Monday, 13 January 2025

Going Potty

Potty = acting a little strangely
Preserves = [noun] Jams, chutneys etc [verb] maintains in good state
Jam = [noun] a fruit preserve [verb] to squash inbto a small space
Can you believe it? people are actually trying to sell these empty jars on eBay, now that is potty IMHO [average price, inc postage, 50p each] 
I suppose some people might want to buy them. Here are some ideas for using them. Remember to label them! 

Buttons when I am dismantling shirts for memory bears, I save all the buttons [four shirts can yield anything up to 60 little buttons]
Seeds saving seeds - from tomatoes, sweet peas etc
Herbs and spices - especially when they are sold in flimsy plastic bags.

Packed lunches and picnics - a small amount of salad dressing, or sugar for someone's coffee, a few peanuts to nibble
PVA glue - when I run craft workshops, its often easiest to give each person their own little pot, rather than have them reaching across the table. 
Especially when working with children! And the unused glue will keep liquid if the tiop is screwed on firmly.
Craft supplies - as well as buttons, they are a good size for beads, sequins, etc.
Travel - earrings, pills, earbuds, hairclips and elastics, mini sewing kit.

Small change- useful in the car, £s for the trolley, and odd bits of 'shrapnel' for all those Norfolk Pay&Display carparks which only take cash if you do not have their particular Parking App.
Tiny gifts- pot up a little terrarium with a mini cactus and some moss, or put some home-made jam or chutney in a jar 
[and add a fabric 'hat'], or fill the pot with tiny sweets or mints - or make a mini candle. Glue on a padded ciurcle of fabric to make a pincushion. 
I was at a lunch event before Christmas, and every woman had one of these little gifts at her place, prepared by our hostess.

There are literally dozens of ideas out there for reusing mini jam jars
How have you repurposed yours?
Are you getting rich selling them online? 












4 comments:

  1. Jane from Dorset13 January 2025 at 08:21

    I don’t have any! Where do you acquire them from ?
    Apologies to my English teacher Miss Flint, but ‘from where ….’ Sounded a bit much

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    1. Many from National Trust tearooms, (and similar places) where jam is served with scones. And if I'm with a friend, I'll ask for her empty jampot too. Once people knew I collected them back in Leicester, they would save their mini jars for me too.
      I suspect Miss Flint is long gone to her eternal rest (from whence no pedantic grammarian returns!})

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