Sunday, July 13, 2014

My! What colorful jars you have! (part 2)

As promised, here is the second post about coloring/decorating mason jars. If you missed the first post you can find it here.  I tried two more techniques 1) sea glass and 2) glitter. The sea glass one is very pretty and the glitter one is absolutely fabulous and neither require the oven or much time at all.

Sea glass technique (method 3):
What you need:
Glue
Food coloring
Paintbrush
Mason jar
Plate/cup/lid/anything to mix your glue and coloring

What you do:
In a small dish (or whatever you are using) mix about a tbsp or two of glue and about 4 drops of food coloring until you reach your desired color.
Using the paintbrush, paint the glue onto the jar covering it entirely.
Set aside and let dry about 5 mins.
You will notice as it is drying some holes in the glue will form, so after about 5 mins paint a second coat on the jar.
Set aside and let dry completely!

Glitter (method 4):
I have a love hate relationship with glitter as I'm sure most adults do.  I love the way it looks and how fun it is, but it gets EVERYWHERE and is impossible to clean. When Chris came home and saw me working with glitter all he said was "I thought we said no more glitter" haha.

What you will need:
Mod-podge
Glitter
Paintbrush
Mason jar
Piece of paper or aluminum foil

What you do:
Lay out your piece of paper or aluminum foil. That is your workspace both to minimize mess and to be able to reuse the glitter.
Paint one side of the jar with Mod-podge.
Pick up glitter and over paper or aluminum foil pour the glitter over the Mod-podge until it is entirely coated.
Set the jar aside, fold the paper so it makes a funnel (make sure to hold it evenly so no glitter escapes) and pour glitter back into the packaging.
Repeat until all sides are covered.
Make sure there aren't any holes then set aside to dry.
When it is dry (I would say leave it overnight or at least a couple of hours) tap it against your hand over a trashcan to get rid of some of the lose glitter.
Paint over the glitter with Mod-podge. This locks the glitter in place and makes it so that it doesn't shed as much.

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