Mason Jar Desk Accessories

I have been excited about organizing my desk at work and pondering over different containers and such that I could use.  I finally decided on Mason Jar Desk Accessories!  

 

Mason Jar Desk Accessories

If you have been reading my blog for a while then you know how much I love mason jars.  You also probably know that I love chalk paint.  Well, I have combined the two once again but this time to create some fun desk accessories.

I have to say I am in LOVE with these.

I started with my jars and my paint.

All of the colors are not shown in the photo above but I used white, pink, vintage (greyish-blue) and light yellow.  They all work so well together.

First you need to give your jars about 2 – 3 coats of paint.  I start at the rim, set it down and complete the rest of the jar including the bottom.

Then using some sandpaper or a sanding block distress the paint so the words and designs stand out on the jars.

 

I also needed a place to hold the stamps we use everyday and I was looking at wire trays and wire baskets at Hobby Lobby.   It hit me when I was cleaning the strawberries that the basket they came in would be perfect.

 

I cut off the lid with a razor blade and gave it a coat of brown spray paint.  This is so that when I distress the chalk paint later, the brown paint will show through.

In this photo I had already started painting the white chalk paint when I realized I hadn’t gotten a photo of the brown.  I always do that!  I hate to miss a step.

Anyway, after the brown paint was dry I painted a couple of coats of the white chalk paint and used the same distressing method with the sandpaper or sanding block.

Then I gave all of the jars and the basket a coat of the creme wax.  When they were dry they were buffed to a nice sheen.  I love that part!

On the basket I used my Crop o Dile and some brads and a bookplate to create a fun label holder.

 

 

I marked the basket where I wanted the holes for the brads and used my Crop o Dile to punch right through that plastic.  Then I used the brads to mount the bookplate.  Then I just added a label.

 

Cute, right?

Now I am all organized at work.

I love it!  What do you think?

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