Teacup Makeover
Just wanted to show these off because I’m really happy with how they came out.
A few months ago my aunt was tossing a bunch of unwanted cups and such and she gifted me with a bunch of teacups, most were singletons but there was a full set of…these things.
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Which, as you can tell, were unbearably ugly.
I recently found a tutorial online that said you can draw on mugs and any kind of baked porcelain with Sharpie, re-fire them in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes, and it’ll stick.
With plenty of Sharpies and a glorious amount of spare time, I doodled on those fugly mugs and updated ‘em. I just went over the original design, what was left of it, in black and red sharpie and freehanded the rest. So now I’ve got a set of adorable, one of a kind teacups that I DON’T feel embarrassed to pull out.
Those are brilliant!! I never would have thought to use sharpie and then put them in the oven, neat!!
Oh, my gosh! that is awesome!
I have not heard of this and I certainly have some ugly cups that I could doodle on.
How fun! Thanks for sharing!
You should post an update in about 6 months after regular use to let us know how they hold up. What a clever idea!
MY first thought is to buy some plain white teacups and decorate them as favours for my wedding party. I may have a problem.
Those are brilliant!
Wow, massive response on this o_o
They’ve held up totally fine to hand washing, we don’t have a dishwasher so that’s a non-issue for me. The cups themselves aren’t supposed to be microwaved, but I’ve read that this method does hold up to that too.
The way I saw it, on several different sites, is just draw on it with sharpie, pop it in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes and you’re good. There’s supposed to be another brand of marker made specifically for that but I can’t remember what brand or type it was.
Uniquity, that’d be an awesome idea, I’m thinking of doing the same and trying to sell ’em on my etsy. Just having a surprisingly hard time finding cheap plain mugs and cups around here.
Try Dollar Tree – they usually have plain mugs. You can also order online and have them shipped to your local store http://www.dollartree.com/kitchen-tableware/drinkware/213c264/index.cat
Might have to do it online sometime then, the nearest one to me only had ones with metallic rims so they couldn’t be microwaved or anything. If it was just to keep, I wouldn’t mind but I’d like to do a bunch before I try and sell them and I figure most people would want ’em nukeable.
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