Glitter Glasses

For my birthday party, I wanted something nice for my guests to drink from and a gift for them to take home; hence, when I saw several pics (thank you pinterest!) of glittered wine glasses, my shiny radar went on high alert.  Not only were they super cheap and easy to pull off, they're functional and easy to clean.

I knabbed a case of 12 wine glasses for under $10 at HomeGoods, along with 12 champagne glasses from the ever-awesome Ikea (also under $10).  I gathered my stash of glitter (a mix of Martha Stewart's fine glitter and generic craft store glitter), a bottle of Mod Podge, a few sponge brushes, and painter's tape.  You'll also need a paper plate to catch extra glitter, and newspapers to keep the glitter from exploding all over your room.

 



After washing and drying the glasses, decide where you want the glitter.  There are several ways, but I chose to have the glitter spread upwards from the bottom of the wine glass; for the champagne glasses, I simply glittered the bottom.

This process takes a few hours, so have something to keep yourself busy in between coats (I only took pics of the champagn glasses because this post was an after thought to the wine glasses- oopsy). 

Here's how it goes-

1- Use the painter's tape to draw "lines" where you want them; I used them on the stems of the wine glasses, but you can use them to do stripes, etc.

2- Apply a coat of Mod Podge to where you want the glitter.  Don't goop it on there (learned the hard way!) because the glitter will clump and look yucko.

3- Get your glitter on, and don't be skimpy!

4- Set aside.  Get busy cleaning the kitchen and dusting the entire house.

5- Once the glue is dry, apply another coat of Mod Podge and glitter.  Set that baby aside again and vacuum the entire house, then clean the gutters, cook dinner, and go to sleep- let it sit overnight.

 

 

 

6-  If there aren't any "naked spots", apply a top coat of Mod Podge to seal the glitter.  I let the glasses sit for a day/overnight before I washed them (I like to handwash them because I'm afraid that my sadistic dishwasher's "attack spray" might break my fancy drinkware).

Glitter glasses for my party guests.  Boom.  Roasted.