Orange County Register

We all have them: leftover jars from spaghetti sauce, mustard, jams. Sure, you can recycle them, but can’t you use them for something?

Here’s a list of ways you can use your leftover jars beyond the recycling bin:

• Tea lights: Place a small tea candle into a jar for a quick mood light
•  Spices: Fill a jar with your favorite seasoning or make your own.
• Arrangements: Pick flowers and have a cute arrangement near your bed.
• Keep herbs fresh: Fill halfway with water, put herbs in like you would a flower arrangement and put in fridge … herbs will keep longer — I promise!
• Make dressing: Place the ingredients into a jar with a lid and shake, ready to go!
• Storage: Do a Martha Stewart and use jars to store buttons, nails, and any small bit. Just make sure you label things!

Apartment Therapy also demonstrates creative ways to reuse!

Delilah Snell lectures on green living and food preservation throughout Southern California. To learn more about green products, you can visit Delilah at the The Road Less Traveled in Santa Ana or check out her blog, Project Small.

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