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How to Tint Glass

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Hello friends! It’s time for another Thrift Store Decor post and today I’m sharing with you how to ‘tint’ glass with a beautiful vase I found at my thrift store! This DIY does not actually tint the glass – it’s a little trick to make it LOOK tinted!

And the beauty of this DIY is that you can use any color you want and it’s temporary – so you can use the vase over and over again! You can use it’s original clear glass look or change the color from time to time! This is a very flexible DIY decor project that can have many looks!

 

This is such a CLEVER trick and quick to make! See how to make this:The easiest way to tint glass any color you want! Customize the color to match your home decor or party. Great idea for gorgeous and inexpensive DIY table top centerpieces for wedding receptions, wedding showers, anniversary parties, parties at home.

Thrift stores are a fabulous place to buy vases inexpensively! I buy a lot of my vases at the thrift store – it’s nice to have a few vases on hand, in different sizes for different sized bouquets!

I also like to keep a few vases on hand for hostess gifts…if I’m giving flowers to the hostess of a party I like to put them in a vase of water before gifting.

I love to include a vase so that the hostess doesn’t have to stop her party to put the flowers in water and she gets to keep the vase as part of the gift!

How to ‘Tint’ Glass

You’ll need these supplies:

Vase – I bought mine for a mere 2.99 at the thrift store; it was covered in tape but it came off easy with soap and water!

I love the shape of this vase with it’s broad base and narrower top – it’s a perfect size and shape for hydrangea arrangements and the Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily) flowers I bought at the grocery store.

Thrift stores are a fabulous place to buy vases inexpensively! I buy a lot of my vases at the thrift store - it's nice to have a few vases on hand, in different sizes for different sized bouquets!

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Food dye

Flowers – I used yellow Alstroemeria flowers; also called Peruvian lily.

Pruning Shears 

Spoon

Water

Instructions:

Fill the vase with water.

Add one or two drops of food coloring to the water to create the color you want. I made this pretty sea glass green color by adding one drop of blue and one drop of green food dye into the vase of water. Use a spoon to mix. Then I just added more clear water from the tap until it turned this color! This is the secret trick to tint glass!

Use the pruning shears to trim the stems of the flowers.

Tip: Remove all the leaves that will be under water! The flowers will last a lot longer if you do this step.

Add the flowers to the vase and move them around until they sit the way you like! (Don’t worry – the flowers won’t turn color unless you use a LOT of food dye. I made this arrangement a week ago and it didn’t turn the flowers blue at all, they remained their original color.)

‘Tint’ a Glass vase:

This is a great idea for table centerpieces for parties and wedding receptions/showers. You can coordinate the party and wedding colors!

How to tint glass - see this quick and easy DIY tutorial on how to color glass!

Peruvian lily: Aren’t they gorgeous? They are really inexpensive and come in lots of different colors. 

Alstroemeria flowers also called Peruvian lily make beautiful flower arrangements and can be found at the grocery store - they are so inexpensive!

A gorgeous floral centerpiece using a DIY vase tinted sea-glass green is perfect for weddings, parties, showers and your dining table at home!

Such a pretty floral centerpiece!

See this inexpensive floral centerpiece using grocery store flowers and a thrift store vase! Stunning way to decorate your home and what gorgeous centerpieces this would make at weddings, showers and parties!

I hope you like my little secret on how to tint glass with a thrift store vase!

Happy Thrifting!

This is such a CLEVER trick and quick to make! See how to make this:The easiest way to tint glass any color you want! Customize the color to match your home decor or party. Great idea for gorgeous and inexpensive DIY table top centerpieces for wedding receptions, wedding showers, anniversary parties, parties at home.

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heatherHeather is a Designer, True Color Expert® and proud military wife at Setting For Four Interiors. Heather offers online Interior Design and Paint Color Services. See all of our design tips & tricks on the blog and follow us on Instagram for more design and decor inspiration!

Comments

  1. Sue says

    May 11, 2016 at 7:02 am

    What a great tip. I never would have thought of that!!!xoxo

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    • heather says

      May 11, 2016 at 7:35 am

      Thanks Sue – glad you like my tip!! Have a super week! xo Heather

      Reply
  2. Bliss says

    May 11, 2016 at 7:35 am

    I never ever thought about tinting the water in flowers. This is a perfect idea for a blue baby shower I have coming up, I can use the clear vases I have instead of thinking I need to go buy blue ones.

    Reply
    • heather says

      May 11, 2016 at 7:40 am

      Great Bliss!! That would be so gorgeous for your blue baby shower to tint your clear vases blue! I love how this DIY trick can be customized!!

      Reply
  3. kristin salazar says

    May 11, 2016 at 11:59 am

    I love this tip heather, no messy paint! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Maryann @ Domesticallly Speaking says

    May 11, 2016 at 11:32 pm

    So clever, easy & pretty – LOVE it!

    Reply
  5. Emily @ The Benson Street says

    May 16, 2016 at 12:57 pm

    This is an awesome way to get the color you want. Thanks for sharing at the Monday Funday Party!!

    Reply
  6. Crystal says

    August 27, 2016 at 3:16 am

    Brilliant, really is! It almost makes me mad at myself for not thinking of this idea lol. I’m gonna use this trick as soon as possible.

    Reply
    • heather says

      August 27, 2016 at 10:13 am

      THanks Crystal – I’m so glad you love my idea and have fun using it!! 🙂

      Reply
      • Trish says

        November 30, 2016 at 7:30 pm

        This is a great idea, already thinking of white flowers in a red tint for the holidays.

        Reply

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