Am I ridiculous for getting excited about organizing my spices? Sad, I know:) Before my little spice-organization project, my spice jars were a mismatched jumble. I had been wanting to organize them and make them prettier for some time, and when I read how SmittenKitchen organized her spices here, I was inspired. Here’s what my confused spices looked like BEFORE. 
And here they are AFTER. 
I used the 4.5 ounce sealable glass jars, which are perfect for fitting your whole tablespoon into. I washed and dried the jars, then went through my spices to make sure they were still good. It was also interesting to see which spices I have that I’ve never even opened. (Hello 5 Spice Powder, nice to meet you! But me and cinnamon are tight- love you in my oatmeal in the morning!) After making labels with my printer (Font: Bradley Hand ITC), I attached them to each jar. Like SmittenKitchen points out, there are tiny air bubbles in the labels, but it really doesn’t bother me. 
I put the jars on a lazy susan so that I could rotate them for easy locating of specific spices, and, of course arranged them in rainbow order:) Makes me want to cook something! 
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You're just so cute Megan! That's a great idea and they look so pretty! BTW, you MUST get some spices from Penzey's. You and your Penzey's cinnamon will have a whole new relationship if you do. 🙂
They look great! What a great way to organize spices!
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This is exactly the kind of thing I would get excited about too! 🙂
LOVE those little jars!
Man I need to clean up my spices. They are a mess.
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Your spices now look adorable! Who knew spices could look so cute? LOL
I agree with Decorchick, Penzey's is an awesome place to buy spices from!
I have to say that this was a really good post. I enjoyed reading it, thanks for posting it on the blog.
Great job, I love the way it turned out. I really need to do that to my spice cabinet!!
Nice job, now your spices are neat and organized! Thanks for linking to Wednesday Gratitude, stop by again!
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This is a great change… I love your littles bottles. It is clever to wrote on the bottle the name of the spice.
But you know, it is better to put your spices in a dark place because, like the perfume, they will lost their flavor! and the color to!
But (another but!!!) if you use them regularly, you won't have these problems.
have a nice day!
Oh, what a good idea!
Thank you for sharing!
Leticia
Super cute display of spices! I hate the look of regular spice jars these are a wonderful change.
Very pretty!! I am hosting a Giveaway on my blog…so do drop by!!
Ridiculous? Not on your life!!!! It's a fantastic idea and it'll save hundreds of minutes in your cooking times!!
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very organized and super cute jars! easy for one to grab while cooking!
What cute little glass jars; I love this idea
I have so been wanting to do this. I am tired of looking at all those different shaped cans and bottles. I am gonna get on this soon.
I really like the end result! Very cute!! Do you mind me asking where you found the little jars and if they were expensive? Thanks
Don't worry… you're not alone. I get excited about organizing too! Love the jars, where did you find them?
Great job!!!!! I love it. THanks for sharing . 🙂
Those jars look fantastic! and what a great idea to put them on a lazy susan!
I'm totally the SAME! All my spices are alphabetized! I'd love it if you'd stop by my Topsy Turvy Tuesday Link party and add this spice organization.
i LOVE organization! come on over and link up to MMM 🙂
Megan-
my spices look like the before picture. I love what you did they make the spices look clean and straight. I think I may try to clean mine up as well
This looks really nice Meghan! I'm all about finding new organizing ideas and this is a great one.
I just found your blog and I am enjoying it. I'll be back!
Blessings, ~Melissa 🙂
If it's bad that you're excited then it's really bad that I'm excited. I love this idea!!!! Thanks for sharing.
I love organizing. I know thats nerdy 😛 . I wish I had the counter space for something like this!
Great job!
This is awesome. I have the same little spice jars.
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I love these little jars and the labels. THey can join the party too. I would love to have you over.
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I love how you organized your spices and I really like the little bottles and labels too 🙂
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
Megan, they look so lovely on your counter now! I love functional ideas that are pretty too!
Thanks for sharing at My Backyard Eden!
I love organized spices. I did something similar awhile back and it was one of my most popular posts. Guess there are lots of us out there who are crazy about spices organized! :)Thanks for joining us at "AP Tuesdays!" @ New Nostalgia! Hope to see you again tomorrow!
And now my spice drawer feels sadly inferior . . .
I want my spices to look like yours !
xo
Kate
So funny I came across your post. I just re-did my spice cabinet this week. I didn't realy have the money to buy some new jars so I went ahead and used what I had. I am pretty happy with how it turned out. (not as nice as yours) but pretty nice looking:)
How did you know which spices were still good and which ones to throw out? I am getting ready to organize my spices and I can't seem to figure that out!
Brilliant idea – love this!