Today me and Tom decided to get our Art on and paint some old glass jars.
As you know from my previous post Tom is having a bedroom makeover, so we thought we would paint some jars to put pens, pencils and things in them to keep on his new desk...
I love glass painting and have done it many times before, it so easy. All you need is something made of glass, it can be a jar, a mirror, a picture frame, anything you like! And glass paints, which can sometimes be pricey depending on where you buy. Mine were from Hobbycraft and they came in a set for around £15 but they last a loooong time
I love that colour blue!
Of course Tom wanted to do a Wolves one (which is his favourite football team in case you didn't know)
I was trying to keep within the colour scheme of his bedroom so I went for blue and yellow stripes.
I decided to do some experimenting with different painting techniques ;)
I cut a make-up sponge into a circle to make a stamp...
This was the result...
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| Quite good for an experiment I reckon :P |
The good thing about using jars is that you can do a lot with them, you can use them as storage pots like we are going to, or you can put fairy lights, candles or even a light bulb in them to make these very pretty lights.
You could even coil wire around the lid to make a hook and hang them in your garden! how pretty would these colourful lights look hanging from a tree... you might have to use fairy lights so nothing catches fire though! but then the candle wont blow out in the wind.
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| They look better in real life and in a dark room ;) |
Also you get a lovely colourful shadow from them if you place them next to a wall!
Laura x
