DIY Blue Hobnail Glass

Good morning everyone.  Hope you all are doing well this morning and ready for a quick and easy little project.

  Do you remember the old hobnail glass?  You know that bumpy looking glass that was collected by our Mothers and Grandmothers.

  My Mother collected blue depression glass and had a few pieces of hobnail glassware in both blue and white. But I loved the blue - probably because it's my favorite color.  It's quite hard to come by these days and my Mother's is long gone.  She had some beautiful pieces but one of my favorites was a blue vase she had and when I saw how to make "faux" hobnail glass floating around the internet I knew I had to make a replica of hers.   Carolyn at Carolyn's Homework has a wonderful post on the history and how to for making this beautiful glassware.  She did hers in white to mimic the old Fenton Milk Glass.  I like that but my Mother collected the blue and I wanted to make some of my own.   I went to Dollar Tree and picked up several pieces of glass ware.  One of the pieces was the exact replica of a vase my Mother had in the blue hobnail glass.  I was so excited to see that they carried it. (You will be seeing the rest of pieces used in other projects in the near future.)

Then I proceeded to make my own hobnail glass. The fluted bowl on the left is the one that is the exact replica of my Mothers.



I used some puffy white paint I have had for years and just put dots of it in rows around the bowl.  I alternated the dots so that they did not line up in rows but looked more random.

After it dried I painted it with some blue craft paint I had on hand. The dots definitely stand out with the paint. I think it looks pretty much like the real thing - what do you think?

With some white daisies added to it - it makes for a very pretty little vase and brings back memories of my Mothers little vase. So delicate looking to me.

I love this blue hobnail glass so much and it's so simple to make  that I am definitely thinking there will be a few more pieces added to my china cabinet. How about you - think you might try this?
Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's day and was able to celebrate it with those you love. We were under a tropical storm with buckets of rain and some wind.  Although it wasn't bad it did pour all day so we stayed in and enjoyed a Jesse Stone Marathon.  I just love those movies.  How was the weather where you are and what did you do?  
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Until next time - enjoy creating something you love.

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