Painted Wine Glasses

More in Emily's adventures in craftiness. 

I took a wine glass painting class. 

I found out about this class through a booth at a festival at Bowie Town Center, and it sounded like an awesome deal - for $25 (pre-registration fee) you get two wine glasses to paint, one glass of wine/cocktail drink, and appetizers to share. And as I've mentioned before, I am always on the lookout for new artsy/crafty ideas. 

I get the creative drive from my dad. He's a painter (watercolors, acrylics, mixed media...) and when I was a kid I would take drawing and painting classes with him. Eventually my perfectionism and comparison kicked in and I didn't consider myself to be much of "an artist," but I still always had that creative drive. Now I'm drawn more to design and crafts then drawing or painting, and Pinterest, love it or hate it, helps me get ideas, even if those ideas often go unpursued...

So yeah, back to the wine glass painting class. It was run by Wonderfully Made 4 You, who do these classes once a week at T.G.I.Fridays locations throughout PG County, MD. It was pretty low-key and straightforward; basically you use acrylic paint and then just paint anything that strikes your fancy, although they had examples available. 

My first one I copied from one of the samples but used my own colors. The sample said "Grandma's Sippy Cup," (I've also seen "Mommy's Sippy Cup") but since I'm not a grandmother or mother, I thought of personalizing it with my name but just went with "sippy cup." ;) 

It actually doesn't look as polished as I had hoped...there's that damn perfectionism again...but it was fun to make. 

The second one I like better. The flower stencils (just paint and peal off!) really allowed me to get more detail in, and I like the grass effect I got by using a broad foam brush on the base and bottom of the glass. 

Fun stuff. In addition to the Fridays' events, they do private parties and events for children (pottery painting), so it's a cool activity for individuals, friends, families, anyone needing to scratch that crafty itch.