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Saturday, May 12, 2012

DIY: Glitter Wine Glasses

Well, this whole DIY started with the need to make/buy/create something to fill my SUPER sexy monogrammed bags I had made for my bridesmaids. What, I asked myself, would I do? My sister's was an easy "aha!" moment as I saw these cute glittered wine glasses on pinterest and thought back to that time I went to her house and drank wine from a drinking glass.

Yeah.

And she LOVES wine.

I don't get it either.

Anyways, without futher ado, DIY Glitter Wine Glasses!

Materials
- Glitter (I used packets from Dollarama because I kept this budget)
- Modge Podge (I used matte because I didn't want to take away from the sparkle of the glitter, but not sure what would be best)
- Wine glasses (20 oz for me!)
- Paint brush. I used the sponge brush and loved it.
- Container for glitter
- Paper/something to shake glitter off onto and back into container
 - Krylon Clear Coat

Step One:
 Clean and dry your glasses really well. If not, the modge podge might not stick right.
So clean!
Step Two:
Choose your glitter and dump it into a cup/container if it doesn't have a way to pour it nicely. I mixed together several small packets for most of mine, but was able to cover the entire base and stem with only one packet.

The Dollarama Sparkles. I liked them because they were super fine and had a variety of colours.

Two lightest blues mixed and swirled together in my pouring cup, which was way too big.
  Step Three:
Cover your cup's base, sides of the base (oops!) and stem with modge podge using your brush. I found a spot on the stem where it started to flare to end my glittering, but you might choose a different area. To make a good, straight line at the top, I inserted my hand into the cup, held the brush lightly to the stem and moved my hand in a circle to make the brush make a line. It worked like a charm.

I'd say the more the better, unless it is too much and drippy. But you want it to be mostly solid coloured.
Step Four:
Pour sparkles over the modge podge. I have NO pictures of this because, well, it was messy! What I did was pour over the stem first, then, when I was out of sparkles, put it back in the cup and poured over another area, etc, etc until I was done.

Step Five: 
Set to dry.

So nice! The light sucks, so the colours aren't perfect here, but close. Lots of shine too!

Step Six/Seven (TBD):
I haven't done this step yet, but I will tell you what is next. After these dry I will modge podge them again with no sparkles. I did save some sparkles in case there are bald spots. After the next layer of modge podge to seal these suckers in, I am going to spray the glitter with a layer of Krylon Clear Spray Paint. I bought this a LONG time ago to seal a cup that Mr. Sunshine got from kids at work, but have used it for countless crafts since. I love it!


TOTAL COST
For four glasses, this was a fairly cheap craft! I spent the following:
$5-- 4 glasses @ $1.25 each from Dollar Tree
$3 -- 3 glitter packs (and tons left over) @ $1.00 each from Dollarama
$3 -- Modge Podge small bottle with 50% coupon from Michael's
$0.10 -- foam brush a long time ago on sale from Michael's
$Free$ -- Krylon Clear Coat. Considering how little I'm using anyways, maybe $0.25 worth of it?

Total before taxes= $11.10


Anyone else find a great DIY gift they've completed?

~Miss. Sunshine

11 comments:

  1. Love these! I'm also doing monogrammed bags but I have no idea what I'm going to put in them. I might try my hand at these.

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    1. So far so good. They need about 24 hrs to dry in between coats or you will pull off a ton of sparkles and have to redo it. *cough*. The top coat goes on really well! Just have to spray mine with Krylon now. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being "pour A into B" and 10 being building a bed from scratch, I'd say this was a 2.

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  2. Love these! I just started getting crafty and customised my own glasses today - would you mind having a look and let me know what you think?

    http://mrs-jones-to-be.blogspot.com/2012/08/glitter-frosted-glasses.html

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  3. I love this idea and have started practicing on some old glasses, so far so good. Instead of doing a layer of modpodge over glitter, I just did a couple coats of the clear spray sealant. Any reason you know that this wouldn't work or that modpodge over glitter first is better?

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  4. any idea how they manage in the dishwasher?

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  5. Hi was looking at ur glasses was going to give it a go myself but was wondering what MODGE PODGE IS ? and how long till they can b put in water to b washed xx

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  6. Hi just found out what the modge podge is thanks xx

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  7. I love the idea, I'm going to try this for my wine tasting party thanks for the idea

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  10. How do these hold up in the dishwasher?

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