With canning season just ahead here for many of us, I thought I would take a moment to wish our dear friend, the MASON JAR a very happy 150th birthday! What on earth would we do without the Mason Jar? I shudder to think of it…

In honor of this occasion, I thought I would put together as many things (trying to reach 150, but I may need your help here) as I (we) can think of to put in a Mason jar. Here goes:

1. Flowers
2. Pickles
3. Homemade tomato sauce
4. Jam
5. Green Beans
6. Pencils
7. Buttons
8. Marbles
9. Pennies
10. crochet hooks
11. Tealight candles
12. Seashells
13. Plastic cutlery
14. Safety pins
15. Paper clips
16. Emery boards
17. Chapstick
18. Ticket stubs
19. Pens
20. Leftover soup
21. Homemade bread crumbs
22. Keys
23. Golf tees
24. Wine corks
25. Bottle caps
26. Confetti
27. Spare change
28. Hard candy
29. Grape jelly
30. Salsa
31. Pesto
32. Dry ingredients for a cookie recipe
33. Raisins
34. Uncooked rice
35. Walnuts
36. Cashews
37. Orange marmalade
38. Dried fruit
39. Random game pieces
40. Scraps of yarn
41. Homemade flavored cooking oil
42. Barrettes
43. Ponytail holders
44. Birdseed
45. Twisty ties
46. Chalk
47. Serving utensils
48. Dried beans
49. Dried Pasta

50. Decorative hand soaps
51. Bath salts
52. Flash Drives
53. Dried cherries
54. Uncooked oatmeal
55. Erasers
56. Pinenuts
57. Colored pencils
58. Paintbrushes
59. Watches
60. Postit notes
61. Matchbooks
62. Cotton swabs
63. Cotton balls
64. Nails
65. Screws
66. Silk Flowers
67. Almonds
68. Almonds
69. Tips
70. Tea bags
71. Salt
72. Flour
73. Crayons
74. Business Cards
75. Tooth picks
76. Rubber bands
77. Napkin rings
78. Unpopped popcorn
79. Shoelaces
80. Ribbons
81. Acorns
82. Wildflower seeds
83. Thread
84. Loose tea
85. Legos
86. Coffee beans
87. Beads
88. Bracelets
89. Blocks
90. Potting Soil
91. Chopsticks
92. Pretzels
93. Rubber stamps
94. Charms for bracelets
95. Bookmarks
96. Bobby pins
97. Trail Mix
98. Lightning Bugs
99. Potpourri
100.Coupons

OK – I’m spent…we need 50 more! Any suggestions?

Update! Some Link Love for my contributors!

101. Beverages for taking to work (Thanks Chris!)
102. Laundry detergent when traveling on vacation (Thanks Lorie!)
103. Grease Drippings (Thanks Courtney!)
104. Homemade pickles and pickled peppers (Thanks Momto4kidsny!)

More input welcome!