Mod Podge Vases

Written by: Cathy Carroll; Vintage, Paint and more...

A few weeks ago I went to the thrift shop to purchase some glassware

for several projects I had in mind to do.

You may remember that lot I brought home.

A lot of clear glassware.

Nothing spectacular but I had several ideas bumping around

in my head that I wanted to try.

So far I have shown you the following

Painted Blue Vases.

These turned out much better than I dreamed they would.

I love the awesome ombre effect they make

 and have used them a lot already.

Then I showed you this sweet little cloche

Mini Cloche

Oh my, how I love this little darling...

I had been wanting one for so long

and

I actually found another dome and made another one very similar to this one.

Now I have not one but, two of these little guys.

We are left with just these bad boys from that lot....

I have been wanting to try a technique I had been told about.

Mod podge and food coloring.

I had done the Elmer's glue and food coloring to get this effect

Faux Sea Glass

but, the problem with this is - it washes off with water.

A reader told me to try mod podge and food coloring and it wouldn't do that....

I poured some mod podge in a paper cup and then just added

food coloring - one drop at a time till I

got a color I liked.

(forgive the pics - taken while working - not great)

Then I just painted it on.

These are in different stages of drying and are quite cloudy during this process.

You can tell the one on the right is farther along in the drying process

 than the other two

as it is becoming quite clear in patches.

Here they are all dry and looking quite pretty.

I love them especially the one on the left.

I love how the detail of the flutes really stand out now.

These are definitely finding a spot in our home and will add

to our decor.

Can't you just imagine them with a bouquet of beautiful flowers.

I love how a miss matched lot of clear glassware can

turn out so many pretty projects

What do you think - $6.00 for the glassware,

a little dab of paint I had on hand,

and

a very small amount of time

and

you can have all this....

I love how we can repurpose discarded items into

lovely pieces to use in our homes.

Have a wonderful day

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