22 Ways To Store Your Life In A Mason Jar

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Mason jars are more like life companions than designated kitchen items. If you already use them outside of all things cooking, but assume they're only good for holding a few pens, then you are sorely mistaken.

Seriously, your entire life basically fits in a mason jar. Pen holders are only the beginning, as you can see below. With a mason jar, you can store...

Your pens and pencils.
Soon-to-be-used cupcake wrappers.
Your matches
Your toothbrushes.
Your soap.
Your Q-Tips and cotton balls.
Your makeup brushes.
Your hair ties and chapstick (or anything else you label... getting the idea?)
Are you getting the point?
Your yarn.
Leftover paint.
Your paint brushes.
Your wooden spoons.
Your silverware.
More pencils.
Your cooking utensils.
Your herbs.
Nuts, kernels and other pantry items.
Lots of lettuce.
All spices everywhere.
Salt.
Flowers.
Your lunch.
Your life.

Now we're hungry.

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Mason Jars Galore (For Cookouts)
Turn them into individual place settings.(01 of10)
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Plus, the jars themselves can be used for glasses. It's perfect.

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Make single serve salads in them.(02 of10)
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It's as no-fuss as salad gets. And if you layer the salad in the jar it makes for a beautiful presentation too.

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Use them to gussy up the gathering.(03 of10)
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With nothing more than balloons and a pair of scissors you can fancy up your stock pile of mason jars. It's the best (and easiest) way to add a little flair at your next cookout.

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Repurpose them to serve awesome sides like this one.(04 of10)
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Get rustic with homemade leather sleeves.(05 of10)
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The classic koozie has got nothing on this homemade kind.

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Turn them into mess-free sundaes.(06 of10)
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Ice cream melts all over the place in the warm months of summer. But if said ice cream is confined to a jar, with a brownie baked into the bottom of it and topped with all kinds of goodies? Well, that's as good as it gets.

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Use them to make ready-made cocktails.(07 of10)
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Pure. Genius.

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Make s'mores -- campfire not required.(08 of10)
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Just because you're not having a fire doesn't mean you shouldn't have s'mores. Make them ahead of time in jars by layering crumbled graham crackers, chocolate pudding and marshmallow fluff. So good.

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Create a little ambiance with pineapple lights.(09 of10)
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Nothing says summer like a pineapple light, amiright? It's kitcshy and cutesy and will add just the tropical ambiance you're looking for once the sun sets at your next cookout.

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Use them to make and serve no-bake cheesecakes.(10 of10)
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