Testing Gratitude Jars.

I ran some tests on my Gratitude Jars.  (Click here for a tutorial on how to make them.)  I thought I'd better see what they could do before I sold them at craft fairs this fall.

This is the before:

Note that you can clearly read the word "Test."

The hardest part was getting the candle in there, lit, since my candle-lighters were out of butane. After leaving a lighted candle in there for four hours, there wasn't much different.  The paint was soft, and I could leave marks in it with my fingernails, but it stayed in place.

The dishwasher, on the other hand, didn't go so well: