Painting on Glass

So here I am again, asking you to get creative. I wanted to quick get this post in because this glassware makes a super easy and cheap gift. For the wine glasses, I went to the dollar store so if you figure that you make 12 glasses, you'll spent about $25 and still have paint left over. I decided to make flower themed wine glasses.  

When picking the project keep in mind that the paint won't wash off but could potentially peel off.  You will want to not paint the food contact area. So for example, on a wine glass, you will paint the outside.  Also, you need to remember that if you can look down into the glass piece, you will need to paint backwards. For example, with a flower, you need to paint the center first, then the petals.  This way, when you look down the glass (to drink) you'll see the flower as if you would see it in nature.

The paint that you should use is an enamel paint.  These can be found at any craft store. Also, it is recommend that you either bake the glass (which sounds like a bad idea to me) or let it dry for 21 days.

To prepare your glassware, wash and dry it. Then with a cotton ball, rub it with rubbing alcohol.  If you make a mistake or even change your mind several days later, a doused cotton ball with alcohol will still help to remove the paint.

Painting it free style will be difficult for most people.  You may even be wondering if you can handle such a task.  If you print or sketch out a drawing of what you want to do it makes it much easier.  Also depending on the design, you can cut out a picture and tape it on the opposite side of where you'd like to paint.  Then just paint over the picture.  I'll show you an example further down in this post. Make sure to let the paint dry between layers so that it doesn't crack later.

So does this make sense?  Check out the 5 million photos I've posted for guidance!

Christmas Themed Wine Glasses

Old Fashioned Christmas Candy or Presents

Let it dry inbetween coats

Paint the bottom

How About Painting a Cake Plate?

Here I printed out cute sweet treat clip art and cut out my favorites.  I then taped them onto the top of the cake plate.

Flip the cake plate over, and paint on the bottom side. Remember what I mentioned above about the order that you paint in.  The top of the plate will be seen. If for example you have a cherry on top of a dollop of whipped cream, the cherry needs to be painted first.  If there's sprinkles on top of frosting, the sprinkles need to be painted first.

Decorate the edges and the stand freestyle.  Wait 21 days to dry before using.