A Sauce Jar, Some Twine, and a Painted Butterfly Became a Flower Vase

This time, instead of painting directly on a jar or covering it with paper, I wrapped a sauce jar with twine and added craft paint. The finished jar became a little vase for a yellow-and-green flower arrangement.

Wrapping the twine was the tricky part

I glued as I wrapped, but keeping the twine tight around the jar was still awkward. That was the part I wanted to improve, rather than a technique I had perfected.

Craft paint added the color. The finished jar has yellow twine above a green section, with a yellow butterfly stenciled over the green.

A few finishing details

I like accessorizing my crafts, so I added small trim around the rim and ties at the side. The close-up shows those details.

With flowers in the jar, I used it as a vase and centerpiece among lemons and limes.

For a different way to reuse a jar, see my cookbook-page jar with Mod Podge.