Ball Canning is back with the latest (and last!) addition to their series of Heritage Collection mason jars, and my friends…they’re purple! I’m pretty excited about the color choice but I’m even more excited that they have generously offered to provide some of these beautiful, vintage-inspired jars to two lucky winners.
I’ve had these beauties in my possession for about a week now and I’ve been gazing adoringly at them ever since they arrived at my doorstep. The color is a dark but translucent purple and has a very vintage feel. It reminds me of the cellophane the Easter Bunny used to wrap my Easter baskets in waaayyy back in time. It’s for that reason I decided to fill them with an assortment of Spring flowers and it is truly a match made in heaven. They would be gorgeous as a table centerpiece any time of year but especially for backyard parties. They would also be a fabulous, inexpensive DIY table decoration for an outdoor wedding.
These limited edition jars are the last in a 3 year series to celebrate the 100th anniversary of a special series of jars from the Ball brothers.
The original vintage series started in 1913 with the launch of the “PERFECT MASON” jar followed in 1914 by the “PERFECTION” jar. These jars were commemorated in 2013 and 2014 by the blue and green Heritage Collection jars above. Which do you like better? I refuse to choose!
The final jar in the original series, “IMPROVED”, came in 1915 and is the inspiration for the 2015 addition to the Heritage Collection. It features a period-inspired purple color and embossed logos on the front and back. They are available for sale online at Ball’s Fresh Preserving Store in both the regular mouth pint and wide mouth quart size.
I LOVE all the colors in this series so much and continue to find more and more ways to use them. They’re beautiful filled with a frosty beverage or your morning smoothie. They make your canned and preserved goods perfect for gift giving. They’re a great choice for storing pantry items like nuts, chocolate chips, dried fruits, and granola. I’ve used them for mason jar salads for lunch on the go and the clever, crafty, decorating possibilities are endless as you may have witnessed if you’ve been anywhere near Pinterest lately. Be sure to check out my Mason Jar Madness board for tons of great ideas.
Enter via the Rafflecopter application below for your chance to win a case of each the pint and quart size Heritage Collection purple jars so you can get your crafty on, indulge your organizational side, or just fill them with beautiful flowers like I did. Whatever you do with them, your house will be prettier with these jars in it.
Giveaway is open to U.S. residents, 18 years of age and older. The giveaway will end at midnight on February 8 at which time two winners will chosen at random and notified by email. Please check your email! Winners must respond within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen. I hate it when that happens so, please check your email!
Best of luck to you all!
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Disclosure: I was provided the items demonstrated in this post to aid me in my review but all opinions expressed are 100% my own.
I have some of the green ones, and I use them for storing my grains in the pantry. (I would be crushed if any of them broke in the canner!)
I use mason jars for a lot of things. One thing I do is make food-type gifts with them — soup mix or cookie mix, or instance with a nice pretty bow.
Purple is my favorite color and these would be perfect for fresh flowers any time of year!
Purple is my fave color! These
are so pretty. I am going to use
some jars to make into glue
stick holders with a frog top.
Should be fun.
Carla from Utah
Purple is my favorite color so I would have no problem finding uses for these…beautiful.
I use jars to mix home-made cleaning products; store extra buttons and safety pins; one in my shower filled with baking soda to mix with shampoo. Many, many uses. . .
I love all beautiful colors. I’ve always been a fan of Mason jars. I’m sure I can find plenty of ways to use them.
I haven’t gotten any of these yet, but I would love to have them! I would use them as vases, I think.
Beautiful
I think my favorite use would be as vases.
I love using them for flower vases choosing different colors or using clear with colored water in them and also using them as candy jars.
Pretty