So if you know me at all you will know that I am obsessed with going on Pinterest. I can literally spend all day on there which is kinda dangerous but it's fun to me. I have 42 boards which are basically folders full of my 'pins' of which I have gathered about 2,418 and counting.
Well recently I've been really into the idea of giving and making painted glasses. So of course I 'pinned' a ton of ideas and then walked my little self to the dollar store, picked up some wine glasses (cause they're just fun to paint) and started my adventure! I also picked up some shot glasses off Amazon for my birthday to paint as well.
I have gathered all of my ideas from Pinterest and Google and have compiled a little collection under the bed :) But I just wanted to share my creations or recreations of the things I have found. I know a lot of people who find things on Pinterest and say they will do them but never do. I am guilty of that as well so I was quite proud that I was actually able to do some of these. And so here they are...
So because my 21st birthday just passed on December 3rd, I wanted to create something that I could have forever to represent it. I found this glass and really enjoyed the look of it. I love it! So here is the picture I found ^^
And here is my attempt.... ^^ It's kinda dark and I decided not to put the lettering on it but I like how it turned out. The heart was actually put on cause I didn't plan out where the candles would be and didn't want there to just be a gap but I think it turned out well with the heart instead. I might put the year 2012 to represent my birth year of when I turned 21 but I'm not sure yet. The heart is in my favorite color :]
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Then I found this one and it was in the exact same shape as the shot glasses I had just bought so I decided I wanted to keep it as well. I thought it'd be a cute idea to make them matching.
So here is what I came up with lol I kinda like it better then the glass in a way but I'm not sure.
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I completely fell in love with this one when I saw it. I love how you can see the picture through the glass and I was determined to get this exact look. I love it! Mine is kinda different....
I LOVE how mine turned out, though it doesn't look as professional as theirs did. I put my favorite color on the back rather than just having the lemon be in a white background and I'm glad I did! This is probably my favorite shot glass I did and I cannot wait to use it!
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Now this one is the reason I wanted to paint them. When I saw it I was so excited and inspired. Although my version was not even close to this one lol I think I kinda let myself down cause once I actually painted it, I was disinterested in the whole thing. I do like it, don't get me wrong. Just not as much as the lemon one.
I mean... it's kinda cute but theirs is definitely better!
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Now this one got me excited cause I loveee rainbows. To like everyone I know I am known as like the "rainbow queen" cause of all the my colorful stuff and my obsession with them. So naturally I was excited to see this...
Theirs is more detailed which I didn't really care for. So I went simple and sweet and am quite happy how it turned out. I added the clouds at the end and enjoy it so much more now! You can still see the pattern through the back and I just love it.
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Then I saw this. Since it is December and Christmas is coming up, I looked around for something that I could have to celebrate. I will be old enough this year so I was glad when I saw this one. Not only just for like alcohol but also cause I love eggnog but I'm weird about it. I like to drink it but I can only handle so much. So I figured this shot glass would be the perfect amount when I'm craving it at night or on cold days.
It's kinda sad about mine though... I wanted to recreate the first one perfectly but I was distracted by Criminal Minds when I was painting and forgot to put the swirl things on the ends of it. And that was my favorite part of the other glass lol. So other than that, I am quite glad with my creation. It's simple and festive at the same time.
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Another festive glass I wanted to create.... I love how the lights are all tangled up and I love the colors of it. One of the best parts of Christmas, I think, is the lights. I just LOVE lit Christmas trees and just lights in general. If I could, I would put lights everywhere. I was totally one of those teenagers that wrapped the lights around my bed and everything else I could lol.
However, my cup did not turn out good at all lol. My lights don't look like lights at all and the wire isn't wrapped around the others cause I didn't know how I would do it. I added the little light marks around the bulbs and like that but other than that this is my least favorite painting. But I still enjoy the concept.
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I like the idea of the themed glasses since I am a big fan of themed drinks. I just love looking for different things you can make on the holidays. Like Christmas cookies and pink drinks for Valentine's day... SO when I found this I got excited too. I just love the little black lines around the hearts and how they look like they're just floating bubbles or something idk....
The lighting in all my pictures is terrible but you can kinda see it. I tried doing it like the cup but you know... I'm not the best painter lol. I do still love the glass and how it turned out. I cannot wait to fill it with something special this year :]
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SO after I painted them I put my pictures all up on my facebook and I've gotta say this one got the most attention. I'm a fan of zebra print things and so when I found this I thought, hey why not. So I tried it and I've gotta say, zebra print is harder than it looks to recreate. I mean, cheetah print is easy cause you can just make dots and outline them a little but zebra is more difficult lol. I think mine turned out pretty good though and so did everyone else...
This is not even the good side of the cup I just ended up taking the picture before thinking about it... but I like it. I dotted with my favorite color instead of pink and I am glad I did. I cannot wait to use this cup!
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Last but not least... HOLLYYY CRAP.... When I saw these I was like YES! These are the most amazing things ever! These remind me so much of like a girls night in or like a breakup or comfort night with the girls. I originally thought they could work as any movie night with the boyfriend but looking at them closer I realized they're a little too girlie for my boyfriend to drink out of lol.
So I made two and I am so excited to get the chance to use them. I just think they would be so perfect! Although I'm going to have to acquire a taste for wine to make them perfect lol. These are definitely my favorite glasses and I'm so glad I did them. At first I thought it'd be too hard but it was actually quite easy. They don't look perfect but they're pretty amazing lol.
I still have a whole folder full of ideas and as soon as I have spare money I will be making so many more! I think they look amazing and would make perfect gifts! I hope my creativity has inspired you too :)
If you have Pinterest too and want to see some of the things I have 'pinned'... here's my page. There are some quite amazing things on there!
http://pinterest.com/babybulls/
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