Painting ideas and tutorial: Make Your Own Blue Jars!!!

Do you want to know how to turn a regular jar into a vintage looking blue jar???

Painting ideas and tutorial: Make Your Own Blue Jars!!!

You will need some glaze and some Crystal Gloss Enamel glass paint. You can find it in craft stores like Michael’s or online. And of course, you’ll need some jars.

I experimented with different amounts of each the glaze and the paint. The more glaze, the lighter the jar. Add them both to the jar. Swish it around until they have completely mixed together.

The slowly twist the jar while it is on its side until the paint has covered all of the jar. If there is a lot of extra paint/glaze you can pour it into another jar or into the garbage. I hold it upside down until it stops dripping. Then I wipe the top so there is only paint IN the jar and none on the outside.***IMPORTANT*** After you have let it drip upside down and most of the extra paint has dripped out you need to set it on the counter and WAIT. You need to let the extra paint that did not drip out, settle to the bottom. I waited about an hour. More time wouldn’t hurt. I screwed up my one and only square mason jar ( ) because I was too antsy. If you stick it in the oven too soon it will start to get hot and the paint that is making its way down the side of the jar will harden in a wavy, drippy, pattern.

Like I said before, I tried different amounts of glaze and paint. The lightest one ended up not really working.  It just looked milky.

The you bake them in the oven at 200 degree F for 30 minutes. There are more (important) detailed instructions on the back of the bottle. Just follow those and you will be good to go!

Don’t they look amazing! The color is so even and it bakes so crystal clear! I love them. They will be making an appearance in my bathroom and office

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