I found a great project where you just dip wine glass stems into chalkboard paint. I really think this is my best Pinterest project yet! I set out to Target to buy my daughter some wine glasses. How cute would it be for her and her friends to be able to customize their own glass when they are enjoying some (or a lot, le sigh, she's 21!) wine? So, luckily, I already had the chalkboard paint on hand:
In case you didn't know, they make this in a bunch of different colors. It's about $15 a quart, not too bad, it goes a long way. But, since I already had the plain black on hand, and I thought it was nice, I went with it.
I read a few different tutorials and combined a bunch of them and used my own ideas as well. Some made it way too hard than it had to be, some didn't work. All I did was lay out some parchment paper and just dipped the whole stem of the glass into the paint can to avoid any brush strokes.
I let it drip for a while, then used a paint brush to wipe off the bottom a bit. I just sat it on the parchment paper. Then I realized that it was pooling and if it dried that way it would be a mess. So, I just kept moving them around every few minutes until the paint hardened enough to stop pooling.
Maybe not the most technical or scientific answer to the problem, but hey, it worked like a charm! After they dried for a few hours and I knew they wouldn't drip, I turned them upside down so the bottoms could dry also. In the morning, they were done and voila! Chalkboard glasses!
This will probably be my go-to gift this year for birthdays and celebrations. They look great and the chalk erases off easily, just like a regular chalkboard, haha! Here's a close up:
Cheers!
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