Trash to Treasure Tuesday-The Frugal Storage Edition

Those of you who have been reading my blog from Day One remember this:

Yeah, okay, well I remember this. My first post was about repurposing glass food jars into attractive storage containers. I used spaghetti sauce and applesauce jars, glued or tied on labels, and spray painted the lids. The original contents of these jars are long gone, and they've been refilled at least once, so I guess they're CONVENIENT AND EASY TO USE too.

Okay, now you're caught up.

We love Italian food around here, and though I TRY to make homemade sauce, I'll admit there were a few empty Ragu jars lying around.

A little swipe of the ultra HOT chalkboard paint and now they look like this:

Now, food storage ain't all they're good for. I'm thinkin' buttons, ribbons, seashells...

And toothpaste. That's what the one in the middle is for. My kids don't have drawers in their bathroom, so I need something to hold three different flavors of toothpaste. 'Cuz there's no way they'll EVER all like the same flavor at the same time, that's why.

I also slapped a little chalkboard paint on an ugly plate. After I had spray painted it and added the polka dots, that is.

I wrote down something I could use a little more of these days. Oh! and we're out of bread.

Next week I'm going to TRY and figure out Mr. Linky, so get your Trash to Treasure projects ready to share! We'll have us a TRASHY PARTY!