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A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

October 24, 2017 By Laura Leave a Comment

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How to make a pretty mason jar sign for Thanksgiving to add to your holiday decor or present as a hostess gift! This decoration doesn’t take long to create.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

I love creating new things for Thanksgiving each year, as sometimes this holiday gets overlooked after all of the Halloween hype and the pre-Christmas planning.

I also love vintage postcards, and so I hunted around my paper stash and found a pretty reproduction of a Fall postcard which is how today’s project began.

Love when that happens!

vintage Thanksgiving postcard image

Supplies:

  • Xyron® Creative Station Lite
  • Xyron® Permanent Adhesive Cartridge Refill, 5-inch
  • Xyron® Mega Runner
  • ColorBox® INK Premium Dye Mini Inkpads: Poppy, Carrot, Periwinkle — Clearsnap
  • Unfinished Wood Mason Jar Shape — Walnut Hollow
  • FolkArt Pickling Wash in Haze — Plaid Crafts
  • Soft Rubber Brayer — Speedball
  • Leaf stamps
  • Dot stamps
  • Acrylic stamping block
  • Scissors
  • Vintage Thanksgiving postcard image — from 7gypsies Architextures “Enjoy” Stash Paque
  • Stickles Glitter Glue in Diamond — Ranger
  • Vintage lace scraps
  • Periwinkle sheer ribbon
  • Wax paper

Tutorial:

Step One: Sand the mason jar shape for any rough spots and wipe away dust with a damp cloth. Let dry.

Step Two: Stain the mason jar shape with a pretty blue pickle wash. Let dry.

wood mason jar shape

For details on how to use pickle wash, see my Colorful Stained Rulers Tutorial.

Step Three: Stamp leaves in a random pattern on the front of the mason jar, using the ColorBox INK pads in Poppy and Carrot.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

I love how rich and vibrant these inks are! They dry fast too!

Step Four: Stamp dots in between the leaves with the ColorBox INK Periwinkle ink pad.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Isn’t that periwinkle color pretty? I love how it provides an extra pop of color to the more traditional red and orange leaves!

How to add the vintage postcard and lace

Step Five: Cut vintage lace scraps to measure just a bit longer than the vintage Thanksgiving postcard image.

Step Six: Run the vintage postcard image through the Xyron Creative Station Lite to add permanent adhesive to the back of it.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

This wonderful little machine essentially turns the postcard into a sticker!

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Remove the plastic covering — see below — and you’re left with a sticker, ready for you to peel it off and use in your project!

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Step Seven: Stick the postcard image on top of the lace scraps, as shown below.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Step Eight: Apply adhesive to the back of the lace scraps using the Xyron Mega Runner.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Whenever I need to use adhesive on lace ribbon, I always use my Mega Runner because the adhesive will only stick to what is there.

For example, if I was adhering this lace scrap to a greeting card, no adhesive would show through the lace scrap, as the adhesive is only on the bits of lace and not also in the holes of the lace.

Such a great feature!

Step Nine: Place the vintage Thanksgiving postcard image — now with the lace attached — onto the wood mason jar shape and press down.

Use a brayer if you have one to help press and smooth so that the adhesive fully sticks to the wood.

Using your fingers works just fine too!

Step Ten: Accent the leaves on the postcard with glitter glue. Let dry.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Step Eleven: Tie a decorative ribbon around the top of the mason jar shape.

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

And now you have a pretty mason jar sign for Thanksgiving!

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

The blue background is an unexpected shade for Fall, as is the perwinkle color of the dots, but I absolutely love how these colors enhance the orange and red leaves!

A Pretty Mason Jar Sign for Thanksgiving!

Happy crafting!

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Pet Scribbles is where I share my craft tutorials, home and garden projects, and occasional stories about my cats. I can never have enough pretty craft paints to work with, and I love to make things look time-worn with distressing and aging. Gardening is my therapy!

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