Wine Glass Painting

Hidey-ho neighbors! [Did anyone else watch Home Improvement?! We were obsessed in my family.]

I have been busy at my little apartment, staying up all night [literally, I went to bed after 6 this morning.] playing my video game [beaten!] and doing crafty things. I actually have a couple of craft projects to blog about, but since they are a surprise for Shane when he gets home, they will have to wait until next week. <3

But this is one I really had so much fun doing! I got the idea from [what else] Pinterest, and I was like…. maybe I can do that?

Painting wine glasses!

So I ran out and bought supplies, really only needed the glasses though, since I have so much acrylic paint lying around.

Here are the items I used:

+Sharpie oil based paint pens
+ Painters tape
+Paintbrushes (any to be used with acrylic paint should be fine)
+Acrylic craft paint (regular kind, except for the Martha Stewart chalkboard type on one project)
+Gloss Glaze
+Plain, washed wine glasses

Instructions are pretty simple, also.

+Wash and dry wine glass.

+Paint wine glass as desired. It will take a few coats of acrylic paint to stop looking streaky/see through. I started by painting the bottom of the glass, then painting the top portion last. Allow to completely dry.

+Paint a gloss glaze.

+Put on a tinfoil covered cookie sheet and place in a cool oven. *DO NOT PREHEAT BEFORE PUTTING GLASS IN* Set oven temp to 350* F and set timer for 20 minutes. (This includes time for the oven to preheat.)

+Turn the oven off and do not remove glass for another 10 minutes.

+Remove from oven and allow to fully cool before use.

Pretty simple, huh?

Here are the designs I came up with! [Or ‘borrowed’ from online shopping.]

Tree Branch

This is by far my favorite. It’s really difficult to get a good photograph angle, but it’s so pretty. It also took the most time/work! I painted the bottom like stated above [under the glass] then used the black Sharpie paint pen to make the branches. This one I did NOT use a gloss glaze on.

 

Gators

You knew this was coming, huh? Haha. This one was pretty straightforward. Paint, gloss, done.

 

Halloween

My spiderwebs again! I sure do love to draw these. Definitely the easiest one to make.

 

Chalkboard Name

This one I found online and made a replica of [since I’d rather make it myself than buy it], and I used painter’s tape to portion off about 1/3 of the stem, and painted chalkboard paint on the TOP of the stem and bottom of the glass. Then used a white Sharpie oil based pen to write my name. No gloss glaze.

I think I might make more of these since they are so pretty and classy and simple. I have an idea to make one for the name of every guest that visits us, so we can end up with a nice little collection, and a cute way to hold on to memories. <3

Hope you like them! I;’m making more, but these are just the ones I’ve finished so far. I’ll probably post more as I do them.

Well I’m off! Have a great day everyone!

Crafting Roadblocks!

Hey y’all!

So yesterday I decided to get out from in front of my television and join the real world again. I needed to do a little grocery shopping and wanted to try out some crafty ideas, so I needed to hit up Michaels.

I seriously love Michaels. They always seem to read my mind! This is the second time I went into that store with a list, and everything I needed was on sale. For this broke girl, that is just amazing.

So I come home all refreshed and excited to make things, and I go out onto my balcony armed with some spray paint, ready to get down. Then I see this out of the corner of my eye.

Oh yeah. Deal breaker. The wind was blowing this guy dangerously close to me, and I ran for cover back into my apartment! Since Shane was gone, I had to call him and yell at him for not being able to go kill this monster. I could tell he was after me, and didn’t want to risk death and dismemberment.

For some weird reason Shane would not let me spray paint inside the apartment, so I had to venture back outside with bleach cleaning spray and slay the beast myself. I think I deserve a medal of valor, honestly.

So, since spray paint was out for the evening, I set to work on making another paint chip picture. Until I faced another challenge.

A random panther decided she wanted to stake claim on my project, and challenged me to cross her.

Woe is me. Haha. I did manage to persuade the jungle cat away from the superglue, and the rest of the night went by without incident. Today I am able to paint without the threat of arachnids, and all is well.

I’ll be sure to blog about my latest project. I’ve decided to do a lot of decorating while Shane is gone, and surprise him. :)

Have a great day everyone!

Paint Chip Picture

I have been trying to decorate this apartment of mine and Shane’s, and while I’m trying to figure out themes and colors, the one thing I know I want is a blue/white kitchen. So, since it’s the only room I’m POSITIVE of how I want it to turn out, I started looking for DIY ideas.

Whew!! I was stalking Pinterest and was led to this lovely lady’s blog, where I found a craft I just had to try! And it worked perfectly with the blue/white theme I wanted!

A paintchip picture! I’ll let the lovely Carmie tell you guys how the paint chip part is done, just click here! I’ll show you how I did the frame, since that was all MOI!

I started with a wooden 5x7 frame bought from the Dollar Store, and some white acrylic paint.

Pretty simple stuff here, painted the frame white! Two coats later I painted an acrylic gloss on top of the white, since I wanted a shiny look, not a matte look.

Finally, I used some blue paper flowers and white glitter brads to make some flowers to add to the corner just for a splash of color on the simple frame.

I am so in love with this! I think it looks sweet and beachy and romantic.