After have a huge test at school last night, it felt so good to walk out of that classroom, with the test under my belt, knowing that now I can completely focus on my birthday festivities!
I'm going to Charleston tomorrow with four of my best friends! Why wouldn't I be freaking out?!
As soon as I got home, the ideas started flowing! I mentioned in this post that I put a pink champagne glass in each of my birthday invites, but with a good amount left over, I knew I could have a little more fun with them! Gold glitter initials did just the trick!
Are they not fabulous?!
Interested in doing this for your birthday or themed party? Here's how!
Supplies:
Paint Brush
Clear Elmer's Glue
Glitter in the color of your choice
Champagne/wine/martini glasses
4-6 Q-Tips
First, line the hard surface that you're using with some type of cover. I used notebook paper,but newspaper works just as well! This will cut down on your clean up time at the end.
Take the champagne glasses one by one, and use a paint brush to paint on the clear glue. You don't need a lot, just enough to cover the surface.
After painting a layer of glue onto the base of the glass, shake the gold glitter onto the base. Don't worry if you miss a spot, you can always apply a little more glue and shake again!
Make sure that the entire base of the glass is covered with glitter, so that no plastic is showing. After about a minute, shake off the excess glitter, so that you can put the extra back in your shaker.
To add a little more personalization, I used a Q-tip to draw letters onto the larger part of the glass. Simply stick the Q-tip into the clear glue and then shake on the glitter to add whatever type of design you would like.
I used the first letter of the girl's names that will be celebrating with me this weekend, then on mine, I put a 23!
They turned out fabulously, and were such an easy craft! I can't wait for everyone to use them!
I also used the exact same supplies to make some glitter birthday candles!
These white candles were just over $1.00 at Target.
You can paint these with the same clear Elmer's glue used above, then just add glitter. Once one side is covered, wait a few minutes to give them time to dry, and then rotate the candles in order to get all sides.
The glitter birthday candles and champagne glasses were both a big success! I've also made my own glitter wine glasses, you can see those here!
We have had the best time partying in my office today, and I can't wait to have dinner with my family tonight!
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As always, Have a Sweet Day!