Wedding Inspiration: Mason Jars

And let the wedding posts commence!

Holy cow! I had 370 views on my blog yesterday! I never thought so many people would care to hear my engagement story, but it makes me happy. However, it kind of makes me rethink my decision to post the picture of me in my towel, wet hair, post-crying, no make up picture! Oh well... I figure it's my personal blog and captured the moment well. I told my pre-k students today that my boyfriend asked me to marry him. Their first reaction was to turn red and smile so big! Then, they turned back into 5 years old and in unison yelled, "YUCKYYYY!!!!!!" Then the rest of the day was spent in marriage proposals. Mostly forced marriage proposals. "I'm going to marry you!" Most were also male to male proposals :)

Anyway.. I thought I'd share some of the preliminary ideas we had to keep my all new readers interested. As my faithful readers know, Kevin and I started collecting mason jars even before we got engaged. While in Amana this weekend, we went to an antique store and got a bunch of mason jars for $1. Our plan is to use them as drinking glasses at our wedding for all our guests to drink out of. When we told the store owner, he replied, "What is it a hillbilly theme?" HAH! Not quite. But close. We haven't set a theme yet, as we have awhile to worry about that! Now, I will be collecting all the ideas I love to find inspiration for an eventual theme. Today: Mason Jars Inspiration.

This is my most re-pinned pin on Pinterest

 I like the simplicity of these flower displays 

 I like the aqua/yellow combination.. this would be a cool idea to get the pop of yellow

 Doesn't this just make you want to drink? Maybe? We wouldn't put the chalkboard paint on them because we figure it's something we can get our money back on by selling them, and I like the original look

 Another way to incorporate them

 I thought this was a cute idea as a save the date

One of the ideas I'm most excited about is having a kids' table. I'm ridiculously excited about it.

{note: all images found via Pinterest}

I feel like that was an obnoxious amount of mason jars. I don't anticipate our wedding to be overwhelmed by it. I'm sure we will probably only come up with enough mason jars for our guests to drink from, but it would certainly be a fun theme to run with!

If you or anyone you know has an excessive amount (or any for that matter!) of mason jars, LET US KNOW!!!!!! We have been paying $1-$2 for each jar, but FREE sounds even better :) Any sizes or colors are welcome. The blue ones are especially welcomed. :)

P.S. I always get a bunch of people on Facebook telling me they like my blog! Some people who I never thought would click my link. I am getting an especially high amount of traffic after posting our engagement. I'm sure there are others out there who frequent my blog and are not telling me :) And that's ok! I'm trying to gauge who my audience is-- if you are a follower, be sure to click the "Join this Site" link at the top left hand corner. That would really make me happy :)