Happy Monday!
I’m sharing some Ball Jar Love to celebrate Ball’s 140th anniversary with a little giveaway!
Regular readers know that in addition to being a dish-aholic,
I’m a jar-aholic. ;)
I love to use jars as vases for flowers . . .
Pretty in Pink Peonies and Blooming Dishes in the Potting Shed
For Mason jar desserts : Stars and Stripes Berry Trifles
And to celebrate the Red, White and Blue : Patriotic Table on the Porch
For summertime sipping : Summer Peach Tea Punch
Summer Strawberry Frosé and Best Method to Store Strawberries
Watermelon Mojito with Mint Simple Syrup
Quick and Easy Freezer Hot Pepper Jelly
And for crafts: DIY Simple Sugar Scrub
DIY Quick and Easy Mason Jar Candle Lamps
Or to hold takeaways of straws, sparklers and American flags:
Blooming Watermelon Vase and Patriotic Table
Since 1884, Ball® has been known for canning jars.
This set of 4 Regular Mouth Ball Jars comes with bands
and SureTight™ lids that seal up to 18 months when
used according to food preservation instructions.
Created in celebration of popular patterns and designs that have graced the homes of jar lovers
for generations, these collector’s edition Anniversary Mason Jars
commemorate the 140-year history of Ball® home canning
and legacy of preservation and creativity.
I cut some early spring garden flowers to fill the anniversary jar.
Ox-eye Daises and Bachelor Buttons are blooming
in the field next to The Potting Shed, free-for-the-picking . . .
They join snowball viburnum, ‘Anouk’ Lavender, hosta leaves, blackberry vine and abelia
for a Ball Jar bouquet.
Ball Honeybee Keepsake Mason Jars were new for 2023, created in celebration
of the garden hero, the honeybee!
These collector’s edition canning jars highlight the vital importance of pollinators,
embossed with a bee and honeycomb design. . .
fun for crafting, serving, sipping, storage, and, of course, canning!
I’m sharing some mason jar love and giving away
one set of four collector’s edition Anniversary Mason Jars . . .
And one set of four Ball Honeybee Keepsake Mason Jars.
To enter the giveaway, just leave a comment telling me how you would use them. . .
For crafting, canning, food or flowers?
Subscribers/followers automatically get a second entry.
Subscribe by email and let me know by comment.
For a third entry, Pin a photo from this post to Pinterest and leave an additional comment telling me so.
The Pin/Save button pops up on the upper left corner of each photo.
This giveaway is open to those living in the continental U.S. through midnight May 5th.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Congratulations to Terri E and Peggy O.
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Between Naps on the Porch
Good morning. I would do exactly as your last photo! Make fun individual desserts for the grandkids when they come. Especially for the 4th of July.
Your posts are always a feast for the eyes….and a stimulate to the appetite. LOL! I really love the bee jars and would definitely fill them with flowers and possibly display decorative items in them as well. How wonderful for a company to have 140 years of success!
I haven’t seen the bee jars and would love to win them. I have a different ball jar I am using now – it’s the base of a small lamp in my kitchen where I have a lot of bee decor and I would use the jar as it’s base.
I would use them for flowers! Thank you for the chance to win!
You’re right…bees are the heroes of the garden
I like your idea about layering sweets in the jar – Perfect mix of cute and tasty
BTW Bachelor Buttons are my favorite flower
These jars are beautiful. There are so many options on use of them. I would use them for canning, fresh flowers or your beautiful, fresh dessert. Also, will have to try the peach tea recipe. A picture of summer. Thank you for posting.
I think you might be a napkin-aholic and silverware-aholic as well but I love it!
I would likely use the jars for flowers so the jars could be displayed more often.
Love the jars ! I too use them for all sorts of things especially in the kitchen. Your ideas are amazing and fun!
Love the honeybee jars and use Ball jars for storage and even leftovers in the fridge. I love your wildflower arrangements in them and will plan to copy that with some of my roses and wildflowers. Thanks for sharing these!
