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DIY Gold Dipped Mason Jars

Mason jars are so versatile when it comes to crafting, you really can’t go wrong. This is especially true with these beautiful gold dipped jars. We are so pleased with how they turned out that we want to share just how easy the process is!

DIY Gold Dipped Mason Jars | Vicky Barone

Supplies: Mason Jars, metallic spray paint, blue painter’s tape, and a plastic bag

Directions:
1. First make sure the jars are clean, dry, and dust-free.
2. Tape off a line around the jar with painter’s tape. Seal the tape with your fingernail or a credit card to press out any air bubbles.
3. Rip a small piece of a plastic bag and use it to cover the rest of the exposed jar so no rogue paint gets to it. Tape it in place with another piece of painter’s tape.
4. Following the instructions on the paint can, spray paint the jar.
5. Let dry completely before removing the tape.

DIY Gold Dipped Mason Jars | Vicky Barone

These painted jars would make beautiful centerpieces at a wedding, don’t you think? For now, they are perfect for holding fresh blooms on our office desks 🙂

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DIY Holidays

Metallic Easter Eggs

One more Easter egg post for you all! We just adored these pretty pastel pink and gold eggs so much that we grabbed our materials and made our own brighter versions with gold AND silver!

Metallic Easter Eggs | Vicky BaroneMaterials: Hard-boiled eggs, an egg dye kit, tape, and metallic paint pens in gold and silver.

We chose to use paint pens to create the illusion of dipping the eggs in paint because they dried quicker and gave us more control over the design.

Directions:
1. Dye eggs according to the directions on the egg dye kit. Let dry completely.
2. Tape off lines where you would like the “dip” line to reach on the egg.
3. Using the tape line as a guide, draw a line with the paint pen and then fill in the rest of the egg (since the eggs are porous and the paint pens are runny, its hard to get tape to seal a perfect paint line on the egg that the paint pen won’t run under. We suggest you use the tape solely as a rough guide).
4. Let eggs rest upside down until the paint dries completely.

We hope you have fun making these fancy eggs! Does dipping them in paint work better for you? We’d love to see!