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Valentine's Day

How to Paint Buffalo Check Jars

3 · Dec 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Sharing Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here’s how you can make some of your own.

+ This post brought to you by the folks at Newell Brands, makers of Ball® Fresh Preserving Products +

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Ball® Sharing Jars

This project looks a bit challenging, but truly it’s not! All you need are some of those fabulous Ball® Sharing Jars and some paint and you can create this trendy look for yourself.

I love the shape of the Sharing Jars and I love the mission. When you purchase the Sharing Jars your purchase will benefit Feeding America® – the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. For every package of Sharing Jars purchased, Newell Brands will donate 4 meals*! I LOVE it when I can help support a worthy cause when buying stuff I would normally buy any way.

* Newell Brands® will donate $0.36 per package of Sharing Jars sold, up to $150,000 provided to Feeding America®.  $1 helps provide 11 meals secured by Feeding America® on behalf of local member food banks.

Buffalo Check Jars

I’m a huge fan of the Buffalo Check trend and can’t get enough of it right now. Pretty much everyone I know feels the same way so, I thought a stylish Buffalo Check Jar would be the perfect gift for friends and family for Christmas this year. I’ve filled them with all kinds of stuff; candy, bath scrubs, shower bombs, soup starters, cookie kits, all kinds of stuff. Of course after the jars are painted, you can no longer preserve in them but, they’re great for everything else. Here’s how to make them.

Materials

  • Ball® Sharing Jars
  • Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Everlasting, Yesteryear & Carbon
  • sponge paint brush
  • 1/4″ flat head paint brush
  • 240 grit sandpaper
  • Americana Decor Clear Crème Wax
  • lint free cloth

Instructions

To begin, make sure you have washed and dried your jars. Then paint a couple of layers of the white (Everlasting) chalky paint onto the jar with the sponge brush. You can use your favorite kind of chalk paint here.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Don’t worry about brush strokes, they will get smoothed out in the finishing process at the end. Let dry, ideally for a few hours or overnight.

Next, you’ll use the 1/4″ flat paint brush to paint the gray (Yesteryear) stripes onto the jar.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

You will loosely use the lines on the jars as guides. I really didn’t want a precise looking check wanting it to look more free form or hand painted. I didn’t want this project to become to crazy with measuring every little detail and taping the jar to get perfect lines. This to me makes the project so much more enjoyable and I love the look.

Start at the top points of the lines in the Sharing Jar and use your 1/4 inch brush line to create the stripes. Three stripes around the jar and then a vertical stripe in the center of the flat sections of the sharing jar. Let dry completely.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Now, you’ll use the black (Carbon) paint to paint on the black section of the check in the intersections of the gray stripes. Again, let paint dry completely. It would be best at this stage to let the paint cure overnight. It will help the paint adhere to the glass much better.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Once the paint is dry, you will use the sand paper to smooth and distress the paint. Be careful not to attach the jar with a little too much vigor. You don’t want to sand the paint right off the jar. Using a soft hand, smooth the dry paint, (this will remove the brush strokes) and then carefully distress the high points of the jar.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Once this step is complete, you’ll want to wipe down the jars with a damp cloth to remove any of the remaining dust. Then you’ll use your lint free cloth to wipe on some of the wax to seal the paint onto the jar. Use the lint free cloth to then wipe off any excess wax and buff the wax.

Now, you’re finished! You have the cutest Buffalo Check Jars ready to fill with whatever you like.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

I created a fun Holiday Survival Kit and filled the jars with a homemade sugar scrub, some shower bombs and included a Yankee Candle® along with the cutest little match jar ever… You’ll have to check it out. It even comes with free printable gift tags.

Love the Buffalo Check trend? Yep, me too! I thought it would be fun to use some of the Ball® Giving Jars to create some Buffalo Check Jars to use as gifts this Holiday Season. Here's how you can make some of your own.

Disclosure +  I am a paid partner for Newell Brands, makers of Ball® Fresh Preserving Products. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed are entirely my own. 

Valentine’s Day Treat with Free Printable

0 · Feb 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment

+ Valentine’s Day Treat with Free Printable brought to you by WhipperBerry +

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It seems like everyone is scrambling to fine a fun new treat for Valentine’s Day this year. Our house is no different! We decided to take a little less traditional route this year, opting for a more neutral color palette. We made a fun Valentine Munch mix from a few of our favorite snacks from Trader Joe’s.

