After seeing these painted jars on Pinterest, I got so excited. We have several empty glass jars saved in our garage for when my son goes to college in the fall. We are big reusers/recyclers here and he wanted them for drinking glasses in his first apartment.
I also have quite a few paint samples lying around and so this was the perfect easy weekend diy.
How I did it:
You will need clean, dry glass jars
Paint (I used No-Voc latex satin paint. You can buy samples for $4 at Lowes)
cardboard or something similar to dry the jars on
Pour a generous amount of paint into the jar.
Swirl it around slowly to evenly coat the jar.
Pour excess back into paint container (this can take a while).
Set the containers upside-down on cardboard and let excess drip out (otherwise, you will have permanent drip marks).
Move containers every 15 minutes or so, so they wont stick to the cardboard.
After about 2-3 hours, you can turn them over and let them air dry.
Wait at least 24 hours before you fill them with water and flowers.
Edit: put a paper cup filled with water into the jar to prevent the paint from coming off (which it will do when exposed to water). Thank you, Gretchen for this brilliant suggestion!
Original article and pictures take diaryofamodhousewife.blogspot.com site
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