Welcome to another month of thrift store upcycle projects! This month is a little different for me. My project is much more “girly” that I usually get. But I found these little jars that are Avon collectibles and decided to update them to hold some of my essential oil recipes.
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The Rules:
- Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
- There’s no monthly theme.
- There’s no budget to stick to.
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Maureen | Red Cottage Chronicles Pili | Sweet Things
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Jennifer and Vicki | 2 Bees in a Pod
Ali | Home Crafts By Ali Denise | My Thrifty House
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Avon Collectibles Makeover
- old Avon creme perfume jars
- Rust-Oleum metallic spray paint, champagne mist
- Homeright small spray shelter
Does anyone else remember these Avon jars? My grandmother loved Avon’s creme perfumes and she had lots of these little jars. I loved playing with them and smelling them when I was a little girl. These jars were empty when I bought them but they STILL smelled like my grandmother!
Here’s an old ad for them:
I started off by spray painting the lids. I sat up my spray shelter and used those little spikey things I also found at a thrift store. I did finally learn that they were “spiked furniture caster cups” but they worked great for this purpose, too!
Then I missed up some coconut oil and essential oils to make some of my own creme perfumes… lol… Actually one is supposed to remove age spots and the other is for muscle pain. I’ll let you know later if they work.
Then I got busy making all my garage sale finds look pretty together! Yes… EVERYTHING in this picture (except the flowers) came from a garage sale or thrift store! Please leave a comment if you know anything about that pink jar or the pink/gold container. The lady I bought them from was selling things out of her grandmother’s house. She had recently died and the granddaughter was pretty sad about getting rid of these. But she said she just couldn’t keep everything so we found them a good new home.
First I styled everything with pink, then I went blue. How do you like that little flower lid? I decided not to paint it.
Now check out what my other blogging buddies did for their thrift store makeover projects!
Hope you enjoyed seeing what I did with my Avon collectibles. Leave a comment and let me know if you’re a collector. Thanks for reading!!!
‘Til the next project,
Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
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Angela @ Simply Beautiful By Angela says
May 25, 2017 at 6:16 amThey look so pretty! That champagne color is absolutely stunning 🙂
Amanda @ The Kolb Corner says
May 25, 2017 at 6:28 amWhat a find! My grandma still has some that she has held on to. Those pink accessories are so pretty with your upcycled jars. I’d love to know the story behind those!
Kathleen says
May 25, 2017 at 6:46 amI recently picked up an Avon collectible perfume bottle at Goodwill (shaped like a poodle!). My kids look for them at flea markets. Yours look gorgeous with the lids painted, and great use of them for your toiletries! And I’m all for pink so I love those finds, too. xo Kathleen|Our Hopeful Home
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled says
May 25, 2017 at 7:22 amThese are so pretty! I’m getting flashbacks to my grandma and remembering her various bottles of perfumes and creams. Visiting from Thrift Store Challenge.
crafty.grandma says
May 25, 2017 at 5:36 amwow! it’s times like this when I see the true beauty in the Avon jars that they used to sell!! I remember the Avon lady coming to visit my mom regularly and she would always buy a cream or lipstick! In HS my bff sold Avon so I bought from her and later when I became a mother, I became the Avon lady selling door to door. I had a huge collection of these jars but had to get rid of them when we downsized just 7 years ago!! I still have the collection of thimbles from Avon and because I was a team leader, I kept my awards. The silver (so-called) platter I have sits in my craft room holding my glitters; and I still have several Easter bunnies and christmas ornaments. I don’t remember the pink perfume decanter and if it was from Avon maybe it was released after I stopped selling some 35 years ago! A beauty like that I would certainly remember! Lucky you – enjoy your treasures. Thanks for sharing and giving me a trip down memory lane!
Maureen says
May 25, 2017 at 6:46 amOh my goodness! I remember my mom having one of these little “pots” holding Avon Rose creme perfume! To this day rose is one of my favourite scents! Now you have me obsessing about finding some of these jars so I can use my rose essential oil to make my own creme perfume! Just love this upcycle project!! I can’t help you with identifying the other bottles, but they sure are pretty!
Fabiola Garcia says
May 25, 2017 at 9:04 amSuch a beautiful transformation those vintage container are so unique.
Jeannee Taylor says
May 25, 2017 at 12:27 pmI love those old Avon jars! You made them look so pretty. I am glad you left the flower lid blue! Thanks for sharing ! I hope I get lucky and find some someday!
Jeannee
Sharon Lenarcic says
November 16, 2018 at 12:51 amI have a large collection of Avon bottles and jars if anyone is interested. We are moving to Florida and downsizing. I’ve tried selling them at our garage sales and online, but no one has showed any interest. You can contact me on Facebook under Sharon Sarber Lenarcic. Thanks!
ducttapeanddenim says
November 16, 2018 at 5:11 amI’d be interested except that I’m not supposed to buy anything this month! We’re packing to move and trying to get rid of as much as possible! Are you in our Facebook group? I’ll let you post there and see if anyone’s interested — https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThriftStoreMakeovers
Ali B says
May 26, 2017 at 6:28 amI remember sitting next to my grandma and watching her take out her cute little Avon jars. What a nice way to reuse them. I do love that blue flower just how it is!
Megan says
May 26, 2017 at 7:57 amLove the idea of using these vintage pots for essential oil recipes! I think i need to make a run to the thrift store now!
Cat Stegeman says
May 30, 2017 at 6:26 amAs for the pink/gold box, I would have guessed it was a bobby pin/hairpin box for the dresser. Altho the design looks like stylized q-tips, so that may have been its intended use.
ducttapeanddenim says
May 30, 2017 at 4:42 pmI thought about bobby pins but not q-tips. That makes sense! It’s the perfect size.
Shirley Wood says
May 30, 2017 at 1:07 pmI remember those little Avon jars from years ago as well. It was always hard to party with them because they are so pretty. I like the pint accessories too. Nice find!
Michelle James says
May 30, 2017 at 6:27 pmThese are so pretty! I love the paint you used.
Kim~madeinaday says
May 31, 2017 at 11:12 amThey are gorgeous little jars. Avon was allover our house too. I even sold it once. Great makeover!
Kim
Chelsea @ Making Manzanita says
June 1, 2017 at 9:19 pmWhat a great yard sale find!!! Love the detail on them.
Carol ("Mimi") says
June 5, 2017 at 7:16 amThis is a bit of nostalgia. I remember those Avon products from my childhood. It’s nice to see that they are being restored and used, again.
SuziesView says
June 9, 2017 at 7:14 pmOh my that is so cool. My grandma used to love Avon. I loved seeing what you did with it. Its all so lovely. Love your blog glad to find it via Friendship Friday. Have an awesome weekend.
debbie says
June 10, 2017 at 10:30 pmThe pink glass was made by a company called Fenton.
ducttapeanddenim says
June 14, 2017 at 4:38 amThanks so much!!! She told me she thought that’s what it was but I forgot the name. Thanks for reminding me! I’m gonna do some more research on it.
Sara says
June 12, 2017 at 1:50 pmWhat a cute idea! I love these old jars, they have so much charm! I’m so glad I found your blog; I absolutely love this kind of stuff. Found your link on the what to do weekends linky party. So glad I did. Thanks for sharing! I’ll be checking out the other links on here for sure.
ducttapeanddenim says
June 14, 2017 at 4:37 amThanks, Sara! Make sure you sign up for my Thrift Store Makeover list and I’ll send you all the projects when I post them: http://www.DuctTapeAndDenim.com/email
Cindy Hasko says
June 23, 2017 at 7:27 amHow pretty and creative!! Beautiful.