{Etched Glass Hurricanes}

Here is a t tutorial on how to make etched glass hurricanes. I love etching glass, and you will too!  It's so easy, and you can personalize so many things.  I have made monogrammed wedding presents, and have had so many ideas for other etching, but we'll start with my most recent project.  I have chosen a cute girl silhouette and a key for these small hurricanes.

PS.  My apologies about the pictures!  It's hard to take good pictures of etched glass, since it doesn't show up too much on camera, and I was using my camera phone.  (my camera is broken.)

{You will need:}

Glass hurricane any size (I got mine at Wal-mart for i think $1 a piece.  Mine are the smallest size they have.)
Contact paper or vinyl
x-acto knife
Printout of desired picture or saying (from computer or Cricut)
Armor Etch glass etching cream  (I got mine 40% off at Michael's using a coupon.)
Junky sponge brush
 gloves

This is the hurricane before the etching.  Boring.

 

Print out your favorite saying or picture that you want, roughly cut them out, and tape them onto the contact paper.  Cut out the picture very precisely using an x-acto knife.  Make sure you cut all the way through the contact paper.  Remove the printed paper off of the contact paper.

 

Remove backing off of contact paper and position onto hurricane.  Smooth on so that there are no bubbles by the inside edge, so no cream goes where it's not supposed to.  it doesn't have to be perfect on the outside edge farther away from the picture. (Much like my imperfect example below)

  

This is the part where you're supposed to use gloves.  I didn't, but I probably should have since it is acid after all.  I didn't have any.  Anyways, apply etching cream with a brush you don't care about getting ruined just on the place you want etched.  I used one of those cheapy sponge brushes.  Make sure you apply it thick and even.  I then put a plastic bag over them so the cream wouldn't dry, which would stop the etching process.  The bottle says to leave the cream on for 5 minutes, but when i used it before it wasn't nearly as etched as i wanted it to be, so i played with it a few times and 20 minutes is perfect. Wash off cream carefully, remove the contact paper, and now you have a permanent design!  It's even safe to use on drinking glasses, but that's another project!

  

If you have any questions, you can comment me and I'll answer as soon as I can!