I am so excited about this seasons Pinterest Challenge! I look forward to the challenge every season, and this time I had something very cool in mind. I have been in love with mercury glass, and I have really been looking for something to go on my dresser. While looking around Pinterest I found this tutorial for DIY mercury glass. I really liked the look of the votives in the tutorial, but I needed something a little larger. I gathered some glass cylinders that I never use and decided to give them a makeover. 

The project was pretty simple. I used painters tape to protect the outside of the jar. Then I used a squirt bottle to spray a fine mist (this is a very important step) into the inside of the container. While the inside was covered in little beads of water I sprayed a light coat of Looking Glass Mirror-Like Paint inside. 

The paint did run a little bit on a couple of the pieces, but I still love how they turned out! I think they are the perfect addition to our dresser. 

They are way prettier than the clear glass vases that I had before...and way cheaper than the $300 mercury glass vase lamp from Anthropologie. Actually, the whole project only cost me $10 (the cost of the paint). Pinterest Challenge success? I think so! 

Summer is officially underway, and you know what that means! It means that it is time for the Pinterest Challenge! You can read more about past challenges here and here. Every season a couple of my favorite blogs host something called the Pinterest Challenge as a way to motivate people to actually make what they are pinning. I think that it is a such a great idea, and I look forward to it every season! However, last season my project never actually got finished. Don't worry, I am not going to try to sew this time. Actually, I already have an idea of what I would like to do! 

I have been looking for something decorative for our bedroom. I want something that will be beautiful and unique...and DIY of course. Lately, I have been in love with mercury glass. There are several vases at West Elm and a lamp at Anthropologie that I have pretty much been drooling over! However, a $298 lamp is not something that I can justify buying...even if it is gorgeous! Pinterest to the rescue! 

A few days ago I found a tutorial for DIY mercury glass! Just imagine my excitement! In the tutorial they made mercury glass votives, and I think they ended up looking great! Check out the pictures below! 

I have imagined something larger for our bedroom. I am going to try to replicate this with some larger vases that I already have. I will tell you all about it next Tuesday!