Bottles and jars for home made goodies

[littlelara]

Hi all, does anyone know where I can buy bottles and jars reasonably cheaply (and pretty if possible)?
I'm thinking about making rose and strawberry cordial and lemon butter as Christmas pressies
Any really sensational recipes would be most appreciated too, although I do have a book of ideas

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

The local cheap shop had some decent sized glass jars for $2 but I'm going to be looking around for x-mas ideas too.


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

[JLeigh29]

Op shops? And the $2 shops sometimes have them.

[Jellyfish]

IKEA can have some good little bottles and jars that aren't too pricey.

[Lolpigs]

Kitchen ware direct have bottles and kits for jams and things.

[LionsandBears]

Supermarkets have jars, as do $2 shops. I picked up some $2 bottles in Officeworks, which I thought was weird but grabbed them anyway.

The rose and strawberry cordial sounds lovely. Do you have a recipe? I found something called Four Thieves vinegar I'm thinking of making. Also Four Thieves oil.

Bath salts are another good gift idea.

[littlelara]

Ooh, thanks all!
Recipe looks easy enough (famous last words)
300g castor sugar,
Juice and zest of one unwaxed lemon
500g ripe, hulled strawberries, quartered
2 handfuls of fragrant, unsprayed rose petals, washed
1 tsp citric acid.
Put sugar into pan with 300 ml of cold water.
Using a veg peeler pare the zest from the lemon and add to pan along with the squeezed lemon juice.
Set the pan over a low to med heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar, then bring to the boil and simmer for 2 mins
Remove the pan from the heat and add strawberries, rose petals and citric acid. Gently crush the strawberries in the pan with the back of a spoon. Leave fruit and petals to steep in the syrup for about 4 hours.
Strain cordial through a fine sieve or muslin, pour into sterilized bottles, seal and label. Refrigerate until ready to use, should keep in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
Ta da!

[littlelara]

Well, the jars were easy peasy. $1.50 at the reject shop. The bottles are proving harder to find, what a shame ikea's so far away.