Ron, my husband, turns 84 this year. He started making jam with his grandmother as a little boy. He will only use Ball jars. He would treasure these, as would I.
Making pickles and jam is a joy we share each year. We each have our part to play.
Your garden shed with its original sign inspired me to find it. I looked and looked but never did. As you know, the looking is the best fun😊.
My best,
June
140 years! Wow, we use Ball Jars for just about everything. From storage containers in the craft room, holding a special layered dessert at the kitchen table to flower arrangements all
Over the house, and much much more. Clear or colored, old or new Ball Jars are essential containers for our lives.
I have several of the bluish jars that I display year round. They are so unique. Adding a 140th anniversary or bee jar would be the icing on the cake! I would definitely use them as part of a centerpiece to showcase them. Thanks for all your inspiring posts!!!
I use Ball jars for all that you mentioned but probably the most fun way I used one was to fill a Ball jar with the marbles my husband had as a child and make it into a lamp for my son’s bedroom. Now my grandson has it.
Love the jar ideas! I use jars for lots of ideas, old buttons of my moms and grandmas, i made munchies and filled jars for Christmas gifts last year, old thread spools in a a tall mason jar, crackers, nuts, and beans look great too.
Thank you for the beautiful ideas you presented, You always have such wonderful ideas and recipes. Trifle is my go to dessert and my family always enjoys it. I would use the beautiful Bell jars for trifle . Flowers also make a wonderful addition to a summer table.
I always look forward to your emails. You are so talented.
Oh what cute May Day gift containers these would be! That being said, that’s probably how I would use them—for cute gifts with so many ideas I’ve learned from your blog. Cute tea party or dinner party favors filled with sweet surprises! I’d love to win either set and will put them to good use! I’m a follower and subscriber everywhere! Love!❤️🩷💙🩵💜🧡
I have and still use my ball jars for crafts; flower; food; and, canning! I, like you are a collector and all because of you. After seeing the many beautiful jars you have, I started my collection and I would love to add these to that collection!! Thanks Mary for another fun giveaway! ❤️
This is such a pretty post! I would use the jars to display flowers, they are just too cute to not be out as a table display!
I love ball jars for flowers. I have several large flower gardens and ball jars are perfect for fresh picked flowers. I found a love for all things bees from your posts. But both sets are beautiful and unique in their own way. Thank you for the inspiration you provide. Your photography is awesome!
These jars are beautiful! I would use them as vases or just to shine brightly on a window! I love collecting sea glass these would display them perfectly . Any kind of glass makes me happy! They change with the light! Love all your creative ideas! Photos are so inspiring! Thank you for all you do!
I also entered via email!!
I pinned PATRIOTIC TABLE ON THE PORCH! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for a beautiful post, as always. I would use these jars for quite a few things, especially desserts, flower arrangements, and herb gardens.
I love Ball jars, and I use them for many things. I store fresh strawberries in them and they last a long time. I’ve used them for storing liquids, vases, and floating candles. Your posts are always so pretty.
So excited! I have purchased all the jars from your blog. My favorite are the stars and stripes version but think the anniversary ones might top those. I always get several sets as I like to use for flower arrangements at every family function plus I use for desserts and serving other small food items so I need multiple every time.
I enjoy all of your beautiful ideas. I would use the jars as a vase to hold flowers. Thank you for the chance to win these pretty jars.
LOVE Ball jars too. Addicting!
These are so pretty Mary! I love the designs, especially with the bees~ I love Ball jars, I have quite a few that I use for a lot of things. I have an art tiered tray with jars holding different pens and markers, a snack station with jars of snacks and cookies, {jars keep things fresh for weeks!} Jars in the fridge full of homemade salad dressings and sauces, and of course jars for flowers! Your photos are beautiful, they make me want to play with my jars today! You always host the most delightful and generous giveaways, thank you Mary ❤️
Jenna
The photos are beautiful,as always . Love your blog.Would love to know how you store all your “treasures “. The ball jars have many uses! Love them all !
140 years is certainly worth celebrating and thank you for sharing some beautiful ideas .. I keep honey from our daughters hives in mine!
