Festive Summer Mason Jar Vases

I’m so excited to share a fun, festive, and …. best of all … super SIMPLE project … Summer Mason Jar Vases!

With Memorial Day behind us and the month of June upon us, it’s officially SUMMER in my book!  I know, I know … it doesn’t technically start until the 21st of this month, but who pays attention to that date?!?  It’s here, and I’m embracing it fully!!

I really wanted something summery to add to my decor, but I also needed something that was relatively quick and simple.

Here’s what I came up with …

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I’ve been dying to try out chalk paint (can you believe I’ve never actually made anything myself with it?!?), and when Michael’s started carrying it, I just couldn’t resist any longer!  I picked up some Americana Chalk Paint in Turquoise (Treasure is the exact name), another jar of clear wax to apply over the paint, and three clear quart size mason jars (all from Michael’s) and got started!

I first painted the mason jars with two coats of the turquoise chalk paint and let dry completely:

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Two Coats of Chalk Paint Applied

Once dry, I ‘distressed’ the jars slightly to give them that ‘vintage’ feel (and to help the words and labels on the jars show through a bit more).  Using sandpaper, I gently sanded all around the surface of the jars.  I used a little more elbow grease in some areas to get more of the paint off.

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Mason Jars after distressing

After I was happy with the look, I wiped off the dust with a damp cloth and then applied two coats of the clear finishing wax.

To amp up these vases a bit, and add a little 4th of July / Summer flair to these jars, I decided they needed  …. something more.

Fabric Flowers and ‘rope’ lined rims proved to be just the right something I was looking for!

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Added embellishments to the vases

Using some rope-looking trim I found at JoAnn in the ribbon aisle, I simply hot glued one end of the rope to the rim of the jars, wrapped the rope around several times (5-6) and then hot glued the other end in place.  Super easy!

For the fabric flowers, I raided my scrap bin and found some scrap fabric I could cut strips out of to make these flowers.  These were also super simple … and here’s what you’ll need to make your own:

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Fabric Scrap Flower Supplies

 Supplies (for three flowers):

  • Three strips of fabric approximately 40″ long by 3″ wide.
  • Hot glue gun
  • Three felt squares approximately 2.5″ x 2.5″

You’ll notice my fabric strips above are white.  At first, I thought that I wanted to do white flowers, and then changed my mind and decided to go with red and white fabric strips (however, I didn’t snap a pic of these).

And here’s the flower-making process:

Festive Summer Mason Jar Vases - Oh My! CreativeSteps:

  1. If using a patterned fabric, fold the strip in half so both ‘right sides’ are facing out (your flower will be brighter this way)
  2. Twist the strip as shown
  3. Place hot glue in the center of your felt strip and stick one end of the twisted fabric to the center of the square.
  4. Wrap the twisted fabric strip around the center, gluing in place to the felt every so often.
  5. Wrap the fabric until the square is covered, then cut fabric strip and glue end in place.
  6. Trim felt corners so they’re not visible.

Easy DIY fabric scrap flowers - Oh My Creative

Once my fabric flowers were complete, I simply glued them onto the jars (a little off center so you could see the Mason Jar writing).

Festive Summer Mason Jar Vases - Oh My! Creative

I added flowers, however not the exact kind I wanted.  These flowers pictured are some faux spider mums I purchased earlier this spring for fun.  I really wanted to add some beautiful, big, full white hydrangeas to these vases, but my three boys decided that going to pick some up at the store was just NOT going to happen that day!  If you can … picture with me some beautiful white hydrangeas in these vases.  Aren’t they even more lovely?!?

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Susan B

Susan B

Hi, I’m Susan! Thanks for stopping by Oh My! Creative. I like to have fun, make fun things…you know, create stuff! I love DIY, decorating and design and like any girl…shopping and lunch!
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16 Comments

  1. I have gotten several can of that Americana Decor paint from Micheals. I’m super bummed that my Micheals has run out and it looks like they might not be stocking up again. But I did manage to buy several of the mint and old white to do some projects with. I really liked how this chalk paint turned out. Great job with the mason jars. Love the look of them!

  2. Susan, those are just adorable! The flowers did the trick! I’m happy to know Michael’s now carries chalk paint too. Hope my local one does anyway. Great post & will try your tutorial on the flowers.
    Florence

  3. These are adorable! Thank you so much for participating in the Get It Together Link Party this week. We hope to see you again on Monday! 🙂

  4. Pretty summer mason jar craft idea. Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Have a great week ahead. Pinned & shared.

  5. Theres nothing better than chalk paint on a mason jar to make it into something very special, I love the flowers, I have made them, they are really fun and easy. Thank for sharing recently on #OMHGFF
    Pinned!
    Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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