I'm giving a brief apology for the lack of posts this month. Life has been insanely crazy. We had a bout of strep throat followed up with a nasty upper respiratory virus. Of course, we weren't sick at the same time. We all took turns, and I think (*hope*) that we are all on the mend and life will go back to normal! Anyhow, being that I missed last week's post, this week is merged/double post. Today's featured items are baby food jars and containers. (Both the glass jars and the plastic containers). We use a number of both types of containers as paint holders. The ones in these photos have been glued to a board that slides onto our paint shelf. It makes for easy storage and removal when the children decide to use the paints. (The glue doesn't look "pretty" but it holds a strong bond- liquid nails.) We have also used both containers to hold smaller arts and crafts supplies. With the glass containers, we have painted them to make votive candle holders. (Sad...