Way back this summer I did some redecorating, and replaced the apothecary jars I had in my bathroom with mason jars. I hung on to the apothecary jars though, because I had seen something on Pinterest that I wanted to do at Christmas. So last week I went on the hunt to find things to fill my jars with, and I started at Goodwill. On their Christmas shelf I found two packages of ornaments, one for .97 cents and one for $1.77, and then later I found a bag of pinecones for $2.97. I wasn't sure if I would use all of it, but for that price figured it would be worth getting. I also bought a pack of mini candy canes at Kroger.
When I got home I just started sticking things in jars and rearranging them until I had a combo I liked. And I felt better when I used something from all of my Goodwill purchases, since I combined both kinds or ornaments in one jar. In all honesty, I know that bigger jars or smaller objects would look a little better, cause I could put more stuff inside, but I'm not going to stress about it, or go buy more things. It's still fun and Christmasy, and because I already had the jars, cost me about $6. And, I can get more use out of the pinecones, since they're not limited to just Christmas decor.
Those are cute. You could get some candle sticks from the dollar store and glue them to the bottom of the jars to give them a little more hight also.
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