Pearls Jars Tutorial, and Fun Finds

Some vintage treasures.

Fun finds.
(would you leave the little girl alone, or spray her white?)

Looking for tea pots for our soon to open
Tea & Treats at the store.
I fell in love with this one.
Even paid the whole $4.99 for it!
Minus my 10% honored citizen discount. =)


And I am doing the Happy Dance on this one.

I call them "Hot Pots".
They heat water in 1 or two minutes.
Perfect for our new tea thing going on.
New in store- $30 and up.
New at Goodwill- $5.00!!!
YES!
(and did you see it is a Braun?)

Here is a little tutorial for you.

I call these Pearls Jars.
The label is:

Pearls of Wisdom,
and
Encouraging Words
from Scripture.

Little jars filled with scripture quotes.

Here's what you need:

small jar with wide opening at top.
(this jar is about 3 1/2" tall and 2" across)

various pearls from broken necklaces
small wire to go through the pearls
scripture and label printed out on paper
(I have used light weight brown paper, and parchment paper.)
small piece of lace or trim
toothpick
glue stick

I type the label out in word, and make them the size I need.
Typing out the Scripture is a two fold blessing.
First looking up encouraging verses,
and then second typing them out.
You can even get a 3rd blessing if you read
them again when you roll them.
(oops. getting ahead of myself). =)

OK, now you roll them.
(no pic, sorry)
I just use a toothpick at one end and roll the paper around it to the end.
Then I unroll it once with my fingers.
That way they are not tiny rolls in the jar.
If they are, the first time someone takes them out and
reads them they will not all go back into the jar.
(did you understand that?) Hard to explain.

Now the pearls.
If you just lay them in the bottom of the jar,
and someone has to turn the jar over to get a paper out,
the pearls would just spill out.

So, I twist a pieced of wire and add the pearls to it.
to do this:
make a little twist at the end. That keeps the pearl from falling off.
Then place a pearl on.
Next, twist the wire a couple of curly Q's.
This can just be done loosely around the toothpick.
Add next pearl, and keep repeating.
The wire should be about 1' long, and i use two of them per jar.

Put the pearls in to jar, then add scripture papers.
Add a little trim around the top.
Again, I keep the trim simple, as I do on the Ps 139 jars.
And there you have it.

This can be easily adapted for special occasions.
Say verses about children for a baby shower.
Trim the jar up with appropriate colors.
Even use pink pearls.

How about one for Mom's Day.
What she has been to you, or verse from Proverbs 31.

A general jar on love, or friendship.

Have more ideas?
Please share.
And if you do one up, please let me brag about you here.

I'm joining these wonderful ladies
who so graciously host every week.

Blessings
barbara jean