Spaghetti Sauce Jar Moroccan Lanterns

I don't know about you guys, but from where I'm sitting (Minnesota) the snow is getting really old. Like not even pretty any more. Sort of a cadaver/concrete color. I need some summer, some heat, some beer. Like an Anthony Bourdain special where it's late at night and everybody's outside and sweaty and eating some sort of rolled up meat chopped cilantro spicy pepper street food from a vendor's cart and drinking cold beer. That's what I need.

So I got some spaghetti sauce jars.

And added gold dimensional paint. Just blooped it on with the tip of the applicator bottle.

Or you can make little dots, which looks sort like weird little nails. I think I like the dots the best.

And then poured some glass paint into the bottom of the jar. I used Delta glass paint. I mixed blue and yellow for this pear color. Mixed it around in the bottom of the jar, then dragged it up the sides with a soft brush.

Here's my color inspiration. My best friend and I went to Barcelona in college and when we were in the Picasso Museum, she sneakily bought me these postcards and gave them to me for my birthday. I still love them so much. Look at those colors! And those pigeons!

And so now I can fantasize about summer nights, about putting these lanterns on my white metal table on the deck, Jon can barbecue, the kids can chase fireflies, aaaaahhhhh. I can't wait!