Etched glass candle holders{Truly Lovely}

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My name is Kassi and I blog over at Truly Lovely!

It’s an all things lovely blog written by myself with tidbits of fun from my sister, Kayli!

I’m so excited to be back here at the CSI Project once again.

You might have seen me around here a time or two before… but if not, you can click the picture below to learn more about us and our blog!

When thinking about decorating for winter…

You know that time between Christmas and Valentine’s Day? 😉

I realized I don’t really have anything to decorate with that isn’t holiday specific.

When I think of just winter I think of cold, snow, frost, ice.

Etched glass has always looked liked frost/ice to me, so to bring a touch of that into my decor, I made some etched glass candle holders.

I used three small glass bulb shaped vases (under $1 apiece at Wal-Mart).

A sheet of vinyl for my stencil.

My trusty Silhouette SD

(You could cut out stencils with scissors or an Exacto knife if you don’t have a cutting machine)

A small bottle of EtchAll etching cream

Gloves and a make up sponge applicator

Because of the ingredients in the EtchAll, make sure you wear some kind of gloves to protect your hands. Also, carefully follow the instructions on the packaging!!!

Rinse in cold water after allowing the cream to work for at least 15 minutes.

I left mine for a good half hour just to be sure.

This was my first time etching glass… so of course, I learned a few lessons I’d like to share. 😉

Glass Etching Lessons Learned:

The etching cream really needs to be layered on there to make sure it etches the entire surface inside your stencil.
Your stencil needs to be smoothed down completely. Otherwise the cream will leak under it and you’ll get weird etched shapes…
Taking photos of etched glass is hard!!! If anyone has any tips, I’d love to hear! 🙂