Success and Crates

Yesterday I made popsicles and deodorant. They have nothing in common, other than I've wanted to make both for a while (and they both had to cool before I could use them). So this morning, I got pictures of both!

This is based off of a recipe that includes cocoa butter, beeswax, shea butter, bentonite clay, and tea tree oil. It seems to work pretty well thus far and smells very nice.

And these are basically pudding pops with heavy cream and crushed Oreos mixed in. They're dericious and totally not dietary. :3

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For the past few days Mom has been washing old jars and trying to figure out what to do with them. Most are the old blue Mason jars with the glass lids and wire clamps--they're unusable for canning (yes, we checked) and we have so many that we don't know what to do with them. I'm using one for a water jar and might use others for steeping oils and/or teas, but that's all I've figured so far.

But jars are not the focus right now. They've been stored in these really cool crates that I want to use for bookshelves...the trick is mounting them on the walls and figuring out how to arrange them (after cleaning them up first).

I'm eternally amused by the 'High Explosives' warning on the side. 

I'm torn between hanging them with the 'Atlas Powder Co' print facing down, or putting them on brackets so that they're more like a drawer sticking out of the wall. The first method seems to be more common, while the second would be more interesting. Plus, there's this huge space above my desk that needs to be filled...so much wall, so little time!

I love the explosives thing. It just makes me happy.

Any ideas on how to group and hang these? I'm open to suggestions. So far I'm just going by Pinterest inspiration and we all know how that could turn out.... <.< >.>