New Use for Ball Canning Jars!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 11:32AM 
click on image for sourceVintage Ball canning jars seem to be all the rage in wedding table decor lately. I've read many, many, many stories of brides scouring the internet & antique markets in order to have these lovlies grace their tables.
I thought of all of you when I came acorss this the other day.
I have always been partial to the blue variety, which are harder to come by, but are oh-so perfectly vintage (side note: I considered using these for our Ohio home reception, but the $30/each price tag at the Chicago Antique Market changed my mind FAST). I can picture a grouping of three of these pendants in a number of different styles of kitchens, from Quirky/Modern to Beachy Whitewash.
Conant Lighting has an entire section of Repurposed lighting, but at $185 each, these aren't for all budgets. I've now seen similar listings for these elsewhere, but I love this one because the bottom has been removed. The whole jar doesn't do it for me...it's almost too crafty...but I imagine that this could be a relatively simple DIY project for someone with knowledge of how to put a light together (that person is not me, unfortunately). My friend Mrs. D'orsay posted tips on removing the tops of wine bottles, so have at it!
So brides & fellow Ball jar lovers, is this something you'd be willing to try? Could you see these hanging over your kitchen island? If so, and you decide to do it, send me pictures & I'll post them here!
~kristin
Interior Design, lighting 
Reader Comments (8)
What a cleaver, cleaver idea! I have 50 Bell jars sitting in my closet begging to be repurposed somehow.
Congrats! The new blog looks great :)
LOVE THIS! Fortunately for me, I am married to a former-electrician-turned-construction-project-manager who could probably figure this out in a few minutes :) This is going on my wish list for our future home!
I feel like it might even be cooler if the jar were upside down, with the bulb coming through the "bottom" of the jar, and with the cool twisty-part (technical term) where the lid screws on exposed at the bottom, with no lid... non?
Love these! You're right, taking the bottom off makes them much less crafty and much more awesome. So glad you are blogging!
Love them! I'm dying for a lighting solution for our kitchen!
Oh i love it! And now I have another use for my bottle cutter :)
I LOVE this. This would look GREAT in a kitchen island--what a fantastic idea.
On the less drastic side, I like this too:
http://heatherbullard.typepad.com/heather_bullard_collectio/2010/02/diy-mason-jar-soap-dispenser.html
Love that as a soap dispenser as well! On my list is to find antique olive oil or other tall bottles to use for dish and hand soap in the kitchen!