Fall is in the air! While it’s not my favorite time of year (I’m more of a spring girl) I still love a lot of things about fall. One of the things I love is when the leaves start changing and all the beautiful colors come out. I wanted to bring some of those colors into a fall flower arrangement and of course I had to mix in some aqua (who says you can’t have aqua in the fall?)
So everything I used I found at JoAnn’s and Michaels. They’re pretty much the only craft stores in my area anyway. The jars and the wooden basket thing (I don’t know what to call it) I got at JoAnn’s. The basket was normally $29.99 but I used a 40% off coupon for it and the jars were $2 each. I used cream colored spray paint to paint all the jars first.
Then to make a stencil I used my Cricut machine to cut out the letters for the word “FALL”
I got this great aqua colored paint from Michaels (Martha Stewart brand) and stenciled the letters on to each jar.
Then after all the paint had dried I just used a nail file to rub off some of the paint off and give it a distressed look.
The flowers I bought were from Michaels and I will be honest- they were not cheap. I did use a coupon but it didn’t save me a ton. I still paid around $40 for the flowers. Too bad they weren’t on sale!
The jars fit perfectly inside of my basket but I realized after I put them inside that the basket was too deep and was cutting off the bottom of the letters. So I got some burlap that I folded up and put underneath the jars so it would raise the jars up. In the end I’m really happy with how pretty it turned out and I will be using it to decorate my fall mantle….stay tuned for the post!
I love these. I was just talking yesterday about how much I love them!
I have seen them done with lots of different kinds of paint. I think the chalk paint is neat too! But this seems easier….
Ooh I’m glad I found your blog! I love creativity and DIY inspiration.
Your jars look lovely and really suit the season. I’m seeing mason jars everywhere, I think I need some in my home!
Love it! So cute and it looks really easy to make.
Beautiful! I love the aqua, and the basket is perfect. I miss my mantel so much. 🙁
I love this and love the vintage look!
I love mason jars decoration, and I love the colour palette that you chose for that !
I am such a sucker for mason jars 🙂 I LOVE the way this turned out. I think I need something like it for my house!
I love the colors you chose! These have been on my to-do list forever, so I’m grateful for the inspiration!
This is such a great project MarKay! You did a beautiful job. You have inspired me to try something like this.
Love the fall theme and the use of mason jars!
These are so cute! I’ve been wanting to do some more decorating for Fall. I might have to do this; it would look very cute in my house!
I am in love with anything that uses mason jars! I love the aqua color too!!! Great job! Gives others lots of inspiration.
Mason jars and the color aqua are my two favorite things in the world so this DIY is for sure on my to do list!
I love the colors used with this project! I think picking out colors can be such a hard thing sometimes and you did such a good job! 🙂
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I love those!! I’ve made something similar for Christmas last year with lights in them ,but I LOVE the rustic look of these! I will defiantly be adding this to my list of DIY’s this fall. 🙂
Amanda – Life With Grace
I have never thought of using a nail file for distressing, what a great idea!
That is adorable! I was at Dollar General and they had very similar flowers if not the same for $2 a piece. I bought a large Gerber daisy for a floor vase I have.