Watercolor Glass ~ Pinterest Challenge

Welcome to the June Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by My Pinterventures. The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all the participants of this hop {and y’all too} to not just pin, but to make it happen! Look below for a list of past Pinterest Challenges.

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Past Challenges

• January ~> Making Decorative Paper Clips
• February ~> Recycled Paper Basket
• March ~> Recycled Drawer Paint Storage
• April ~> DIY Rope Basket
• May ~> Crocheting Over Fat Yarn
• June ~> DIY Spinning Yarn Butler

So this month, I chose to try out using nail polish to make watercolor glass. I have several pins showing how to to this, but the tutorial from House of Hipsters seemed the easiest to follow. She used plain white mugs in her post however, I’m using glass containers of different sorts. I’ve always wanted to try this & it looks super simple!

The Supplies

I have so many bottles of finger nail polish, but I rarely paint my nails. When I do, it’s usually only the toenails. DIY projects are rough on manicures! I chose various blues & purples & one sparkly black for this project.

I wanted to try this technique out on some jars I had on hand. The large one is a recycled pasta jar, then there’s a flip top Dollar Tree jar, & a box of mini mason jars.

The only other things you’ll need are water & something to hold the water. Make sure it’s something it’s okay to mess up!

The original post said to drop the polish in the water from the jar, not the brush. I didn’t really follow that rule! It also said you could use a skewer to blend it, but that didn’t work for me…

Although this looks like a melted unicorn horn, it’s just all the polish I just put in the water! I’m thinking this happened because I was doing this under a ceiling fan running full blast. The polish just dried too fast to stir it. So yeah, don’t do that! ; )

The Finished Products

Once I realized I didn’t need to stir, everything else was pretty easy.

It does take more of a swooping action to keep the polish from wrinkling. You can see that a little bit in this photo…

I just used the black sparkly polish on this jar. You can see the sparkles, but it doesn’t really show up in the picture.

This is one of my favorites…

I realized after you drop the first few drops, it spreads way out. Then you can put more drops on top of it & it doesn’t spread out much at all.

This gives it more of a splattered look than a watercolor look.

Another favorite…

This last one is not that great. I tried to wipe it off because it wrinkled up & that did not work! I used it to catch leftovers in the water after that.

All in all, this was a fun, quick project! I keep these jars to fill with small gifts & now they have a little more pizzazz. : )

Don’t forget to check out what everyone else made for their Pinterest Challenge this month!

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Now let’s see what other things Pinterest inspired! Head over and visit the other hosts to see what they crafted, cooked, built, or tried!

Erlene – My Pinterventures • Jenny – Cookies Coffee and Crafts
Debbee – Debbee’s Buzz • Laurie – My Husband Has Too Many Hobbies
Bri – Halfpint Design • Julie – Sum of their Stories
T’onna – Sew Crafty Crochet • Sam – Raggedy Bits
Beverly – Across the Boulevard • Debra – Shoppe No. 5
Roseann – This Autoimmune Life • Terri – Our Good Life
Chelc – Inside The Fox Den • Cherryl – Farm Girl Reformed
Leslie – Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After • Katrin – Kreativ K
Kelley – Simply Inspired Meals • Joanne – Our Unschooling Journey
Toni – Small Home Soul • Gail – Purple Hues and Me
Rebecca – Hello Central Avenue • Marie – DIY Adulation
Kristie – Teadoddles • Marie – The Inspiration Vault
Lydia – Lydia’s Flexitarian Kitchen • Maria – Simple Nature Decor
Michelle – Our Crafty Mom • Emily – Domestic Deadline
Alexandra – Eye Love Knots