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Default what else to do with pint Ball jars....

Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,


>>> Jorge, you and Miz Anne could make a bundle with that! She could paint
>>> and speckle the lids (darker blue-black, though) and you could install
>>> the pump through the lid! "Christmas is a'coming' . . . " It'd cost
>>> you maybe $3.

>> Looks like they would be a good seller at the Saturday Farmer's Market.
>> Probably could find some solid lids on line and do a batch of them. I
>> still have some Kerr and Ball pints around here. I will bring it up with
>> the Chief Artist here. Thanks.

>
> Ask the neighbors to save one-piece jar lids for you from their Classico
> (and other) products. Paint them. We're talkin' recyclin' here, Jorge,
> not new. You gotta do this as cheap as you can if you're going to
> maximize your profits. I'll go along with the usual 50-50 split.




In that case they could decorate the tops with pearls and charge
even more! It's all about branding.

gloria p