American Flag Stemless Wine Glass

When having guests for dinner, the last thing you want to do after spending so much time and energy cooking is worry about making a tablescape. In fact, you can create gorgeous, colorful accessories in under fifteen minutes with items you already have on hand.

This year, breakfast in bed comes with a colorful surprise — these custom decorated plates.

An ordinary glass vase gets a pop of color with swirls of paint and this easy-to-use medium. 

Adorn a glass carafe with a fall-friendly motif — we chose an apple — then use it to serve cider all autumn long. The etched vessel also makes a pretty hostess gift for fall get-togethers.

Fear not, this festive project will help you raise a ghoulish glass to the spookiest day of the year.

And how to do so quickly!

With grapefruit, carrot, and a touch of ginger, it's the sip of sunshine you need. 

These canning jars were given a colorful, frosted makeover with specialty craft paint to look like sea glass and milk glass, respectively.

Using the glass paint's unique consistency, this whirly-twirly look is achieved by slowly rotating the glass while swirling the paint.

We traded the original inset glass top of an inexpensive side table for a creamy custom-tiled one.