I would cook a giant batch of garlic confit to put in the jar. In others, I would put watermelon iced tea with lots of ice and mint and have an afternoon sit down.
I would use them primarily for flowers, & some food storage. Love the bee jar! Thanks for the opportunity.
I simply adore the bee jars. My daddy nicknamed me “Busy Bee” when I was a toddler and I love most all things bee. I would use these jars as flower vases, desserts(recently made a strawberry shortcake in jars), utensil holders at gatherings, and maybe even put some of my seashell collection in one. Thank you for your beautiful photos.
I use them for anything my imagination takes me. Drinks out on the deck, flowers, storing fresh fruits in frig, harvesting seeds fir the next season, even used them for the bees/birds part of a birdbath & feeder (used incorrect glue and fell apart in the sun). These are JUST LOVELY 😍
Ball Jars! I love them and have made so many things with them. I put fairy lights in them and put them on the fence, jam, hot carrots, flowers, etc. The ideas are endless, especially for these jars! I will probably make hot carrots and jam, (not together of course! :) ) Your blogs and the others that you post are wonderful inspiration to us all!
I love, love the canning jars! If I were to be so lucky and win, I would first use them to celebrate a 40 th Birthday celebration for two of my nieces, filling with flowers and party favors,but then I would share them.
Food and flowers!!
I would use them to make salt scrub presents for friends.
Hi Mary ~ what a fun giveaway ~ thank you! I would use the Mason jars for all of the above~one thing I make a lot is my overnight oatmeal in them bc they are the perfect size and they seal so well. Hugs~Dorinda
Where do I start as I too have a thing about jars. I would use them to store things in my kitchen, in my craft room, for the canning I do, for flowers, as candles. Recently I shared some seeds in tiny jars with my book group and asked if they would give the jars back. One of the ladies looked at me and said…Why would you want them back…how can you use them? I just smiled and said I have a love for bottles! I pinned the one picture of flowers. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face. Peace
Hi Mary ~ I have been a happy subscriber for many years now 🥰 Hugs~Dorinda
You have always been an inspiration for me. I would love to get the Mason jars to use for deserts and for centerpieces for an upcoming shower. Thanks for all of the ideas.
I would love to have the mason jars!! I have several very old ones with the metal lids. I use them for flowers, drinking out of, candles, lights and all sorts of things.
Mary, beautiful post! These jars have been a staple at my house forever! My earliest memories are of my grandmother canning peaches in the beautiful blue jars. I have some of hers I still use today.
They are great for storing small items like my sewing odds and ends, buttons, and even dog treats!! I think flowers though are the prettiest use!
I love the bee design on the jars too. Just so pretty!
Thank you!
Hi Mary! I pinned the photo of the anniversary jars to my picnic Pinterest page. I love them! I would use to transport my 24 hour fruit salad to the many picnics we have!
Good morning! Every year I have too many cucumbers, so I make refrigerator pickles to give to family and friends. These lovely jars would be perfect! Thanks for all of you great trips and recipes, I have used many of them!
Best regards, from beautiful Lake Chelan! Kim
I subscribed too!
Hi Mary ~ I posted one of your beautiful red, white and blue patriotic tiered tray pictures to use for inspiration this year. You always have the best ideas. Hugs, Dorinda
Good morning! I love mason jars, and I would use your gift for drinking glasses. I have some I use now, but these are much prettier! I did share on Pinterest, and as a side note, my granddad and I made your flower shaped sugar cubes. They were a big hit! We also plan to make your tissue paper seed pods. Thank you for all the fun ideas you share!
Robyn
So glad to know I’m not the only jar-aholic out there! I’ve been collecting odd jars for decades. I sure miss when jam jars were embossed with the fruit . . . I think I’m dating myself. LOL. I used them for just about everything from flowers to desserts. They always make me smile.
I love canning! I would definitely use them to can tomatoes from my garden later this summer. Plus, maybe a pretty flower arrangement for my kitchen window.
