How to make glittery mason jars like this for floating candles (or whatever you fancy)
SUPPLIES:
Mason jar
Blue painters tape
E6000
Fine glitter in your color choice (mine is gold Martha Stewart glitter from the $1 section in target)
Glue wash (Elmer's glue with a little water in it)
1) taping off the mason jar
This is how I went about creating "stipes" on the mason jar with blue painters tape... I tried to create as even a ring as I could by placing a small piece of tape in between using it as a guide (see photo) I then removed the guide bits before gluing the photo is of the last guide tape I removed.
Three very even rings!!!
2) slap on the glue baby
I then squirted E6000 around each ring on the glass and spread it out generously to the tape with a black foam brush. You have to be quick. This glue dries fast. There aren't a lot of pics because of that.
3) 1st layer of glue
This is the E6000 with the first layer of glue. It was really pretty at this stage but I wanted a thick layer of glitter. You could still see some thin spots. I let it dry for about fifteen minutes then took some glue wash (seen here in the bowl and what it looks like on the magnet:)
4) 2nd layer
Ipainted on a light layer over the glitter area. And rolled it in glitter for a se
You can see the glitter is denser here. Yay!
5) let it dry
I left mine to dry over night but four hours or so should do the trick. (Sorry I did not get a pic of this step)
6) carefully remove tape
My line did come out really straight I just had to slowly remove the tape so as not to rip the edges of the glitter.
And ta-dah!!!!!
(Ps the jars behind them are actually pickle jars I made look like mercury glass)
I am really pleased with how this turned out and it looks awesome on my kitchen table!!
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