Mason Jar Tooth Brush Holder

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I love using wall space whenever possible to keep things organized and keep counter tops clean and clutter free. We have a teeny tiny bathroom, so using the space wisely is a must. I wanted a practical AND unique solution to tooth brush holders. I’ve seen individual mason jar toothbrush holders on etsy, but did not want 4 individual holders to mount on the wall… so, I decided to come up with a family (value pack if you will) friendly version for our bathroom. During the summer, I’d grabbed a few old fence posts that were being discarded from a house being torn down. I was originally thinking of making signs out of them and still might, but I also thought this could be a perfect solution for tooth brush storage. I cut down one of the pieces of fence with a small saw and sanded it down. I painted it with some ASCP old white and distressed it and coated it with poly acrylic. I drilled two small holes {to mount onto wall} and then bought 4 – 3 inch metal hose rings {the kind that you can loosen or tighten}.

The rings have small rectangular slits at the back, through which I hammered small finishing nails to secure my wood base.

Since measuring is not really my thing, I just eyeballed the spacing between the rings… I think it looks pretty good.

Then I inserted my pint size mason jars, tightened the rings and mounted the whole thing to the wall. It was very easy and I love having the free counter space AND an interesting and unique piece in the bathroom!At this point, I felt like the wall looked too bare, so I stenciled on “smile.” The burlap bag holding the toilet paper is from Decor Steals and the white vintage mirror is from Homesense.

PS – I like the clear mason jars, but have been toying with the idea of painting them in old white, then layering the grey {like the bathroom walls} over top and distressing them… we’ll see.
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DIY Metallic Animal Mason Jars

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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are all having a good weekend. I was able to get out on Saturday and visit two wonderful vintage markets and an organic blueberry farm, and had a great time! Any of you who’ve been reading my blog for a little while have probably figured out that I really have a thing for mason jars. Love, love, love them! So, I decided to make these metallic animal ones. Aren’t they CUTE?! Very West Elm-ish don’t you think? These were so EASY to make. I bought a couple packages of small plastic animals at the dollar store and glued them to the lids…At first I used hot glue, but later noticed that a few of the animals were already starting to come loose, so I decided to glue them all on again using gorilla glue (how appropriate!). This worked better. Then I sprayed them with a couple coats of metallic spray paint and voila!!I can’t decide which one is my favourite… I can picture these in a child’s bedroom with all of their little treasures stored inside… or in a primary classroom {maybe my own!} holding things like erasers, crayons, paper clips, elastic bands… so many possible uses!! Actually… I think the moose is my favourite.

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And The Winner Is…. Mason Jar Soap Dispensers

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I mentioned a few days ago that I would be sharing some of the projects that I worked on for the vintage market last weekend. It was really interesting to see what was popular with customers and what wasn’t. For example, I was really surprised that I did not sell more than a few of my French Flower Pots… they had such a positive response on the blog and I didn’t feel like I had overpriced them, but they just didn’t sell.

My mason jar soap dispensers, on the other hand, were by far the hottest items around. They literally flew off the shelves – in fact I sold all of them except one (which is now in my bathroom). I had two different styles: some were painted in heirloom white with a gloss finish and black lid/pumps; and some were the same color, but I used sand paper to distress the paint in areas, especially around the wording on the front of the jars.

I personally liked the distressed ones myself, but was actually expecting the nice “shiny” ones to be the big sellers. NOPE. Everyone loved the distressed ones! In fact, I ended up borrowing some sand paper from Claudine over at Condensed Home Love when I ran out of the distressed ones, and went outside and quickly sanded the glossy ones and brought them back to my booth. I sold two more after this!

A few of you asked about making them so here’s a quick tutorial:

Materials You Will Need:

• large or small mason jars
• spray paint (colors of your choice – I like the contrast of the black and ivory).
• Drill with small and large drill bits (I used 13/64 & 3/8).
• Soap Pump Dispensers (from a used soap bottle, or you can buy individual ones at some craft stores). I wanted black ones and I found them at this adorable little store The Soap Dispensary on Main Street in Vancouver.
• silicone sealant (I used )

First I spray painted the jars (upside down first) with Rustoleum Heirloom White (gloss). I used about 3 coats, turning them right side up after the second coat. I spray painted the lids using Rustoleum black (gloss).

When the paint was dry, I screwed the lids onto the jars and took a small drill bit and while holding the jar with one hand drilled a small hole into the center of each jar (prior to this I marked the center of the lid with a sharpie). After the small holes were drilled, I used the largest drill bit I had (3/8) and drilled through where the smaller hole was. Now, depending on the width of the base of your soap dispenser, you may need to use pliers to pull back some more of the lid to make the hole a little larger. I had to make mine a little larger, and this was not hard to do at all. Using needle nose pliers, I pulled back a little (from the inside) at a time and kept checking to see if it was JUST big enough to shove the pump through. You don’t want to make the whole too big, because you want a tight fit around the dispenser. Once it’s inserted you can use your silicone sealant around the inside base of the pump. Let it dry 24 hrs before use. The sealant I used is called RTV 108 – it’s a translucent high performance adhesive (silicone).

One last piece of advice is to trim your dispenser (tube) so that it almost touches the bottom of the jar when fully inserted.I think I’d like to try making some aqua ones next with black lids….

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