Hand Painted Wine Glasses as an Income Stream

Many times I had thought it would be nice to get somebody some hand painted wine glasses as a gift. I actually acted on the impulse eventually and started to earn small amounts of money from handmade gifts by painting wine glasses for friends and family and then moving onto small gift shops and businesses. It isn’t a life changing amount but it helps.

Basically the story is as follows. A friend had a wedding coming up and I was really hard up at the time, struggling to make ends meet. I am a great wine lover and had plenty of wine glasses at home some of which were still in the box not having being used. Put this together with some art materials and an idea emerged. I couldn’t afford to pay for something lavish and the wedding was  going to be rather posh so I thought that using my creativity might be better. It was that afternoon that I started painting wine glasses. Many glasses were thrown out in the first few attempts because they just didn’t look right. Painting on a curved surface isn’t that easy for the beginner. Nevertheless I eventually got a design I liked and was able to approve it to myself in a “his and hers” design that looked quite chic. I got a presentation box and ribbons that was lying around too in the storeroom and used a shredder to make paper spaghetti to lay the glasses in. By the end I was quite proud of my presentation. Well, it turns out they loved them and they are still on display at their house and used regularly whenever there is an event to celebrate. Others at the wedding liked the gift too and I got a few small commissions to start with, I thought mainly out of pity but it wasn’t. People offered decent amounts of money as each design was unique. Soon I had discovered the power of stencils and my own designs which I can mix and match for creating different looks for each commission. If you fancy turning your hand to making some Hand Painted Wine Glasses keep following the blog to get more tips and how to’s.  We will also be covering how to paint other items decoratively, which is where I have branched out to aswell. You may be able to make yourself a little sum each time too to keep the wolf from the door. If all you want to know is where to buy them then don’t worry because we will also have this information on the site

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