Just Paint It Blog

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
    • My Stuff
      • My House
      • My Hubs
      • My Paintings
        • Illustrations
        • Murals
  • Projects
    • How To/PIY
      • PIY – Paint It Yourself
      • Quick Stuff
      • Tutorials
      • Videos
    • Techniques
      • Antiquing & Distressing
      • Blending Colors
      • Color Wash
      • Decoupage
      • Drawing
      • Dry Brushing
      • Faux Finishes
      • Glazing
      • Highlighting
      • Shading
      • Stenciling
      • Transfers
    • Home Decor
      • Accessories
      • Furniture
      • Holiday Decorating
      • Seasonal Decorating
    • Crafts
      • Dollar Store Crafts
      • Holiday Crafts
        • Christmas Crafts
        • Halloween Crafts
      • Kids Crafts
      • Seasonal Crafts
    • Paint Types
      • Chalk Paint
      • Chalkboard Paint
      • Glitter Paint
      • Metallic Paint
      • Pearl Paint
      • Specialty Paints
      • Spray Paint
      • Watercolor Paint
    • Paint Surfaces
      • Paint Canvas
      • Paint Fabric
      • Paint Glass
      • Paint Metal
      • Paint Paper
      • Paint Plastic
      • Paint Walls
      • Paint Wood
    • Submit Yours
  • Shop
    • A.R.T. – Art Related Things
    • Original Art
    • Pet Portraits
    • ClipArt & Printables
  • Portfolio
    • Pet Portraits
  • Contact

Just Don’t Call Them Crafts

June 26, 2014 By Colleen 5 Comments

DIY Tinted Jars

I mentioned the other day that it’s been somewhat challenging . . . okay, extremely challenging . . . trying to balance all of the stuff I’ve created for myself.

Don’t get me wrong. I love all of the stuff. I do. Pet portrait commissions are coming in. I’m working on new products for the Zazzle store. And also creating different hand painted clip art for the other Etsy shop.

All stuff that I love to do.

I finally came up with a schedule that might actually work too. Except for one thing . . . crafts. Me and crafts . . . well . . . we don’t always get along. In fact, I don’t even call them crafts. I call them DIYs. Or ‘paintables’. Like if I don’t call them crafts I might like them better.

It’s not that I don’t like them. It’s that they don’t like me. I can almost hear giggles from my craft cabinet as I approach. “Here she comes again. She’s actually gonna try and make something again! heeheeheehee. What can we mess up this time?”

I had almost gotten to the point that I wasn’t going to do crafts anymore. Paintables, maybe. Crafts, no.

DIY Tinted Jars

Then I saw these Mod Podge Sheer Colors at Walmart, perfect for tinted jars. I figured it was a ‘sign’ because our Walmart has the poorest excuse of a craft aisle I’ve ever seen.

DIY Tinted Jars

It’s so bad I took this photo in April, posted it on Instagram and Facebook and tagged Plaid Crafts, the manufacturer of 90% of the crafts at Walmart. Plaid responded, asked me where the store was and when the photo was taken blahblahblah.

It still looks like this. Yes, I’ve complained to the store manager. Numerous times. sigh.

Anyway, the Sheer Colors weren’t even in the craft aisle, which is why I saw them. They were on what’s called a ‘fast track’, a little display on the side of the end cap. They weren’t priced, of course, (another Walmart pet peeve of mine) but I grabbed them anyway because I’ve been wanting to try them.

Weekends are my DIY days so I washed out some jars and got ready to . . . DIY. (You thought I was gonna say ‘craft’, didn’t you?)

DIY Tinted Jars

I’ve seen a lot of people pour tints and paints on the inside of jars but I wanted to be able to use them as vases, which mean pouring it on the outside.

DIY Tinted Jars

You might be thinking, “why is she pouring it rather than brushing it on?”

Good question. Very good question. One I should’ve asked myself.

It just seemed logical that if you could pour the stuff on the inside, why not pour it on the outside?

DIY Tinted Jars

Now do you see why my craft supplies all laugh at me? Seriously.

It was right after I snapped this pic that I realized that pouring something on the outside of a jar is completely different than pouring on the inside and I grabbed a paintbrush and started scraping the green goop off before it could dry.

DIY Tinted Jars

After I got most of the green goop off and it dried a bit things weren’t as nightmarish as they’d first appeared. A little streaky, but not bad.

I was ready to try again.

DIY Tinted Jars

This time I brushed on a light coat.

DIY Tinted Jars

In case you needed a comparison shot.

