And, I found a way to successfully perform the “Sharpie Project”.
I went out and bought a plain, white, oven-safe glass tray at Walmart for under $10.
I went and bought a pack of Oil Based Sharpies from Michael’s with a 50% off coupon.
They have to be the Oil Based ones. Not regular Sharpies and not Water Based.
Then I bought Transparent Glass Paint from Martha Stewart at Michael’s as well. It was $3.
You need to buy “Crystal Clear” so it’s invisible.
I got this idea because I used this same line of paint to make my glitter champagne glasses & carafe awhile back.
Go Noles….
Take your glass item and use your Sharpie to make any sort of design you like
I chose to make a “falling glitter” pattern with the gold Sharpie….
I then placed the tray in the cold oven, closed the oven door, and turned the oven to 350 degrees. Once the preheat light turned off (signaling the oven was at 350) I baked the tray for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, turn the oven off and let your glass item cool completely before removing.
Once I took the tray out of the oven, I painted a layer of the Martha Stewart glass paint over the entire tray with a small sponge.
Once the paint was dry, I repeated the oven baking listed above.
Item in cold oven –> Warm to 350 degrees –> Bake for 30 minutes –> Turn off oven and let cool
It worked! And it lasted!!! I used the tray for Christmas Dinner and throughout the holidays.
It still looks 100% the same as the first day I made it!
Hooray! An easy version of the “Sharpie Project” that works!!!!
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How adorable! I will have to try this. One question though…it’s not food safe is it?
I have to try this. I want to be more crafty desperately haha.
That is a great project! I want to try something with a sharpie now 🙂
I always see this floating around the internet, now I know it works! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Finally a way to keep the sharpie on the glass, yay! I love how her dish turned out!
That is such a cool idea!