DIY Frosted Glasses

I have a few too many plain glasses for martinis and other alcoholic beverages. I decided to use some supplies I already had and create these great, frosted glasses.

What You'll Need: 

• Masking Tape
• Plain Glasses
• Frosted Spray Paint

All the necessary supplies

First, just start adding tape in whatever pattern/shape you want.  I love the chevron pattern so I decided to use that for the cylindrical glass.

Took me a while to get the pattern straight

Next, spray away. Try to get the spray paint even everywhere and let it dry for 20-30 minutes.  I know that it feels dry sooner, but let it dry for a long time.  As you'll see, I did the martini glass, and I'm currently drinking out of it and it smudged big time. Bummer.

I'm going to add a clear coat in a little bit and it should be good to go!

I think I might make the one above a candle holder instead of for drinks.

Tip: Do not put in the dishwasher. Hand wash. 

Final Chevron Glass/Candle Holder

As a candle holder

Martini Glass. Pre Smudge. 

What do you think? Pretty simple, huh? Are you going to try it? 

Frosted DIY Candle Holders

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I have been in the process of moving into a new apartment. I finally found where I packed all of my crafting stuff and decided to take on a simple, quick project. I made the DIY Candle-holder and it took all of 25 min (20 of which was drying time).

Supplies Needed:

• Clear, Glass Candle-holder (whichever size & shape you want) 
• Frosted Glass Spray paint -white (you can use other colors... the one I used was white)
• Rubber bands... tape... anything along those lines. (i used a variety so I could have different width lines)

My cylinder candle-holder with one rubber band already on it & frosted glass spray from Michael's

• Wrap the rubber bands, tape... whatever you're using, around the holder. Make sure it's all tightly on there so you get clear lines. 

*Hint: the masking tape was my favorite because it was easy to get off & I didn't have to wait for the spray paint to totally dry before taking it off. Yes, I am so impatient that I can’t wait 20 minutes for spray paint to dry. *

• Spray paint the candle-holder outside. Make sure you don’t get too happy with the spray paint can because it will run and not look super even.

*Hint: I sprayed too much in one area so I wiped the running paint off with my finger and sprayed it. Now, you can’t really tell that I messed up. The very first picture in the blog shows the side with the smudge.. not super noticeable. 

Pretty and lit. I have it on
my mantle & love it. 

• Let it dry for 20-30 minutes just to be safe. Carefully remove the rubber bands, tape, etc.  Voila! You have a fancy, expensive-looking candle holder!  (In my picture, I have a small candle in a large holder. I need to get a larger candle. That would make it look better… not quite as empty!Obviously)

Do you think you’ll try this DIY Project? If you have, let  me know how it goes! 

Picture of it without a candle lit in it.