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It’s just a simple mix of Trader Joe’s Kettle Corn, Coconut Cashews, Dark Chocolate Mini Heart Cookies, Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries along with the Kashi Heart to Heart Honey Toasted Oat Cereal. The Kashi Heart to Heart cereal is super fun, because it has little hearts in the mix. Paired with the heart cookies, the dark chocolate and cherries, this mix isn’t too bad for your heart as well!

Valentine-Munch

We mixed up a big batch in a large bowl,

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Placed some on the counter for us to share,

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and packaged the rest up for our friends at school with a fun new printable.

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Click HERE to download the free Printable

One side is perfect of the boys in your life, the other for your more girly friends!

The printable is designed to use for all kinds of goodies, really during any time of the year. They really aren’t just Valentine specific, but they sure are fun for Valentine’s Day!

We packaged some Valentine’s Munch in some cute gold polka dot bags that we found at Target in the party supply section, but you can package it in all kinds of cute containers.

packaging-your-valentine-munch

We filled our bags and affixed the tag with a simple gold safety pin.

Sweet-Treat-from-WhipperBerry-for-Valentines-Day

This is a fun, yet not so traditional way to give a sweet treat to all your friends at this time of year.

If you plan on using this idea, snap a photo and share with me on Instagram, I would love to see and share with everyone!

Looking for another fun Valentine’s Day Idea? Here’s a quick one that your kiddos will LOVE…

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Valentine, You make my heart POP!

Valentine’s Day You Make My Heart POP Free Printable

12 · Feb 13, 2014 · 5 Comments

// You Make My Heart POP Free Printable for Valentine’s Day // You-make-my-heart-POP-Free-Valentine's-Day-Printable-from-#whipperberry

Ok… Here’s a little quickie for you procrastinators (LIKE MYSELF) for your kiddos for Valentine’s Day. I whipped this up this morning and shared it on Instagram and had a few people ask for the printable, so here it is…

Valentine-You-Make-My-Heart-POP-Printable-#whipperberry

Click HERE to Download the free Printable

It looks great on the Trader Joe’s Kettle Corn bags but it should look good on any bag of popcorn. Good luck! I’m off to put together 35 popcorn valentines!

Trendy Black & White Valentines Day Printables FREE

23 · Jan 30, 2014 · 13 Comments

 // Valentines Day Printables FREE from WhipperBerry to help dress-up your home for the special day! // 

WhipperBerry-Valentine's-Day-Printables

I love dressing up for the holidays, but I don't like to go over the top. Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that sometimes can get a little too pink and frilly for me. Some years I'm totally into it, other's I'm not. It just depends on the year.

This year I'm into it, but I was wanting some decor that had some class, maybe a little edge to it… Not so sappy sweet. I decided that creating some printable art work was the ticket and with a few other added elements could create a fun Valentine's Day display…

WhipperBerry-Valentine's-Day-Printables-2

I'm LOVING the black & white trend these days, especially the black & white stripes. I thought it could  be a stylish backdrop to some fun love notes to display. I printed them and put them in some $3.99 frames from Target (they don't seem to have them online, but… I promise they are in the store) and then went to work creating a display to fit the mood.

WhipperBerry-Printable-Heart-Valentine's-Day-sign

Click HERE to download the image files!

I wrapped a wire floral wreath in yarn and dressed it up with some fun decorative tacks that I found at Hobby Lobby. PERFECT!! I added a smaller heart print in a decorative Nate Berkus frame from Target and it looked wonderful!

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Click HERE to download the 4×6 Heart Print!

​I took my favorite deer silhouette and antler candle sticks and wrapped them with yarn as well.

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That added a little spunk and tied the whole display together. Then I printed a fun TRUE LOVE black & white printable banner to dress-up the mantle…

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It turned out so cute! I just love the simple, understated polka dots with the bold stripes!

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WhipperBerry-True-Love-Printable-Banner

Click HERE to download the TRUE LOVE Banner!

I also have a black & white stripe alphabet that I created for Skip to My Lou earlier this month. It's super cute and it has the entire alphabet so you can create any saying you want!!

Valentine's Day Printable Banner-10A-B-Valentine-Alaphabet-Banner-from-WhipperBerry

Click HERE to download the Black & White Stripe Alphabet Banner!

All kinds of fun printable goodies! What do you have in the works for Valentine's Day? Need even more ideas? Here are some Valentine post from the archives…

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Heart Attack Printables // Heart Crayon Valentines // Red Velvet Pancakes with Buttermilk Syrup

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