subject: Trendy Ways To Customize Glass Candy Jars [print this page] Glass candy jars have always been associated with the candy shops and ice cream parlors, but they have found their way into homes and businesses over the decades. They are available in a variety of different sizes and shapes now, where one can find everything from a large two gallon jar to a mini jar. Because of the many designs available, their uses have extended beyond candy to so much more.
Mini candy jars are becoming a popular choice for wedding favors. They are a perfect size to hand out to everyone who attends a wedding as a special remembrance that can be cute or elegant, depending on how it is designed. The jar itself can be personalized with printing or labels or the lid can be monogrammed for the bride and groom. Filling it with candy that goes with the color scheme of the wedding creates the perfect wedding favor.
Personalized gifts are popular things today and a candy jar fits right into that. One can fill them with some bath beads and mini soaps to give as an attractive and nice smelling housewarming gift. For a more personal touch, filling them with homemade cake mix or cookie mix with a label or recipe card with instructions is a perfect way to show you care.
When a variety of styles and shapes are grouped together, they create an attractive focal point for a buffet or table. Filling them with candies to match the seasons is a nice touch. Spring can bring pastel colored candies and summer some rainbow colored candies. During the fall some brown and orange candies are perfect while winter can bring white and silver or even red and green to go with the holidays.
The kitchen is a perfect place for these jars as they will not only be decorative, but they'll also be practical. Filling a few jars in different sizes with colored pasta is an attractive decorative touch as well as perfect storage for the pasta. Others items can also be used in this way like coffee and tea and sugar and flour on the countertop.
Perfect for storing loose change and keys when shaped like a covered bowl or dish by the door is also attractive. Placing one of these on a small stand by the door gives a place for everyone in the family to deposit their keys to keep them organized. This not only keeps things neat looking, but is done in a stylish way.
Glass candy jars are an affordable and attractive way store not only candy but other things also. Because they are now available in a large range of shapes, sizes, and designs, it is easy to choose the right one for where you want and what you'll use it for. But they also make the perfect gift items when filled with everything from candy to soaps.
