my aunt used to use the clothes hangers that opened, I use a T-shirt bag and tied it shut.

i cut the bottom of a wire hanger in the middle, pull open and bend U-shaped hooks on the ends. fill both sides with rings and hang in the basement from nails on the joists above.

Clever! What a neat idea. Thank you!

At a recent fall lunch outing, the tables were decorated with canning ring pumpkins similar to this one. Might be a way to "store" and display any extras you don't plan to use for awhile.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pumpkin centerpiece

Ha! Hide them in plain sight - I love it! Would look esp. good in the old gold color (though I suppose that depends on your decor). You really do need the leaf though to make it work.

Looks like each pumpkin uses about 20 rings?

how creative ! next up - a christmas wreath ?

I string mine on long pieces of heavy string and hang them on an S-hook on one of my basement pantry shelves.
Regular-sized ones on one string, wide-mouth sized ones on another.

I keep mine in the big (3 gallon?) glass Ball replica canning jar. I keep it in the kitchen as it is decorative, and can move it to the basement if needed, as the lid seals tight against any moisture.

Hi there, can I jump in here late, and ask, "why keep them?"

I've reserved a hundred of each size to keep on two separate coat hangers which should meet all my needs especially as more come in each time you buy another flat of jars, but I've got hundreds in double-gallon ziploc bags that I'm about to donate to charity shops, where apparently people do buy them. So that's why I ask, in case I'm about to make a mistake in giving them away....

evidently they do rust with age, and may not screw on-or be removed-smoothly enough for canning. i do freeze in canning jars and think that might ruin lids more quickly. you can donate them on freecycle too.

I do keep more than I use for canning, because if I give away a jar of jam or something similar, I like to put a ring on the jar, so the recipient can store any unused portion in the refrigerator. Mine are also just in a big plastic tote, along with my jelly bag, chinois, funnel, ladle, jar lifter, etc. So, when I'm ready to can something I grab the tote, the canner, some jars and I'm ready to go.

Annie

After they come out of the dishwasher we put the ring back on the jar after inspection.No need to keep a bunch.

Works great for us

I also keep mine in Ziplock bags. I tried to string them up like Weedlady, but I've had more than a few times where the string slipped out of my hand when I was getting bands and all the bands went crashing to the ground in a huge, loud mess. Fun times! Now I have my "processing bands" and my "gifting bands". My gifting bands are new/newer which get screwed onto jars that I'm giving away. My processing bands have a little bit of rust or dings and eventually get thrown away after they get too hard to screw onto jars for processing or are too ugly.

LOL!! I hear your pain, gardengriz! Same thing happened to me a couple of times - then I learned to be more careful as I tied or untied the string! And I separate my rings into the gifting & home use ones as well. Great minds think alike!! ;-)