Mason Jar Craft Containers

I hate to throw things away. Every time I used a jar of spaghetti sauce, salsa, artichoke hearts (etc) my insides would cringe when I went to recycle the container. Such a nice jar free with every sauce I buy! So I started saving them. I'd throw them in the dishwasher and put them in a cabinet to stock pile them. What would I do with them, I didn't know. Finally I had a whole cache of jars piled up, so I decided I'd soak them to get all their labels off and clean them up so they looked nice. I then spray painted all the lids with chalkboard paint. I use them to store craft supplies in that we regularly use to make hot glue sculptures etc. They turned out so nice.