DIY Apothecary Jars

Is it possible to still be recovering from a party that was 2 weeks ago?!  If so, I think I am!  My bestie, Gina and I hosted our 3rd Annual Broomsticks, Bitches and Brew Ball (aka The Witch's Ball) on October 8th and I have been so tired ever since!  Of course that could also be from working 40 hours a week in a place that seems to just suck the life out of me then coming home to my other full-time job as a mother to a 12y.o. boy and a drama-filled 10y.o. girl and wife to a hunky hubby who won't stop telling me to "suit up!"  (and unless you watch How I Met Your Mother, you won't have a clue what I am talking about!  LOL!)  Oh well, life could be worse I suppose.

The Witch's Ball was great and everyone had a fantastic time.  I promise to share pics soon.  I loved all the costumes and since we revealed the theme for next year's Ball, I know some of the girls are already putting their thinking caps on.  SO fun!

I have managed to squeeze in a few projects over the last few weeks and I am looking forward to sharing those...today I thought I would show you the Apothecary Jars I made.  The idea certainly isn't something original to me...I have seen them on Pinterest and out there in Blogland but when I saw them I KNEW I had the perfect items in my stash to make some of my own.

What do you think?  I am really loving them and I kept it simple by just using black so I can use them all year long.

I started out with 3 glass candlesticks that I had in my stash...I seem to have a bit of an obsession with glass candlesticks -- didn't realize it until I went looking for some to use as the base of my jars!

Then I used 3 of my glass jars with lids.  I had picked up 4 of them at a thrift store for a total of $2.  They were assorted sizes and I opted to use the 3 smaller ones because the largest one was just too big to make work on the candlestick base and plus I thought a set of 3 would be more appealing to the eye than 4.

I primed the candlesticks and the glass lids (I tend to use the Krylon brand whenever I am spray painting since I have had the best luck with that one.)

Then I used the Krylon Spray Paint in a glossy black after the primer dried.  I used E6000 to glue the glass jars to the candlesticks and placed books on top and let them sit for 24 hours.  After that I put the painted lid on top and...TA DA!!

Since it is Halloween time I found some chocolate wrapped in cute paper and of course the ever popular candy corn to put my jars in the mood for Trick or Treating...

One of my daughter's friends was here over the weekend and she kept looking at the jars and then asked me why we had eyeballs.  "Um...'cause it's Halloween?!"  She just said "Oh."  *shrug*  Guess that means maybe she didn't like the eyeballs?!  LOL!

But I have pumpkins too...

So what do you think?  Do you like?