How to mod-podge on glass

for this blue and white wedding we so wanted to get antique Chinese vases for the flowers on every table.    Right not!!!   Ok  5,000$ was not quite in the budget so I  improvised.  We used half plain white vases and half blue and white.   The bride had collected a few on her travels over the years but not nearly enough, so we had to improvise on a budget. 

I knew I could get that look by modpodging paper to the vases, but as hard has I looked I could not find paper or tissue in a pattern I wanted.  Then as I was walking around Ikea I saw, from across the room, blue and white napkins!!!  They were perfect.

 The first step in this prosses was to peel the napkins apart so that I was working with one layer.
Second step was to  apply  mododge to the vase and gently laid the napkin over that. 

Third step was to add a layer of Modpodge on the top of the vase and the napkin.  I liked the translucent look (the one on the right) but didn’t quite love it sooooo……

Take two

I spray painted the vases white with Rust-oleum primer (click here to see how to spray paint glass without it cracking) and then repeated the steps above, and hello georgouse that’s what I wanted!

ours that we used and hey the $$$ vintage original below, I think we pulled it off and for just a few dollars to boot.  vase 1$ thrift store  napkins 2$ for 50 (I think) Ikea  and a bottle of Modpodge 6$ from a craft store.  We make 10 for a grand total of 17$  Think outside the box people and you will save a ton of money.  Not that we wouldn’t have used the real thing if money were no object!!