Apothecary Madness

This is the apothecary jar that I previously did a post about, where I experimented with silver leaf to see if I could give it the look of mercury glass.

Then, just a week or so ago, I found two more smaller ones that I was able to finish off my packet of silver leaf with.

Here they are all together. The tallest one measures 13" high.

I swear, I really wasn't looking for any more of them, but today I found the grandaddy of apothecary jars. This one measures 2 feet tall. For comparison purposes, here is a shot of all of them together.

Even though I'm fresh out of silver leaf, when I saw it sitting on the shelf today for a mere $7.99, I simply had to bring it home with me. What is it about these jars that makes me want to own so many of them? And when Henri asks me what I'm going to do with them, I don't even have a good answer other than extend my open hand their way and reply "tada!"

Silver Lining

Lately, I have been noticing a lot of mercury glass showing up in magazines and shows on interior design, and I wondered if I could recreate the look using silver leaf to line the inside of glass.

I found this apothecary jar that was missing a lid and knew it would make the perfect test subject for my experiment.

In a matter of minutes, I had something that looked a lot like a piece of aged mercury glass. And I was even able to find a small glass to use as a lid.

Why is it so hard for me to photograph shiny objects?



Anyway, yesterday's sunrise out my window.

Doesn't get any more silver lined than that for me.