Kraft Queen: Flour Power: Two Part Tutorial - DIY Re-purpose Food Jars and Label them to Store Food Stuffs, Crafting Supplies... The Possibilities are Endless!!

I'm a fan of re-purposing cans. I will collect them when my jams, sauces and honeys finish. I wash the jar, take off the label and will fill with flour, dried herbs and sometimes jewelry.

This is the final product:

But first, to remove the label:

I fill a pot with kettle heated water. Enough to immerse the jar label in. Rub soap into the label. Let it sit in the shallow water with the pot top on. Let the steam and water melt the label glue.

After about 15-25 minutes, I rub and peel off the label, and for the remaining glue, I scratch it off with the edge of the jar cap. Some areas are harder to remove. For the tough spots, I use "elbow grease" and will intermittently scratch off the label and put it back in the water to sit for longer. While I work on one jar, the others sit. The longer you leave it in the hot water, the more easily the labels come off.

Here the jars are sitting to dry. Which brings me to part 2 - Repurposing:

I filled one of the jars with flour.

I wanted to know what was in the jar at a glance, so I decided to label it. You can look online for a writing style you like. This writing style was inspired by a "decal" I saw on pinterest ( http://www.5dollardinners.com/diy-canisters-kitchen-inspiration/ ), but this one I did in sharpie, which is low-tech but efficient and does the job: