Comments on: Jars of Stars for the Bakesale for Japan

By: Jean

Jean — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:16:15 +0000

These are beautiful, and to display them in the jars was a great idea.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:45:22 +0000

Hi Megan, what a great idea! I am looking for items to sell for my Girl Scout troop. We will be doing some major fundraising in the next year.

By: Ann in the UP

Ann in the UP — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:26:03 +0000

You must have the patience of a saint!

By: Janelle Reardon

Janelle Reardon — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:48:27 +0000

Versatile, classy idea — very flexible with many possibilities.

By: megan

megan — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:03:11 +0000

Anne – Sorry, no template. We just made circles in Photoshop that were a little bit bigger than the jar tops. I remember we used a very small font for the ingredients since these jar tops were smaller than usual.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:30:45 +0000

Do you have a template for the jar labels? I love the idea of printing the ingredients on the back!

By: megan

megan — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:21:51 +0000

Lisa – Not at all, if you have a blog and talk about them I’d appreciate a link back :)

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:09:14 +0000

my kids’ school (Laurelhurst Elementary here in Seattle) is having a bake sale to raise money to ship socks to Japan and I totally want to rip off your idea- would you mind?

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:24:57 +0000

These are awesome!

I can buy jars like that at my grocery store as well (in Quincy, MA), but they feel like a seasonal thing. They aren’t always available on shelf, but are almost always there between September and November during canning season.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:04:16 +0000

The little star cookies are just darling, I’m going to have to get some of those.

By: megan

megan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:23:54 +0000

Erica – I simply got the jars at my local grocery store, honest. They come in a flat box of twelve and the ones I bought were 8 ounce jelly jars (maybe the 12 ounce ones, I cannot remember).

By: erica

erica — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:11:39 +0000

But! Where do you get the *JARS*??? Anyone know good online wholesalers?

By: abigail

abigail — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:34:54 +0000

I am so impressed and inspired! My eyes bulged out of my head when I saw the picture of all the star cookies cut out from the bigger piece of dough.

A really lovely and celestial shot.

And the cardstock label idea is awesome, bookmarking it for a future christmas/jam gift idea!

By: megan

megan — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:37:25 +0000

Lindsay – Oh gah. I forgot to add a K. Fixed now, thank you for the heads up. I think I read that the Seattle bakesale made about $3000, which is outstanding.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:54:52 +0000

Typo alert – pretty sure you’re missing some zeros in your total amount raised (says $125 right now), which I normally wouldn’t bother you with but you guys should be SO proud of that total!

But more importantly – those are ADORABLE. I know you claim that it was really not too big a deal to pop each and every tiny little star out of its cookie cutter, but MAN that would be too fiddly of a job for me. This is why my cookies are never this cute. :)

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:33:20 +0000

What a lovely idea. Our grandchildren are doing a lot of fund raising at school too. We sent money. My sister and her family live in Tokyo. This whole things has been very stressful. Hugs!