Into every life a little glitter must fall - isn't that the way the saying goes? Some lives like a little more glitter than others. Enter BabyShine - bless her heart, she was simply born into it, surrounded by her glitter-crazy mama and three super fun, super glittery, super wild-and-crazy older sisters. We wanted an accent wall in her bedroom, and what better than glitter to accent, well, just about anything?
After spending hours upon hours researching the most cost effective route, we were down to three options:
I searched on YouTube and found this ah.maze.ing. girl that used Mod Podge and glitter to make a sparkly lampshade. Perfection! Only on a much teenier tinier scale. We're talking an entire wall here, people.
That meant marching my butt to every craft store in town to snag up their glitter inventory. One. Bottle. At. A. Time. Hopefully, you'll have better luck getting all of your glitter in one place!
Alright, are you ready? If you're looking to glitter-ify anything bigger than a lampshade, here's what you'll need.
Have all of those things? Great. You're ready to "accent" the heck out of your wall.
Step 1: Dump the glitter into your tupperware. And the Mod Podge. Stir. It will look like this. {Think hearty oatmeal with milk stirred in. And diamonds. So think glamorous oatmeal.}
Your glitter to Mod Podge ratio? A lot of glitter to a little Mod Podge, technically speaking. Thicker is better. Think of it this way: the thicker the glitter in your coats, the less coats you will need to do all together.
Step 2: Apply. Try not to have anyone paint their sister. Or themselves. Save the glitter for the walls, peeps. {I'm still getting surprise sightings during diaper changes of chunky glitter stuck to various butt cheeks. I'm not complaining. Just warning. Because who doesn't love a shiny hiney?}
In the end, it took us about 7 coats of glitter to get the level of chunkage that I wanted. Tip? Apply it to the wall with a putty knife to begin with and chunk it on. Otherwise you'll have to do 7 coats like I did. I used the putty knife on the 7th coat. Shoulda used it on the 1st. I went for a chunky look, so the overall thickness of the Mod-glitter application was a good 1/4" thick. (Did I mention we wanted a chunky look?)
Step 3: Go get some coffee while the wall is drying. Chug it fast 'cause it doesn't take long to dry. Then repeat. Again. And again. Coffee. Mod. Coffee. Mod. When it's dry, and you've reached the glittery perfection you're looking for, it will be thick and not come off when touched. Or licked, in the case of my feral children.
Let dry. Completely. Then stand back and look at your sparkly bit of heaven on earth. Did you try it? Let me know! (And if you're starting with a lampshade before you progress to painting the entire house, that's okay too! Baby steps. You'll be doing that wall soon, don't worry.)
XOXO,
Hilary
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