Glitter Explosion!

Hello there. Amber here. I am so excited to be writing my first post on here.

 This is something that I've been wanting to do for awhile now and I'm so glad to be apart of this. I've been planning some fun things to post on here but somehow ended up fracturing my rib. It hurts to do just about anything but now that I've rested and I've been taking my medicine like a good girl, I'm starting to feel a little bit better.

 So, Lets get started...

  I love going to Goodwill. I always find some sort of treasure there. I went there the other day and found three margarita glasses and I thought to myself, this would be super cute for Valentines day. Now, I know what you're probably thinking, Valentines Day? Didn't we just celebrate Christmas. Why, yes. Yes we did but, I love every single holiday there is and I really get into the holiday spirit (to say the least). But anyways, I thought, I'll throw some glitter on there and then use it as a little candy dish. So that's exactly what I did.

What you'll need:

Margarita glass (mine was only $0.49 each from Goodwill)
Modge Podge ( I used Gloss-Lutre/ $4.99 from Hobby Lobby)
Glitter ($2.99 from Hobby Lobby)
Paintbrush ($1.29 for a pack of 3 from Hobby Lobby)
A bowl
Foil
and something to lay on the table so you don't get glue and glitter everywhere.

[EDIT: I've been noticing that the glitter on my cup is falling off. If yours is doing the same, your going to want to buy some clear lacquer while you out buying your other supplies. It's in a spray paint can. This will help the glitter to stay on your cup.]

   To start off, make sure you wash your glass so it's nice and clean. After you wash it place it aside and take the bowl and place the foil inside of the bowl.You'll be mixing the modge podge and glitter together inside of the bowl. First add the glitter

Then add the glue.

After you add the glue, take your paintbrush and mix them together like so...

There are no measurements for the glue or glitter but after you have mixed the two together it should look like this...

Now, you are ready to apply the glitter/glue mixture to your glass. I wanted the whole cup to be glittery but if you prefer it not to be, you can use masking tape to cover up the parts you don't want to be covered in glitter. So, I started by applying the mixture at the base of the glass...

I know it looks weird, like it should be more glittery but it dries glittery. If you prefer, you can always paint the cup in sections with modge podge and add glitter as you go. I ended up applying glitter on top of the mixture.

Half way through, I flipped my cup upside down and painted the rest. I left it upside down to dry so the extra glitter I added could fall off.

Leave it to dry overnight and the next morning it should look like this...

As you can see there are a few spots that I missed and some spots that are darker than others. I touched up the parts I missed and as far as the dark spots, It's clumps of the mixture. So what I suggest is applying the mixture in coats instead of globbing it on like I did.

After my touch ups dried, I grabbed some left over Christmas candy I found laying around and put it in the cup.

Cute huh? It sure stands out. I can't wait till Valentines Day when I can fill it with those adorable conversation hearts.

I hope you enjoyed this post. I had fun making this sparkly little craft and the best part about this craft, It's super cheap.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to come back

xoxo,

Your DIY Diva ~ Amber