Canning Jar Labels

This project is pure procrastination on my part.
In my quest to organize the pantry, I've put a bunch of items into mason jars because  #1 - They look pretty, #2 - They are cheap, and #3 - They really work great for items that come in bags.  Bags are hard to organize, and once you open them they're never quite airtight anymore.

A lot of my dry goods and baking supplies seem to come in bags, so mason jars have fit the bill nicely.   (Previously, when I tried to organize them they were put into leftover deli meat tupperware containers, which were not as airtight as mason jars, and ummm, not quite as pretty :)

At first I just wrote the name of the items in sharpie on the lid.  Easy to do, and easy to change (just use rubbing alcohol to erase.)  But the next project on my list is mudding the pantry walls, so I clearly needed some fancier jar labels to take up some more of my time.

Enter photoshop elements (which I've been meaning to learn how to use for at least a year) and a print of the Liberty of London fabric bins that I already have for the pantry, and I came up with these floral labels - I think they turned out pretty good for my first try...  

(Blank Labels)

After I cut them out, I covered them in double sided laminate to protect them.  (I imagine clear contact paper would work just as well for this purpose.)  Then I just popped them inside the ring that fits over the metal lid - no glue necessary - they fit snugly in the ring when I remove it.

I did it this way so that the labels can be easily switched out, and all parts of the jars are still washable.