Shot Glasses

Hi everyone!

I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Today I want to show you some etched shot

glasses that I gave my future son in law for Christmas.

He has a shot glass collection and loves the

Marvel characters.

I started by asking my local Buy Nothing Group if anyone

had clear shot glasses they no longer wanted.

(I've linked to the Buy Nothing Project site so you can

learn more about this and see if there is a group in

your area)

I got response from a couple people.  I only needed one

at the time, but it turned into a bigger project.
These weren't all what I was expecting, but I think they

will work out for a later project.
I did use the green one for this gift.

I also received these 6 glasses from another member.

They were perfect for what I was planning.

Using my Silhouette Cameo I cut stencils with 

vinyl, then applied the stencils to the glasses.

This one is the Captain America logo.

On the other side of the glass,

I etched the character's name.

Once the vinyl stencil was applied

I used Armour Etch etching cream.

It's simple to use, just follow the instructions

on the jar.

Here is the Avengers Logo.

And their name.  Sorry these pictures aren't

great, it's very difficult getting photographs of

etching on glass and the size of the names 

makes it difficult, but you get the idea.

Hulk is Brad's favorite character and the

green shot glass was perfect for that character.

These 2 pictures show the HULK 

that is etched on the back of the glass.

Brad was thrilled with this little gift,

even more so because I made them for him.

I'm glad you stopped by today, I hope you are too. 

 Come again soon,

until then,

give something new a try and

check on a Buy Nothing Group

in your area.  I highly recommend 

being involved in one of these groups.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Etched Wine glasses

Hello crafty people!

For Jaryd and Sara's wedding, there were

a bunch of crafty things that I helped with.

One of those things were some glasses that were

given to people at the rehearsal.
Sara's Mom was doing the etching,

but needed the stencils cut and I could do that.

So they told me what they needed and I created

and cut them with my Silhouette from vinyl.

Most of the wedding party got 

Buffalo Bills glasses.

This is what the stencil was like.

Yvonne would put the stencil on the glass,

then use etching cream to etch the image.

Once it was etched, she could rinse off the

etching cream and remove the vinyl stencil.

Here is one of the Bills glasses done.

Sara's sister is a chef, so she received 

this one with "skull chef" and the other was

for her boyfriend  In this case they left 

some of the vinyl on as a design element.

This is the design for my husband's glass.

He is a huge Trekkie.

And mine was this Scrap Queen glass.

There were a few others, but they were all done 

the day before the rehearsal, 

so I didn't see them before and

I didn't get pictures of them.

Sorry these last 2 pictures aren't very good,

but at least you can get the idea. 

Sara sent me the pictures of the others

and I think she did a beautiful job.

Thanks for coming by and spending time

at Kristie Kreates today.

I hope you'll come again soon.
I'll be posting more wedding fun and

scrapbook pages for their book soon.

Until then,

maybe you can give etching a try.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

His and Hers

Hello!

I hope you had a lovely Christmas.

Now that Christmas has passed, I'm free to share

some gifts that I made.

Well, this one I helped make.

My daughter wanted to make a beer mug and a

wine glass for her friends with specific messages

on them.

So, of course, Mom offered to help.

We chose a font that she liked and cut vinyl stencils with

my Silhouette.  Once it was cut, we removed all the letters.

We then covered the stencil with transfer tape.

Removed the vinyl from it's backing sheet and

stuck it to the glass.

This one was a bit harder since it was on a 

wine glass that was curved.

The other one went on much easier since it

was on a mug that was straight up and down.

The transfer tape was then removed and we

had the stencils ready to go.

We used Armour Etch 

to etch the glass.

You can purchase this in most craft stores.

It really is an easy process,

just spread the cream over the stencil and let it

sit for a while.

Check the instructions for the length of time

you should leave the etching cream on the

surface.

We left ours on for 10-15 minutes.

You can see you don't have to be neat about it, just 

dab it on and leave it.

But do be careful, this is a strong chemical mixture

which can cause irritation to the skin and burning.

Be Careful!

Then just simply run it under water and clean the 

etching cream off the project.

Peel the vinyl off  and you have an etched

surface.

Here is how the beer mug turned out.

And the wine glass.

I'm sorry for the poor pictures.

It is very difficult to get a good picture

of the etching.

I'm sure her friends will like these,

especially since she took the time to make

them especially for them.

Thanks for popping in today,

I hope you'll be back soon.

I'll be showing y'all some of the other

Christmas gifts I made.

Until then,

I wish you the warm days

and happy times.