"Oui"cycling Yogurt Jars

I found some Oui yogurt at a local grocer this past summer

after looking for them off and on for several months.

I'd read about them on my blogging friends page  a year ago. 

I just had to buy some to repurpose the jar.

I'm finally getting around to sharing a couple of them

now that it is close (too close!) to Christmas.

I've lots of ideas to repurpose more.

Then again, I believe that I still have some 

baby food jars yet to be repurposed........

First things first, remove the labels and

clean your jars well.

I fill mine with hot water to help loosen

the adhesive. The labels came off pretty easily

leaving minimal residue behind that was

cleaned up with Goo Gone.

I washed them with Dawn dish detergent and warm water,

giving them a final wipe down with vinegar and a dry cloth 

 when I was ready to craft with them.

I painted a couple of them with Looking Glass paint by Krylon

and spritzed with a vinegar and water solution

to create a faux mercury glass look.

The paint is quite thin, 

you need to lightly spray it in several layers.

Be sure to paint in a well ventilated area and wear plastic gloves.

NOTE: You must paint on the INSIDE of the glass

and the containers are NOT food/water safe.

They can only be used for decoration.

Click below to see a framed piece of glass that I used this paint technique on

https://craftysahmiam.blogspot.com/2016/10/faux-antique-mirror-dry-erase-board.html

I dug a Christmas floral pick out of my stash

and added faux snow to it.

The same was done with some tiny twigs from my yard.

I had an old doily I picked up at an estate sale

that I poked a tiny hole in the center of .

I felt bad for doing so, but it was stained in places 

and wouldn't really be used for much 

of anything else since it was small.

I cut an old styrofoam ball in half,

gluing the flat side of each half into each

mini jar after it was painted.

The tiny twigs were hot glued into the pick.

The stem of the pick had to be shortened 

to fit in the small jar.

The pick was poked through the small hole

in the center of the doily then the entire thing

was pushed into the foam inside the jar. 

TIP:

Change out the floral pick with the seasons

to reuse the faux mercury glass jar base year round ! 

Thanks for looking 

and have fun "Oui"creating this project  =)

I'm entering my project in the current
Anything Goes challenge at
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