How to: Make a Canning Jar lamp

Canning jar lamps make wonderfully retro, endlessly customisable, money saving projects that are also a great way to re-use old storage jars and lampshads that might otherwise have been chucked away to clutter up the planet. And they're coming back in vogue, so now's the time to get your DIY hat on and make one of your own!

You'll find all the instructions you need here to make canning jar lamps of various sorts, with some great suggestions for how to fill your jar with weighty yet attractive objects. You can use anything from coins, to toys, to colourful layers of dried soup mix to make your lamp's base, but I'd be fascinated to know what else you've used to customise your lamps. Do send me your tips if you've got any original ideas for filling those jars.

Follow the jump to see some examples...

This lamp has been painted up with a bit of a 'chicken and egg' theme: remember you can always paint up the shade to match your theme, too.

One of the most tried and tested ideas (and still the most pretty) is to fill your jar with vintage buttons.

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