DIY Succulent Crown Jars

Hey Lovelies!

 This week’s craft was one of my favorites so far. I’ve been looking for succulents and tillandsias everywhere and I finally found them at the Bradford Green House Garden Gallery for a decent price. Before planting, make sure to do a little research on how to look after your succulent. These plants need to be watered regularly and they need a certain amount of sunlight. This blog, A pair & a spare explains exactly how to look after you’re succulent. Succulents look excellent anywhere in the house/office, they also work great as gifts for friends and family.  

Items you’ll need:

Jars

Succulents

Planting Soil

Sand

Charcoal

Stones

Step 1: Put stones in the bottom of your jars. The stones create a filtering system so your succulent doesn’t drown. Make sure to put 1-2 inches of stones in the bottom.

Step 2: Now place some soil on the rocks, use your hands to pack down the soil. Now you can put charcoal and sand down. I didn’t use charcoal or sand because I couldn’t find them anywhere!

Step 3: With the dirt or sand down, place the succulent on top of the dirt. Make sure to pack more dirt around the edges of the succulent so that the succulent is snug. The soil is usually moist so just add a little water to your succulent once its planted. I wanted my succulents to sit deeper into my jars but the leaves wouldn’t fit in. However, I liked the way my succulents turned out!

**These succulents would also work great for wedding centerpieces! 

Snowy Trees in Vintage Crown Jars

Hello everyone on this very snowy, Saturday morning!

Today, I was totally inspired by our recent snowfall that I decided to get crafty and make a snowy, Christmassy, craft! Today’s craft was easy to create and looks so pretty. These These Snowy Trees in Vintage Crown Jars look great on the windowsill, fire mantel, or used as holiday centerpieces.

Items you’ll need to build this craft:

Vintage Crown Canning Jars/Mason Jars

Epsom Salt

Small Village Décor Trees

**You can find old jars from your grandma's basement, or buy new ones from Wal-mart or Target. Epsom Salt can be purchased at a drug store and Small Village Trees can be purchased at Canadian Tire or Wal-mart.

Step 1: Find a Crown jar, older Crown jars can be purchased at flea markets or garage sales or new ones can be bought at Wal-mart or Target. I like using the Crown jars for this craft because I like the blue tint that the jars have, it gives the craft a snowy look. However, Mason jars will also work. I then used bleach and hot water and washed each jar out.

Step 2: After each jar was clean and dried, I add in the Epsom salt. Put about 2 scoops of salt into each jar, making sure that the bottom of the jar is covered, then place your mini trees into each jar. Now Sprinkle a few more scoops of salt into the jar to make the trees look like they’re covered in snow. The salt also packs down each trees base so that the trees don’t move. Once your jars are looking nice and snowy its time to put the lid, on and place the jars wherever you’d like!

Hope you guys enjoyed the DIY Pine Trees in Crown Jars craft!

More Christmas crafts to come! 

Diy Mason Jar Soap Dispenser Tutorial

This week I decided to create a cute Mason Jar Soap Dispenser; the most difficult part about creating the dispenser was finding the jar! I wanted to create a soap dispenser because we were really needed one for the kitchen sink and I thought it would be a much cheaper and cuter way to decorate the house, plus I love being able to reuse sweet things! These dispensers look great anywhere, also they can be made out of vodka mickey bottles for men’s bathrooms, garages, bars, and man caves!

Soap Dispenser Tutorial

Step 1: You need a Mason jar or any type of jar, a jar lid, soap pump from an old dispenser, scissors, a hot glue gun and soap. First place the jar lid on top of the jar, tighten the lid up. Carefully use the scissors to poke a whole big enough so that the soap pump will fit through tightly.

Step 2: Glue under the lid around the soap pump with the hot glue gun. This helps the pump stay in place. (The hot glue holds very well, mines still sturdy after a year.)

Step 3: After the hot glue has fully dried, add soap to the jar and tighten the lid back up, and PUMP ON!

EXTRA: I painted the lid of my Mason jar black to give it a nicer look; I did this by using spray paint. You can also use pretty paper or glitter for the lid to jazz it up.