Decorative Pasta

Found these three glass jars at my favorite place, the thrift store.  The two taller ones were $1.50/each, the smaller, $0.75!  Naturally, they were coming home with me.  The tall ones were screaming for long strands of spaghetti, fettuccine, linguini, etc.  Wasn't sure about the smaller one.  I didn't want to break up the trio, because the family looked so happy together.  So, I decided I would let the little one house the macaroni!  :-)

First, I thoroughly cleaned the jars.  Then, I filled them and let them spend some time on my buffet.  I decided they looked too naked, so I borrowed a friend's chalk board paint (which, by the way was nine years old, never used...it does not go bad).  I taped off a small area on each one...the staggering is on purpose, didn't want the tall ones to match up.


I used three coats of the chalk board paint, making sure to wait the appropriate four hours between coats.



When I peeled the tape off, I had some bleeding, but I was able to easily scrape it off the glass with a toothpick and make clean lines.  After waiting another day to make sure it dried fully, I gave them their proper names and I think they make a beautiful family!  :-)







3 comments:

Unknown said...

oh I love this!! They turned out great and I'm so happy the paint worked!

bikim said...

great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so pretty!
happy weekend!
Rosa

Unknown said...

Great idea, awesome jars. Thanks for linking-
Wendy

 
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