Lets talk SPICE...... Girls!
okay...so maybe not THE Spice Girls...
But How about spice JARS! These Lovely Spice Jars, from Pottery Barn.
I just L.O.V.E. them! I've been ogling them for so long now...it's sad really! I never made the plunge to click "Add to cart", because I could NEVER get over the PRICE! $68.00 for that Beauty! $68 dollars for 8 spices!??! I just couldn't justify it. and I tried MANY times. They are currently unavailable online, so my checking account has dodged a bullet yet again...hehehe
I'm not sure WHY I fell so madly in love with this set, perhaps the perfectly cleaned and styled kitchen they reside in?
OR the fact that they are ALL MATCHING! Not a hodgepodge of brands, plastic and glass jars, short, tall....all willy-nilly next to each other. Driving ME CRAZY!
Yep. Yes, that last one. Wins.
(Note, this isn't my kitchen, because I would need to be heavily medicated while baking and cooking, dealing with THAT! )
SO, I decided to come up with my own budget friendly, but still cute and functional way to have ALL matching Spice Jars. They're here, and I L.O.V.E. 'EM!!
SO cute! The BEST part..? Practically FREE!! WHAT?! Ummmm...I'd say that's MUCH better than $68 dollars!
All from Baby food jars!~
I love the wide mouth of the jars, they fit my big metal measuring spoons SO much better than your typical straight off the shelf verity. PLUS, I buy all my spices in the bulk section of the Grocery Store (because I'm frugal and don't like paying $12 dollars for 1.75 ounces of Cardamom)
Some of you are saying "OMGEEEEE Cardamom is SPENDY!!" and The rest may be saying "Uhh...Cardamuhhhh- HUH?" Well, lets get back to the easy part, before the cooking ;)
I had a DEAR friend of mine save a few empty Baby food jars (the Apples, Bananas, and lighter colored foods work best, because they don't stain the lids)
Once they were all washed and dried, the ANNOYING left over sticky GUNK needed to be tackled, and I found
THE BEST FOOL PROOF WAY to do it!!
Good old Blue Dawn Dish Soap, and Baking Soda. Seriously, what CAN'T that combo do?!
I just dumped some in a bowl, and then prepared to SCRUB!
It honestly wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, because of THIS little trick!
Hot HOT H.O.T Water INSIDE the jar!
Something about the hot water INSIDE while you are scrubbing with the Dawn/Soda/water mix on the outside, melts it off like 'buddah!
I mean look at that! Half way through, like a CHARM!
Voilà
I was amazed at how easy it came off. I tried a jar without, and yeah....NOT so much. SO, Once your jars are clean, and De-gunked, it's time to paint the lids. I used my Martha Stewart Black Chalkboard paint, and it took a few coats to get it covered.
Once they are dried (over night seemed to do the trick) I then wrote out the names of the spices I had on hand, on top of the lid, with a basic fine point White paint marker. I just LOVE that I get to customize MY own spice jars, AND they were essentially FREE!!
Who doesn't LOVE FREE?!?
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