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How To: Make a Mason Jar Lantern

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We plan on using mason jars at our wedding as vases, but now we'll have something to do with them after we're done. We've blogged before about Alyssa Etting's porcelain mason jar lanterns, but these you can make at home. These pictured above were created by Holly at Chez Beeper Bebe, and she certainly knows how to put together a good tutorial! See the steps in photos, and a link to the detailed PDF after the jump ...

 
 

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Holly and her husband "Mr. Beeper" put together these great mason jar lanterns for some (what she refers to as) "instant ambiance in a jar." Her crafty husband was challenged by Holly to create some lanterns and this is what he came up with!

Here's a link to the PDF with detailed instructions and photos.

Visit Holly's Web site at Chez Beeper Bebe

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decorating, How to..., entertaining, gardening, lighting, lighting, lantern, Mason jars

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isn't this pretty much the same exact post as this? http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/how-to/how-to-make-a-candle-lantern-088073

i made several lanterns with those instructions plus some improvisation and love them!

posted by vyzl on July 23rd 2009 at 12:11pm
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