DIY Tinted Jars

After one coat dried it was pretty pale. Pretty, but pale. I think I wound up painting 3 coats of the aqua, but it could use a couple more.

I was talking to Amy, of Mod Podge Rocks, today and she said the gals at Plaid used a foam spouncer. Good idea. That would give you more coverage, but it would also give you little air bubbles, which they said it did.

I think I’ll try a foam make up sponge this weekend with the Aqua.

I don’t have any of the Green left.

Imagine that.

DIY Tinted Jars

I did have enough for another coat of green, just to even out some of the streaks. It’s really not as GREEN as it’s showing in this photo.

DIY Tinted Jars

To cover the mouth of the jars, I just wrapped some jute twine around them.

The seashell tags. Ok, I wanted to add some seashells to the jars. I don’t honestly know why, I just did. But I couldn’t find a single seashell in this town.

It could be due to the fact that we’re hours away from any ocean.

But I thought for sure somebody would have decorative seashells. Nope. Not a one. So I drew my own. Hmmph.

I’ll show you how to make them later.

DIY Tinted Jars

In case you can’t find seashells in your town either.

DIY Tinted Jars

And you want to hang a tag around a tinted jar that you now know how not to do.

You’re welcome.

If you want to see how to tint the inside of some jars, check out Amy’s post here. By the way, she used the same colors as I did so you can see how they’re supposed to look.

You’re welcome again.

And now I’m going back to painting a cute pug. I want to get her done before this weekend when my schedule goes wonky due to . . . you-know-whats.

Do you have problems with any crafts or DIY stuff? Do you like trying out new products? What’s the last thing you tried?

Colleen

about Colleen

Filed Under: crafts, How To & PIY, Paint Glass, Paint Surfaces, Paint Types, Specialty Paints, Tutorials

Comments

  1. Laura Strack says

    June 27, 2014 at 7:29 am

    You’re so funny and crafty too! You could always add another Blog to keep up with and call it Craft Fails! BTW, my WalMart’s craft isle looks the same!!

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      June 27, 2014 at 7:39 am

      OMG, Laura, there already is a CraftFail blog – http://craftfail.com/. My friend, Heather, owns it and I used to write for it (for a minute). lol. Too funny! #greatmindsthinkalike

      Reply
  2. Kris says

    June 27, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    Oh, Colleen, I laughed and laughed as “craft fails” sometimes appears to be my middle name!!! I always learn something, but it gets old wasting supplies! LOL

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. She Doesn't Sell Seashells - Just Paint It Blog says:
    June 29, 2014 at 7:36 pm

    […] I mentioned the other day that I couldn’t find any shells in our town to decorate my almost-craft-fail tinted jars. […]

    Reply
  2. DIY Tealight Jars says:
    July 22, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    […] use other glass paint that is translucent. Or you could use Mod Podge Sheer Colors like I used on these jars, or just tint your own Mod Podge with food coloring. I haven’t tried that yet but I’d […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    About Me

    Hi there! I'm Colleen, a self-taught artist, writer and blogger, among other things. You don't get to be old enough to order off the Denny's senior menu without accomplishing a few things in life. Read More…

    Recent Posts…
    • Patriotic Fourth of July Printables June 25, 2019
    • Camping Coloring Pages June 15, 2019
    • How to Paint Purple Iris January 28, 2019
    • How to Paint a Teddy Bear January 24, 2019
    • How to Paint Tulips January 21, 2019
    Comments…
    • Colleen on How to Paint Easy Leaves & Vines
    • Sunny on How to Paint Easy Leaves & Vines
    • Tape and Float on Painting Red Gingham
    • Abir on My Dream Art & Craft Studio
    • Colleen on Frosted Branches – The Right Way This Time

    Subscribe via Email

    Get updated delivered directly to your inbox!

    Art Digital Downloads

    Archives

    Pretty Handy Girl Fun DIY Gifts!

    PHG_zazzle-banner

    Videos

    Error type: "Forbidden". Error message: "Method doesn't allow unregistered callers (callers without established identity). Please use API Key or other form of API consumer identity to call this API." Domain: "global". Reason: "forbidden".

    Did you added your own Google API key? Look at the help.

    Check in YouTube if the id muralmaker1 belongs to a . Check the FAQ of the plugin or send error messages to support.

    Instagram

    Google+

    Facebook

    Pinterest

    Etsy

    Copyright © 2025 Just Paint It!/Colleen Jorgensen · website by Houndstooth Media Group