Fun, cheap and adorable! How many vases can be created with one bottle of craft paint?

That's actually kind of interesting. Though I can already see that if you used pink it would really look like pepto bismol filled to the rim.

yeah, if she put water in them, it would disintegrate and shed off in sticky clumps. You can get craft-level glass paint pretty cheap though right?

did you need to clean the glass first?

Looks nice.

So, exactly how many of the same crafts are you going to post on the AT sites? This is the third time I've seen a "paint the inside of a glass container with craft paint" craft on here. It was cute the first time. Now, not so much.

This is the same exact Martha Stewart solution I've seen several times on AT. Right down to the same blue.

I mean I like cheap vases as much as anyone but I get that you can fill vases/bottles with blue paint already.

Kinda curious what silver would do, though. If I do it, will you post it as a 5th or whatever cool craft?

I've tried the Martha Stewart "paint in the glass" technique and it didn't work at all. My craft paint didn't coat the interior walls when I rolled the container around, so I had to reach in there with a brush and try to spread it. Not surprisingly, the results were streaky and after hours of work I had to toss the whole bunch. It required a ton of paint, it was messy, and it was a waste of good Mason jars.

This project is nowhere near as easy as it looks and you should only attempt it with glass items you don't mind ruining.

Why bother?

I wonder if you could use a ceramic or glass paint to create color or multi-color vases to coordinate with your room ?

I did see on the Nate Burkas show on 8-4-11 where he and a decorator used a spray can to create "mercury glass" (the real kind is very expensive they said). The actual color is silver-gray and it is reflective. It can be sprayed on a glass and framed (like a picture frame of any size--you just need the frame and the glass) to make what looks like a reflective mirror. Or get a piece of glass to fit a frame you already have or buy at a new picture frame at a frame shop. They said any hardware store will have it. It is sometimes referred to as "looking glass spray" or "mercury glass." They said a can costs around $10.00. It can be used for vases they demonstrated this (with a wider lip to spray into). They also used other glass objects like a glass bowl, etc. Anything glass... The decorator's name was Erica domesec (I didn't see the spelling, sorry), but she did write a book called, "P. S. I made this."
And yes she did say that you can use real flowers with water in the vases.

This also reminds me of something a friend made for me years ago--I still have it. It was a glass Christmas ornament (clear) she poured gold paint into it, some of the clear glass remained with some areas having more gold paint than others. She used craft paint and squirted it into the ornament. It created kind of a marbled effect. I believe she would have turned the ornament in her hand to move the paint around. I would imagine she would pour out any excess paint so it can dry. Then she put back the top of the ornament where to hook goes. She tied a gold fabric ribbon on the top. And presented it to me in a pretty box cushioned in tissue paper. She always created homemade gifts.