I love them. I would use them for flowers. I keep a ball jar of flowers or greeery in my kitchen most of the time. Your pictures are lovely
Mary, I pinned the blooming watermelon vase and patriotic table as well as pretty in pink! I actually already have many saved!
I also forgot another use of ball jars, seashells!! I’m looking at rows of them right now filled with pretty shells.
Thanks again for all you do!!
I would use them as vases like you did. ( Absolutely gorgeous) Also I always wanted to make tiny sugar cookies like rabbits,bees and flowers and put them in mason jars with a bow as gifts. Love your ideas!!!!
The anniversary jars are beautiful!! I would use them for canning and flowers! I also like to use them for gift-giving, usually filled with a yummy treat! I’m a long time subscriber and love all of your creative ideas and inspiration. I pinned your idea for the DIY Sugar Scrub and am anxious to give it a try and share with friends. 💗
I also pinned about the giveaway on Pinterest under my canning & preserving group.
I love to display flowers in them and store food items for the freezer, refrigerator, or shelves. Clara❤️
Love Ball jars! I would use for crafts and flowers.
I would use these jars in my sewing room to store some of my button collection in. I would use a couple of the bee jars in my kitchen where I have a couple of shelves where I decorate for the seasons. In the summer I use a bee theme.
Hello, I so enjoyed this post. I would most likely use the jars for gifts for others at Christmas. I love using them to gift foods, spice mixes and candles. Also use in my pantry for nuts and other and it would be a blessing to receive. Thank you as always for your blog.
I am an email subscriber. I look forward to every one of your posts. I wish I had half the dishes you do!
I posted the 4th of July pic of the gorgeous blue and red dishes.
I am a jar collector too, and these are so pretty. I use them for flower vases and food storage and how cute with the dessert parfaits! I’m thinking these jars would be perfect for layered salads. Oh gosh, now I’m getting inspired for a fun spring soiree! Thanks for sharing, love this post as I do all of them.
I would use the jars for food & drinks! You give so many recipes for inspiration!
Mary what a wonderful post and your flower arrangements are gorgeous. I use Mason Jars constantly to store strawberries & blueberries for our morning smoothie and garden flowers during the summer months. The Anniversary jars are so beautiful. I would use them for flower arrangements, for keeping fresh basil and mint on the kitchen counter and to fill them with trifles. Thank you for this giveaway.
Your Bell mason jar post has so many inspiring photos! I’d love to win your anniversary giveaway. While I often use my jars to serve cold summer drinks, my favorite use is for floral bouquets. They always look so simple and homey. I am a subscriber to your blog.
Oh those anniversary jars are gorgeous! I collect Ball jars also and I use them for lots of things. I mostly use them in my sewing room to hold notions like safety pins, buttons, etc. Thank you for this lovely post!
Thank you for this post on Ball Mason jars! I love using Mason jars all around our house. If I would win a set, I would use them for drinking glasses.
Thank you Mary for the opportunity. I would use the jars for canning or flower arrangements. I learned just last week that the Denver Basketball Arena has now been named the Ball Arena. The Ball Companies have a large aerospace division in Colorado. Thank you for the beauty you add to life.
The jars are beautiful and I use them in so many ways too! Pretty and decorative with flowers or just for storing items in the fridge. No plastic containers in this home! Thank you for all the shed pictures…..I especially love them. I wanted a shed for years and it was one of the reasons I purchased the home I’m in now!
So many cute ideas with the mason jars. I love using them for all of those things. They are a staple for so many ideas. Your posts are so pretty and yet creative. A welcome sight to a new week.
I normally use my canning jars just for canning but these are so cute I would definitely come up with a way to decorate with them. Thanks for all the ideas you share and thanks for the opportunity to win.
I would use these for flowers, desserts and of course pickled onions and jalapeños. I too am a lover of dishes, wine glasses, napkins and vases! And you have been my inspiration for years! Thank you. I love everything you do.
I have a collection of Ball jars from my Granny. I have fond memories of helping her can fruit on her farm in Oregon.
