One morning, back in October last year, I opened my pantry and a moth flew out. I thought it strange, but didn't worry about it until a few days later, when I was killing time reading my local discussion forum and one of the titles read: "help: pantry moth infestation." P A N I C! Did I have an infestation I did not know about?....It turns out I didn't, but I did google "pantry month" and realized that moths could enter your pantry, feed on anything that is not fully and properly sealed, lay eggs and create and infestation pretty quick. Also, this apparently is a result of very warm summers and leaving back doors open. So basically my open oatmeal or flour packages were a moth feast just waiting to happen.
Needless to say I went on a pantry cleaning spree, taking everything out and throwing out every opened box. I guess the moth I found had probably just entered the pantry and I caught it just in time. But in any case I got enough glass containers to put all of my pantry staples to avoid any chances with infestations.
The glass canisters were just plain, transparent glass with silver colored lids. They looked good enough for a simple pantry glass container, but I thought it would be an added benefit to "beautify" them into differentiation (flour or powdered sugar?) so I took a fine tip over-projector marker and started doodling. It literally took me all of 5 minutes, and it brought me back to my high school days when I spent lots of time doodling in the back of my notebooks.
My idea of beautifying the plain canisters .......a moth.
Simple, efficient, and DIY were you can put your personal stamp on!
And by the way, when you want to change the content of the glass canisters, just clean the doodles with water or rubbing alcohol
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