Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

She's So Crafty DIY Wine Glass Project

This past week I was on a Stay-cation and did many silly things to keep me occupied.  One awesome project was hand painting wine glasses.  The glasses were $1.00 each as the Dollar store and the Paint I picked up at Michael's with a gift card I had.


You need to look for the wine glass on the label - see above.  These bottles cost about $1.50 to $2.00 each.

Use a surface you don't mind getting paint on ~ I used a Pizza box ( I seem to have alot of those in my house..don't judge).

Paint as desired and wait for the color's to dry before moving on to a new color on the glass unless you want to encourage "bleeding" from color to color.  


Once you have painted your glasses put them on a shallow cookie sheet and place in a Cold Oven, set the temp for 350 degrees and timer for 30 minutes.  The color will lighten a bit.





Once the 30 minutes are up, take them out of the oven and let them cool completely before handling.  You can add additional color and "re-cook" for layers but try to keep the paint thinner so it doesn't just chunk off.

I love my new glasses and have been using them for everything under the sun like Juice for breakfast, soda and water etc.  Do you have any crafts that you would like to share? please comment or link below.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Margarita Monday: doctoring up a pre-made drink

I may be the only person out there that likes a pre-made mixed drink every once and a while, but I doubt it!  The only problem is that sometimes, I want something a bit more special and the pre-made leaves me wanting. 


I've come up with my own method to upgrade a mixed drink from ok flavor, to WOW that's what I am looking for.  I purchase from my local grocery store these pre-made Margarita drinks that can be thrown into the freezer and come out "slushy".  To the store bought mix I add frozen blue berries and pineapple (fresh is best but canned in juice works well too). I put the whole mix into the freezer and keep an eye on it so it does not get too frozen.  Once frosty I poor into a glass and garnish with a slice of pineapple ~ That's a fiesta my friend! Enjoy