Faux Cement Recycled Jars

Lately I've been doing a lot of creating with painting techniques. I love recycling glass jars into something unique. Today I'm turning a glass jar from the kitchen into a beautiful cement vase. 

You may remember if you're following along that I recently tiled the backsplash in my kitchen. 

Not the whole backsplash but the area behind my stove. 

I took the easy way out and used a product that was both a pre-mixed adhesive and a grout. 

There was a little leftover and if you know me you know that I don't let anything go to waste. 

I was not about to throw away the 1/2 a cup of grout that was left in the container. 

I decided to do a little experiment with it. 

I've done several projects using powdered grout mixed with paint. 

But what about the pre-mixed kind? 

Would that work as well?  Let's give it a try! 

I smeared the pre-mixed adhesive grout onto a recycled glass jar. 

I pressed a piece of wire screening around the jar into the grout to give it texture. 

I let the jar dry overnight, then painted the grout with a light grey craft paint. 

I tied a length of jute twine around the top of the jar. 

Now the jar was ready to fill with greens and add to my early spring mantel. 

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Take a look at the cement candle holders we made a few years ago. 

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