How To Make Beautiful Hand Painted Glass Bud Vases
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It's funny how things go around in fashion; I remember in the 90s when I moved into our first home, being given some hand-me-down coloured glasses by a relative. I smiled sweetly, said thank you and then put them away in the loft.
It shows how susceptible I am to the whims of fashion because now, after spotting coloured glasses in my favourite shop Anthropologie I want some.
I have no idea what happened to the coloured glasses in the loft, but I don't think they were quite right for what I wanted. I wanted some chunky crystal-cut coloured glass bud vases.
Making Beautiful Upcycled Coloured Glass Bud Vases
On a quick trip to my local junk shop, I found three cut glasses perfect for bud vases. They only cost me £1 for the 3. In fact, small-cut glasses are easy to find and pick up cheaply in charity/thrift stores.
It took me a while to work out how to
I made 3 of these glass bud vases and a tray for them out of scrap wood so they could easily be displayed together. These pretty pink bud vases would make a lovely affordable mothers day present.
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What You Need To Make Painted Glass Bud Vases
- Three small cut glasses of similar sizes- These are normally picked up very cheaply from charity/thrift stores. I paid £1 in total for my 3 glasses.
- Scrap wood for the display tray - I used to pallet wood offcuts.
- Marabu Glass Paint raspberry
- Pebeo Glass Thinner
- Foam paint brushes
- Drill with a saw cutter attachment
- Sander and wood stain
- Gorilla glue wood glue and gripper tape.
How To Make Painted Glass Bud Vases
1. Before painting the glasses make sure they are clean and dry. You can either wash them in hot soapy water or use some rubbing alcohol.2. Next, mix the paint in a plastic pot. I mixed the paint in a ratio of 1:3 glass paint to thinner.
3. Then, using a foam brush apply the paint to the glass with even strokes. Make sure you get the paint in all the crevices and bumps. I placed the glass upside down on a plastic lid and painted the base too.
If you want a darker shade, you can always add a second coat of paint after about 1 hour.
4. Finally, leave the painted glass bud vases for three days to cure. Don't worry if you don't have the time; you can speed up the curing process to 30 mins by placing the glasses in a 320f oven.
How To Make The Painted Glass Bud Vases Tray
1. Firstly, cut and sand two identical peices of wood. Make sure the wood is long and wide enough to fit all three glass bud vases.2. Next, on one piece of wood, mark each bud vase's position using a pencil.
3. Then using a drill and hole saw attachment cut 3 holes into the wood. The holes should be big enough for the bud vases to sit in.
5. Next, sand the rough edges and then stain both pieces of wood. Apply wood glue the base of the cut board and then stick both boards together. Use gripper tape to hold the wood in position as it dries.
Once the glue is dry all that is left to do is add the painted glass bud vases to the tray and flowers.
I'm pleased with this paint technique. The colour is very even, and the painted glass bud vases have turned out just how I wanted them to.
I've put fresh roses into my trio of glass bud vases. When they have died I will make some more upcycled map roses for them. Or some crepe paper flowers like the ones I made for this pineapple paper flower wall decoration.
There is another tutorial on the blog for mini Marimekko bud vases. Also, check out these wine bottle crafts many of them are bud vase ideas.
Another affordable way to make bud vases is to make paper vase Mason jar sleeves.
These glasses are upcycled and featured under G in the alphabet of upcycling resources.
If you liked this post, you might want to check out these other glass painting posts and these upcycled vase ideas.
For more recycled craft ideas visit Favcrafts.
These are gorgeous! Thanks for linking up to Best of the Weekend! You were one of my features!
Shelley
Thank you so much for the feature ?
I would never have thought of doing this! They are so pretty and a perfect accessory for Spring. Loving the pink colour choice too. xx
Thank you so much, I love the colour too it's called Raspberry.
This is amazing. I never would have guessed that you painted those glasses. I totally assumed you bought them that way. Love it! Thanks for sharing at Sweet Inspiration!
Thank you, I couldn't believe how easy they were to colour in the end. They are supposed to be dishwasher proof too but I haven't tested it yet.
Claire - I LOVE this! It's so beautiful and spring. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you, Chas. It does give my mantle a lovely spring feel.
They are so lovely. I like the maps roses too.
Thank you. Those map roses are one of my most popular crafts.
I'm in love with how they turned out Claire. That beautiful translucent look is so perfect for the cut glasses. You can see all the facets from every angle. Stunning, stunning, stunning
Thank you, Michelle. That is why I used the glass paint as I wanted the translucent look.
These are gorgeous, Claire! You have inspired me to beautify and display the assorted glass in my over-stuffed china cabinet. Love the rustic charm of the wood base you made too! Pinned 🙂
Thank you. The base makes them easy to move around.
These are STUNNING, Claire! Thank you so much for linking up and sharing with us! Absolutely lovely! xoxo
Aww, thank you so much.
Gorgeous Claire! Not much thrifting in my neck of the woods, but I'll keep this in mind as you never know as I do seem to get a bunch of odds and ends from one neighbor around spring cleaning time, and Now I'll rejoice at the chance to try this, which would be lovely for little crystal plates as well, which are every where here for about a dollar each......hmm, maybe that is how I'll make my dessert plates interesting! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Thank you. I’m very lucky in that I have a junk shop and 2 charity shops at the end of my road so plenty of thrifting to be had. In fact with Pat in the junk shop I often exchange things I don’t want for things in his store rather than spend money which works well. The plate idea sounds lovely.
Oh these turned out soooo pretty! Love the pretty color with the wood base. Those roses are gorgeous!
Thank you, yes they are lovely roses and they are lasting well which is good.
Gorgeous!!
Thank you, Wendy ?❤️
Claire... my browser doesn't seem to be showing what type of paint you used. Is it listed? I love how these look and want to try it myself! 😉
Hi Julie Thanks I don't know what happened but some of my post had disappeared! Fixed it now the paint is their it was Marabu glas paint in Raspberry
Thanks, Claire! So glad you shared on Homestyle Gathering, too! 😉
Thank you, Julie. Thanks for hosting.
I think we are on the same page this week! Your flower vases are beautiful... red was my next color to try! Love your project xo
Thank you, just popped over to your post. Love your vases.
I am swooning over the color of the glass. I shared on my twitter and pinned to my upcycle board and Funtastic Friday at Coastal Bohemian . Thx for sharing each week at Funtastic Friday
Thank you, and thank you so much for the shares.
Wow, those are so beautiful! I had no idea you could even do something like that. I love this look. Pinning for later. 🙂
#embracingchangelinky
Thank you, and it was so simple to do.