I love the Bee jars. I will buy some in honor of my new granddaughter Beatrice. I hope we will be working in the kitchen together in the future.
I love flowers and bees so i would fill them with wild flowers and some bee picks i have i would love them ilove the 2 babies i look for them in every email Lisa
I’m new to using canning jars. I saw some very clever ideas as I read through the comments. It would be fun to add some special edition jars to my storage. I like both of the patterns. I pinned one of the patriotic pictures as I’m looking forward to setting a table for Independence Day. Thank you for offering these giveaways. Will we be seeing some pictures of the girls boating on the lake soon? I look forward to those posts especially.
I had no idea there was a “word” for one who collects plates. Nice to know I am in good company. The darling bee jars would look so complementary with some of my plate collections. Pick me!!!
I use Ball Jars for freezing foods as chicken soup or my fresh homemade tomato sauce. I use the jars a great deal for ice tea, lemon water, fruits, and overnight oatmeal.
Certain jars are tasked for flowers and others for the easy mason jar candles.~ Learned that from your tutorial/blog, Mary! (So grateful to you as the candle jars present beautifully especially in the summer!)
My favorite way to use Ball jars are for storing fresh herbs in the fridge. Love all the jars that Ball makes, especially the tinted ones.
Love your wonderful photos, ideas and recipes. Thank you Mary.
After watching my grandmother and mother many years ago, I love to use canning jars when making jams from fresh berries. I always use them to store salad dressing and leftover gravy, etc. in the fridge. Flowers from the garden can always find a place looking pretty in a Ball jar … and I’m always looking for more! Thanks for the great photos and ideas!
Definitely flowers ! I have dahlias and roses this year and can’t wait to place them in the jars for around my home !
Oh Mary!!! What a neat post! Mason jar’s 140 years. WOW. They made such an important impact of keeping people alive back then. My mom was a canner and so is my youngest daughter. I never “got” the gene but sure respect it.
SO, that said I love those two unique looking designs on those jars and would love to be apart of the giveaway! I like all your great ideas – but if I won 4 awesome jars (love the bee ones) I would have my daughters and their best friend Sara (like a daughter, lost her mom last year) to a luncheon and would fill the jars with flowers and we each would have a lovely bouquet to have for our homes. Now I don’t have a garden like yours to go cutting lovely blossoms but my peony is doing much better already and lost of buds are showing….. I transplanted to a more sunny spot once my trees got too big and were shading it too much so yay……so perhaps I’d wait till they are in bloom and use them! OR go to our trusty Trader Joes and buy affordable bouquets! Thank you for this celebratory giveaway. I am so excited.
My herb container garden is going nuts right now. I’m planning to start harvesting and drying out several varieties for future use. These jars would be fab to store the dried herbs in. Thank you Mary for the chance to win a set of the anniversary Ball jars.
What lovely designs on the 140 anniversary Ball Mason jars. I love to put fresh flowers in my Ball jars. Especially pixie white carnations and blue delphiniums. I just used these on the cake table at my Granddaughters wedding last Saturday. Thank you for the opportunity.
Already an e-mail subscriber. I pinned the photo from “ White Blooms and Ball Jar Bouquets in the Potting Shed” to my blue and white board! 💙🤍💙🤍
I am having a summer brunch and I would use these jars for fresh squeezed orange juice.
Good morning! I love these jars! I would use the pints for making pepper jelly, use for drinking glasses and storing buttons!
I would use them for all of those things! For crafting, canning, food and flowers! (I already do!)
I pinned a photo and I am a subscriber. Thank you for the giveaway!
Crafting, food, and flowers!
Mary, This ” bee” thing is all your fault. I made the bee napkin rings, bee napkins, hunting Home Goods and thrift shops for bee themed
Items for the table, Thank you, I love my bees both on my table and in my three hives. I would put their honey those bee jars. Perfect.
The jars are beautiful! I like to use jars for crafting, summer trifles, and just about everything I can think of!
I like to do all – crafting, canning, flowers but most of all I like to use the jars for gifting! I fill them with homemade spiced nuts, cookies, candies, flowers . . . I hope a special gift for the recipient! Thank you for sharing.
