The Easy DIY That Turns Mason Jars Into The Cutest Craft Room Storage Solution

Great storage options in your craft room or art studio are essential to making your time there productive and enjoyable. Even better if those options happen to be both stylish and inexpensive. If you think creatively, some of the best tools for craft room organization may already be harbored in your pantry or recycling bin. Simple glass jars have a multitude of uses for stowing supplies within easy reach. TikTok user @craftwarehouse01 recently showed off a cute way to take those empty jars to the next level with some pretty accents and details using hot glue and paint markers designed for glass and ceramics.

This easy-to-master DIY will have your storage options looking as pretty as they are functional. This is a great chance to make use of glass food containers that are destined for the trash or recycling, as well as a fun way to make good use of old candle jars, thrifted jars, and classic Mason jars that you may have lying around from canning projects. You can also use it to stylishly upcycle Dollar Tree glass jars.

To create permanent texture on the glass, use round dabs of hot glue and then paint over them with acrylic paint. Create flower petal accents, leaves, and stems on the surface of the glass with acrylic paint markers, like these Posco Markers from Amazon that allow you to draw on glass or ceramic surfaces. You can create a number of 3D decorative motifs with glue, including curls, squiggles, cross hatching, and more. Or, make a floral design on the glass and then paint over it with chalk paint for a more subtle textured look. 

Use these jars to store brushes, pencils, washi tape, and other supplies. Smaller jars are great for holding little things like clips, brads, pins, and other smaller elements, while larger jars are great for stashing embroidery thread, spools of thread, and other sewing supplies. Use the jars on the surface of your work table or desk to keep things close at hand, or suspend them on the wall using a pipe clamp screwed into a piece of wood that holds the mouth of the jar in place. You can even add magnets to the back of the jars and stick them onto a metal pegboard or the side of a cabinet for easy storage up and out of the way to keep your craft room spick and span.