Two of my good friends got married in September. They had an outdoors-y themed wedding, up in the Adirondacks (mountains in New York). It was a the most gorgeous day in September and I didn't think that they day could have been any more perfect.
Until I walk from the ceremony into the reception hall and the tables are covered with..... you guessed it..... ball jars!
How pretty! I was in total Heaven. I've expressed my love for canning jars in previous posts. In my wildly inappropriate nature, I immediately went up to the bride and politely told her that I would be buying those jars from her after the wedding. To my delight, she agreed (as if she had an option).
I stopped by their house on Sunday to sift through all of her jars. I left with the most perfect jars ever. I left with 2 sizes. 1 Quart (shown below) and 1 pint (shown below below).
(12 1 Quart jars (I actually ended up with 18 total 1Q jars, wooohoo!)
(16 1 Pint jars)
These are a sample of each type of jar I obtained. For the pint jars, I have 2 varieties. The Ball Eclipse Wide Mouth jars (left) and the ATLAS Wholefruit Jar (right).
I don't know why, but I totally love this Wholefruit Jar. I love the font and everything. Wicked cute.
For the 1 Quart jars I actually had 4 different varieties. From left to right... Ball IDEAL, Ball Eclipse Widemouth, ATLAS E-Z Seal, & ATLAS WHOLEFRUIT.
My two favorites were...
I am soo sooo sooooo pumped to have these beauties. Oh, did I mention that my friend sold them to me for $1 each! Wooohoo! I might have hubby box some up and put them under the tree for me. Haha.
I do already have plans for these babies. These are NOT for my craft room. I really am desperate for the blue ball jars for the craft room because I am painting the wooden bookshelves an antique white color, so those blue ball jars are SO NECESSARY.
However, these will be put to good use. Chris (hubby) and I make a lot of spice blends and keep them in very very very miniature containers which therefore are exhausted quickly. I can't wait to use a few pint sized jars for our spice blending. We blend a great steak/burger mix, pumpkin spice, a black & red pepper blend, etc. I also want to make some lotions and body scrubs and these jars will be perfect. I also plan on canning! Duh. I have been blog stalking and am obsessed with this blog...Food in Jars... everything she makes looks sooooooo amazing! She has a page on her blog with what seems like hundreds of recipes, and they all sound sooooo yummy.
Can you share some of your very favorite canning recipes with me?
Holler!
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