{"id":28,"date":"2012-07-04T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/?p=28"},"modified":"2018-06-03T21:59:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T11:59:50","slug":"how-to-pretty-wood-grain-jar-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/how-to-pretty-wood-grain-jar-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Pretty Wood Grain Jar Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard not to notice the emerging trend in design circles for all things wood grain, and mason jars are also a popular prop with stylists at the minute.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58247\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodgrainjar-title-1.jpg\" alt=\"woodgrain jar makeover - jar craft - mypoppet.com.au\" width=\"600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodgrainjar-title-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodgrainjar-title-1-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodgrainjar-title-1-330x358.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodgrainjar-title-1-425x460.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Why not combine the two to create a practical and decorative piece that will cost you next to nothing. Use the finished jar as a vase, for craft storage or to make your pantry just a little prettier.<\/p>\n<h3>You will need:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>One wide mouth jar. I&#8217;ve used and old mayonnaise jar and soaked off the label.<\/li>\n<li>Wood grain vinyl adhesive contact paper, light and dark. Feel free to substitute with other colours or patterns.<\/li>\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n<li>Scrapbooking paper edge punch in a decorative lacy design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut a strip about one inch wide in both the dark and the light adhesive. Measure around the jar and trim leaving about 1\/2 an inch overlap.<\/li>\n<li>Use your punch to create a decorative edge on both strips.<\/li>\n<li>Peel off the backing and stick on the lighter strip about half way up the jar. Hint: half fill the jar with water to give you a level guide.<\/li>\n<li>Add the darker strip on top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58248\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4.jpg\" alt=\"DIY jar makeover - steps \" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/woodlace-jar4-460x460.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yay! That was easy.<br \/>\nWhy not make some extra pieces of lacy wood grain adhesive strips and use them for scrapbooking projects or gift wrapping in place of paper tape?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58249\" src=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jar-final-.jpg\" alt=\"Jar Craft - Easy decorative woodgrain finish to an old jar\" width=\"600\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jar-final-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jar-final--200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jar-final--330x496.jpg 330w, https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/mp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jar-final--306x460.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I originally created this project for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Spoonful of Sugar<\/a>, view the guest post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspoonfulofsugardesigns.com\/2012\/02\/guest-post-pretty-wood-grain-jar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard not to notice the emerging trend in design circles for all things wood grain, and mason jars are also a popular prop with stylists at the minute. Why not combine the two to create a practical and decorative piece that will cost you next to nothing. Use the finished jar as a vase, for craft storage or to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[81,236,126],"tags":[8,21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/how-to-pretty-wood-grain-jar-makeover\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To: Pretty Wood Grain Jar Makeover | My Poppet Makes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s hard not to notice the emerging trend in design circles for all things wood grain, and mason jars are also a popular prop with stylists at the minute. 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