Etceteras: painted glass vase

Have you seen all the pretty painted glass featured around the blogs lately?

There are a variety of styles and techniques being used. Pouring paint into a jar or vase and letting it coat the inside results in a milk glass or jadite look. If you use translucent paint made for glass you can turn plain jars into vintage looking blue or cranberry glass.

I saw some pretty glassware at Anthropolgie that I wanted to try to copy. Some were speckled, some were swirled, all were very expensive.

 

I started with a few vases that had smooth surfaces. I decided to paint the inside of the vase after a test run. Painting the outside didn’t give the vase the same translucent look. The downside is that these vases are only decorative and not waterproof.

 

I mixed Gloss Lustre Mod Podge with water color paints and a little water. It’s a trial and error craft. If you don’t like the color or look, wash out vase and start over. For the speckled vase, I dabbed the paint brush here and there on the inside of the vase in a variety of colors. The swirled vase was created using a thicker paintbrush and alternating the brush strokes of color.

The colors become more translucent as they dry. Be patient and don’t touch the paint to see if it’s dry or you’ll end up with a nice fingerprint in your paint like I did.

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