I did another etching today. I feel this one is the best that I have done. I made my images about 2 inches and put the etching cream on a lot heavier. The results were fantastic. I was thrilled.

 Vinyl applied .

 Etching cream applied heavy.

 Etching cream removed. Vinyl is still on the vase.

 Vinyl removed.

 I then worked on the finishing touches which included Hershey Kisses, votive light and the candy bouquet at the top. I think it looks really cute.

I tried to get a better picture to show the how well the etchings came out.

My next etching project will be to see how well it does on ornaments. Not sure how well that will go  but we will see.   ; )

This is the ivy vase that I did the full vase etching on. The etching is for me needs to be a little darker.

Glass Etching Lesson

Well I attempted to etch two vases today. Once came out pretty good. The other I am not very happy with.

This project came from seeing a gift at our family Christmas party. The exchange gift was a vase with M&Ms in the bottom of a vase, Styrofoam at the top holding different Christmas candies on skewers. As I looked at this vase I began to think to my self that I could create a different kind of presentation of the same vase. I chose to do my on a smaller scale. I decided to create the same project but to etch designs on my vases and instead of M&Ms I was going to place a battery operated votive in the base of my vase.

I purchased an ivy vase, a small and medium flower vase. I decided I wanted to try 2 different types of etching. On the ivy vase I cut out hearts in vinyl and placed them all over the vase. I then applied the etching cream so that my images would not be etched but the vase would be.
On the smaller of my other 2 vases, I only etched my images. I did not use a lot of images on this one. the images that I did use were small. When I do this way again, I am going to make my images bigger.

Creating

This Christmas I created a glitter ornament for the teacher aides that work in my classroom and my ever faithful sub. Everyone loved them that I thought this may be a good idea for the craft fair. So pictured here is my ornament that I used glitter it glue. This worked much better than using ink to make the glitter stick. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the word joy. The ribbon was some that I had gotten at Walmart a while back. It has a stiffness that it keeps the bow shape very well.

I have decided to start working on different items for a craft fair and to document as much as I can on this blog.
Welcome to my journey!
Beth