i am officially oooobsesssssed with martha stewart’s new line of vintage decor paint, aka chalk paint! for so long i’ve wanted to do some chalk paint mason jars like these, but i never could decide which paint i wanted to go with. i’m a really horrible decision maker sometimes. but! enter MARTHA! martha is always my girl. martha says jump, i jump. martha says… buy my chalk paint, here’s a coupon, and suddenly i hear angels singing, well then, i do!
anyway, i used linen and seashell with clear finishing wax, and i am in looove with the tones of the paint colors and the soft finish that the wax adds. and! it was the easiest thing ever. instructions come on the paints, but i did some extra internet-looking, naturally, so here are the basic steps that i followed…
1. wipe down clean jars with rubbing alcohol and let everything dryyy dry dry.
2. paint one layer of paint and let it dry for two hours. [i try to paint around the mouth of the jar first, then set mouth-down on a surface it won’t stick too badly to, like wax paper or plastic!]
3. paint a second layer of paint and let it dry for two more hours.
4. distress the finish to your liking with sand paper.
5. apply a layer of wax, wiping away the excess lightly with a super clean, slightly damp cloth or paper towel. i actually tried a cloth at first, but ended up with dog hairs stuck in my wax! no cloth is safe in our house!
6. let your jars cure for about 24 hours, and voila! admire them and put things in them and love them! they have made my backyard rose bouquets just thaaat much more fun to admire and display, and now it’s definitely time to search for my next painting victim. yay!
so now, really, what’s next? i can’t stop here! maybe some picture frames. i’ll keep it small until i find something amaaazing to slather this stuff on. actually, i do have a table that will for sure get a makeover eventually, but right now it’s holding my plants, so…
okay, okay, and WAIT! time out: i just noticed that isaac mizrahi has a new line of yarn at michael’s, so i’m thinking i may have to brush up on my knitting skills for the colder seasons, too! [!!!] so exciting? whatever. i loved knitting in high school so, once a grandma, always a grandma, i guess! yep, cool saying, b. alright. enough of that! xoxoxo.
*also, i know mason jars are a thing right now, and trendiness on regular items is totally stupid, but as a southern lady, i’m really attached to my mason jars! we find chunks and pieces of depression-era mason jars on the farm from time to time, too, and it makes my heart aaall fluttery, i love it so much! so, i feel like trendiness didn’t ruin cupcakes, and it won’t ruin jars, either. i mean, they’re practical household items! okay, super. back to my jarsies! 🙂
LOVE these. i could even do this. glad you brought this series back! i feel like the salt/beach spray for hair was the last one and i'm pretty sure i made that too. hopefully that doesn't make me seem like a stalker but just a friendly reader hahah
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ha i love it!! it had seriously been SO long since i makey-ed anything!!!
i was literally looking for crafts to do yesterday, and two that i landed on were things with mason jars and yarn. like, are we sisters or are we sisters.
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SISTERS to the max!
I love how these turned out!
thanks girly!!!
They look amazing. As in, I would pay for them. Picture frames would be wonderful. I foresee things in MADD's room. A little chair or table? A mirror frame? Oh the endless possibilities.
And yeah. Mason jars can't go anywhere so long as we love them.
you are such a thinker!! hahaha! the pink and white are both ridiculously perfect for madd's room, and since that's where i put most of the pink… 😉 😉 😉 but yes, i agree, the possibilities!!!
These look fantastic!! I didn't even know she made chalk paint!!
it's a new line!!