All that Glitters!

Even though after our latest project we had glitter on our rug, couch, dining table, hair, clothes - it was totally worth it. Who doesn’t love glitter? Throw it in the air, bottle it up or glam up old recyclable glass – glitter just makes everything better. With the help of some modge podge and a lot of glitter, we went on an adventure glamming every corner of our house with some good ol’ glitter.

Materials and tools

• Anything you want to glitter (old wine bottles, glass candle holders or even broken champagne glasses!)
• Modge Podge
• Paintbrush
• Sponge
• Gold Spray paint
• Sealer spray paint
• Small container
• Exacto knife

Process

Step 1:

We first cleaned the surface of the wine bottle. To remove the label, we ran the bottle through hot water and scrubbed off as much of the label as we could. Then using some cotton and nail polish remover, we rubbed the excess glue and any remains of the label off. After we had a clean surface to work with, we took two approaches with the bottle. Because we didn’t like the green tint of the wine bottle, we spray painted the entire bottle with gold spray. With the clear bottles, we just let them be.

Step 3:

We then carefully taped around the bottle approximately ¼ up the bottle. We then mixed about a tablespoon of modge podge with some glitter into our container. The reason for this is to ensure that there are no gaps when we stick the actual glitter on.

Step 4:

Get glammin’! Using our brush, we evenly painted the entire area we wanted to glitter. (tip: make sure there aren’t any clumps on glue and it is evenly spread across the surface). We then slowly dropped the glitter over the entire surface we added glue on.

Step 5:

Modge podge dries almost instantly, but we gave this around 15 minutes before we removed the tape off. However, we first used an exacto knife to carefully cut below the tape just to make sure that the glitter didn’t peel off with the tape.

Step 6:

After everything dryed, we sprayed the entire bottle with the sealer to make sure that the glitter didn’t fall off. And voila!

It also works for hiding cracks on old champagne bottles! We wanted an ombre effect on the glass, so we used a sponge and dipped this into the glue and dabbed it.

We went on doing this with an old candle holder as well! We just put the old candle in the fridge for 12 hours, after which the remains of the candle easily came off. We then scrape off the wick and washed it to ensure we had a smooth and clean surface to work with. But instead of the outside, we evenly glued the inside of the candle and added glitter to the bottle slowly rolling it in an outward motion.