The Winner is . . . Glitter!

Hello!

It's awards season and I've watched some of the Hollywood Loves Hollywood shows and I haven't even known others were being televised. There are just so many! Anyway, I decided to give my own award this year to my Favorite Newly Discovered Craft Supply of 2012.

The award goes to . . . Glitter! I was late to the glitter party but I finally had my conversion in the fall. My delight with glitter continued through Christmas and I'm excited about anything I can do with glitter from here on out.

I love the super simple shape of the bottle my favorite ice wine comes in.  Weirdo crafter that I am, the last time I emptied a bottle, I wanted to decorate it.  I didn't manage an ombre technique here because the colors are wrong, but I like it anyway.  It's like Glitter's own little award statuette thingy.

Here's what I used:

It was so simple.  Once the label was peeled off after a quick soak in warm soapy water, the bottle was cleaned and dried.  I diluted some Gloss Mod Podge--just enough to be able to easily brush it onto the glass.  Then I shook a layer of pink glitter all over the glue and that's when I started having fun!

I let it dry just long enough to mostly clean the pink glitter out of my paint brush and then I put another layer of glue on and another layer of glitter.  Still fun!

Finally, the last layer.  

But I started to worry.  I asked Leif, "Does this look tacky?"  He said, "It looks like a glitter bomb." 
Uhh . . . well, so be it.

I can't help it.  I dig it!  The light layer doesn't really look pink in this photo, but it is.

Did you have a favorite newly discovered craft supply in 2012 or already in 2013?  I'd love to know what it is!