Wedding is a joyful exciting event, preparation for which requires a lot of effort. Wedding preparations include thinking of small at first glance trifles - invitation cards, pillows for rings, a box for money, wedding glasses that make the holiday truly solemn.
Wedding glasses - an important attribute of the solemn event, of which the newlyweds will drink champagne after marriage registration.
In wedding salons you can see various ready-made versions of glasses, but if you want your wedding to be original, you can show imagination and create wedding glasses yourself.
Decorating wedding glasses does not take much time, and later they will become a true family heirloom.
We offer you several workshops on the original design of wedding glasses, following which you can easily decorate the dishes for the upcoming celebration.
Decorating glasses with lace
Lace is often used to decorate wedding glasses, as it carries a feeling of lightness, grace and femininity.
To create a wedding glass you need:
- Lace, lace ribbon;
- Glue gun or transparent super glue;
Attention! Before putting any jewelry on the surface of glasses, it should be thoroughly cleaned with a napkin with alcohol.
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Take the lace of the required length, leaving a seam allowance of a few millimeters.
Glue the lace with a glue gun or super glue on the surface of the glass.
2. To decorate the legs of the glass, assemble the lace into the assembly with a needle and thread and glue with glue.
3. The presented instruction is a basis that can be varied by various decorative elements.
For example, to supplement the leg of the glass with a bow of ribbon of a small width or to glue rhinestones, beads, glitter also with the help of a glue gun.
Decoration of wedding glasses with lace flowers
Spectacles decorated with flowers from lace ribbons will look spectacular. You can create them yourself using different types of lace.
To create lace flowers and decorate their wedding glasses, you will need:
- Lace fabric with a beautiful motif or ribbon lace 3-4 cm wide;
- Satin ribbons, those shades that are similar or the same with the overall color palette of your wedding;
- Beads for decoration -3-4 pcs.
- Rhinestones
- Glue gun or super glue
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Cut the lace along the length of the glass, leaving a few millimeters to frame the edges.
2. Glue the lace just below the edge of the glass.
Attention! Try to minimally use glue to glue the lace, otherwise it will go beyond the material and ruin the look of the product.
After gluing, you need to hold the lace with your hands for a few minutes.
3. While the lace dries, you can begin to decorate the legs of the glass. To do this, take a thin satin ribbon and wrap the leg in a spiral. The ends of the ribbon can be decorated in the form of a bow or hide the ends using beads or rhinestones.
4. Getting to the most important stage - the creation of a lace flower. It is better to create a flower from ribbons of bright and contrasting colors.
To form a flower roll the ribbon at its discretion. These can be roses, forget-me-nots, etc.
They need to be glued in the place where the leg ends and the stand begins.
The use of ready-made flowers will not spoil the bridal glass at all, so before sitting down to decorating wedding accessories you need to think over the future design and prepare decorative elements.
See how beautifully the glasses decorated with ready-made flowers and bows look beautiful.
You can complete the design of glasses with rhinestones, beads, or painted elements using stained glass paint.
The painting of the wedding glass
The painting of glasses is becoming increasingly popular in preparation for the celebration. Here you can show a maximum of imagination and creativity.
The painting of glasses may contain not only abstract figures, curlicues, flowers, etc., but also the names of the newlyweds and the date of the marriage.
For painting glasses you will need:
- Cysts of different diameters, can be narrow oblong;
- Paint.
The paint can be any, but it is better to use special paints for painting on glass. Glasses painted with such colors can be washed even with the use of detergents, they keep their color longer.
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Clean the surface of glasses with a napkin with alcohol;
2. Dissolve paint according to package instructions;
3. Using brushes of different diameters, decorate the glass with patterns or inscriptions.
It would seem that everything is easy, but how to be if there are no artistic abilities. You can use ready-made stencils. You can download them on the Internet, where there are many stencils for decorating wedding glasses - flowers, pigeons, lace patterns, etc.
Newlyweds need only print the finished stencil and with the help of stained paint apply a pattern on the surface of the glass.
To simplify the application of the pattern, you can use special aerosol paints, thanks to which you do not have to bother with brushes.
Painted with stained paint glasses can be supplemented with decorative flowers, ribbons, beads or rhinestones.
Monogramming on wedding glasses
A monogram is not just the initials of the newlyweds, it is a kind of trademark, the emblem of the future family. As a monogram, you can use the first letters of the name of the bride and groom, the first letter of the future common surname, etc.
You can create a monogram yourself using special programs that, based on the letters you represent, will create several variants of unique monograms.
Apply a monogram to the glasses in several ways.
- Stained glass paint - using a special paint with a thin brush we draw a monogram on the glass;
Sequins - a monogram is created using transparent glue and sprinkled with small glitters of the desired shade;
Rhinestones - rhinestones of various sizes, shapes and shades are used.
To create a monogram of rhinestones, you must:
- Print the monogram on paper;
- Place a piece of monogram inside the glass;
- Glue rhinestones to the glass on the model
Decorating wedding glasses is a troublesome task, but worth it. Wedding glasses created by you with love and tenderness will be dear to you throughout your family life.
Bright original wedding glasses will occupy an honorable place in the treasury of family memorabilia and will be useful to you at the anniversary wedding.
