I’ve been accumulating a lot of glass bottles lately…I always tend to pick them up at flea markets or if I come across one in a store. I love the way plain glass bottles look, but I decided I wanted to give my apartment a pop of color by coating the inside of some of the bottles with paint and creating a little display. This is such an easy project and the results are beautiful!
What you need: glass bottles of varying shapes/sizes, and acrylic paint.
I chose a range of blue, green, and yellow shades. I wanted the bottles to be different colors but very similar shades. I decided on green as my base color and mixed in blue and yellow to get different green tones.
All you do is pour the paint inside the bottles, and tilt them to move the paint around until the entire inside is covered. It’s actually pretty relaxing :).
Let your bottles dry (mine took a few hours to fully dry), and then you can decorate with them as you wish!
I mixed in some clear bottles with my painted ones, and I love the way it looks!
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I always end up with so many glass jars and bottles over time, and I’ve been looking for something just like this to use them for :D Thanks!!
do you put a ton of paint inside the bottles?
Looks cool!
April, you can also leave the labels on and just fill them with spring blossom like I did here:
http://www.patterns4life.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/diy-home-floral-display.html
But I may also try this DIY with a translucent paint so the light shines through. Thanks for sharing this, guys.
http://ellabellalifestyle.blogspot.com/2013/05/do-it-yourself-flower-crowns-with-ribbon.html
check out my DIY on flowered head pieces/crowns, I know free people sells them but I have created a home-made one with affordable materials :)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9ed51bb7c41118afbf38e708a68824f4/tumblr_mnrvgqexKX1qld47oo1_500.jpg
Love it
very nice pictures of your bottles! i also love to paint and give a new life to bottles and you are all kindly invited to my blog!
I am definitely trying this right now! all the pretty shaped jars i find at the beach, the possibilities are endless, i love it! Thanks for the idea and tutorial!
I tried this and it looks great. http://www.learnhowtoknitascarf.com
This is great. I make glass vases covered in rope. The glue from the glue gun shows through. I’m using this technique to finish them off. Thank you.
The paint in mine never dried, and all of the paint dripped down to the bottom, and it just looks like crap now. Did I do something wrong?
Thank you for sharing this – it is so helpful and informative. I recently started painting and decorating can tins and decided to have a go at painting glass. I can’t wait to get started.
Sorry – I misspelt my surname. This is the correct way.
If u fill the vase with water will the paint come off?
SO pretty. I tried this in a modern/abstract version and now am obsessed. They’re just so easy (and cheap!) You can check out my painted jars here:
http://editglobal.com/glamorous-glass-jar-upcycle/
Can you put water and flowers in them after they are painted? Will it wash off? Will it kill the flowers?
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Waterborne Thermosetting Glass coating is a waterborne silicone modified acrylic coating designed for glass finishing. It provides a hard and tough coating at 2.3 lb/gal VOC compliance without the hazards of flammable solvents. This coating is able to provide our customers with extremely unique looks such as gradiated sprays, partial and full bottle coatings and effects such us fluorescents, antiquing, crackles, etc.
details can be find from http://www.polyurethane-paint.com/Waterborne%20Thermosetting%20Glass%20Paint.htm
same problem as another person. used acrylic paint, all the paint dripped to bottom and never dried. what did I do wrong?
thanks
debbie
I also had the same problem as Debbie from the May 7 post…. Can someone please let us know what went wrong with ours
Thanks
Susan
Thanks for giving this tips.
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