I adore old blue mason jars, and this lovely example has been upcycled into a soap dispenser for your kitchen, bathroom, garden area or wherever you need a bit of vintage charm! The brand spanking new brushed metal soap pump has been affixed to the original zinc lid and works like a dream. Ready to make your space even more unique! Please note, the original jar shown here has been sold. Because these jars are around 100 years old, they have imperfections in the surface and the one you receive may have bubbles or small scratches in the glass. I will never ship anything that has significant cosmetic damage or any structural issues at all. I often find these jars in lots, so if you're looking for more than one, I can usually accommodate multiple orders. Also, the lid has been sprayed with polyurethane to prevent corrosion, but I recommend wiping off any standing water in the lid weekly and re-coating with polyurethane yearly. Height (including pump): 8" Diameter: 3 1/2" This soap dispenser is also available in a larger quart jar size if you're interested. Thanks for looking and please feel free to contact me with any questions!
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Welcome to Found Beauty Studio! This is my one woman attempt to bring a little fun back into the world with bright and functional recycled found object art. I've always been a maker of things. Always. But if you'd told me when I walked out of college with a bachelor's in theatre arts a decade ago in Massachusetts that I'd end up running my own art studio in Burlington, Vermont, I would have called you crazy. I had plans to go on to a successful and illustrious career in costume and set design, and then took a u-turn and worked in program direction and fundraising for nonprofits, and then as a community organizer for local government, and then burned out on the whole 70-hour-work-week-in-a-cubicle life and headed back to art.
Life takes funny twists and turns, and here I am, happier than I could have imagined in the upstairs of a house in the Old North End with my wood worker husband, three fluffy cats, and two turtles (one of whom is fast approaching 30 years old), using my maker-of-things skills to upcycle found materials into new creations. While I do create fine art pieces, my primary love is creating functional pieces - lamps, tote bags, jewelry, furniture, clothing, home goods, planters…the list goes on. I find great joy in taking a used up, forgotten and discarded object and turning it into a one of a kind piece that someone will use and love.
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