I would use this beautiful jar for a honey jar decorating the top with a silk sunflower and gingham ribbon or as a jelly jar for my borage jelly which has a delightful mild honey flavor and cover with a fabric circle tied with twine. Love your site!
Hi, Mary,
I forgot to tell you that I pinned the Strawberry Frose’.
Can’t wait to try.
Good Morning Mary!
I love every phototip! They are all so gorgeous and inspirational.
I use them to store berries in the fridge as they stay fresher longer.
I would use them for bouquets and desserts, and I would use one as a glass for a refreshing cocktail such as gin and tonic.
Thank you for another beautiful post! Happy Monday!
LOVE the bee jars! I would use them to hold my small paint brushes. I really enjoy your wonderful posts and all the flowers! WOW!! THANKS!!
140 years! Amazing that this company has prospered all this time, and that they continue to be innovative in their design and and even colors. This anniversary set is fun with the flowers, but my bee loving heart is attracted to the honey bee jars. I’d not seen them, so please include my name in the draw. I love to use these jars for flowers out on the sun porch and on the terrace. When we had our sailboat, I often used them for serving one dish meals or special desserts. They are so handy, and Ball Jar makes the container elegant. Happy celebrating this summer, Maruy!
Hello! And thank you for the opportunity to enter this giveaway. I Love Bell Jars. I have large antique blue, antique clear and in several designs collected here and there over the years. Use them and Love Them!!
I would use these for my sewing and hobby room – collections of items – right now I need a jar for my pens I use to make quilt labels and I need a specific button collection holder (which means a Bell Jar).
I do so appreciate your visual uplifts to my days – I come return often and never cease to feel refreshed by the beautiful collections and recipes! Thank You more than you will ever realize – I’m sure many others refer to your posts for this as well. Best Wishes!
I would use them for storage and display in my kitchen and for flowers from my garden…thanks for the great giveaway!❤️
Oh, my goodness! I would have a hundred uses for these jars!
* BROWN
Hi, I pinned the flower jar with the lavender, great. Bee decor is having a “moment”, it is about time. Love the jars and use them mostly for vases. I like how they hold the flowers without much filler. Thanks for this opportunity.
I truly love bees (and dragonflies). If I would be so lucky to win a set of the bee jars I would keep my favourite sweetener in them but keep one to put flowers that bees love to entice them to my garden
I have several mason jars around our patio under the pergola. I LOVE using the tops of solar lights to lay on top of the jar openings, the more texture on the jar itself, the prettier the light reflects on the ground!
I love mason jars. I store nuts in them. I also put fresh fruit in them to keep in refrigerator.
I make flower arrangements in them.
I have a large one that I use for cookies. I would love to win these.
I have also used them for ice tea and desserts.
Your blog has just beautiful things to look at an enjoy.
Thank you for allowing me a chance to win.
I love the bee jars! Both of them, really! I would find many uses for them, but if I have to choose just one, it would be to use a jar for cut flowers. I grow lots of them and am always looking for another way to display them, Love the Batchelor buttons. We used to call them ragged robins! I look forward to your blogs. Keep up the good work!
I have been an email subscriber for years and always look forward to seeing all your beautiful and creative postings. I would love the bee jars and would gift them to my niece and her husband who are just starting their bee keeping hobby and are enthusiastically collecting honey and sharing with friends and family. I have made your mason jar trifles and shared them with friends. So many uses for these jars and I love all your ideas. I especially love using them for flowers. Thank you for always brightening my days with your site.
These jars are to die for…so pretty. I think I would love to fill the with beautiful cut flowers with pretty ribbon streamers and bows to gift neighbors for Mother’s Day. Also, nice for nursing home gifts.
Forgot to tell you I did pin 140th Jar picture to Pinterest. Thanks and blessings, Sharon
Both designs are equally lovely, but I lean toward the bees. I use jars for canning, freezing, refrigerator tea, flower vase or drinking glasses at a picnic. One must always have a collection of jars for every situation.
