Ball Vintage Mason Jar Giveaway
Welcome to the Fox Hollow Cottage Ball Mason Jar giveaway! Yep, I’m giving away a case of those pretty mason jars we all know and love. A brand new set of the limited edition Heritage Collection that was released by the Ball company to be exact. In that perfectly blissful shade of blue!
I ran across a big display one day and I recalled several of you on facebook saying you could not find them where you lived so I grabbed some for me, and some for you! Yay us.
I’ve been decorating with and simply enjoying the beauty of the real-deal vintage Ball mason jars for years and years. I’ve picked them up at antique malls, tag and estate sales.
These were an estate sale find. Filled with shells and pretty rocks. I just gave it all a fresh washing when I got them home. I also found some WWII era newspapers at that sale. Treasures to be sure and rich rich with nostalgia!
These played utensil service holders at Easter one year.
I love, love, love to drink from straws and this big daddy quart sized Qt keeps them handy for me!
They just fit in everywhere so effortlessly…
pop in some fresh flowers, no matter how casual, and they are simply delightful!
I’m so glad they decided to release this affordable, easy to find version of the old classic.
Because… I think pinterest might be to blame for making them harder to find!
You know, it’s not every girl who can stumble upon a cache like this!!!!
Can you imagine? This Ball jar junkie would go crazy (and my hubby would have ta kill me)! I mean, after all… technically, I could fit all those in my car.
I think I could resist the seal though. Pretty sure…
Yeah. I could.
DID YOU KNOW?
The term ‘mason jar’ is, in fact, ageneric trademark—à la Xerox, Kleenex, Jell-O et al (fun fact: phillips, as in the screw head, and zipper are also in the mix)—named after John Landis Mason’s clever 1858 patent, No. 22,186, for a zinc screw-top lid. The tinsmith’s innovation was to create a seal inside the lid, as opposed to attempting to make a lid that was flush with the jar: glassmaking techniques of that era allowed for rough threading, but the tolerance wasn’t nearly accurate enough to create the airtight seal needed to preserve perishables. By grinding the lip of the glass until it was nearly flat (known as a ‘square shoulder’) and inserting a simple rubber gasket inside the lid, Mason achieved a sufficiently airtight seal, and his namesake was born.1
Introduced in 1913 in Muncie, IN, the name “Perfect Mason” acknowledged the first-ever self-manufacture of each part of the Ball jar—ensuring a perfect fit and revolutionizing the home canning process by providing canners with matching jars, lids and bands in a single unit. The Ball Heritage Collection Pint Jars feature a vintage-inspired blue tint, period-correct logo and anniversary embossment.
Colored jars were considered better for canning use, as they block some light from reaching the food, which helps to retain flavor and nutritional value longer. More rarely, jars will turn up in amber, and occasionally in darker shades of green. Rarer still are cobalt blues, blacks, and milk glass jars. Some unscrupulous dealers will irradiate jars to bring out colors not original to the jar.
How interesting! Love learning tidbits. I’ve seen amber before, and even the green, but never a cobalt, black or milk glass. I’ll be keeping my eyes open, to at least snap a picture to share if I run across those colors.
And while they don’t have the same timeworn flavor of the true vintage version…
I think with the addition of some flowers, or putting our own personal touch on them, they can be pretty fabulous too!
Thanks for stopping by and much luck!!!! XX
PS – This isn’t a sponsored giveaway, just my way of saying thanks for hanging out with me, and I pretty much think you are all super awesome. Sure would not be the same without you!!
pc scott says
Have several of my grandmother’s
laura says
Can I win these …..please.
Susan E. Miller says
Thank you for the Giveaway! I love Ball jars, and you should see my husband’s collection. He has around 20 and they are all sizes, and colors including purple, yellow, teal and brown.
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Oh WOW! Sounds like a great collection. What a variety!!
Pamela Graham says
I love these jars! I bought some today!!! pgraham@gvtc.com Pamie G.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Well a few more wouldn’t hurt right 😉 ?
Pamela Graham says
A couple of dozen would not hurt, lol….I just love these jars!!!
susie lavender says
Gosh, this is so nice of you. I’d love to win some.
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Luck to you! Thanks for stopping by the hollow.
Vicki Cooley says
I love Mason Jars! We’re thinking of doing my daughters wedding with the theme…mason Jars! Thanks for the opportunity!
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Oh I have seen oodles of Pinterest ideas for weddings and they are all SO cute!
Aimee says
Vicki,
I photographed a wedding that had Mason jars as decorations with wild flowers in them. It was beautiful. 🙂
Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads says
Hi Shannon,
I have not been able to find these blue jars where I live! So I really appreciate you having this giveaway so that I will have a chance to win these! I love the color of the vintage jars but this brighter blue is really pretty, too!
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Hi Jane! If you don’t win I am happy to pick some up for you and ship them. You just let me know :)))
Jen Marrs says
Umm.. I need.. I love.. yes please! These are Rocking cute! Thanks for being so cool Foxy!
Candy D. says
Love this ~ My Dad retired from Ball Corp ~ Would love a set of these ~ Nostalgic!
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Oh wow! How cool? (:
Lisa says
I am also a blue ball jar junkie!! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.
Kathe says
What a terrific giveaway Shannon! I love that the jars work so well for decorating for any season 🙂
kirby carespodi says
…AND the company founded Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana! (I inherited my grandmother’s Mason jars and LOVE them!)
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Oh you luuuucky duck! I’ve had to hunt and peck for mine. I saw a fabulous one, that was super old once but it was $30 and I had to walk away.
Tabitha says
BSU really?? That’s awesome! I live in Northern Indiana and a friend and I went to visit a friend at Ball State and swung by her Uncles. He gave us some pumpkins from his garden, some salsa & Jam. Bet my bottom dollar those were BALL jars he was using!
Tammy Northrup {Yours and Mine ARE Ours} says
I love the vintage Ball jars. So many ideas of things to do with them.
Holly says
A great giveaway. I love mason jars! I’ve had a few of them in a light purple color.
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
Oh yeah? I am really going to have to look harder. I am always tuned into the blue. I bet I’ve walked right by some of the other colors!
marilyn says
I would love to win the Ball Jars.