Repurposing Dollar Tree Glassware!

This week, I made a few new items for my bedroom makeover!

After a quick trick to Dollar Tree for random glassware, and a not-quite-so-quick trip to Home Depot for spray paint, I spent the next few days painting, allowing dry time, and glueing.  So here is what I made:

Hurricane Lamps

Using two glass candle sticks, 2 glass vases, white gloss spray paint, and E6000 glue, I made these awesome decorative candle holders.

1. Clean your candle sticks with window cleaner.
2. spray paint  (carefully, in big even strokes, 12 inches or so from surface of the glass)
3. wait 24 hours and re-spray candle sticks
4. clean your vases
5. using E6000 glue (which is made for affixing glass), carefully put the two pieces together
6. allow to dry for at least 24 hours

Important facts: if you rush the "drying" process for painting or gluing, you may have peeling paint or broken glassware.







Food Serving Dish or Bedroom Catch-All

Using almost the same method described above, I took two $1 white ceramic dishes and glued them to the painted candlestick to create an awesome tray.  This could be used for serving food (be carefully with food touching spray painted candlestick), though I would definitely use a top coat of paint if going to wash in dishwasher, or as a catch-all for beside the bedroom door.  Keys? Wallet? Lose change?




So, grab glassware that you never use or head to the Dollar Tree.