mason jar in pastel colors for Easter.

The above is a robins egg blueish color and here is a different pic of it and another one up close:

I mixed up a sage green color on the other to match my bathroom.

This is really an easy project, so let's get started.

I started out with these plain, wide mouth Mason jars.

You will need:

-Mason Jar of any size you want

-Alcohol (to clean the outside of jar)

-Sponge brush

-2 paint colors for each jar (inside and out)

-Decorations of your choice for jar

-Light grit sand paper

Okay, so first off we need to clean the outside of the jar with a bit of alcohol. This removes all dust, lint and crap so it will have a good finish.

I just wiped it down with a paper towel and a dash of alcohol.

Okay, next you need to pick a color you want for the inside.
Remember to pick a color that will contrast with your outside color.

This allows the color to pop through once you sand off a bit of the top colors.

I choose an off white, antique color.

Go ahead and paint the inside. It doesn't have to be great, just good enough to get a coat on.

Here it is with just the inside painted off white. I really like this how it is. So later on, I may make some and leave them like this.

Then we are on to the outside already.

Just paint on, in long strokes, a pretty good layer of paint.

This is coat #1.

We need to do another coat right after this dries.

Here's the blue first coat:

and here's the sage green first coat:

Okay, now here they are after the second coat was applied and dried.

We are ready to sand!

Grab your lightweight sandpaper and start off easy.

I like to start with the lettering.

I love to see them stand out.

And then to the edges to make it look like it has some wear on it.

Above is the blueish one.

And here is my sage green one:

I about rubbed it a bit too much. So go easy on it, you can always take off more but it'd be hard to fill it back in at this point.

Here they are again after some sanding:

I love the blueish one so much better than the green.

Okay, now, if you think there will be a chance of scratches and such, now you can apply a

flat/matte finish coat. One coat is enough.

Be sure to get the matte finish though, because you don't want them to turn out shiny.

With this project, I think the flat colored pastels make this a plus!

Now time to start decorating.

No need to run out and buy something I may use (unless you really love it!) Remember to always look around your home for things first. I love to re-purpose about anything!

And first and foremost, I got out my plain, plastic spoons. Yes, these are plastic. I have tons of wooden ones, but to give away or sell, I prefer to use plastic. And of course, to keep the wooden ones!

I just painted these plastic spoons with one one coat of blue, left over from the jar. And then streaked on a touch of the offwhite that I used in the inside.

Above, I used some cut pieces of grapevine garland that I had strung on my primitive tree.

I just cut it, and scrunched it in a circle and tacked it in place with hot glue, high temp.

And next, I added a plastic egg that I also painted in almost the same color. I just flicked on a few splashes of white and darker blue to make it look like a bird egg kinda.

And if you look close in the styrofoam plate, I have some cut off pieces of pip berry. I had cut these from one of those long strands you always see in the primitive stores. I have those all around the house in my cabinets. I am using the white for the blue jar and yellow for the green jar.