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Follow this tutorial to make a vintage Mercury Glass Ornament. A beautiful keepsake ornament for your Christmas Tree that you can keep or give as a gift.
The holiday season is all about fun family traditions. Every year all of the women in my family do a handmade ornament exchange. There are 8 of us, so each year we make 8 of the same ornament and they exchange them at Thanksgiving. So everyone goes home with 8 unique handmade ornaments.
This year I turned to Consumer Crafts for help with the supplies for my ornament. Consumer Crafts is an amazing online resource for craft supplies. They easily have the lowest prices, over 1,400 craft tutorials, and awesome project ideas on their blog, Crafts Unleashed.
I wanted to give my ornaments that vintage mercury glass look, and it is actually quite simple to do.
Supplies Used to Make Mercury Glass Ornaments
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- Glass Cube Ornaments
- Krylon Looking Glass Spray Paint
- Blue Glitter Ribbon
- Spray Bottle
- Paper Towel
- Vinegar & Water
How to Make Mercury Glass Ornaments
It snowed yesterday, so my snowy back lawn is the perfect backdrop. Since I am spray painting, I took it outside. I love the look mercury glass look but not on everything I own.
In a spray bottle, mix 1 part water to 1 part vinegar. I used about ¼ cup of each. I also used a foam block and bamboo sticks to hold the ornaments for me. This way I could spray them without touching them.
Steps
- Lightly mist the glass
- Apply a light layer of Looking Glass spray paint
- Dry 1 minute
- Lightly mist the glass
- Apply a light layer of Looking Glass spray paint
- Dry 2 minutes
- Pat dry with a paper towel
- Repeat if necessary
I did two rounds of the steps. My ornaments were still partially clear, but I could definitely see the silver Looking Glass as well. You can do as many layers as you want to get the look that you like.
Here are the Mercury Glass Ornaments drying after all of their layers.
To add a little bit of color to the ornament, I tied a bow at the top of the ornament with some blue glitter ribbon.
These ornaments are super simple to make and are very elegant looking. The ribbon tied to the top could easily be switched out to match any color or theme of your Christmas Tree.
Do you have a handmade ornament that you cherish? Share and leave a comment below!
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Vineta @ The Handyman's Daughter
So simple, and yet so pretty! I love the look of mercury glass, and it looks fabulous against the dark green tree.
Katie
Thank you Vineta! They were fun to make.
Sahana
Love the look of the Mercury ornaments. You have a great collection of ornaments. Thank you for linking up with us @ #HomeMattersParty. We would love to have you again next week.
Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai
Hey, Katie! Just wanted to let you know that we loved your Mercury Glass Ornament Tutorial so much when you shared it at the #HomeMattersParty last week, we’ve FEATURED it THIS WEEK! Hope you can check it out when you get a sec! Happy Friday!!!
~Lorelai
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Audrey
Congratulations on your #HomeMattersParty feature! What a cute project.
Sharleen
Congratulations on the feature, thanks for linking up to Home Matters Party. #HomeMattersParty
Jamie
Wow, that is beautiful!! So glad I saw this at the #HomeMattersParty
Katie
Thank you Jamie. I am so glad that you like them.
Tracy Snyder
So pretty!!! I have some of that looking glass spray paint, so this is going on my to do list for the holidays.
Thanks for linking up to Welcome Home Wednesdays!