Tuesday, August 13, 2013

When Glass Doesn't Etch, What Do You Do? ......Put Vinyl On It!

A friend of my from work gave me this AWESOME jar.  How exciting, something else to etch!  Just in time for my August Silhouette Project (so I thought).  I prepared my jar, cut my stencil, applied the stencil, piled on the etching only to find it would not etch.  UGH!  I was disappointed and frustrated.  I couldn't figure out why it didn't work, after all, I did the same thing I did on the other glass projects.  So I tried it again, only to have the same results.  Come to find out there is something in some glass that doesn't allow it to etch.

Never fail, vinyl to the rescue!!   I just took the part of the stencil I was not using for the etched part and applied that to the jar!  It wasn't what I originally wanted to do on the jar, but it still turned out pretty good (so I thought)   My son's girlfriend thought it was pretty cute (he thought it was dumb ~ but what do guys know!)

 
She wouldn't tell me what was her favorite candy "stache", so I filled it with alittle of everything!
 
Just thought I share, hope ya like it!
 
Oh and here is a recent picture of them.....First day of his Senior Year and her Junior year! 
 
 
Aren't they cute!?! 
 
Thanks for stopping by my creative space!

7 comments:

  1. It's a genius idea!!! That's so odd it wouldn't etch, butI love the way you saved the day. That's a terrific candy jar!!!

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    1. Thanks Lisa. She really liked it! Thank goodness :)

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  2. Thanks Lisa! I had a hard time giving the chocolate away...hehe!

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  3. What a creative solution, Tanya! Way to take lemons and make lemonade. (And yes, I've heard that the more expensive glass doesn't etch...that it's best to go to the dollar store for glass to etch! But now I know if I can't etch it, I'll vinyl it up! Thanks for the inspiration, lady.

    Warmly,
    Lauren
    The Thinking Closet

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    1. Thanks Lauren. I'm going to try to do some more this weekend.

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  4. loving all the etched home decor items you are making. i just bought my first vinyl roll to try with my cricut. yeap, my first one. lol. i will come back when more time allows me.

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    1. Wow, first one, huh!? Be careful, it's addicting. Well, isn't everything silhouette addicting? lol!

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