{"id":2901,"date":"2018-06-08T16:50:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.palazzetti.it\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:27:19","slug":"glass-jars-5-original-ideas-to-reuse-them-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.palazzetti.it\/en\/home\/glass-jars-5-original-ideas-to-reuse-them-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass jars: 5 original ideas to (re)use them in the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The glass jars grandma uses for her preserves never go out of fashion.\u00a0 No matter whether you fill them with homemade sauce, canned fruit or delicious pickles they are always indispensable.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, instead of using them to preserve food, they can be employed in lots of other ways, i.e. for a multitude of inspirational crafts as seen on lifestyle websites or in magazines.<\/p>\n

Are you ready to take a look at our favourite summer ideas?<\/p>\n

Glass jars: Mason jars\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Arbanelle<\/i><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s take a trip to the past: do you know what the jars we are talking about are really called?<\/p>\n

All over the world, they are called Mason jars <\/i><\/b>after John Landis Mason who invented the current glass jar with its screw-on lid and rubber ring-seal for perfect, hermetic preservation in the United States <\/b>in 1858.<\/p>\n

They became famous in<\/b> Italy<\/b> a few decades later when the long-standing Quattro Stagioni<\/i><\/b>\u00a0jars were launched by Bormioli. These became so popular that they are still often called by their brand name (a bit like Hoovers and Jacuzzis).<\/p>\n

There is even a specific region in Italy that has its own special name for these popular glass jars: we are talking about Liguria where a glass jar is called an Arbanella, <\/i><\/b>Arbarello<\/i> or Erbanella<\/i>.<\/p>\n

5 ideas to turn your glass jars into something original<\/h2>\n

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A glass jar decorated to resemble watermelon. Project:\u00a0Kara\u2019s Party Design<\/a><\/p>\n

Drinking from a jar, <\/i><\/b>i.e. sipping cocktails from a glass jar <\/b>(plain or decorated) has been all the rage in New York for a few years now,<\/p>\n

which is why it\u2019s quite common to find mason jars on sale with a handle similar to that of a beer jug.<\/p>\n

You can use your imagination to decorate them: take your inspiration from nature (like the watermelon jar above), from your favourite picture or try a bit of lettering.<\/p>\n

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