Mary, every Ball jar is beautifully filled with flowers, food, drinks, or decor! This is a gorgeous round-up and a fun giveaway!
Flowers from the yard, of course! I never have enough for Summers flowers! And honey lemonade will show them off nicely.
Oh my goodness, I would use them for food and flowers! I grow lots of zinnias for bouquets, and I always use a Mason jar for them. I love the country look and feel. I freeze dry strawberries and blueberries, so I would use them to put those in. Thanks for the chance to win these beautiful jars!
Email subscriber long time🐸💚
Patriotic Table on the porch was pinned. I have many of your tablescapes pinned for each Season! Halloween being a favourite!
Hello Mary!
I truly enjoy your blog, such inspirational creativity! I have read here about storing fruit in the jars. That’s what I will do if I win. Being a newbie to Weight Watchers I keep a lot of fruit in my fridge.
I love to do canning of all types. I make homemade pickles and they would look wonderful with fresh pickles!
Hello Mary! Love reading your blog! Can’t wait to store fruit in jars! I think I’d put honey in the sweet bee jar and flowers in the anniversary jar. I use jars for everything from storing sugar to cotton pads and q-tips – jars make everything look so tidy!
Sara Shaw Hucko
My passion is my community garden plot. Here in a 20×20 square I grow vegetables & summer flowers. These adorable Ball jars would “bee” perfect for giveaway posies!
I would use the jars for all the things you listed, Mary….canning, crafting, vases, and storage. Your flower filled jar is so simple and pretty. You’re so thoughtful in your giveaways. ❤️
Love the bee jars. How cute are they. I use jars for trifles, for flat wear when eating outside and to our fresh flowers in. The blue ones are my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway.
Always enjoy your posts and photos! Would use them in gift baskets.
Love your post and jar collecting. Would use for flowers, gifts, drinks and desserts
Making home made dressings and giving away as birthday, Christmas, special day treats is what I love doing but I would keep a couple for myself. They are so cute!!!
I would use them to help sort my grands itty bitty lego pieces. If any left after the legos I would store my jewelry making pieces in the jars. A true win for both of us!
Wow! What awesome jars!! I collect vintage jars and these would be a nice addition.
I pinned the patriotic trifle recipe, the anniversary jars look so patriotic to me, like firework bursts. My parents have bees and wouldn’t storing some of their honey in the bee jars be adorable! So many cute ideas on your blog to try!! Thanks for such inspiration
I didn’t even know they made these special jars. I have canning jars that belonged to my great-grandmother. I would love these jars to make jams for my family for Christmas.
I would use the ball jars for canning strawberry jam, tomatoes, or for salsa. Another possibility would be for gifting my neighbors with a floral bouquet from my flower garden. I wasn’t aware of the 140th anniversary until I read your beautiful blog. Thank you!!
I use my old ball jars in my greenhouse to store fertilizers and soil additives, and also to root cuttings in water. They’re so useful for so many things!
I would like to use the bee jars on a bee themed table scape and the 140th edition for drinking glasses or to hold flowers.
As with all the other fans of your site, I’m in love with the mason jars, and use them for storage in the kitchen, the sewing room, decorating with flowers, well, it’s just using my imagination and the practical jars!
Mary, both sets of the jars are beautiful! I would definitely use them for flowers and decorating rather than food. I grew up with both my grandmother and mother that always canned various veggies using Ball jars. Thanks for always sharing such great ideas, recipes, etc. I am pinning a photo .
Beautiful jars! I’d give them to my daughter to make jelly or preserves.
I have used mine for the darling patriotic trifle desserts that you provided a recipe for and for a collection of wildflowers. Might get around to making strawberry jam. Love the new designs–so pretty.
Ball jars are the perfect size for infusing oil with herbs to make salves. I have dandelion and rosemary steeping right now and will be making lavender and bee balm next. I can always use more jars… thanks for the chance to win!
I am retiring in June and on my long list of fun things I plan to do is make fruit liquors! Those jars would be beautiful filled with brandied cherries or strawberries! Your posts are always very inspiring! Thank you!
