Through My Eyes - Wordless Wednesday!

Apr. 30, 2008

Wordless Wednesday!

Saving History One Jar At A Time!
I love old jars, boxes, tins, and the like. They just don't make stuff like that anymore. I try not to get it and let it sit around. I try to use these old things for something useful around the house. I have a bunch of old jars I got from my grandma's house that hold my grain, rice, beans, hot peppers, and coffee. I have them on a shelf that my son, Bubba, and his grandpa made. To add to the charm, I put tea cup hooks in it and hung some old pans, that came from my grandma's. (there's a theme that runs through all my vintage items, almost all of them came from my grandma's.)

I got a call from my mom about a month ago, she told me that there were over a hundred canning jars out in my grandma's old garden shed, if I wanted any to help myself. Whatever was left when I'd gone through them was going to a recycle plant near where we live. I thought, great, I love jars I'll go and see what's there. I showed up and my dad was working around where the shed was. I asked him about the jars and he said, help yourself, take as many as you want. I thought, this is like Christmas! :) I walked in and there were old jars in garden baskets, buckets, boxes, anything that could hold them. I thought my mom was joking when she told me how many there were, but she wasn't. Wow! The only thing was they needed to be cleaned up. They were covered with dirt from being stored for so long, out in a country shed, on a dirt road. I just kept diggin' 'em out and checking for sturdy ones, makin' sure the lids fit, and boxin' 'em up. When it was all said and done, I think I had about seven boxes full.

It's like steppin' back in history when you look at them. So, I took them home, cleaned them up, and separated out what I would keep, and what I would share.
I still ended up keeping about 5 boxes worth of them. Some of them will have buttons put into them, some ribbon, some who knows what. All I know for sure is when I look at the blue and green glass jars with their zinc lids, it reminds me of a simpler time. Things were made to last. If things were ripped, they were patched, if they were broken, they were glued, and if it faded they re-dyed it. Nothing was really "Disposable", it was reusable. So, I'm going to use these jars over and over again, and then pass them on to my children and they'll use them, and they'll pass them on to their children . . . and I'll have saved history, one jar at a time.

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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Mycrazylife

Oh I love old jars Marie! They are beautiful. I especially love the black and white photos you took of them.

And...I love the new blog look! I guess it has been too long since I stopped by. :( I need a few more hours in the day!

Be blessed!
Hallie

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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Robinlyn

What a lovely post. It makes me want to go hang out in my kitchen. Thanks again for the jars that you shared. I have had jars above my counter for decoration, but I am going to start filling them up. I think the one jar says Swayzee on it. We used to live in a little town called Swayzee. It was sweet there, we had a teeny, tiny house and it was very cozy.

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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by charles0322

there are a lot of people who actually collect these kinds of jars. before you get rid of any you might want to go onto ebay and see if you can sell them.

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