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Farm Kitchen:  Canning jars gifted to me but not sure what to do  |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Jul 26 2013 : 4:27:34 PM
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I just acquired three big boxes of canning jars today. A friend is moving and so she passed them on to me. Problem is most of them are the old fashioned bale and wire kind that use rubber rings. I have never used these kind for canning and don't even know if it is recommended anymore. Anyone use this kind still or do you just use them for decoration or what? Any and all suggestions are welcome!
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
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quiltingfarmergirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Barbara
Cato
NY
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2013 : 6:15:09 PM
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I have quite a collection of them and keep my vintage buttons collection in them in my sewing room. Also have some of the old blue ones on my kitchen counter. Not sure if they are ok to use for canning anymore. I always use the modern version for canning. I just love the look of the old ones.
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2013 : 6:17:42 PM
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Wow, Denise! What a wonderful gift from your friend!!! I just love those jars! I've never actually canned with them, but I do have some fun ideas for you!
Wouldn't they be lovely used for storing small craft supplies, buttons and sewing notions? OR they would make lovely gifts as layered cookie jars or gumballs or gumdrops or with soup mix or homemade bath salts or potpourri filled with barrettes and hair scrunchies for a teenage girl. Fancy it up a bit with a nice bow tied around the neck!
You can also use them as candleholders. To use with tealights or votives, pour a little bit of rice in the bottom to help steady the candle. Imagine how pretty they would be outside in the summer - you could line a walkway with them like luminaria, or hang them from their bales as hanging lights, or even turn the domed lid upside down on top and use it as a candleholder as well... you would be able to line your dining table with them at varying heights this way - SO pretty when interwoven with flowers or ivy or holiday greens! For that matter, I'm sure you can make jar candles out of them.
One year, I bought an old 4-sectioned milk carrier from the local junk store. It was already decorated with holiday greenery, berries and apples. I filled four dome jars to place inside: one with homemade hot cocoa mix, one with candy canes, one with tiny marshmallows, and one with a layered cookie mix - or was it layered with Christmas cookies? Now I can't remember... but you get the idea. I tied each with a bright red ribbon, placed each in its own section of the carrier, wrapped it up well, packed it up and sent it off to one of my dearest old friends who lives miles and miles away for Christmas.
Another friend fills hers by intertwining single strands of battery operated string lights with decorative cinnamon scented potpourri, and then tops it off with a plaid ribbon and bow around the neck. She places one in the corner of her kitchen counter, one on her end table, and one in the powder room. When lit, they are absolutely beautiful; and the heat from the lights is just enough to gently warm the cinnamon spice, lightly scenting each room. Wouldn't they be adorable in the fall with a fall potpourri featuring those adorable miniature pumpkins. And imagine how pretty it would be filled with seashells and seaglass in lieu of the poutpourri!
Have fun creating!
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Edited by - Ninibini on Jul 26 2013 6:20:16 PM |
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2013 : 6:24:11 PM
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How nice to receive such a lovely gift. Nini...love all your ideas!!!
Hugs!
Judy
"Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
"Country Girl at Heart"... |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2013 : 7:39:15 PM
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I'm jealous, there are not that easy to find anymore, and when you do, they will cost you a pretty penny...no, do not use them for canning, just decoration, what a great friend to gift them to you...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2013 : 05:55:39 AM
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Oh my goodness Nini! Such creative ideas. I love the gift ideas with the food mixes and such. I think I will definitely be gifting some of these and keeping some for decoration. Thank you so much.
I am still open for other ideas if anyone has any to share! 
Denise
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."
Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
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Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2013 : 06:43:36 AM
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Denise - I have a whole bunch of layered jar recipes if you'd like them. Please just let me know! :)
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
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Posted - Jul 27 2013 : 07:07:29 AM
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Hi Denise,
I have three books from Marie Browning that are all about what to do with jars. There are many ideas in the books such as doing the recipe in a jar, but there are many others as well. You can fill them with toiletries sich as bath salts, make candles, decoupage them, make little sewing jars and so much more. If there is someting special that you are looking for I can copy some ideas and I can send them to you.
hugs
Marcy
Farmgirl #170
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give...Eleanor Roosevelt
http://marcysworldofcreativity.blogspot.com/
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
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darlene
Loleta
California
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2013 : 11:49:37 AM
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Oh Denise,
How exciting and all the exiting ideas above they will look beautiful as decorations for Christmas in an old fashioned Christmas decoration scene kind of like in the magazines you see but for you for real! They would make beautiful seasonally decorated candles lit up. Maybe even put shells that have been glittered or colored cotten balls squished inside. Oh you have so many choices, how fun it will be.
She gifted you with something special and I would love to see a photo of them because I don't think I have seen those before. I have seen the newer ones with a wire in the lid but I don't think they were old one.
I don't think I would use them for canning either, they probably have lead in the wire.
Enjoy your decorating.
Nini you have so many neat ideas, I would like to hear more of your decorating ideas.
Barb your button collection in the jar is probably beautiful sitting on the counter. I love buttons and sifting my fingers through them. I should do that with my grandmother's tin of buttons. they would be neat in a jar.
Marcy that would be a neat gift of a bath salts in a jar. Do you have a recipe for that one? I would love it.
hugs everyone
love
darlene
I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
by Frances Farmer
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Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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wildflower17
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judy
KY
USA
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Posted - Jul 28 2013 : 1:00:45 PM
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Marcy,
I would love some ideas also.
Hugs!
Judy
"Blessed Beyond Measure"!!!
"Country Girl at Heart"... |
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Canning jars gifted to me but not sure what to do
