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Altering Jars

January 25, 2008 Sarah Coggins

I had a couple of questions regarding the altered Valentine Candy Jar I posted earlier today and wanted to address them. The “i love you” on the front of the jar is a rub-on by Making Memories (Rub-on Minis Love 2). I first came to the idea of adding rub-ons to glass jars while flipping through the November calendar pages of designing with 2006. The prompt for Nov 10 was to “embellish plain containers with rub-ons.” I tried it on a small spice jar that I store buttons in and was thrilled with the results.

Last summer I decided to play around with a large jar for the family beach house. One of our favorite activities is to head a few blocks south to the arcade. Quarters are forever piled up here and there around the rooms. I picked up a jar from the kitchen section at Target to give these quarters a festive home. Since the theme was “arcade” I picked some fun rub-on letters by Making Memories and created a top inspired by PacMan. 🙂

The rub-ons can be applied the same as you would to any other material. For some, it might take a little more pressure. The jars with flatter areas (Valentine Candy Jar and Arcade Fund Jar) are easier to apply the rub-ons to than rounder jars such as the Buttons Jar.

To create the top for the Arcade Fund Jar, I cut a circle of Scenic Route patterned paper just smaller than the lid. I loved this particular design since it has the feel of movement and the PacMan dots. I used my QuicKutz to cut a circle of yellow cardstock and sliced out a section for the mouth with my X-acto knife. A Making Memories brad created the eye. I hand drew and cut the ghost shapes from other scraps of cardstock I had in my stash. All three figures are outlined in black pen. Finally, I adhered the design to the lid using my Xyron 510.

As with the Valentine Candy Jar, I tied a scrap of ribbon around the neck of the jar. For this jar, I added a Making Memories clip to hold any extra tickets from the arcade – another item that’s found loose around the house. Now, we can grab a handful of quarters and any extra tickets before we head out to play. 🙂


Button Jar Supplies: spice jar from World Market; Making Memories buttons & stitches; Li’l Davis rub-on letters; misc. green acrylic paint (scuffed w/ a sanding block).

Arcade Fund Jar Supplies: jar from Target; Making Memories rub-on letters, metal clip & brad; Scenic Route patterned paper; QuicKutz circle die from Icing starter kit; misc. cardstock & ribbon from stash.

Garden City Arcade layout Supplies: misc. dark brown and green cardstock; We R Memory Keepers patterned paper; Marcella K rub-on stitches; Making Memories TinyAlpha letter stickers, eyelets & date stamp; Miss Elizabeth foam letters; Uniball signo white pen

15 Comments

  • jill January 25, 2008 at 11:47 am
    i love using jars for gifts. easy to do and they're always a hit. easy to personalize too!
  • Heather Bares January 25, 2008 at 12:38 pm
    Love the arcade jar!!! The lid is adorable! Great layout as well.
  • Benita January 25, 2008 at 1:05 pm
    Those jars are so cute! I just love the pacman one :) Great layout, too! TFS
  • jp January 25, 2008 at 1:35 pm
    What a great idea! I have a change jar in the kitchen, too, but never thought about putting rub-ons on it!
  • Linda January 25, 2008 at 1:53 pm
    That arcade jar is fabulous! Love Pac-man on the lid, fun project.
  • Darcey January 25, 2008 at 2:03 pm
    Your jars are very cool! So creative! Love th elayout also.
  • Heather January 25, 2008 at 2:28 pm
    I love your jars! So cute! I'm going to have to try this. I have accumulated quite a collection of jars and rub-ons! Thanks for the ideas!
  • Jen Sue Wild January 25, 2008 at 4:01 pm
    Great jar Idea. I love that you put rub ons right on the jar. I have never tried that before.
  • Dana January 25, 2008 at 4:26 pm
    Love it!!! DAna
  • Sherry January 25, 2008 at 4:44 pm
    WOW that is amazing!!! I really love that!! Thanks for the tips, I will be trying that soon!! :)
  • toners January 25, 2008 at 5:36 pm
    Jars are tons of fun! And rub-ons are such a fun embellishment to decorate with :) Great job!
  • Ter January 26, 2008 at 3:39 am
    You're awesome!
  • scrappermimi January 26, 2008 at 4:54 am
    More fun jars, love these the arcade fund is a great idea, so cute! TFS!
  • Ryzmomplus2 January 26, 2008 at 1:15 pm
    Adorable, just adorable! Love seeing rub ons used in so many different ways!
  • Aimeslee January 28, 2008 at 5:54 pm
    Hey thanks for the great tute on using rubons, and also for the 2006 DW challenge idea.
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