Grab that bag of loose Mason Jar rings you have hiding in a
cupboard and make something beautiful for your Fall home decor. It's easy, it's inexpensive and it's fun.
All
you'll need is 24 Mason Jar Rings and Jute to create your pumpkin.
Raid your craft stash, or anywhere else in your home for the
added details to make your pumpkin a one-of-a-kind creation.
Create one or several to assemble into a beautiful table
centerpiece with pedestals.
Directions:
Alter jar rings, if you wish (see below for ideas)
Thread 24 jar rings onto a long piece of Jute. It's a little easier to handle if you use a
long dowel or wrapping paper tube to slip all my rings onto.
Tie jute into a knot snugly, making sure the rings are all
overlapping each other in the same direction.
Decorate center of pumpkin
as you wish (see below).
The easiest & fastest way to do this is with Washi Tape. 1/2" washi tape will fit perfectly on
the side of the rings. If yours is a bit
wider, you can roll it under or cut it to size.
Painting is also easy, but you have to let the paint dry
before you assemble. Spray paint is
faster than hand brushing paint on, but you have to apply several coats to get
an opaque color.
Once you have painted your rings, you can sand off some
paint for a farm house shabby look (see Sunflower Pumpkin).
Decorating Centers of pumpkins:
It felt a bit like a treasure hunt finding centers for all
my pumpkins.
I found a thicker candle (Hobby Lobby has lots of colors of thicker candles) that fit perfectly in the center of
my gold washi tape pumpkin, then purchased some gold glitter curly stems at Michaels to surround it.
For the black pumpkin, I cut a paper towel ring down
to size, then cut along it's length. I
spray painted it black, curled it into itself a bit so it would fit in the
center of the pumpkin. Before I tucked
it in, I laid some black tulle in the center so it was pushed down. Lastly, I tucked some black crinkle paper
around the stem.
For my Orange pumpkin I rolled up some burlap into a
stem. I tucked a Bay leaf and a leaf I
cut from a fall floral arrangement (it won't be missed) around it. Lastly, I found some more curly stems at
Michaels that were so perfect to tuck in next to the stem. I created a few sentiments on paper, cut out
and curled with my finger, then tucked in to the center.
I
bundled some cinnamon sticks for the center of my cream pumpkin, stole another
leaf and some berries and added more of the curly stems.
For my Farm House Sunflower Pumpkin, I stole a sunflower
from my door wreath (again, didn't even miss it), as well as a thick branch I
found outside in my wood pile.
Lastly, a little printed banner is a lovely final touch. You can use the ones I created (see below) or create your own.
Display
Look around your home to find unexpected ways to display
your jar ring pumpkins. If you're making
several pumpkins, use different heights to create a visually interesting
effect.
I used several candle stick holders, small plates and cake
pedestals to showcase each pumpkin.
I surrounded the orange pumpkin with a small berry garland I
had in my stash.
Lastly, I had some twinkle lights from Christmas that I
tucked into the center of the large black pumpkin and put on the outside of the
smaller Gold pumpkin.
After playing with these jar rings I had a few other ideas...the only one I had time to create was a garland below. But I think you could use the same concept as a tag for gift bags and boxes.
I also REALLY wanted to create some little jar ring candle and even bought all the supplies, so stay tuned, I may get to this still. Pour orange scented candle wax into the altered rings (of course, with the lid on the bottom). Tuck into a celophane bag for a cute little gift or favor, or nestle in some raffia or grapevine as a table setting favor.
Mason Jar Rings
Garland
One
more additional idea...I had a natural garland that needed something extra, so
I die-cut some letters to spell AUTUMN and glued them onto paper on the back of
each jar ring that I had spray painted cream.
I tied them on to the garland with jute.
If you want to use my banners, just click on one to enlarge. Right click and save. Open in a word document, size, print and cut!
Colors are coming SLOW here in Utah. Well, I'm NOT waiting...I'm knee deep in those rich, warm colors that make up the Autumn Palette.
