Crafty bitches

[textbookcase]

I want to paint some glass ball ornaments as prizes for my Bunco group. What is the best kind of paint to use for this? Regular acrylics or is there something special I should pick up?

[Booze Raccoon]

I *think* there is special glass paint. You can check Michaels or whatever craft store you have in your area.

[shostakovich]

The sell glass paint at Joann's and Michael's. It's this stuff:

www.amazon.com/DecoArt-DASK270-Glass-Stains-Sample/dp/B003ULND78/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387132908&sr=8-3&keywords=glass+paint

I've also had some success with puffy paint (remember puffy paint??), to make thicker lines that stand out from the glass better.

Have fun!

[textbookcase]

Thanks! Yeah, I was thinking about puffy paint but worried that it might just peel off easily. Off to Michael's today, woooo.

[cinderbella]

You could do pain pens instead - easier to use if you're doing designs or any type of lettering.

[textbookcase]

Dec 15, 2013 14:14:58 GMT -5 cinderbella said:

You could do pain pens instead - easier to use if you're doing designs or any type of lettering.

Oh thanks! I am doing lettering.

[Marle]

Many other options too. If you bought the transparent ornaments you can fill them up with a variety of cute things. See Pinterest. I made these.

[WOT?*]

Dec 15, 2013 15:19:12 GMT -5 Marle said:

Many other options too. If you bought the transparent ornaments you can fill them up with a variety of cute things. See Pinterest. I made these.

Oh, those are very cute!

[mala]

Pebeo Vitrea Glass paints en.pebeo.com/Creative-leisure/Painting-on-Glass/Vitrea-160

You bake it on so it's super permanent. I love painting glass and china with this stuff. There are other brands at the craft store that you can use too. I don't remember which is cheaper.


There's also this: www.plaidonline.com/gallery-glass-window-color-2-oz/84/product.htm though I've never used it. There are a lot of different colors and effects. Available at any craft store.

[hisno1girl]

Last year we used different color paints on the inside and swirled them around to marbelize the colors.  I like the inside painting because it won't chip off.

Like this: (not my picture)




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