The world of lawn decor is full of lighting options, some more clever than others, some downright junky. Solar lights can be found in pathway lighting, stepping stones, faux landscape rocks, statuary (check out this gargoyle) and even novelties like the ladybug and turtle garden lights, not to mention gnomes playing checkers. Located at the intersection of eco-consciousness, design fetishism and the impulse that gave us luminarias is the Sun Jar (pictured) in yellow or chilly blue. Manufactured by a British firm with the facetious name Suck UK, the elegantly simple lantern uses the kind of Mason jar your grandma (or, depending on your age, great-great-grandma) probably used to can produce from the garden. Housed within that watertight seal (and therefore weather-proof) is a small solar panel, a battery, and an energy-sipping LED lamp; leave it out on the patio in direct sunlight, and come dusk it will emit a warm glow to light your cookout. The lamp can also be used indoors, so long as it gets charged in direct sun — sitting on a window sill, for instance. Available in the U.S. from Elsewares ($40).