DIY | hand painted glass
Being that I am obsessed with Martha Stewart… as soon as her new line of craft paints came out – I had to play with them!!! Today I have two versions of this DIY, hand painted glass jars and hand painted wine glasses! I would LOVE to start posting pictures of actual Something Turquoise readers DIY projects that they have created off my posts. So crafters! If you create one of my projects… please send me a few pictures – I would love to post them!!!
Start with your favorite color of Martha Stewarts new yummy craft paint by Plaid {sold exclusively at Michaels Craft Stores}. Mine is ‘Beach Glass’. In this DIY any glass jar will do… as long as it is clean.
So I am bending the rules a little with my choice of paint in this first example. The big draw with Martha’s new paint is that it is truly multi-purpose – it works on any surface. For glass, you start by cleaning it with alcohol, then once painted and cured for 21 days – it is permanent and can even be put in the dishwasher. In this example, because I am mixing Martha’s paint with non-Martha paint – it will not be permanent and not dishwasher safe. But, I will not be dishwashing these or keeping them long term… they are just for decorating short term – so that’s why I can get away with it. I chose to mix ‘beach glass’ with white paint because I wanted a lighter color. In the two jars below I used only white and ‘beach glass’. The third jar in the picture above was mixed with white and ‘surf’. I wanted the look of milk glass and I felt the full strength of the paint was too vibrant.
Using a regular old paint brush I mixed my paint inside the jar and stroke by stroke covered the inside. Some colors may require a second coat of paint. Make sure to wipe the edges of your glass clean. Be aware if there are imperfections or seams in your glass you will see it in the paint.
Working on the second jar using the same steps. This jar had a much smaller mouth so it was a little messy and it took more time to paint. Again, the third jar below was painted using white and ‘surf’.
Because this paint was mixed, like I said, with non-Martha paint – it dried in like an hour. If this was strictly Martha’s new craft paint, these glass jars would need to cure for 21 days.
DIY: painted wine glasses
Have any wine glasses in your cupboard that aren’t exactly your style? I did. Re-purpose them with Martha’s new line of multi-surface craft paint. Using the beautiful color ‘beach glass’ – I am now in love with these wine glasses!
Starting off by cleaning my Lenox wine glasses with alcohol, I prepared them for painting. Using a large dollop of full strength high gloss paint and a regular old paint brush, I transformed these semi-borring glasses.
These definitely required two coats of paint – which must be applied at least an hour apart. I have to say, my fantastic photographer for this shoot {who is also my adorable husband} was not very keen on this re-purposing idea – but when they were finished he was very impressed at how ‘cool’ they look.
Make sure to quickly clean all your edges. Since this is full strength new Martha paint, these need to cure for 21 days before using or washing. Now to be honest, I am not sure that I was supposed to paint the inside of the glasses – where my wine will go – seeing as it is paint. But I scoured the Plaid website for info on the food safety with this new paint and couldn’t find anything except that it is dishwasher safe. If I have an update, I will post it. Even if I can’t drink out of them, they are still SO beautiful now! Good luck with your glass painting and remember to send me pictures of your versions of this project!
Hey, nice job on the glass painting!
SUPER cute. My house themes are white and robin egg blue so this is perfect!
Those are so pretty! :)
-Angela
Now my question is…. Is this paint candle safe? I’m getting married at the beach next year and mason jars painted in the beach glass color would be perfect for my reception centerpieces!!!!!!!
Hi Leslie! This is going to be a long answer :) 1. If the paint is cured (let to dry) for 21 days it is the same as glass, and I am guessing it wouldn’t be bothered by a candle flame. 2. Jars with a tighter lip than the girth of the glass will always turn black from soot – from the flame. If the glass is straight up and down, there will be less soot. 3. This paint is very thick. I would paint one old olive jar or whatever jar you have laying around the house and put a candle in it to see how much light is given off. Light doesn’t go through the paint well – so it only comes from the opening of the jar. 4. You can always use battery operated tea lights – for weddings (when you can’t see them) I actually prefer them. You know they will stay lit, no burning out, no worry about wind, kids, accidents, etc. Some venue’s only allow the battery operated type anyway. Thanks for reading! Let me know if I can help more!
Did you ever find anything out about using these glasses after 21 days of curing? I have heard that you can also bake Martha Stewart paint to cure it more quickly, but haven’t read up on it myself. I’d love to make these for Christmas, but want them to be usable/drinkable for the friend I’m thinking of.
Hi Kelli. Yes there are two ways to ‘cure’ this paint, meaning making it dishwasher safe. Air Dry Method: let the paint dry for 21 days, simple. Bake method: after drying for 1 hour, place in cool oven. Set temp to 350 degrees F and bake for 30 min. (Glass must heat gradually – to avoid bursting) After 30 min turn the oven off. Let glass cool down completely in oven. Don’t use for 72 hours. Both methods render a glass that is ‘top shelf’ dishwasher safe. The other note I need to make is that you are supposed to keep paint away from where you are going to put food or drink. So if you can, paint the outside of your glass, not the inside. Thanks, hope this helps.
I took some old flower vases and with as many colors as you choose (I used 2), one at a time, pour into bottom of glass/vase and turn upside down and let run down sides. You can also roll the glass to swirl, and then use second color or more and repeat. Wow! Looks just like a really nice tie died glass. I used turquoise and yellow and white…very pretty! Makes a $2 vase look like a $45 dollar vase! Have to use silk flowers, but they last much better for me anyway!