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    February 19, 2016

    DIY Pine Mason Jars

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    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

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    DIY Pine Mason Jars

    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland?

    Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course!

    This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories.

    Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

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    A little before New Year's Eve we took down our Christmas tree and decorations, one of them was a DIY Christmas Garland. The garland had been up for about 2 weeks and the dry and fragrant smell of Pine smelled too amazing to throw out into the compost pile. ⇒ Enter resourceful DIY idea!

    We gathered some pretty twigs and lots of aromatic pine needles, arranged them in 32-ounce Ball mason jars. We had them displayed in the living room for a while and now they are in the guest bedroom. They can be uncovered whenever someone wants to smell the scent of the winter holidays and remember those sweet memories namely me.

    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

    Materials

    • Mason Jars - or reuse any type of jars with lids (in desired size), pasta sauce jars work well for this, for a smaller option perhaps baby food jars (as shown in top photo)
    • Dried pine branches, twigs, pine needles
    • optional: a few drops of your favorite organic essential oil that you think would compliment the pine scent

    Directions

    1. Arrange pine twigs and needles how you want in the glass mason jars. There are several ways you can curate these jars, this is where the artistry comes in, for example, a. arrange twigs first and then arrange pine needles around them, b. do a jar just of twigs, c. do a jar just of pine needles, d. use different size jars and do the same style in each to unify them - see there are so many different ways to style your DIY Pine Mason Jars!
    2. Place them where they can be enjoyed, perhaps try them out in a different room every so often or in a guest bedroom for guests to enjoy the aromatherapy of the pine scent!
    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

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    I added several mason jars that I like to use to my Amazon aStore under “Containers & Mason Jars" category. For this post, I used the Wide-Mouth 32-ounce Ball Mason Jars. It’s very useful to have an variety of mason jars on hand – just in case – preppers unite! Explore my Amazon aStore to see all the tools and ingredients that I like to use in my kitchen.

    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

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    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!

    What do you do with that dried out Christmas tree, wreath or garland? Make DIY Pine Mason Jars of course! This resourceful DIY makes a wonderfully scented keepsake of winter holiday memories. Even if those decorations are long gone, just use dry pine twigs, to enjoy the fragrant scent of pine in your home!
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    1. Agnes says

      February 21, 2016 at 2:23 am

      What a great idea! Would be a fun project to do with my niece.

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      • Sara says

        February 21, 2016 at 2:25 am

        Thank you Agnes, I am so glad that you like it, it is a fun activity to do with children - my daughter enjoyed it very much! Thank you for visiting!

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    2. Anosa says

      February 21, 2016 at 1:08 pm

      What a brilliant idea, though I tend to have plastic Christmas trees I wouldn't mind having s proper one this year so I can later do this DIY

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      • Sara says

        February 21, 2016 at 6:56 pm

        Hi Anosa, I have 2 plastic Christmas trees too, 1 of which is a hand me down, so I hear you. This would totally work for a wreath, garland or just pruning branches and drying them from the yard, thank you for visiting!

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    3. Valerie Robinson says

      February 21, 2016 at 1:51 pm

      I love this! I bet it smells great too! Would have been nice to do after Christmas with an old Christmas tree.

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      • Sara says

        February 21, 2016 at 7:01 pm

        Hi Valerie, yes! I am all about recycling anything possible instead of just throwing something away 🙂

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    4. melanie says

      February 21, 2016 at 6:07 pm

      Those are so cool. Do you think if you poke holes in the top you would still be able to smell them? I love the smell of pine and would love to have those around my house to keep it smelling nice.

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      • Sara says

        February 21, 2016 at 7:05 pm

        Yes, you can do that or use some fabric or gauze with the mason jar lid to keep it open all the time.

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    5. Zoe Alicia says

      February 22, 2016 at 7:20 am

      Oh my gosh this is so simple yet decorative. I absolutely love it, and definitely want to make one of my own now 🙂 x

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      • Sara says

        February 22, 2016 at 3:11 pm

        Hi Zoe, I am so glad that you like it!

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    6. Elizabeth O says

      February 29, 2016 at 6:58 pm

      That is such a wonderful idea and a brilliant creative gift idea. I might fill some Mason jars with all the pine around my neck of the woods. 🙂

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      • Sara says

        February 29, 2016 at 7:15 pm

        Yeah, I think these can be like little time capsules to save memories and your favorite things. I love your idea of filling them with your favorite natural things from your local forest 🙂

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