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White container with pink flowers and butterflies

Floral Candy Dish

While browsing at my local thrift shop, I found this wonderful candy dish and decided I needed to transform it from a Discard to a Designer Piece.  Flowers and butterflies would look great painted on the white background. I searched...
Intricate bottle with playful worm illustration

Cinco de Mayo Tequila Bottle

I found this great Deleon Tequila bottle with a beautiful silver filigree bottle topper and an etched “D” on one side. My vision was to etch the back side of the bottle and add a cute little Cinco de Mayo...
Football-themed display with Patriots items

Patriots Mug

  I have a friend who is a die hard New England Patriots fan and even though they did not win the Super Bowl 2026, I wanted to make something for her to honor her loyalty to her team.  I found...
Candy jar with M&M's and licorice

Halloween Candy Dish

  I bought this very large glass container at my local thrift store, filled with lots of wine corks.  I removed the corks to be used in another project and thought this container would look adorable with a Halloween design to...
Nautical-themed artwork on decorative bottle

The Black Pearl

I don’t know why, but this particular vessel that I found at my favorite thrift store reminded me of pirate ships and bottles of rum. So, I found a nice pirate ship photo and decided to paint it onto the...
Herb jars beside potted basil plant

Fresh Herbs

  I found these cute squarish glass containers with tight fitting wooden lids at a local hobby store. What a cute container to store fresh or dried herbs.  As I did last month, I was going to look for an SVG...
Colorful birthday bag and greeting card

Colorful Giraffe Vase

I found a lovely tall square shaped glass vase that needed to be Upcycled, so I decided to use my dip ‘n etch to give the surface more tooth for the paint I wanted to use.  Etchall® dip ‘n etch...
Glass jar with limes and recipe card

Key Lime Pie by Kathie Camara

 I found this glass container at a local thrift store. It was filled with small green limes, so I thought it might look good with an etched and painted citrus design. As I did last month, I was going to...
Ceramic jug with cow illustration

CUTE COW PITCHER by Kathie Camara

I found this white pitcher at a local thrift store and thought it would look good as a Cute Cow Pitcher, as cows are pretty popular right now.  I was going to look for an SVG file for my Silhouette...
Colorful paper flowers in vase

Easter Bunny Vase by Kathie Camara

I found this pretty purple vase at a local thrift store.  It was very plain, so I decided to give it an Easter design using Etchall Cream and DecoArt Glass Paint.   I also filled the vase with some origami butterflies...

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