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This beloved country staple is good for so, so much. Wendell T. Webber Canning We'd be remiss not to start off by mentioning possibly the best and most popular way to use Mason jars — canning! Haven't tried it before? Check out this beginner's guide to preserving your own foods. Courtesy of It All Started With Paint Sewing Kit Keep your sewing supplies at the ready inside a Mason jar equipped with a DIY pincushion lid. Get the tutorial at It All Started With Paint. Courtesy of Things I Should Do Candy Jars Take the candy bar at your next party to a new level with this DIY project. All you need are some Mason jars, plastic toy animals, and paint. Get the tutorial on Things I Should Do. Yesterday on Tuesday Store Coffee Essentials As fate would have it, Coffeemate lids fit perfectly onto mason jars. This blogger dressed up her coffee corner by storing the powdered creamer inside cute jars, but you can also use this trick to store and pour coffee, sugar, or grains. Get...

Courtesy of The Public Collection We're calling it now: Book worms are going to start flocking to Indianapolis, Indiana once they get wind of this series of artist-designed "book stations." This free network of books-on-loan is known as The Public Collection and was created to help improve literacy and foster an appreciation of the arts in the community — how's that for killing two birds with one stone? The project lead, Rachel M. Simon, invited different artists from the community to design unique miniature libraries in order to represent a variety of styles and cultures. From there, once a design is chosen, completed, and installed, it's stocked with books by the Indianapolis Public Library. But there's one big difference from your usual library: You don't have to check the books out — meaning people can read at their leisure. And once you finish your pick, you can return it to any of t...

Fill a naked spot with one of these beautiful, easy to care for, indoor plants. Marius Hepp / EyeEm Bromeliad Care level: Easy These tropical plants will forgive if you forget to water, since they've adapted to stand up to drought conditions. Getty Aloe Care level: Easy It has a striking, sculptural presence and can soothe your skin. Aloe needs very little care, and can even thrive on infrequent waterings. Ikonica Kalanchoe Care level: Easy Low humidity is a friend of this plant, which will even flower in the wintertime. Water thoroughly, then leave it until the soil dries out. Dorling Kindersley Snake Plant Care level: Easy Also called Mother-in-Law's Tongue, this plant doesn't need much attention to look lovely. The hardy leaves store water, so you don't need to water it often. Lynne Brotchie Begonias Care level: Easy Like the aloe and the kalanchoe plants, begonias need their soil to dry out completely between waterings. And oddly enough, this plant even r...