About a month ago, after seeing how easy my friend, Jessica Witty, made making homemade jam look, I had to give it a try for the first time! My aunt that used to live in California with an abundance of pineapples, used to make the BEST pineapple jam and I always remember her having fresh batches of it for us whenever we visited. Since I hadn't had it in a very long time, I figured it was about time I try making my own! I followed a recipe I found at the Sure Jell website.
I thought we might give the jam as gifts around Thanksgiving so, of course, I wanted some pretty packaging . . . my JustRite Small Letter Set was perfect to create the wording on my custom label, using the Harmony Classic Circle Stamper II.
After stamping the border of words, I used Papertrey Ink's First Fruits stamp set to stamp a pineapple in the center (this stamp is actually supposed to be used as an acorn but I modified it!). Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities dies were used to cut and mat the label.
For the jar tops, I used JustRite's Baking Set Ensemble border that reads "Family Secret Recipe From our house to yours" and stamped another pineapple in the center.
Speaking of Justrite, if you get a chance, go by the their blog and vote for winners in the Pre-Inked Stamping Contest.
PTI Spring Moss satin ribbon accents the top label. A strip of PTI's First Fruits pineapple patterned paper was scalloped and wrapped around the jar.
So if you've read this far, you're just ready to win the blog giveaway, right?!! Sorry, it's not my homemade jam (I don't think that would mail too well!) but here's what I have to give away, compliments of my weekend with Ms. Marianne from Copic . . . a zip bag full of an assortment of Copic products for you to try out! One of each style marker (Ciao & Copic Original), two Sketch markers and a Gold Spica glitter pen:
All you have to do is leave me a comment below. One entry per person, please. I'll leave the comments open until this Thursday, October 23 at 10pm CST and then draw a random winner and post the winning announcement on Friday morning.
Double the fun . . . my friend, Lori Craig, has her own fabulous jam recipe to share with you today over at her blog AND a great Copic gift package of her own to give away, so be sure to check that out, too!
COMMENTS FOR THIS GIVEAWAY ARE NOW CLOSED. WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 8:30AM.
