Creativity, and the desire to be creative, comes and goes for me. There are periods when I have more ideas than time (and money), and others when I couldn’t brainstorm a project if you bribed me with tacos. Lately I’ve been on a creative wave, so I’m riding it out as long as it lasts! (Remember this later if the blog has a dry spell!) Today’s project is another that turned out better than I’d envisioned (which is a rarity), and I’m cuckoo over this little spotted vase!
After I made these Anthro-Inspired Confetti Vases, I started looking around for more glass vessels I could paint. I dug this rectangular vase out of my cabinet, (they sell similar ones at Michaels and HomeGoods), some metallic gold craft paint, and a circle stencil dobber-thingie.
The random placement of dots are inspired by Kate Spade, which is a pattern I’ve drooled over for years. Just dip your sponge in paint, and gently press down on the glass. Be careful not to move the sponge around, or it will smear the paint. A toothpick is perfect for popping the little air bubbles. I wanted my gold dots to be very opaque, so I did several layers of paint, allowing them to dry in between.
After 24-hours, I placed the vase in a cool oven and heated it to 400-degrees, baked for 30 minutes, then let it cool completely in the oven before removing. This process hardened the paint, and brought out more of the metallic shine. I’ve also run it through the dishwasher with no problems (just like the Sharpie Mug).
It’s still chilly outside, but Spring is happening in my Living Room!
Polka-dotted glass may have just surpassed my addiction to painted plastic animals! Does your creativity come in spurts, too? Is it just me, or is spurt kind of a gross word? At least I didn’t say, ‘tender, juicy spurt.’ That’s a gross word trifecta!
Cute, Cassie 🙂 xo Kristin
Love the gold–everything deserves a little bling sometimes 🙂 Love this, and really need to try it soon!
Super crafty and adorable as always!
can i just say I love you! and love that you always find a way to add gold to something!! I can alway rely on you for more gold (ahem Liberace) inspiration. Were we separated at birth? now Im off to dot my vases!
Yes — it's actually getting a little embarrassing around here with all the gold. Who am I kidding?!? I love it!
So cute! And the tulips are so pretty in the new vase!
I really love this! It's so classy & fun all at the same time. I think I might have a go at making one myself (with one of the many thrifted vases I have). I'll post it on my blog & let you know if I do. Thanks for the inspiration!
Go for it! I'd love to see them!
xo. C
So cute! I need to do this with all our boring vases!
Beautiful! I love those flowers, and gold polka dots are the way to my heart! 😉
So so adorable!! I have a bunch of generic vases and they could use a little makeover like this!
How do you know if your vase is safe for the oven?
I would think most all glass would be okay for the oven. The key is to not pre-heat…you want the glass to heat slowly, and cool slowly…hence why you put it in the oven before it heats, and leave it there until it cools.
Hope this helps!
xo. C
Keep riding that creative wave! Don't Polka dots just make everything cuter!?!?
Gorgeous!! Okay, so I'm definitely stealing some of your ideas. 🙂
Super cute and Super easy! Perfect!!!!!
Aww so cute. I always wanted one of those gold dotted Kate Spade rose bowls and this a good match.
Super cute!
so cute! totally have a vase just waiting for some gold paint!
I am totally doing this!! I actually bought those round paint sponges a while back for another project and I never ended up using them. Now I have the perfect excuse!
So adorable! I also created the same polka dots for a girls night..except we made pink and gold polka dot mugs! Love the vase…so chic. http://www.eatsleepdecorate.blogspot.com/2013/02/diy-polka-dot-coffee-mugs.html
Those are too, too cute, Amy!!! Love the gold and pink!
xo. C
That's totally cute! I saw tons of glass vases at IKEA yesterday but they were just a little too plain. I'm going to grab them up and polka dot the heck out of 'em!!
What a great idea to dress up an ordinary vase. And, I too love the Kate Spade print.
Polka dots ~ glam and whimsical at the same time ~ perfect!
I am completely obsessed now! Thanks! haha
I have already made two gold ones and one minty green one that I'm going to use for Easter. These are so fun and easy! Thanks for the inspiration!!
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Love it!!
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Pretty much adorableness!!!
LOVE this!! So adorable and so simple..my favorite kind of project! I'm whipping out my gold paint as I type. Thanks for sharing. New follower!
Sondra
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Oh I love this so much! I hadn't thought of doing it on clear glass, but will definitely try it, as well as get a circle stamper thingie. I made a jewelry tray with gold polka dots too because I'm obsessed – ha! It makes me smile everytime I see it though. 🙂 http://www.lifesweetlifeblog.com/2013/02/diy-gold-polka-dot-jewelry-tray.html
I love this DIY. This would be a great way for me to personalize vases that I put my sugar flowers in.
Very cute and simple! Would be great for a party dessert table, as well!
Love this! I am so loving polka dot and gold right now, so this is right up my alley! Pinning! Would love it if you would link this up to Give Me The Goods Monday: 1 Party, 5 Blogs! http://www.rainonatinroof.com/2013/05/give-me-goods-link-party-7.html
Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof
This looks great! It still amazes me at how much water tulips drink. I find I'm refilling the vase almost daily.
Lura
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So cute! I love it:)
So beautiful! I love it! It just screams Spring!
I am still drooling over this gorgeous vase! Just wanted to say thanks for sharing at Give Me The Goods Monday! Can't wait to see what goods you bring next week! Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof
i love this!! Pinning for insertion.
Thanks for linking up at the Style Soiree! This vase project was part of the inspiration for the link up party- it is just darling!
You did a great job. Cracked me up what you referred to the stencil dauber thingy. Every body seems to have their own names for some of the tools so we need to be more specific huh? Luckily I've got a few of those, have had for long time. I'm noticing lately they're back in use again.
Your vase looks so classy and awesome, really love it. Now I have to go make one, luckily I have the glass vase like that I got from a thrift store long time ago, have the dauber thingy and gold paint. Set to go. Glad I found this KS blog thingy. Happy days Hmmm, wondering how it would look with silver or pewter paint.
Yeah I tend to go in spurts of creativity. I'm on so many blogs and see so many ideas I get overloaded and have to take a breath or two. Love your blog.
Cassie, I just LOOOOOVED this so much I made my own! I used a round vase and I'm pretty pleased with the result – you can see it here if you want! : )
-Mel the Crafty Scientist