I love Mason Jars. Why? I have no idea! I just do. I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but I use a lot of Mason Jars to store food in my pantry. See? Here are just a few of the many jars I use all over my home:
I found some of these Mason jars on Goodwill’s auction website, and I just LOVE them! I can’t pick just one favorite, but I can narrow it down to two: my gallon Mason jars and my blue Mason jars. They are so unique and fun!
So, it’s only natural that I needed this cute set of measuring cups when I found it online.
These adorable measuring cups are sold by Cost Plus World Market, and apparently, they are very popular! Most stores were sold out. As luck would have it, I was able to find one set in my local store.
These fun measuring cups stack to form a Mason jar, or they can be “disassembled” and used as measuring cups.
Of course, I haven’t used them as measuring cups yet, because I just like looking at them.
I know they will break in the next major earthquake, so I hope we don’t have one for a really long time! Of course, there are other benefits to no major earthquakes…
So, I love being surrounded by my Mason jars and my Mason jar measuring cups. Not as much as I love my family, but I love them a whole lot.
People are much more important than things, but I can still really enjoy fun things like this as long as I keep that in perspective.
Is there anything you *LOVE* as much as I love my Mason jars?
My Foray Into Food Storage 
May 9, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Laurie, Stater Brothers has blue canning jars.
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May 9, 2014 at 7:03 pm
I have some of the regular pint size blue canning jars and am looking for the green ones Ball is making as this year’s “seasonal” color. Do you know if they’re on sale at Stater Bros?
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May 9, 2014 at 7:05 pm
I love mason jars too! And anything cute to keep food in. I keep a separate set of plates and bowls and cups and jars so that I can use just for food photography. lol
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May 9, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Laurie, I like to use mason jars for storage like you. In fact, I’m using mason jars to store meals; soups, pancake mix, pasta meals, cookie recipes etc. I’ll be posting recipes on my blog very soon. It’s been crazy with getting the garden established the last couple of months but I’ve got results and everything is coming up and I’m SO excited.
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May 10, 2014 at 8:36 am
Jay hawk what is your blog? I’m interested.
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May 9, 2014 at 7:17 pm
I love mason jars also Laurie! I use mine to store meals; pancake mix, biscuits and gravy, soups, pasta meals etc. I also use mason jars for regular storage as you do for dry ingredients, beans and such. I’ll have to check out Stater Brothers myself thanks for posting Jennette!
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May 9, 2014 at 8:11 pm
I love them too! I fill them with all kinds of things and love the cute little tiny ones.
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May 10, 2014 at 8:37 am
Fightingfat do you have a blog?
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May 11, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Yes http://fightingfatblog.wordpress.com/
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May 9, 2014 at 10:05 pm
I love them too, what a great thing to post on! We even keep dog treats in a jar 🙂 Over the past year I’ve started buying Weck jars and love them, they’re so cute somehow. Your measuring cups are great, I had not seem those before.
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May 10, 2014 at 3:33 am
Mason Jars are awesome and practical. I’m not a collector because I can’t do clutter but I could get in to Mason Jars!
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May 10, 2014 at 4:31 am
I love jars too! I store many foods in them. I use them to hold iced tea while out and about with the silly top. I shake up my salad dressings in them. I put homemade puddings and other treats in them…. So many possibilities. I am going to look for these measuring cups now!
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May 10, 2014 at 6:54 am
I thought I was the only one…lol
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May 10, 2014 at 7:16 am
Those are so cool! Do they come in other colors?
-Lori
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May 10, 2014 at 2:22 pm
No, but they have a large variety of other cute nesting ceramic measuring cups.
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May 10, 2014 at 7:20 am
lovely and so retro
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May 10, 2014 at 7:22 am
I love mason jars too! I usually use them instead of zip-lock or Tupperware containers (no mismatched lid collection, no yucky plastic, yay!) I also sometimes use them as measuring cups and drinking glasses.
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May 10, 2014 at 7:33 am
I l.o.v.e. Mason jars as well and store all dry goods in them. I simply like the look of them all lined up on my pantry shelf waiting to be of service. Whether it pours wet or dry, or comes wrapped in separate pouches, after I’ve opened a package of crackers, everything goes into my Mason jars. Don’t talk plastic; I’m not a fan except for freezing. These babies are uniform and are my friends.
Wonderful post! ❤ ~(*_*)~~
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May 10, 2014 at 8:33 am
I have a huge collection, love to store things in them because I hate Plastic. Like jars and bottles with swing tops, too. Kombucha and home made sodas are easy to bottle in Grolsch style bottles. The measuring cups are cute, but i tend to stay away from unit-tasker style kitchen equipment. Kitchen is too small for lots of counter-dwelling objects.
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May 10, 2014 at 11:46 am
I use mason jars for everything I can. Now I am making emergency beeswax candles in them. Beeswax cleans the air. Put a book of matches under the cap and close it up. I love the half gallon jars the most.
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May 10, 2014 at 2:21 pm
I love the half gallon ones, too. I use those to store so many things.
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May 10, 2014 at 12:36 pm
Wow super cute! I’ve never seen these measuring cups before!
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May 10, 2014 at 1:12 pm
Only new to the world of Mason jars, but I fully understand how addictive they could become!
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May 10, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Those are awesome! I especially love the older ones, and the measuring cup stackable jar is so cute!
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May 10, 2014 at 4:32 pm
I love mason jars too! They’re so simple and practical, but their style is just classic. Love the measuring cups!
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May 11, 2014 at 7:16 am
I’m glad I’m not the only one who finds joy and beauty in things like Mason Jars. Why keep boxes of cereal when jars are lovely and keep the cereal fresher. We should sooo have a fan club!
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May 11, 2014 at 8:07 pm
Definitely!
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May 11, 2014 at 10:33 am
That is very neat & I love mason jars but love my redneck wine glass best of the ones I have.
My current love & collecting is scarves! I need some with greens in them
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May 11, 2014 at 5:42 pm
A VERY cool idea. Give me an idea for for my wife’s next Christmas gift.
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May 12, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Beautiful jars that´s for sure, the problem is that if I used them being so clumsy I don´t think they would last too long in my house. I need plastic ones.
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May 12, 2014 at 5:04 pm
I also really enjoy Mason jars. I use them to store snacks, spices, and even package my products in them. Want to get my hands on a few vintage ones
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May 13, 2014 at 10:38 am
That measuring cup set is really pretty. I love that shade of blue, and I can understand why you haven’t used them yet. 🙂
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May 15, 2014 at 8:34 am
Yes, I love mason jars too. They are the perfect “lunch pail” too! The only thing that won’t leak!
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May 15, 2014 at 7:56 pm
Adorable! I must have them! I also am obsessed with Mason jars! We use them a lot at our cottage and I’ve posted about them a few times as well. This past summer I made 3 pendant lights for the kitchen out of them and they turned out amazing!
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May 17, 2014 at 6:42 am
JenM, do you have a post on your pendant lights?
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May 19, 2014 at 6:27 am
It’s not a “how to” post, but they are pictured in this post (a long with a couple other uses for them at the cottage :)… http://my3monsters.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/why-i-love-the-cottage-reason-13/
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May 17, 2014 at 6:41 am
I NEED this! 🙂 Ball sells cute blue and green lids/rings now too! I make soap dispensers out of my extra mason jars. http://courtneysbathtubgin.com/2014/04/08/mason-jar-makeover-chalkboard-soap-dispenser/
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May 22, 2014 at 3:24 pm
I’m a little late to the party here. I love mason jars too. One corner of my countertop is loaded with mason jars of all sizes used for storing any and everything! Great post.
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