Spicing up life!

I am super excited about this post.  As most of you

know I love cooking.  As much as I love cooking, I 

hate how spices are usually stored.  Back before Christmas

I went and purchased some jars at Hobby Lobby.  

I used my much loved label maker and lovingly made

a bunch of labels for my spices and I thought I would

love the uniformity.  Well, I did like the uniformity but hated

finding anything in the cabinet.  I had to move everything to 

find things and then when I did find it it never went 

back where I found it so things were always lost. 

I thought I would have to just deal with it.... until now!

Pinterest saves again!  I found this super easy (well

mostly easy), cheap idea that is working fantastic!

Start with your regular old baby food jar.

It works really well with stage 3 baby food jars.  1 

stage 3 jar fits a regular 4 oz jar of whatever 

spice you have.

   This next step is the

most annoying part of the process. You have to get

the labels off.  I soaked mine in boiling water.  Then 

scrubbed with a brush, then scrubbed with a pot sponge,

then scrubbed with a sos pad.  The SOS pad worked

the best but it was still a pain!  If anyone has a good 

solution for getting the gooby residue off of jars, I 

hope you will share!  :)

 Next, I spray painted the lids.  I primed them first and 

then painted.  I got the paint on sale at Hobby Lobby

for $4.50.  

 Here is the genius part.  I wrote on the lids with 

the spice's name in a sharpie and then...

put them in a drawer.  

 

Doesn't that look amazing?  All of them uniform and easy

to find.  I LOVE IT!  Now if Hannah can just 

eat more stage 3 food, I will have all the same size :)

(PS- This would not have happened without the help

of my hard working mother who scraped the residue 

off of each jar.  Thanks Mom!)