Dana had a lovely tip last week on covering your freshly-filled jars of sauces and preserves with fabric and yarn. So sweet, for a gift of something homemade! It reminded me of this tip from Martha Stewart, too — use pretty muffin or cupcake liners to cover your jar tops.
This is a nice tip for an extra muffin liners hanging about in the back of the cupboard — too few for a whole batch of cupcakes. (I have so many mismatched liners hanging out in my baking cupboard!) Use them to frill up a jar or two of homemade jam instead. Tie them to the jar top with twine, or with a rubber band.
• Read more: Quick Jar Covers at Martha Stewart
Are you "putting up" any jams, jellies, or preserves this month?
Related: Crafty Kitchen: Creative Toppers for Homemade Preserves
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Fantastic idea. This is just one example of why I'm not crafty. Such a simple and cute solution that I would never think of on my own.
I'm w/you, @rosebud... it seems like I have perma-brain-fog when it comes to crafty solutions like this. Muffin liners, of all things.
Martha is a machine, I'm convinced.
Oh my gosh, I can't believe I haven't thought of this - what a great tip! I usually use fabric but I always have muffin liners on hand, I will definitely be doing this from now on!
LOL rosebud, we crafty people don't think of them either...we just copy/mod other ideas with what we have available!
I do this, too, and it's quite remarkable how the simplest thing makes a gift from my kitchen look so much more special. It's a snap to do, of course, and you can use fabric ribbon or curly ribbon or raffia, to vary the look a bit.
Such a great idea - it's another one of those "penny droppping from why didn't I think of this before" moments. Definitely one I'll be putting to use!