I'm taking a break from all the holiday projects. I wanted to make something fun and whimsical and these definitely fit the bill - plus they can be used for decorating or organizing.
Many of you may have seen the fantastic, colorful painted animal jars {photo above} that have made their way around the craft blogs and Pinterest. They’re from House to Home and have been featured many, many times.
Like many of you, I fell in love with these adorable jars and decided to make my own grown up versions. I used smaller jars that were originally sample make up and lotions. The animals are the cheap plastic toy animals that can be found at local discount stores or dollar stores. I used a sheep, pig and cow from a farmyard set.
For the pig and sheep, I used Martha Stewart Multi-Surface Metallic paint in Sterling.
The original lettering on my jars wouldn’t come off so I wrapped embroidery floss around the jars and painted the floss in the matching silver paint. Of course it would be easier if you have silver embroidery floss which I didn’t.
For the cow, I used Folk Art Enamels Glitter paint in Silver.
I’m planning on using these jars to organize a few of my supplies like beads and paper clips. There’s something about these little animals that are just irresistible and they’ll be fun to look at everyday.
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I love these Carolyn! Hope you had a fantastic holiday and can't wait to see what you have in store for 2012.
ReplyDeleteWow - these are impressive!
ReplyDeleteLOVE! What a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! I love the ones you made!
ReplyDeleteI like the different take on these! The original animal jars were cute but not my style. I think the silver really makes these fun though and makes them grown up enough to put them around the house! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCool. I've had a lot of luck with nail-polish remover (Acetone) to remove printing from metal and glass.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute :)
ReplyDeleteI love the grown up version & wouldn't mind the kid version either =) Happy New Year Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteI love the silver Carolyn. It really glams it up. Wishing you all the best in the coming year.
ReplyDeleteGood grief! Adorable. Just adorable. Pinned, tweeted, stumbled, shared... shouted from the rooftops...
ReplyDeleteThis is a GREAT idea!! I love these, and I think I'll definitely try it. BTW, I'm pinning it, too.
ReplyDeleteThis is adorable!
ReplyDeleteI will definately be making some of these!
Lots of these!
Cute idea! Thanks for sharing:) Happy New Year!
ReplyDeletegeez, i love these so very much. i am definitely pinning and adding to my to-do list.
ReplyDeleteThis is so darling, I love the silver! I featured these today, and you were also selected to be my blog of the week next week if you are interested!
ReplyDeleteCarlee
www.ladybirdln.com
wow these look soooooo goood great work
ReplyDeleteThese look great in Silver! So Whimsical yet classy for your craft space. You must beam with pride every time you see them :) The Folk Art Glitter paint and Martha Stewart Silver look fabulous! Those are my favorite paints. I especially love how you painted the twine. Awesome project!
ReplyDeleteI like them in the sparkly silver color better than the inspiration. These are darling!
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