New crafty stuff coming your way

As I mentioned the other day, I decided to open a second Etsy shop. This shop largely fills a void I've felt for a while revolving around not using my professional baking degree. This really isn't the area to try and get into something from the ground up when most bakeries are either mom and pop shops or they are chain store bakeries that don't actually bake things. It's a tough position-- and in the end, I just didn't end up having a chance to use it. Blogging a food blog filled the void for a while as I got to cook and bake things then write about it, but as I had more kids, and my house in general started to deteriorate due to my landlord not really caring about her own property, it made it difficult for health reasons.

So now I changed my focus and decided to stick to something that I can DO for my kitchen, instead of what I can MAKE in my kitchen. Admittedly, I still use my kitchen for some things, just because it's it's the largest place in my house without carpet, but it's not something that requires eating. (Which I admittedly, don't need to do more of than I already do-- especially being pregnant). Today while finishing Easter shopping for Monkey and Moose, I picked up a bunch of new glassware.

Pictured is 3 sets of glass salt and pepper shakers, 3 oil bottles, one creamer or other type liquid bottle that I picked up on clearance at Target, and a set of 4 half pint mason jars that are in a cool flatter, bulbous shape. I plan on tinting them, or painting on them (little known fact about me-- I used to teach one stroke painting classes at Joann Fabrics while in college). 

I'm thinking of some other fun ways to decorate them too so I'm excited that this is starting up. I think it will be a fun project, and Mason Jars are all the rage in decorating most everything lately so it's perfect to want to get behind it. 

Do you have a favorite jar painting technique?