Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Empty inside...


Help! All of my pretty glass jars now sit empty & forlorn...shiny, yet sad to have nothing pretty inside to display...They dazzled at Christmas filled with assorted balls & decorations, proudly displayed here & there & throughout the house...but now they all are bare!

What do you use to fill your apothecary jars during the rest of the year? I have used shells in the summer...I've used twine balls and rocks...my jars have held nearly every color of glass decorator "marbles"...I've used fruit, nuts, sticks, flowers & acorns (not all at once!)

To be practical, I sometimes store candy or snacks in the larger jars...but I have one with a sweet tooth like you wouldn't believe AND she's a climber, so I can no longer store candy or food in plain sight! Oh, I've even used glittery, foam stickers at Valentine's last year because it was a great place to store them for my kids to work on their Valentines.
 But none of those currently strikes my fancy...not one will fit the bill. I am in a rut, it is a true decorating dilemma...I need some fresh ideas for a fresh new year...who can help?

How do you fill your jars? 

5 comments:

Unknown said...

How about dominoes, playing cards or maybe an antique tea cup?

Celia Jimenez said...

Those are pretty jars! Of course, I wouldn't have the foggiest about what to put in them...I'd probably just leave them empty here.(I'm obviously NOT the person to ask!) If I filled them with yummy stuff...I'd have to be filling them CONSTANTLY b/c of this sweet-tooth!

Sarah said...

uummm... since i'm NOT a talented decorator like you, i've got NO suggestions. but, i lpook forward to the suggestions you get so i can learn how to have a cute home someday! :)

Terri said...

Yes, do tell! I have a big empty one on my mantel now. I just figured out that it fit on the mantel! I thought it was too big. It was full of shells before Christmas. I was thinking of putting them back in. On Kimba's blog, she had evergreens and pinecones in her winter decor. Someone else is using colorful mittens & scarves... good use of the orphans we always seem to have! A snow scene... Cotton or batting with little birds on top? Succulents would be pretty... then you could move them into bigger pots outdoors in the spring. Good question! Blessings!!!

Tracy said...

I have no jars - as I would have to dust them - and then I would be depressed looking at dusty jars, no matter what their innards were.
xoxo,t