Hand Painted Trays, Doggy Dining Table, Wood Hearts, Painted Apron, Recycled "Whatever" Sign, Hand Painted Wine Glasses and Faux Mercury Glass Projects

I've had quite a few random projects in the blog post queue to share 

and decided to combine them in one post. Be prepared for lots of pics!

Giant Painted Veggies

First up are these giant hand painted veggie chargers.

They are huge, about 18" diameter. 

I found the metal plates at a thrift store and repainted them.

I chose 3 of my fave fruits and veggies for the designs...

Pomegranates...

Pears...

and artichokes. Yum!

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Next, I had an order for a custom doggy dining table. 

This is the customers sweet little dog and the doggy table that she

wanted duplicated, or something similar, in the background.

Leopard print...

And burnished metal look feet.

I used to make these doggy dining tables a lot in the past

but this was back in the day before digital cameras.

This pic shows a few of them.

At Christmas, a customer contacted me needing a couple of 

hand painted wooden hearts for a collage she was working

on for a gift.

She had seen my hand painted Valentine Hearts I had made but

needed a 4" size in specific colors.

They are painted on the sides in stripes...

One is leopard with Pink Crown...

And the other, a pink and cream check.

Next up, is a hand painted apron.

I've done a lot of projects with painted fabric.

I needed a gift for my Mom and created this hand painted apron 

for her. She loves flowers and yellow is a favorite color.

I used a plain canvas apron and painted free form flowers

with metallic gold vines and leaves and deep red checks on the edges.

It turned out pretty cute and she loved it :)

Whatever! 

A funky little sign painted on a recycled drawer front...

Hand painted lettering...

Repurposed piece from a wooden chair at the top...

Wire, glass, beads and little Peking opera mask faces...

Recycling at its finest.

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I wrote a post on how to create your own painted wine glasses 

but if you aren't up for that, visit my Etsy store

to purchase a set of Peacock Wine Glasses.

Sold out and I'm no longer creating the glasses. Thank you!

Gorgeous greens, teals, blues and touches of metallic gold. 

They look beautiful from every angle.

Even water tastes better from a pretty glass!

Last project.

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have already seen this pic.

I had a set of glass jars and decided to try the 

faux mercury glass technique that you've all seen on Pinterest

I already had the Krylon looking glass paint on hand. You also need 

a spray bottle of water and it's always a good idea to use a respirator 

when spray painting. 

It literally took like 10 minutes. I lightly misted the inside of 

the glass pieces with water then immediately sprayed the 

looking glass paint. I did a couple of coats on all. Done.

They have that nice mottled mercury glass look 

I like how they turned out!

Thanks for taking the time to check out all these random projects.

Visit my new online shop featuring my coastal style mosaics. 

You can also find me on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest

I still have a few items and clearance paintings in my Etsy shop 

as well.

DIY Hand Painted Wine Glasses with Peacock Feather Design, Tutorial Painted Wine Glasses

I recently painted a set of peacock feather wine glasses

I used to paint on glass a lot, making decorative glass bottles, 

drinking glasses or decorative painting on vintage windows

 and it's a lot of fun and easy to do.

I found these great 20oz Libbey wine glasses at my local Dollar store.

I have a bunch of different colors and brands of glass paints on hand. 

They all require baking in the oven after curing to make them more durable.

I used both the Folk Art Enamels and the Deco Art Enamels on this project

depending on the color I needed. 

You can combine different brands of bake-able paints, just

read the directions and if they have two different oven temps listed,

use the lower of the two and it should be fine.

When painting on a glass remember your first coat is the one you are going to see

on the inside, so you want it to look pleasing from that angle.

This shows the start of the feather and I used metallic gold for the first coat.

This shows the outside of the glass after applying several coats...

Any metallic gold glass paint will be too sheer with just one coat.

I used a base of the metallic gold, so it will be pretty from the inside,

let dry, then topped it with a yellowish tan coat (or any yellow color similar to the metallic gold)

 and let dry then end with a final coat of the metallic gold. 

This will give you the opaque metallic gold base for the feather.

I painted a turquoise round spot on top of  the metallic gold base, followed by

 bright blue with a hint of dark purple. Give each coat a chance to dry

before adding the next layer. They dry pretty quickly especially when

working on more than one glass.

When painting circles or rounded shapes, a Filbert or Oval Wash Brush 

like the one in this photo, makes it super simple.

I knew I wanted my design to sort of wrap around the glass, so

I started with the feather stem and swirled it around to the other side.

I love peacock feathers and use the design in lots of projects...

Like these painted wood Valentine heart ornaments...

Hand painted Christmas ornaments

Peacock Feather Dragonfly...

And even peacock feather butterfly... 

I definitely love peacock feathers!

I started adding the rest of the feather using a long liner brush.

This type of  brush makes it easy to apply long, sweeping strokes.

The back...

It doesn't have to be perfect, no one will be examining every stroke...

if they are, serve them another glass of wine. 😜

I continued layering different colors of green, one was a pearlescent green

but you can use whatever greens you like. You could also make the feathers

blue, purple, gold or whatever look you are going for.

 For the final touch, I added strokes of metallic gold.

When adding layers using glass paint, you have to make sure what you 

are painting over is dry or it will lift the paint up...don't want that.

Back...

Inside view.

After curing for 24 hours, bake according to your 

paint directions for added durability.

Update December 2016

Sold out and I'm no longer creating the wine glasses. Thank you!

Paint your own or visit my Etsy store, I usually have sets of four listed there. 

This set had beautiful green stems. You could also paint 

this design on the stemless wine glasses.

Thanks for stopping by and reading about my wine glasses!

Update June 2017

Visit my new online store featuring my mosaic art.!

I still have some items and clearance items in my Etsy shop

You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Pinterest too.