Blue flower with stamens painted wine glass tutorial

It’s really quite easy to paint a wine glass.  The paint is available at just about every craft store and online and this step-by-step tutorial takes you through the entire process.  These wine glasses are extra special because when you look inside the glass you will see the interior of the flower!

And with Christmas right around the corner they will make great Christmas presents.  Bake your glasses (No they won’t melt) to make them top rack dishwasher safe although I would recommend hand washing.

You will need:

 

·      Gloss acrylic paint (it will say it can be used for glass on the label)  Lt. Blue, Med blue Dark blue, Yellow, white, brown, and green

·      Wine glasses

·      Alcohol

·      Paper towels

·      Small liner brush

·      Small flat brush

·      Cotton swab or toothpick

·      Home oven and cookie sheet

1.     Wash and dry the wine glasses.  Wipe down the glasses with alcohol to remove any residue, oils and finger marks.

2.     Turn your wine glass upside down and work on the bottom outside of the bowl.  Using the liner brush make small dots around the bowl with white.  Work around about two inches up from the bowl bottom. Rinse out your brush and begin adding small dots of yellow under the white dots you added continuing to add dots on the upper stem area. Let dry.  You will be layering colors so you will need to let the paint dry between layers. 

3.  Rinse your brush.  Use the white paint to make thin lines from each white dot to the underside of the wine glass right up to the stem. (See photo) Add some dots with brown paint for contrast in between the yellow dots. This is the inside of your flower and when you are finsihed you will not see it from the outside of the glass. Let dry. You can look inside the wine glass to visualize how your flower interior is coming out.

Interior view

4.  Use the flat brush sideways to mark four petals with the medium blue paint. Start the petals all the way from the upper stem to cover the flower interior. (Dots and lines)  Work on filling in each petal one at a time. As you fill them in and while the paint is still wet, outline the edges in dark blue and blend into the med blue. Add a bit of lt. blue in the center of each petal and blend as you did with the dark blue.  Let each petal dry and then repeat for a second coat.  Depending upon your brand of paint you may have to repeat for a third coat.  Let dry.

Inside view

5.  When the paint is completely dry use the green paint to create leaf shapes slightly up the bowl over the area you have already painted and down the stem to the base.  Repeat for a second and maybe third coat.  Use the liner brush to add some curled vines on the base and let dry.  (See photo)

6.  When the paint is dry use a cotton swab with alcohol to remove any paint where you do not want it—or you can gently scrape off any unwanted paint with the tip of a toothpick.

7.  Bake your wine glass.  Place your painted wine glass on a cookie sheet and into a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. Let cool in the oven.  When it is done the wine glasses will be top rack dishwasher safe but I recommend hand washing.

View from inside of glass

Note:  If you make a mistake and are not please with how you wine glass is coming out-- before you bake your wine glass you can always wash it off and start over. 

Happy New Year painted party wine glass tutorial

Ring in the New Year with an easy to paint confetti party wine glass.  Quick and easy to paint just like a coloring book and when you bake them in your home oven they are top rack dishwasher safe although I recommend hand washing. Having a party? Set your table with these party-centric wine glasses, put some noisemakers and a napkin in each one and your guests will have a party favor to use again and again.

You will need:

Wine glass

Alcohol and paper towels

Paint pen for glass in black

Various colors of enamel acrylic paint pots for glass (You can get them in paint pot sets of several colors) 

Small paintbrush

Home oven

1.  Wipe down your wine glass with alcohol to remove any oils.

2.  Using the paint pen draw little squares and triangles all around the wine glass.  In between         the shapes make some curl (Streamer) shapes. Add as many as you like.  (See photo tutorial for streamer step-by-step)  Let dry.

 Step 1:  Follow the steps on your wine glass to make the streamer, it helps to do it on a piece of paper to use as a guide

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Finished streamer, add little squares and triangles for the confetti

3.  Use a small paintbrush to fill in all the squares, triangles and streamers with different colors.  Let dry. 

Fill in the streamers with two colors.  Paint the top of the curl a darker shade on top and lighter under and then fill in the confetti with various colors all around. Just like a coloring book!

4.  Place your wine glass/glasses on a cookie sheet and set your oven to 350 degrees.  Bake for 30 minutes (no it will not melt) let the glasses cool in the oven. These glasses would be great for Birthdays too!

Grown up Birthday party favor wine glass with Bowdabra bow

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You know the dollar store has wine glasses for just a dollar. For a cool party favor for a grown up birthday party go get some wine glasses.  Fill them with purple chocolate kisses and make a multi colored Bowdabra bow for the stem.  Your guests can take their glasses home with them after the party.  If you want to go all out, grab some acrylic glass paint and use the easy tutorial for a confetti painted wine glass.  

You will need:

·      Bowdabra hair bow maker with ruler

·      Wine glass (plain or painted)

·      Various colors of sheer ½” wide ribbon

·      Ruler

·      Scissors

·      Bowdabra bow wire

·      Purple wrapped candy kisses

1.     Cut an 18-inch piece of Bowdabra bow wire.  Fold in half and insert into the Bowdabra hair bow maker with ruler.  You will have a loop on one end and two tails on the other.

2.     Cut four pieces of various shades of sheer ribbon 12 inches each.  Insert the first color to the 2-inch line.

3.     Make a loop on the opposite side at the 2-inch line.  Make a matching loop on the other side.  End by inserting the remaining ribbon in the other side.

4.     Repeat steps 2-3 with the other three colors of ribbon, one at a time.

5.     Scrunch down with the Bowdabra wand.  Insert the two tails of the bow wire through the loop and pull tight.  Remove from the Bowdabra bow maker and tie into a knot at the back. Fluff up your bow.

6.     Tie the bow onto the stem of your wine glass and knot.  Use a brush handle to wrap around the bow wire into a corkscrew shape and arrange on the wine glass.

7.     Fill the wine glass half way with purple wrapped kisses chocolate candy.

8.     Place a wine glass at each place setting and your guests can take home their favor!