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When my kids were preschoolers, I was an assistant teacher at their school.  My final year of teaching, I worked with a sweet lady who had been my son’s teacher when he was four.

I can’t remember the occasion, but I do remember giving her a small bouquet of flowers I arranged in a pickle jar I had saved.  

I didn’t expect to get the jar back, but one day she came to me with the jar all cleaned up and empty.  She handed it to me and thanked me for the flowers and then said, “My husband thought I should return this to you because it’s a really nice jar.”  

I laughed and told her that although I liked the jar too, she could keep it because I had others at home.  I saved my pickle jars because of the nice shape and didn’t mind giving them to others. 

She thought it was kind of funny that her husband and I shared an appreciation for what she considered “throw away” jars.  

Girl, if she only knew!  I struggle with throwing away jars every time the jelly, the pickles or the maraschino cherries are gone!   Jars are just so darn handy and they are also cute!

That’s why I’m so excited to be joining some very creative friends every third Monday of the month for “Mason Jar Mondays.”

Each month, we’ll bring you creative ideas using Mason jars.   (more…)