DIY Junck Jars

We have a junk drawer in our kitchen and quite literally it IS a junk drawer.  You could find everything from twine and ribbon to Lego's.  I've got a bad habit of picking up stuff off the floor when I vacuum and just tossing it in the junk drawer until later (which usually never comes but once or twice a year!)  Well, I went rummaging through this drawer earlier in the week and this is the mess I ended up with.  I thought, OK, enough, what can I do?

 

 I've been wanting to make some decorative jars for my office area down stairs and thought that project would work great for what I need here.  I dug through our recycling and came up with these jars. I thought the bigger ones would be good to put stuff in and still be able to get it out.  The smaller one would be good for things like tacks, screws, curtain hooks, and things like that.

 

 

I took some craft paper that I've had around and hot glued it to the jars.  Then decorated two with ribbon.

 

 

I think that they turned out pretty cute for my first time trying this but I think maybe they will be better with the caps spray painted white and some labels.

 

 

Here they are on the window sill going down to the basement. 

 

A little more organization is needed but for now not a bad start.

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Do you have junk drawer in your house? Does it ever get out of hand and what crafty ideas do you have to solve your junk drawer dilemma?

 

 

Zucchini; stuffed pepper style!

A friend of ours brought us over some fresh zucchini from her garden.  We love fresh vegetables in our house.  Sadly I don't have enough steady sunshine in one area to grow a good vegetable garden of our own.  At least we have great friends that will bring us over some fresh veggies through the summer from there's.  Anyways, on top of bringing us some wonderful vegetables she also gave us a great idea for how to cook them.  She suggested cooking the zucchini stuffed pepper style.  Just slice them length wise down the middle and scoop the seeds out. Stuff them with whatever you would stuff a pepper with like rice mixed with spaghetti sauce.  Bake them until the zucchini is cooked and cover with cheese if that is what your family likes (and that is totally what our family likes!)

Let me tell you, these stuffed zucchini came out soooo good! Where has this dish been all my life! It needs a little tweaking to add a little more flavor but all in all this is an awesome summer recipe.  Yum!