i love ball mason jars, especially these blue ones my grandmother gave me. i was just given a whole case of the clear glass ones that i will use for beverages, but i use them for hundreds of things like cotton balls, buttons, lightening bugs, bottle tops, wooden spools, seashells, flower vases... a friend gave me the idea of putting camp paraphernalia in them for the guest house, you know, like collections of girl scout badges or fishing lures. fun!