Thursday, July 16, 2009

Everyday canisters

I've done this idea once before with an old jar I bought at the flea market (it already had a painted lid though), but after I bought a bunch of jar at a garage sale recently they sat on my counter so long that I decided they would make cute new everyday canisters in the kitchen.
These are just those anchor hocking jars you can buy at both wal-mart and target, with pieces of contact paper stuck on the front and spray paint on the lids. I think the roses cut out gives them more of an old fashioned look, like water slide decals. But the scallop cut on the small jars was too cute to resist.
I still like my old blue Martha canisters...
but this way I can easily see that we REALLY need flour. LOL

18 Comments:

At 12:21 PM, Blogger Swirlyarts said...

These look fantastic :)

 
At 12:30 PM, Blogger mushroommeadows said...

wow; simply lovely! I love the cut-outs and the complementing pink lids!

 
At 12:53 PM, Blogger roseylittlethings said...

Love them, where did you get the fab contact paper?

 
At 1:29 PM, Blogger Gail :) said...

I really LOVE them! They look great on the counter too.

 
At 1:45 PM, Blogger PamKittyMorning said...

And where are you finding such darling contact paper? Are you printing it yourself??? WONDERFUL!!!

 
At 3:29 PM, Blogger Deanna said...

Sarah, those jars look wonderful! I'm with roseylittlethings, where did you find that contact paper? I swear to you that my Wal-Mart still carries the same pattern contact paper since 1990! Your countertop looks so nice and sharp but with a touch of rosiness!

I'm going to have to get me a set for sure!

Deanna :D

 
At 5:59 PM, Blogger Elizabeth said...

Those are without a doubt the most amazing looking canisters EVER.

 
At 6:08 PM, Blogger jess said...

Lovely, dahling. I actually thought of you earlier when I found some most fabulous goodies at the swap shop. I got jars, too! They're boring but they're fabulous.

 
At 7:19 PM, OpenID thechiclife said...

These look awesome! Esp next to the kitchenaide! :)

 
At 7:40 PM, Blogger OsageBluffquilter said...

Great canisters!

 
At 8:09 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Darling!!! Where did you find the contact paper?

 
At 9:14 AM, Blogger Shara said...

I bought a ton of those jars at Wal-Mart after Christmas one year for $1.00 each. But, the ones I bought had penguins on one side. I printed labels (Sugar, Flour, kool-Aid, Oatmeal, etc) and covered them up. It's funny that people weren't buying them because they had penquins on them. Hellooo, cover them up! Love the pink lids on yours! Cute!

 
At 9:28 AM, Blogger lisa said...

they look super cute with the kitchen aid love it

 
At 2:20 PM, Blogger Alison Gibbs said...

They look fabulous
Alison

 
At 7:22 AM, Blogger ~~Carol~~ said...

What a great idea to use contact paper! I bought some old Meyercord waterslide ones from Ebay, and they were really hard to slide, and came off in pieces. What did I expect for something that old? Love your jars, and your great finds from the previous post, especially that bird canister!

 
At 8:01 PM, Anonymous Irma's Rose Cottage said...

I just looove your jars! Where did you find the rose contact paper? Just gorgeous!

Hugs :)

Irma

 
At 4:57 PM, Blogger Tammy said...

Envying your counter space...I would dearly love one of those pink mixers!

You have one cute blog here...I see you like to have a cute font...me too ;D

 
At 1:44 PM, Blogger Chara Michele said...

Such a pretty idea!

 

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