super cute savings jar

Since I was feeling crafty yesterday, I went ahead and made something else.

I got a large olive jar from work and decided to turn it into our savings jar.

Below is the final product, but I took pictures of the steps I took along the way.

 

I printed out what I wanted the words to day in the font I wanted and then cut out the letters with an exacto knife.

I now have a stencil.

the jar.

a spare scrap of burlap i had lying around.

I taped down the stencil, and sponged paint onto the burlap.

I wasn't sure how I was going to attach the burlap to the glass...and then I remembered....the GLUE GUN!

I almost forgot that I had it. It worked great!

Then what to do with the pesky seam? Cute polka dotted ribbon of course! Attached with the glue gun again.

Just like that we have a new super cute savings jar.