To say that mason jars, once used solely by farmers and home canners, are everywhere would be a gross understatement. Thanks to Pinterest, they're now ubiquitous at weddings (particularly those located inside a barn), restaurants, and high-end home goods stores. Walk into any hipster's house, and you're sure to see one being used as a terrarium.

Despite their overwhelming reach, we just never expected they'd also find a much smaller demographic: babies.

Laura and Sebastian Belmar, parents who sought a nonplastic alternative to baby bottles but found safer glass ones to be prohibitively expensive, decided to create a prototype of a nontoxic baby bottle using a mason jar.

But before you assume that this is just another gimmick to steal money away from DIY-loving hipsters, the Mason Bottle — which won't go into production until the couple's Kickstarter campaign raises $25,000 — really does serve many surprising time-saving (and cost-effective!) purposes for new parents.

Or, of course, for your holiday centerpiece, or to make candleholders, or as a cocktail shaker, or to mix salads, or for . . .

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