Working on My Holiday Decorations!

Read on a see how to make these crafty candy/cookie jars!

Hi again and Welcome to The Global Community Park!

MY PRAYERS ARE GOING OUT TO THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE PARIS ATTACKS.  HOW HORRIFIC THE EVENT IS AND I'M SO SORRY FOR ALL INVOLVED AND THEIR FAMILIES. MAY GOD WATCH OVER US ALL.


This week I've been working on holiday decorations and I wanted to share them here with you. I have a goal to spend $50 on decorations this year. That means I'll have to spend a lot more time crafting decorations.  I'll be sharing some craft items that I bought in Mexico and in the United States.  

Today, I'm sharing an idea for reusing something I bought in a Mexican Walmart.  It is a jar of coffee and when it was empty, I cleaned it up and reused it, making it into a candy or cookie jar. It can also be used to put gifts inside. I wish I had a fancier way to explain it but I don't so, here it is:

Here is the jar as bought from the store

After it's empty,I clean it up, dry it off, then wrap it with a cord.
Once wrapped, take off the lid and spray the clean jar with gold
spray paint.  Let it dry. Once dried, replace the lid. Then decorate!

Add the decorations and VIOLA! You have a wonderful
Holiday decoration!  Here it is at the top of this page
 on the fireplace mantel with
some other of my holiday decorations.

On My next post I'll share some more decorations with you.

SPECIAL NOTATIONS:
For me, part of traveling global is minimizing.  I'm finding out that the less I have, the easier it is to travel. On my last trip I traveled by plane in the United States.  I was charged for my carry on a fee of $55 USD.  Before I caught my next plane, I ditched my suitcase ( I carried my smallest bag and was charged for a carry on, surprising!), and bought a backpack, emptied the suitcase and put the contents into my new backpack, which I was allowed to bring on the plane for free as a personal item. I'm finding out that, the less I own, the happier I am.

Looking forward to sharing some other new discoveries with you and also sharing the holidays with you, my readers. May God Bless you all!!