Sunday, July 1, 2012

Mason Jar {July 4th} Centerpiece

Have I ever told you HOW MUCH I love July 4th?

I am such a pomp and circumstance gal all of the way around. I love the fireworks. I love the summertime and the heat.

I LOVE Freedom and all that it brings with it.  I am such an independent type of girl.

And I LOVE those colors.  If you've been around here for long, you already know that.  Ha!!

So today I'm sharing my fun mason jar centerpiece I just finished up for the 4th.  Hope you enjoy!

Here are the steps for making it.

1.  Put red, white, and turquoise sand in layers in the bottom of mason jars.
2.  Tie either fabric ribbon or baker's twine around the tops of the jars.  {have you ever noticed how much I love that stuff?}
3.  Cut out these cute July 4th Printables, mod podge them onto some wooden circles.  Glue them on to wooden skewers.  Then put them into some pretty vintage paper straws before inserting them into the sand.  I also used some washi tape at the tops of some of them as little cute flags.
4.  Paint and distress six wooden frames.  Place the finished jars on top of them.  (I also used some fun scrapbook paper underneath to act as placemats.
5.  Enjoy and celebrate!!  




 















 







Happy Independence Day!!  God Bless America!!

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13 comments:

Sara said...

Very cute and festive! I love the 4th of July because it's a great reason to celebrate our freedom and have a cookout {or two}!

Ashley Tremaine said...

LOVE IT ALL!! I'm a sucker for a good ole Mason jar! Add 4th of July goodies and it's perfect! So cute!

Taylor-Ann said...

Totally cute. I love using mason jars to decorate with. I would love if you linked them up to Show Off Monday @ Kampenlane.com

http://www.kampenlane.com/2012/07/show-off-monday-and-craft-im-not-bored.html

~Taylor

Tamsyn said...

These are really cute, I love them! We don't celebrate the 4th of July over here in Australia (obviously!), but I think they could be perfect centerpieces for other themes as welled. I've pinned them :)

The Hill Hangout said...

Very cute! Visiting from Red, White & You!

Jessica @{Chic Sugar} said...

Very cute! I can't get enough of mason jars right now!
Happy Fourth!

Jessica @{Chic Sugar}
www.chic-sugar.com

Jill said...

Cute little centrepieces! Hope you had a great day!


Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
Hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

Garage Sales R Us said...

these are so cute! I am visiting from the Red, White and YOU party and thought I would say hi! I am a new follower! Hope you will stop by http://www.garagesalesrus.blogspot.com/ and do the same.

Robin

Garage Sales R Us said...

these are so cute! I am visiting from the Red, White and YOU party and thought I would say hi! I am a new follower! Hope you will stop by http://www.garagesalesrus.blogspot.com/ and do the same.

Robin

Unknown said...

these are ADORBS!! stopping by from the Hop. So hey there! :) New follower for ya. Stop by Tales From the Nook and say hi sometime! :)

Brandi said...

Cute centerpieces! I love the creative way you decorated the jars. Hope you had a wonderful 4th.

Brooke @ Silver Lining said...

These are so cute! I love the colors, and the little washi tape flags.

I'm following you from the follow fest! I'd love for you to stop by my blog and become my blog friend too!

xo, Brooke

liningthecloudswithsilver.blogspot.com

Linda @ it all started with paint said...

Sara,

These are just darling!

I blog over at it all started with paint and am getting ready to launch a second blog all about mason jars. Each day I'll have a "Featured Post" and would love to feature your red, white & blue creations!

I can't find your email on the blog, so shoot me one (masonjarcraftslove@yahoo.com) and we can take this conversation off-line...

Thanks!

:) Linda

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