More Glass!



So I have a bunch of glass bottles / jars that I have saved because "I know that I can do something amazing with this"! I found Polar fruits in these cute little glass jars that look like buckets and they were $1 each.  After I used up the fruit I saved the jar.  It has been sitting on my window sill for a month now just waiting.  So finally I made something with it.  I am not sure what I am going to put in it yet.  Maybe I will give it as a gift.  But it turned out really cute.   



I used a Fiskars punch for the flower template.  I kept the etching cream on for 10 minutes (think I may try longer still) glued on the ribbon and the clip (both Target dollar bin finds).  I thought that the tag would be cute for the picture (another dollar bin find!)

 


I think I might plant some of Big B's and my wedding flowers in the jar and put a wedding picture on the clip... I may give it as a gift and make more.  I still have 2 jars left at home that need some love!

 

Glass etching in your Kitchen

So I decided to finally take my try at glass etching.  The results could have been better, but for my first project it turned out great!  I found the idea on Pinterest and followed it to this blog http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/06/glass-etching.html where I got the the step by step.  Then it hit me... I could do this with my Cricut!

This is everything that I used for this project
My Cricut
Contact Paper
Glass Etching Cream
Brush



I cut out these flowers using my Cricut from the Walk in my Garden cartridge




Our last name was done with the George and Basic Shapes cartridge




Then slather on the etching cream
The directions on the packaging said wait 60 seconds and the blog said 10 minutes
I am an over achiever so I went with the 10 minutes




Turned out really great




I did a little flower on the bottom too
Walk in my Garden cartridge




So pretty
My favorite part

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I found the glass etching cream at Michael's.  I took a little bit of calling around.  I called Lowe's and they hung up on me, I think they thought I said ITCHING cream!! I have since decided to look online for it and found it way cheaper EVERYWHERE else.

I think next time I am going to put more cream on and let it sit a little longer.  My next etching project is going to be a couple of cheap wine glasses I have sitting around and a few glass jars I have that I want to turn into mini vases!

**Remember, this is permanent!  The cream is an acid and actually corrodes the surface of the glass to give it that frosty look**