Grape-tastic Fail

My mom harvested enough grapes this year to make some jelly.  And that's just what I decided to do, for the first time ever. 

The grapes were washed and cooked.

Then they were strained through a jelly bag.  

I let the mixture refrigerate overnight, according to directions in my handy dandy book.  Apparently there were crystals that might form.  And looky here--crystals the next day, just like they said.  Being the science geek that I am, this excited me even more than the thought of homemade grape jelly. 

Next I cooked until it reached the gelling point, then used the water bath canner to make up beautiful jars of grape jelly.  And here you go, the final product:

What?  Don't see a picture here?  Well, that's because there isn't one.  Because my jelly didn't set, so I have a bunch of little 4 oz jars of super sweet grape juice.  I have bought some liquid pectin (which I was trying to avoid because it has preservatives in it, thus using the no-pectin required recipe the first time) and will be giving it another try soon.  Maybe then I'll have some pretty jars of jelly to show off!