Craft Corner - Hurricane Wine Glass Vases

Huh?

Is that really a thing?

Hurricane Wine Glass Vases?

They are now!

My middle sister turned the big 3-0 this year!

So did her husband (5 days later)

So the families got together and planned

a big combo surprise party.

We wanted to keep it somewhat 

non-Christmas-y

yet sparkly

and 

guy-y.

Huh?

Their birthdays are on either side of 

Christmas

the 22nd and 27th of December.

So their birthdays always seemed to get

mixed up with Christmas.

I decided to hit her 

Pinterest board for ideas

for decorations

and 

presents!

I came up with this idea based on something

I saw on her Pinterest board

and 

the fact that she is a wine drinker too.

So again,

thanks to Pinterest

and

the Dollar Store...

success!

Forgive the chaotic pictures,

that is my life...

chaos!

I was putting these together while I was making lunch

and the kids were eating.

While I had 5 minutes of
"downtime".

I purchased 2 candle holders with circle bases. (foreground of picture)

And 2 goblet shaped vases. (behind the candle holders)

I removed the stickers

and

removed all sticker residue

with a cotton ball

and 

rubbing alcohol.

I also ran an alcohol soaked cotton ball

around the rim of the candle holders.

Then I used my new favorite SuperGlue!

Loctite!

This tube is amazing too!!

Super easy to use

and 

it doesn't come out too fast.

Amazing!

I could have used hot glue - 

but I was really concerned that it would not

adhere to glass very well

and would come apart quickly.

I was aware that superglue might

leave a milky appearance

where the glue was,

but I was willing to take that chance,

considering where it would be located

and that it would be really hard to see

when the vases were filled.

I turned the vase upside down on the table,

ran a quick and thin stream of 

superglue on the edge of the candle stick,

eyeballed the center,

and held it in place.

I let it sit for a bit,

then turned it over and it was 

DONE!

Giant wine glass hurricane vase!

I didn't do both of them at once,

because I found out that there was a 

bump on the rim of one of the candlesticks,

preventing it from fitting flush against the base

of the vase.

So a second trip to the Dollar Store was needed.

And here is the result!

We did wind up filling them with sparkly ornaments

(yes Christmas-y, but sparkly too).

These were part of my sister's gift.

I am not sure what she is currently using them for

but I think she liked how they turned out.

I did!