Strawberries are plentiful and cheap at the moment so I made up a batch of Strawberry Jam this afternoon. Our jam supplies from last summer ran out a couple of months ago and we returned to store bought jam. I think we were spoilt with all the home made preserves we have been eating – so I am determined to make up a lot more this year so we don’t run out again!
This time I used a recipe for Strawberry Jam from Nigella Lawson’s book – How to Be a Domestic Goddess. Interestingly, this recipe called for a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar which made the jam a little darker but with no noticeable difference in taste.
I decorated the jars with a simple tag and lid label using my Cricut Preserves Cartridge. Can’t wait for the rest of the summer fruits to arrive – the nectarine jam I made last year is still one of my all time favourites.
So cute and I bet delicious!
Yummy looking jam… and yummy looking labels too! Enjoy it.
I have already made 2 batches of strawberry jam but will need to make more as they seem to be disapearing
Ooh, looks so yummy. I am a huge jam fan. Strangely though I can’t get my girls to like it yet?! It’s honey only…..
What a difference homemade jam can make! I haven’t made any strawberry jam yet this year, so this is a good reminder. Always love your charming packaging!
Good on you for getting your jam made…you’ve been a busy girl today 🙂
Mmmm… nothing like homemade jam! Yours is all the sweeter for the custom packaging. So cute. :o)
Lisa, dear, I simply LOVE jam!!! Strawberry season in Brasil too!! So bad I cannot make jam like you and Nigella…
The tag is soooo pretty!!!
Hope your weekend is the best ever!! Bela.
packing looks so good,.
today was my day to make peach and ginger jam…. they’re going into Christmas baskets for my kids. Part of our handmade Christmas.
Oooh, lovely! Homemade jams leave store bought ones for dead. We are enjoying some lovely lemon-lime marmalade made by my talented mother at the moment. I’m not usually a fan of marmalade but her homemade one is lovely. We are just about to plant some citrus so I’ll be able to make my own in years to come too – yum! And I just love the idea of necterine jam as well, mmmmmmmmm! I Definately need to think about some stone fruit trees.
Hmm, homemade jam is always so good!! I made some too a few weeks ago from plums. A friend gave me 2 kilo’s. So I made the jam with a bit of lemmon and tiny bit of cinnamon.
Yum! We have a strawberry farm close by so I am just waiting for theirs to ripen to start on some jam. You have had such a lot of use already from your cricut!
awww, cuteness!
May I ask where you got the lovely jars? Thanks!
Hi Julie
The jars we used in this project are repurposed Bonne Maman Jam. It is made in France and is availabe in Australia (from Coles). We love the jam and the jars are useful for so many things. We even have a Bonne Maman Pinterest board – http://pinterest.com/spoonfulofsugar/bonne-maman/