Organizing Beads in Glass Jars

I started working with jewelry November 2010. Since then I have quite the collection of beads and was having a hard time figuring out how I was going to store them. I have beads in plastic boxes with little section so they don't want mix.  Over the years I would stop at yard sales, Goodwill and buy already made necklace, bracelets,  and earrings. People also will give me beads and jewelry they found or didn't want anymore. I would get them, take them apart and use them in my projects. The left over beads I would put into plastic bags. After awhile I had bags and bags full of mixed colored beads.

I went shopping for glass jars to store the glass beads by color. Well, me being a penny pincher I could NOT pay the prices they were asking for these jars and storage racks.

I took matters into my own hands , or should I say mouth! I started looking at the glass jars in my recycling bins. I wanted ones that didn't look like "food jars". We buy these Hannafords Inspiration jars. They were prefect!  The Square jar and gold top with no writing was a winner! The bad part was we don't use the Inspirations that often.  :(

So I looked for the next best jar we buy a lot of! Ding, ding we have a winner.... that would be the salsa jars! I think I must eat,.. two jars a week!! And I wonder why my ass is so big!!

Now the problem with the salsa jars are the green label tops that don't peel off. That was one reason I didn't want to use them. The other jars were super easy to clean and use right away!  I'm all about saving time and money. Or you could just say I'm just freaking lazy!

I wasn't going to paint the lids but having them on the shelf with the nice gold top jars it looked like crap to me and I couldn't take it anymore ( They were only on the shelf about an hour)  So I looked through my cans of spray paints and found a gold can that had the sale price of  $2.49! Not to bad for free jars!!..... oh wait I didn't pay for the can of paint! It was given to!! Win, win!

The golds don't match but it's a heck of a lot better then everyone knowing my addiction with salsa!

In the picture below you can see the green tops. It's like a billboard saying fat ass, right!

I hope you enjoyed my post on a great way to store your beads! Oh now I'm going to have to sort out my button collection!! Anyone in the mood for tacos?