Tales of Me and the Husband

do-it-yourself mason jar snow globe.

i’m what you’d call a sporadic anthropologie-peruser and an even more sporadic anthropologie-purchaser.  it’s not that i don’t love their stuff.  quite the contrary.  i love everything so much that it speaks to me.  if money were no object, i’d outfit myself and my home in everything by them.  yeah, me and every other girl today.  but, that’s not the point!  anyway, it’s best for my marriage and my pocketbook (do we call them pocketbooks anymore?) that i stay away.  so, i do.  for the most part.  but when doing my sporadic perusing the other day, i saw these mason jar snow globes and was like, “um, please anthro.  PLEASE.  SPARE ME.  i can do that.  and for like twenty four dolla less.”

and so i did.

(also, if i had a dollar for every time i saw someone link to anthro’s things and then make a diy of it, i’d be a rich person (who could shop at anthro more often!).  and this begs the question, is anthro pissed about this??)

what you’ll need:
a mason jar
some bottle brush trees
a hot glue gun
sugar
(and various adornments if you so choose!)
{all can be found at your friendly a.c. moore!}
now, here’s the thing.  i did this project with lindsey (thank goodness for a girl in the house!).  i knew she’d be into more “stuff” in her globe, so i got reindeer and mini string lights.  you can find that and tons of other mini kitschy things (like dollhouse mini) in this one section of ac moore.  mini gifts, mini garlands, mini stars to top the tree.  you could go all out if you want.  but, honestly, the one above was my fave when all was said and done.  so i guess i’m in the less is more camp.  though, i did add silver glitter to the sugar-snow so maybe i’m more glam then i think?
now, do we really need directions??  glue your stuff to jar lid!  add sugar to the jar!  put lid in upside down, screw on, and tip over.  voila!  you’ve got yourself a mason jar snow globe.  and for like $4!
sorry anthropologie.  
if i figure out how to make your clothes, now that’ll really be something.
but, since i can’t even sew on a button, this’ll have to do.
also…. the happiest of thanksgiving to you!!!  
and a good opportunity to share one of my favorite quotes:
it is not happy people who are thankful.  
it is thankful people who are happy.
enjoy the holiday!

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  1. You're a genius. This is great. And I especially love the gold deer. So I'll probs be heading to AC Moore ASAP and doing this myself. Holla for ripping of Anthro like a boss.

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  11. I saw these at Anthro recently and I was all "oh those are SO cute!! I must have…" then I picked it up and looked at the price and almost peed my pants. Right there. So cheers to you for your DIY because yours are just as cute and way more economical! YAY!

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  14. I'm not the crafty type, so help a girl out. By putting in sugar i know it gives it the snow effect, but does it not dissolve after a while? i was thinking glitter, but too much doesn't equal snow. Maybe you're using some special type of sugar and maybe it will take forever to dissolve and this is a non-issue.
    Thx!

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