I love giving my friends personalized gifts. One gift that I've been known to give is painted glasses. This is easy and inexpensive, but it does take time to create. I will go to places like T.J Maxx or Marshalls and pick up one of their 4-8 piece sets of some type of glassware. As a friends birthday would come around I'd go reach into my discounted glass box and find one that suited them. The guys would get beer glasses and I would tend to paint a team logo on their glass. Easiest thing to do is paint a team logo. Why? because you can print out the logo and tape it inside the glass and paint on top of it accordingly. For my ladies, they were always a little harder, I would normally grab a wine glass and cover the whole glass in a fun design. The samples I will show you are prints such as cheetah and zebra print. How I did these is I printed out a pattern of the print and had it next to me and used it as a reference. Then to make the end of it look nice, I'd end the paint about two inches below the rim and line it with glitter. So, lets talk about what you need.
1.Paint- Acrylic paint for glass. I have a few colors, but remember, you can mix colors so no need to go too crazy with buying a bunch of colors.
2. Glasses- T.J Maxx. Marshalls, ect will have cheap glassware sets you can stock up on.
3. Paint brushes.
4. Print outs of your designs (If you need them)
Here the logo is tapped inside the glass.
Easy enough to just paint over top of the logo.
Here are a few samples of just a FEW of the glasses I have painted as gifts.
One last thing that I'm sure you're all thinking, "how do you wash it?"
Simple I tell you, bake your glass after you have painted it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes. Or paint your glasses 30 days ahead of time and the paint will stay. I personally always bake then spray it lightly with a coat of "Clear Acrylic Sealer." However, to be safe, suggest to your friends that they hand wash the glass. Enjoy!
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