Re-purposing...

...or re-cycling - whatever you want to call it.

My friend Paula is working her way around the house and each week she highlights a room or type of possession to look at with a view to de-cluttering, brightening up or just storing in a different way.

A short while ago she kindly featured my Mug hugs and this week she is featuring another of her crafting friends and is focusing on 'Bottles & Jars'.

I'm sure most folk who craft have a few of this sort of thing squirreled away somewhere...

...even though we have a glass re=cycling service in our area it always seems a shame to put them out when they can be used for things like paper-clip pots and sweetie jars.

Here are a couple from my desk...

...one fairly plain and uncluttered and the other embellished to within an inch of its life LOL

This one with all the flowers and bows on was one I made last year for a Magnolia challenge...

...'Patch Tilda' sits amongst the flowers guarding the sweeties that live inside the jar.

This other jar was kept more utilitarian as it contains my paper-clips...

...it was really very quick and simple to make. Some pretty PP wrapped around the jar and some co-ordinating ribbon (all from my stash - the PPs are Kay & Co. and the ribbon was some leftovers from a BoBunny class kit).

I didn't want too much clutter on the jar otherwise I wouldn't use it...

...so just a scalloped punched circle of co-ordinating bazzill CS and some paper blooms on the lid was as far as I was going to go - but then the swing tag sort of snuck-in **giggle** and I must admit I rather like the little extra decoration.

So why don't you have a rummage in those cupboards and use up some of that stash to make something useful and pretty. If you'd like a few more ideas - hop over to Paula's blog to see what super things are shown there.......................................