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What To Put In Large Glass Jars For Decoration | CREATIVE HOME DECOR IDEAS
Apr 27, 2024
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Hi, it's Lindsay Dianne from DianneDecor.com
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In this video we're going to talk all about what to put in large glass jars for decoration
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Oversized jars and vessels are a fantastic way to decorate your countertops, whether
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it is your kitchen counter or a console table by your entryway or in your living room or
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even your coffee table. But there are so many options that people just underutilize
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You can go so far beyond just grasses and moss and rocks and we're going to talk all
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about the different things that you can use to fill your glass jars for decoration in
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this video. Let's get started. The first thing that you can use to fill your glass jars for decoration is dry organic materials
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Now this is the thing that we most commonly see. So we're talking about little pebbles, river rocks, sand, moss, grasses, seashells, things
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like that. You can really use these to not only prop up some faux flowers and give them sort of
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a sturdy base to sit in, or you can not do faux florals at all and just fill it up with
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this dry organic material. They have lots of great kind of earth tone mixes that generally meld with everything
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which is why so many people use them. You know, green in general is kind of a neutral in your home when you're talking about moss
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or grass. Sand, whether it's white or beige, similarly with the rocks, whether they're white or beige
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or gray, tend to go with just about everything. So you really can't go wrong with dry organic material
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Number two is decorative objects and potpourri. Now this is where you can start to get into something a little bit more structural, like
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balls of twine or wood chips or even the bags of potpourri that you may have wood chips
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and pine cones and a lot of different things mixed into them
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This is again, usually some sort of a dry organic material, like a grass that has been
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dried or a twine or some kind of rattan piece, but anything like that that is formed into
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a shape is really beautiful when sort of stacked on one another inside of one of these large
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oversized vessels. So if you don't want to mess with sand and you don't want to mess with rocks, think about
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filling it with a lighter, more structural object and fill it up to the top, fill it
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halfway, color coordinate it with some of your other items in your home, like those
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balls of twine. You can find them in a lot of different colors, especially at Hobby Lobby, or you can spray
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paint them to match your other decor on your tabletop or within your centerpiece
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The other types of objects that you shouldn't overlook are collectible items
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So things like buttons, antique keys, I've even seen pool balls, like pool cues, the
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balls with the little numbers on them, I've seen those in oversized jars on a display
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and they look so cool. So think about some of the little trinkets that you may like to collect and add them
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to a glass jar as a way to display them. It's a really creative way to personalize your home decor and make it unique to your space
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Something that is special to you, put it on display in a glass jar if you can
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Game pieces are another option for a glass jar. Think of Scrabble letters or possibly even Monopoly silver, the old school silver figurines
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for the Monopoly games. A collection of those would look really cool in a glass jar
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Spools of thread is another thing that would look really cool in an oversized glass jar
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Number three is a submerged floral display. Now these are a little bit trickier to pull off, but they can be done
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So what you're going to want to do is you either want to find a way to weigh down your
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floral display or you can sort of hot glue it to a base or hot glue the pieces down to
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the base of your jar. Fill it with something to cover that, so it may be some beads or jewels or something like that
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And then you're going to fill it to the top with water. You could also use that faux acrylic water if you'd like as well, so that you don't have
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to worry about having fresh water splashing all over the place. I think this is actually a better option if you want to keep that display out long term
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If you want to set it up for something special like a dinner party, I'd just go ahead and use regular water
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But if you want to leave it out there for an extended period of time, you know, for
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months and months at a time, you don't want to have to worry about a whole giant jar of
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water sitting on a counter. Moreover, a lot of the faux florals of course have wire inside of them and you may find
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yourself in a situation where that stuff begins to rust in the water
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So it's better to use that faux acrylic water if you want a long term display
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But if you want something just for a party, use regular water, make sure your florals
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are weighed down at the bottom and it's a fantastic way to fill a jar
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The fourth thing that you can use to fill large glass jars for decoration are crafting materials
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So think about beads, sequins, balls of yarn, things like that that you find in the crafting aisle
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You could even do crayons or crayon pieces or, I don't know that I would necessarily
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do pom-poms unless it was for maybe a kid's arrangement, you could do that
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But just think about all those little crafting materials that there are out there
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They are great and inexpensive usually to use to fill a large glass jar for decoration
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Just remember that the smaller your item is, the more you're going to need of it
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So if we're talking about buttons and you have a 12 inch jar with a 9 inch wide sort
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of opening and you're filling all of that with buttons, that's a lot of buttons
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So just keep that in mind if you're thinking about using craft items to fill a jar because
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a lot of those things tend to be a little bit smaller. But if you're thinking about balls of yarn or even clothespins, those would be really
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great and inexpensive to fill up a glass jar and create a beautiful display as well as
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creating some storage, practical storage for you if these are objects that you use all
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the time. Next up is plant material. So besides mosses and grasses, think about other plant materials that you can use to
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fill a large jar. Things like pine cones, acorns, leaves, all of these are really great options
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Succulents are also a perfect plant-based option whether they're real or fake for a
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large glass jar. In fact, I saw on Amazon just the other day a huge bag of faux succulents that were intended
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to be used as jar filler. So think about combining some of these things together
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So let's say you have a layer of sand and then you have a layer of stones and then you
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have your succulents on top. It would create a really beautiful layered display and it's inexpensive
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It will fill up a space because it's better to have one large display than have 10 little
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tiny trinkets that you got from Dollar Tree, right? It's a much more upscale, upgraded look to have a large vessel filled with something
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than a bunch of tiny little things. So if you are into collecting the tiny little things, think about putting them in a glass jar
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Last but not least is food. Food is an awesome option to fill a glass jar
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So this is usually seen when you're looking for kitchen decor, but a giant vase filled
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with lemons or limes or any other dry good like pasta, rice, dry beans, corn kernels
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like popcorn kernels. All those things can, again, just like the crafting materials, they can do double duty
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They can be completely functional and you can have them on display in these large glass
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jars or you can just have it purely decorative. Again, if this, much like the submerged flower situation, if you want this out for a long
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time and you don't want to have to worry about perishable items, go for the faux lemons
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go for the faux limes. You can find them everywhere. Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Walmart, Amazon, they're plentiful
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So think about things like that that are in the food category to use to fill some of
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your large glass jars for decoration. That's it for this video. I hope you found it helpful
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Don't forget to visit me at dianedecor.com. I write all about decorating on a budget over there and I'll see you in the next one. Bye
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