Category Archives: Tutorials

SUNPRINT PLACE CARD TUTORIAL

Our Sunprint place card tutorial was featured over at Ruffled today! If you want to incorporate a little chemistry magic into your wedding, head on over for the how to. Science = awesome sauce.

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WEDDING PLANNING RESOURCES

Being organized rocks. (And keeps your soon-to-be mother-in-law happy.) If you’re knee deep in to-do lists & vendor receipts, and looking for an escape from the wedding planning mayhem, hop on over to my resources page… I’ve been creating and uploading cheat-sheets of all kinds to help manage the chaos. Hooray for spreadsheets that work...

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DIY MARBLED VASE TUTORIAL

Happy Monday Lovelies! Today I’d like to show you one of my favorite DIY projects… Swirly, marbled mason jar flower vases! (Perfect for wedding receptions…) For this project, you’ll need: 3 or more colors of acrylic craft paint | a clean, empty glass jar | gloss or high gloss spray lacquer | drop cloth or...

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February 21, 2012 - 4:34 pm

meggan - I love this, I am going to use it everytime I have a little bit of paint left, but not enough to paint with… It works amazingly.

May 6, 2012 - 4:24 pm

kristen - will candles show through the paint?

May 6, 2012 - 8:35 pm

Jess - Hi Kristen, sometimes — it really depends on the opacity & coverage of the particular paint you’re using.

August 5, 2010 - 11:38 am

painted mason jar vases | Love and Trash, a DIY blog for people who do things differently. - [...] that you haven’t recycled yet? Need vases or a quick decor idea? Magpie Paperworks has a tutorial on how to turn plain glass into marbled lovely in just a few [...]

November 9, 2010 - 2:52 pm

Wine Bottle Centerpieces « My Wedding Planning - [...] vases that create a marbled look on the inside of the glass instead of painting the outside.   Magpie Paperworks has also listed directions on how to create this effect.  Very simple and it turned out looking [...]