I would nadd them to my collection which began with my grandmother’s blue and green canning jars. The bee jars would be used for hot honey and the anniversary jars for berry storage. I do enjoy your emails and share them with my flower committee,
I’ve never used jars as vases but the ones with the honeybee would be delightful on my kitchen table. I would also use them as utensil holders on our back patio dining table!
I LOVE FLOWERS, FRESH ONES, FAKE ONES, DOESN’T MATTER. I LOVE TO GIVE FLOWERS TO MY FRIENDS AND ALWAYS LOOKIN G FOR A VASE SO THATS WHERE THESE MASON JARS WOULD COME IN VERY HANDY
I use Mason Jars for everything, kitchen keepers, food presentations, crafts, vases and organization! I love to fill the jars with my homemade Confetti Bean Soup mix with the recipe for gift giving. Thank you for another lovely post!
I use them for everything. Even to hold my makeup brushes. Thank you for the opportunity to win these jars.
GM Mary..I LOVE THIS POST! As I read thru, yet another lovely relaxing post, it has brought many many memories of life past. Ball jars have been with me for over 50 years. Started canning when I married 57 yrs ago. Received old blue Ball jars from an elder neighbor who did canning all the time. She taught me many tricks of canning the correct and safe way. Thru the years, as canning went to freezing, my collection of Ball Jars were many. Many of those collections stayed for display and yes, lots of garden flowers were displayed. Party lunches in jars and every day beverages. And of course, you have passed along thru the years that I have followed, many of wonderful ideas, recipes and lots of knowledge about Ball Jars. I thank you for that. Would I love to win either, absolutely!
Just pinned those pretty flowers in jar!! But I need to know, did you plant that breathtaking Field of Wild Flowers??? Will pin that pic too!!
I am a new bee keeper and would love to put some of my honey in the bee ball jars. What a wonderful Christmas gift that would be to my family and friends.
I love using mason jars for overnight oats for breakfast prep and storing food in the kitchen, whether it’s honey, loose candy, popcorn, anything and everything! I don’t have either of these special edition jars and am swooning. Thank you for the opportunity!
I have also subscribed to your email list. I love your content!
I also pinned your gorgeous flower arrangement in the anniversary jar!
I use my present jars to prepare individual servings of chicken, green beans and carrots for my dog. Just open and feel. Easy peasy!
What a jam filled column. I loved how you used the Ball jars in so many ways. Very inspiring.
What a lovely jar design for their anniversary! Love it. I would use them to can my yearly pineapple preserves. I have been growing pineapples for more than 30 years and last year my yield was 72 fruit. I make the jam each year and give to friends and family. It’s a special gift. Love all the posts, Mary.
Thank you 🌺
So beautiful! As always. I have a daughter who would love the bee set. She loves bees like you do. She takes countless pictures of them. I think she would mostly use them with flowers, which are a big part of her life. I love how you used honeysuckle in your arrangement. A much overlooked beauty. My house is filled with their fragrance recently. I’m a long time subscriber.
I really love the bee jars and would fill them with flowers or serve food in them. They would make a wonderful addition to my bee collection.
I LOVE Ball mason jars! I use them for canning, decorating, and to drink iced tea from. Thank you for the opportunity!
I use many Ball mason jars in my canning of jelly and making pickles every year. Would love to win this giveaway!
I would love to have the jars for desserts or flowers. I love bees!🐝 Everything you create is so lovely!
Good Morning, I use my masons for salads, dressings, flowers all of it! Love your website
I do a lot of canning but I would use the honey bee jars on my coffee bar with all my other honey bee collectibles. Their versatility is what makes them great…I think they would look great holding chunks of honeycomb oozing with liquid gold….sweet decadent honey. You could put so many fun things in either style of jar and the jar would compliment what you put in it and vice versa!
I would use them for flowers from my garden and hope it would inspire me to do a painting.
Just pinned the Strawberry Frose drink, which will be good in summer and the Christmas jar candle lamps!
So sweet, loving your bees!
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