Today I worked on a project for my friend Liz, she is making decorations for her daughter's quinceñera this year. We are working on decorating a few wine glasses. I decided that I'd start off with glittering the glasses and then we can work on putting the embellishments on them after they are done. They take a few coats of mod podge and glitter, and an hour or two drying time in between.
I hadn't done this before, so I practiced on glass wine glasses. She is using plastic wine glasses that she found at Michaels. The supplies you will need to do this are:
Wine glass (I used a plastic wine glass from Michaels)
Dishwasher Safe Mod Podge
Glitter (I used Recollections gold glitter from Michaels)
Painter's Tape
Mod Podge Spouncers
Bowl
I started with this wine glass. You can use plastic or glass, she decided on the plastic ones because she has to transport them to the location and doesn't want them to break during transport.
Since she wanted only the bottom part of the glass glittered, I taped off the mid-section of the glass and the bottom part where the stem meets the glass bottom. To help me to maintain a level line, I learned this trick. Pour water to the level that you want the glitter to go to. Then using the painter's tape, tape at that level. The glass necks down to the bottom, So doing this in one piece is a little difficult. You may have to do this with pieces of tape. To keep the level of the glitter consistent, just use that same water in each of the glasses. If you are doing a lot of glasses, you may have to check to see if you need to add more water.
Next you will put an even layer of Mod Podge onto the glass. I tried using a brush and painting the Mod Podge onto the glass, but got brush stroke lines. I found the pouncers at Michaels, so I decided to use those, and it helped to cover the glass evenly. Depending on how warm it is, the Mod Podge may dry quick, so you can do this part in sections or work quickly.
I then placed my glass in a bowl, and poured the glitter onto the Mod Podge. Make sure you cover the glass completely so you will have an even coverage of glitter. The bowl helps to contain the glitter in one place. I had found the Martha Stewart Glitter Shaker set a few years ago when they were clearancing them out. It's nice because it has little spikes on the bottom of the bowl to hold up your object. It comes with a lid, so if you have a small item, you can put the item in the bowl, put the glitter in the bowl, close the top, and shake it.
Let the glasses dry for 1-2 hours. Then put on a second coat. On these glasses I actually did 3 coats, letting it dry 1-2 hours in between. After the third layer dried, I put a sealer layer of Mod Podge onto the glass.
After the last layer has dried, carefully pull off the tape.
And this is what the glass looks like. We will be gluing other embellishments on the glass at a later date. And I'll post a photo once we're done.
Make sure you let the glass cure for 28 days before washing it. So if you're doing this for an event, make sure you give yourself a lot of time to do these.
Enjoy!!
