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31 March 2011

Mason Jar Centerpieces

My mother in law, Donna went with me on my first wedding-related DIY shopping trip back in August/September. We went to Hobby Lobby because I was so overwhelmed by where to start planning that I couldn't come up with anything! SO not like me (I'm lucky my mom and my future second mom are both crafty)!
We were focusing on table decorations first. I knew I didn't want flowers on the table necessarily, nor anything else that impedes conversation due to size.
Luckily Donna asked the Million Dollar Question: "What do you like?"
I answered simply, "Mason Jars."
"Let's do jar centerpieces then."
"Okay!"
They're short enough to talk over, easy to find and afford, and you can customize the bizingo out of them. How would we choose to customize them, though?
Donna said she had experience glass painting so we went to the book section and found a book on hand painted glasses.
We liked the look of one design on stemless wine glasses.
She thought we could swap out the flowers in the design with sunflowers to make it match. We also thought a candle would be nice inside to bounce off the glass later in the evening and double as lighting! She added a ribbon around the threads and it was perfect.
When we went to the venue to look around and eventually book it, the venue coordinator, Kari, shared with us that she had centerpiece accessories. They ended up being perfect for our jars. Kari has table mirrors and clear pebbles to use on the tables! For no charge! YEE!!!
Over the last 6 months Donna has bought everything to make the centerpieces and ended up painting a case of Mason jars+ and also painting tiny sunflowers on a truckload of blue pebbles.
They look so amazing.
I can't wait to see how amazing they all look together on the tables!

6 comments:

  1. How sweet of her to help out with some of the DIY decor! Do promise to share pics with us all after the Big Day!

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  2. wow!! They look fantastic!! your future MIL is very talented!

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  3. I have never seen painted mason jars like these, they are so beautiful. I love the sunflowers. Your mother in law did an amazing job! :) Cant wait to see your wedding all together.

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  4. What a lovely idea! I'm using mason jars for my favors because I too love the look of them! You've got a great and talented mother in law on your side... Can't wait to see how they all turn out on the big day!

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