Beach Glass Painted Jars
by
Nicki Parrish @ Sweet Parrish Place
(IC: blogger)
I have been planning this painted jar project for some time. I have been saving jars and bottles that I like the shape of, and I bought the paint to do this months ago. Well a couple of weeks ago, I finally got around to actually painting the jars, and I don't know why I waited so long, cause they are awesome! As you can see, I decided to put them on my mantle. I love these jars on the mantle for summer.
I think my favorite thing about this paint color on the jars is the almost ethereal glow they cast. It is impossible to capture in a picture. They see to almost glow! And throughout the day they look different colors depending on the way the light is in the room.
These unpainted jars are a great example of the types of jars I used for this project. You can use any jars that you like!
The paint I used on these jars is Martha Stewart Satin Craft Paint (multi-surface) in the color beach glass. I used a small flat artist type of brush to paint these, I started by painting vertical strokes. I held the jar upside down with two-three fingers inside the jar while painting. Let the paint dry for one hour in between coats. For the next coat, I painted the jar using horizontal strokes. This gave it the prettiest cross brushed type of look.
You can kind of see the glow I am talking about in the picture above. This project cost me only the price of the paint, which is just a little over $2 per bottle. And I love the beachy vibe they are giving my mantle for summer!
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Published June 20th, 2015 6:32 AM
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