Today’s DIY is more of an idea that I fell in love as an alternative to the typical New Year’s resolutions. I don’t know about you but I never remember my resolutions – by February they’re pretty much forgotten. In an attempt to remember them this year, I decided to make a dream jar. What is a dream jar? Basically it’s a mason jar filled with items that symbolize various goals and hopes for the year ahead.
Gather little trinkets and mementos that have special meanings for you. For example, a photograph or a motivational quote, a paint brush if you wish to paint more, a fork if you want to cook more, or a buddha as symbol for a more zen lifestyle.
Arrange your objects of choice inside a mason jar and place the jar on a desk or bedside table where you’ll see it often, reminding you of the things you wanted to accomplish. At the end of the year, the jar will be like a little time capsule of your year that you can treasure forever! Wouldn’t it be cool to do this every year, and have a whole shelf of dream jars?
What would you put in your dream jar?
This is such a cute idea!! I’m not sure about doing a jar every year though, i’ve already been called a hoarder (lol, j/k) maybe every year you could take the stuff out and put new stuff in, right it down and see what has changed each year..that would be awesome..i might put a dreamcatcher in mine to remind me that some day my dream of owning a small coffee shop will come true, soon enough..and i need to keep following my dreams. maybe a little sample of knit and crochet, to remind me to remember to relax. Some seashells maybe, too….so many things, im excited for it now lol.
This is a really cute idea and I can’t wait to try it :D
This is a really cute idea and I can’t wait to try it :D I’d put different patterned scraps of fabric or something similar to symbolize being more outdoorsy or a fabric scrap with airplanes on it to symbolize more travel…
This is the greatest idea i have ever come across! New tradition for the rest of my life.
I love this post! I found you on One.Pretty.Thing.
I’ll be adding a blue jay feather, some dirt from my
grandmother’s grave, a jar of full moon water and
some pumpkin seeds. : )
This is great! I will put a small cross, some feathers and flowers in my jar.
This is a beautiful idea! I’m putting three things in my jar. A picture of myself and my husband on our wedding day, a picture of our beautiful girls, and a sunflower.
Goodness gracious I swear sometimes me & the FP bloggers are on the same exact wavelength. I made my own version of dream jar over the holidays, and named it an oraculum. You can check it out here: http://houseofowls.com/oraculum-for-the-new-year-2013/
In mine:
quartz: clarity
magpie feather: fearlessness
golden key: access to the secret world
humpback whale: ecstatic expression
blackbird feather: channeling
mood ring: merry-making
melted marble: revelry
freyja headpiece: sensuality
heiner luepke photograph: earthen grace
owl: otherworld flight
Cheers to curios and beautiful intention-setting x
Cassie, that’s beautiful! I love what you chose to put in yours and all their meanings. :)
I love this idea! Initially got excited because I could put a mason jar with a tiny inner crack that’s been sitting around the house to use, but on second thought that’s probably not the best starting point for a dream jar =) Still excited to do this.
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great idea!!
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It’s a great idea !! I can’t wait to do mine !!! :)
I saw this “dream jar” on this blog : http://www.le-monde-est-a-nous.net/diy-dream-jar-for-the-new-year.html#comments
Oemgee ! I am soo in love with this idea ! I am trying to decorate my new room and trying to find new things to put in there ! LOL ! :D LAHOVEEE FP BLOG !!! :))))
Novel twist on the time capsule! Where can you get nice mason jars from? Don’t really want to reuse a Ragu spaghetti jar! =)
I would love to know what type of flower that is there with the rose, it has the most beautiful lavender hues!
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