Pinned It & Did It - Tinted Mason Jars -

Hello!

This pin on my Crafty Happiness board caught my eye not only because it's pretty but at first glance I thought they were vintage jars!

Tinted Mason Jars in Rainbow from momtastic.com

I knew as soon as I pinned this that I wanted to try it. Basically, you mix food coloring into glossy Mod Podge, coat the inside of the jar with it, and then let it drip out and dry.  Easy, right?  Uh, no.

Tinted Mason Jars, Take One:  I used regular quart-size mason jars so I took the amount of product I would need to use into account.  I thought.  Obviously, I would need more than the tutorial called for.  The problem was, I think I used too much water with my food coloring because I didn't have enough color left on the glass when I was done. In fact, the one that looks blue should look purple!

What to do?  Well, I had plans for these jars so the only option was to do them over!  Oh, I was irked at my failure but I was also out of glossy Mod Podge.  Grumble.

Tinted Mason Jars, Take Two:
I got new glossy Mod Podge and did the purple jar the same way as before.  It now just had double the color.  I like it now!

I decided to take a different approach with the green one and not dilute the Mod Podge with any water--just use Mod Podge and food coloring.  Uh, no.  Look at the posterboard I worked on.

Yes, look at my posterboard!  Will I ever let you think I am a perfectly tidy crafter?  Probably not.  It glooped and glopped and glopped and glooped and never dried right so I peeled and washed it off.     

Tinted Green Mason Jar, Take Three:
This time I put one Tablespoon of water in the jar with food coloring and Modge Podge.  I thought I got too much Mod Podge in again. I was eye balling it, you know!

The final result wasn't that bad. The mouths of the jars collect the most streaks because that's where the Mod Podge drips out, but those drips can be covered with lid rings.

You can still see the streaks but from a distance they're not very noticeable. 

Why, you might ask, would I want to tint them?  Next week I will show you what I'm doing with them. {wink}  it's fun.

Here's my Pinned It & Did It #2