Festive, Valentine Candy Jars

Hello everyone..

I hope you're having a wonderful week.

 With Valentine's Day drawing near, I wanted to do something

fun and festive. 

Aren't the candy colors and wrappers

just so inspiring?

I am so captivated by all that color and the 

combinations are so fun!

You know how it is when you begin with an idea

and it just grows? That's what happened

here and I had SO much fun 

creating and decorating!  And I was able

to be adventurous and work with some of my

trims and colors that I don't usually use. 

I have tried to keep my color pallets to a 

certain style for most things... neutrals and pinks mostly. 

But I find my ideas sometimes want to go beyond

these lovely shades! 

And so here, I have gone kind of

 CrAzY with color!

And I loved doing it.

 I hope that you enjoy following along

in my adventure. 

Warning.. there are lots of photos.

Some are just for fun!

I used Mason jars but

I don't recommend using these

because the lids turn separately from the bands.

And so I had to make sure that my embellishments

weren't attached to the band AND the lid or

 they wouldn't turn smoothly.

Most of my "saved" jars had labels on them and I

wasn't willing to take the time to remove them at that moment.

Materials used:

jars

streamers

gesso

paint

hot glue

Uhu adhesive

E6000 adhesive

tulle 

buttons

trims

pom poms

thrifted glasses and candleholders

Stickles glitter, red

A lovely tangle of streamers! 

Most of the bands from the mason jar lids

got a coat of gesso before I painted them.

It works so well for priming. I wasn't sure

how my acrylic paints would adhere.

Gathering the streamer and gluing..

CUTIE! It's so fun looking through

the sayings to find just the right one!

Here's the history of the conversation heart

if you'd like to read it. It's interesting and nostalgic.

This lid is gessoed.
And because I didn't have the red paint that

matched, I just took a Real Red stamp pad from

Stampin' Up and rubbed it over the rim.

The center is piece of white card stock

that is spritzed with SmoochSpritz from

Stampin' Up. I'm sorry. The color isn't

labeled. And I think it's discontinued.

Crepe paper streamers! Paper of any kind is just

such fun. And those colors :)

Doesn't that look fun? 

This color pink says to me

"Let's Celebrate!"

And those little sparkles are so pretty.

This is Extreme Glitter paint by FolkArt

It's Jellybean Pink.

The band below is covered with two coats of this.

I didn't prime it and I love how the silver shows through.

Do you like it combined with the pink, frosty look?

 

I found this cute little glass at a thrift store for 50 cents.

I wasn't sure about inverting it and using it for a base.

But I decided to give it a go.

It does fit the jar well.

What do you think? 

Do you like it?

All of the bases were glued on using

the E6000 adhesive. It works

very well but the fumes are extremely toxic.

So, please, use with care. 

(I was reminded of something about my 

photography while looking at these pictures. I tend to angle 

my photos to the right. It's rather annoying! I'll have to 

be mindful of that in the future.)

All done! It was a bit time consuming 

but so very enjoyable.

Isn't this a lovely little crocheted table runner?

I found it at a thrift store a couple of weeks ago

for a small change.

What does Valentine's Day mean to you?

I used to think of it as a day to celebrate

romantic love. But many years ago, I began to see it

as another day to express love to my family and friends

as well. I also think of God's love for us.

For me.. for you.

Love can seem elusive at times.

It can seem to flitter about with the circumstances.

And it has so many faces and meanings.

But there's One's love that never changes.

Always pure

Always sincere 

and

Always present.

~His~

I hope you have a warm-hearted..feeling loved kind of day.

Thank you for being my friends!

And thank you so much for coming by.

Tamara xo

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