In this post, I will be making a primitive faux strawberry jam jar from a recycled glass jar. This craft tutorial is easy to complete – using only paint, mod podge, and instant coffee.
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Paint the Jam in the Jar:
Make sure all of the label and adhesive are removed from the jar. Clean the inside and outside of the jar with rubbing alcohol.
With red craft paint, paint the inside of the jar. I used Folk Art Christmas Red paint. Before the paint dries, sprinkle some instant coffee onto the paint on the inside of the jar. This will give the red a little bit of variance in color helping it look like there is texture to the jam.
Let the paint dry.
Prepare the Jar Label:
Tear a piece of coffee dyed muslin fabric to an appropriate size for a label for your jar. For my jar, I tore a piece about 1-1/2″ x 3″. Use a fine tip pen or marker to write Strawberry Jam on the label.
If desired, tear a background piece of fabric a little larger than the label. I used a red check fabric. You can glue these together or use a primitive running stitch to sew them together.
Grunge the Jar:
Use ModPodge matte finish to affix the label to the jar.
Then, mix a little bit of instant coffee into some of the ModPodge. Not a lot. If you get too much, you won’t be able to see the red jam.
Use a paintbrush to paint the ModPodge mixture onto the jar – but not on the label. Sprinkle the wet ModPodge mixture on the jar with more instant coffee. Brush over the sprinkled coffee with the paint brush to ‘melt’ the coffee into the finish.
If you want, you can get some coffee on the label and dab it with the ModPodge mixture.
Let the ModPodge dry.
Finish Primitive Strawberry Jam Jar:
Cut a piece of coffee dyed cheesecloth in a square to tie onto the top. I used two pieces laid over the top at an angle to each other. Tie the cheesecloth onto the jar with jute or a torn piece of fabric. I only had a piece of fabric just wide enough to encircle the top of the jar so I tied the fabric on with jute.
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