DIY wedding glasses: master class of modern formal decoration

What materials are traditionally used to decorate a wedding bottle?

It is advisable to decorate both bottles using the same technique so that the paired combination can be seen.
For example, if it's just white spray painting, you can buy one larger bottle and decorate it with a homemade hat and a bow tie for the neck. Then a smaller bottle may have a white veil or skirt with 2-3 rows of flounces.

They can be gathered with elastic or sewn from a beautiful and light white fabric, gathered with a drawstring:

tulle;
atlas;
silk;
organza;
tulle;
veil;
guipure;
lace;
embossed ribbon.

More attention is paid to the design of the “female” bottle; the “male” half of the table decoration looks more restrained. Modest decor can be sophisticated if you think through every detail.

You can spy on other people's ideas or make something from scrap materials that no one has ever had before, when you have such a desire.

Advice. The design of wedding glasses and bottles should not be taken lightly. These attributes will be in full view, so there is another opportunity to surprise your guests.

If the wedding is non-alcoholic, you can arrange any fizzy drink in a beautiful bottle. Some people want to decorate a bottle of cognac or other strong drink. The basis of the decoration is the same - wedding theme:

he and she;
rings;
hearts;
color;
elements of the bride's outfit.

You can use beads and stones with a flat base (for gluing), sparkles and beads, small artificial flowers and fragments of jewelry.

If you are ready to do the work yourself, do not put this part of the wedding props on the back burner. It may take longer than expected. To choose something creative and unconventional when you don’t have your own ideas, look at the topic of decorating wedding bottles with your own hands, master classes and step-by-step explanations.

Of course, such a wedding attribute can be bought ready-made or offered to a craftsman to make it to order.

This won’t surprise anyone today, but where is the guarantee that your guests didn’t celebrate another wedding at a table with exactly the same decor? It can get awkward when asked, whose champagne is it? Therefore, it is better to choose something original so that no one around you has this.

An order for a craftsman will cost 2-3 times more, but it’s not even a matter of saving, although everything can be done from scrap materials. No one can put as much warmth into decorating your wedding as the bride and groom themselves or their loved ones.

Important! You can vary the color of the decor of wedding bottles with your own hands, but it should not bring disharmony to the overall design of the festive feast. If this is a wedding in lilac, gold or turquoise tones, then it is better to complement a white bottle of champagne with decor in the agreed upon range.

The original decoration can be made in duplicate and sold to guests at an impromptu auction. Or offer a souvenir as a prize in the most beautiful or original competitions.

A few ideas on how to decorate wedding glasses

“It’s better to practice decorating wedding bottles and wine glasses on ordinary glasses and empty containers”

Let's start with the classics of the wedding genre - gilding. There are two ways to decorate wine glasses in this way.

Option 1

This is where the leg will be decorated. Need to stock up:

1. masking tape;

2. old newspapers;

3. with a can of spray paint of the desired color.

Necessary materials for decoration

You need to start working by preparing the wine glass. It is thoroughly washed and dried. In order not to stain the top of the glass, I wrap it in newspaper approximately to the middle of the height of the stem and secure the wrapper with tape.

Secure the newspaper with tape

For greater reliability, the paper can be fixed at the top. This way you will be sure that it will not turn around at the most inopportune moment. Next, paint is used in decorating wedding glasses with your own hands. The table is covered with old newspapers, on which a wine glass prepared for decoration is placed upside down.

Painting the bottom of the glass

The open part of the leg must be evenly sprayed with paint. In order for the coating layer to lay down perfectly, it is better not to spray the composition from too close a distance. Work by stepping back a couple of steps from the item you are decorating.

The finished result

Option 2

In this case, the upper part will be partially covered with gold. Painting tape will help you decorate wedding glasses beautifully with your own hands. It can be wrapped figuratively, in a spiral, or in some other way around the bowl.

Wrapping the top of the glass with tape

Hide the leg, almost up to the stand, under a piece of cellophane. Further everything according to the scheme. Paint is applied to the exposed parts. The glasses are left in this form until it dries completely. Now you can remove the protection and tape. The glasses for the wedding celebration are ready.

Decor of the top of the glass

A wide variety of materials can be used to decorate glasses for a wedding:

feathers;
rhinestones;
beads;
beads;
ribbons;
textile;
paints;
flowers;
clay.

If you don’t have handmade skills, you shouldn’t immediately take on finishing work. It’s better to practice decorating wedding bottles and wine glasses with your own hands on ordinary glasses and empty containers.

Working with fabrics

Most often, needlewomen tend to use lace and this is quite justified. Its luxurious weave is gorgeous to begin with. All that remains to be done is to correctly place the fabric on the wine glass. Decorating wedding glasses with your own hands begins with degreasing their surface. To do this, use alcohol and a napkin.

Romantic decoration of glasses with lace

Measure the required length of the lace ribbon and make a blank, not forgetting to add an allowance of 5-7 mm to the seams. We fix the strip on the bowl of the wine glass using a glue gun. This must be done carefully so that there are no glue drips. From another piece of lace we will assemble a skirt. When decorating glasses for a wedding, it is attached to the stem. The finishing touch will be a satin ribbon bow imitating a belt.

Original glass with lace skirt

You can complement the lace composition with a scattering of sparkles and beads. The same algorithm is used to decorate with other types of fabrics: guipure, tulle, satin.

Working with ribbons

Decorating wedding glasses with your own hands using ribbons is a springboard for unleashing your imagination. Both a modest bow and luxurious drapery can become a stylish decoration.

Trimming wedding glasses with ribbons

Usually, satin or silk ribbons are beautifully woven around the stems of wine glasses, but you can complicate your task and make flowers from ribbons. To make, for example, a rosebud, which, by the way, is also suitable for decorating wedding bottles with your own hands, you will need a large ribbon. It is folded in half, bending along the wrong side, and the joined edges are swept away. To form a bud, you need to pull the thread. You can put together a whole bouquet of these roses.

Making a rose from ribbon

It is permissible to make the buds multi-colored. The compositions are fixed to the bowl of a wine glass. Decorating glasses for a wedding with ribbons is traditionally completed by decorating the latter with rhinestones and beads. They are used to embroider flower petals and make their cores. Thin, green ribbons or twisted thread can act as stems. To imitate drops of dew on flower petals, when decorating wedding glasses, they are decorated with small rhinestones.

Roses made from ribbons for decorating glasses

The most effective bows are made from satin, gauze or silk ribbons.

Decor with rhinestones

Bright and shiny, with their sparkle and tints they create a unique play of light. The most effective decorations for DIY wedding glasses are the so-called stars. You can make some pretty fancy patterns out of them. In general, it is recommended to use medium-sized pebbles of the same size and the same color spectrum. How to decorate wedding glasses with them? Yes, as your imagination dictates! If you want, post the symbol of celebration - wedding rings. You can make star scatterings and monograms.

Rhinestones create a unique play of light

Those more experienced in needlework can work with different fractions and colored rhinestones. They will help you lay out entire stories and fantastic allegories.

Working with beads

A universal decor used not only in decorating wine glasses, but also in decorating wedding bottles with your own hands. Typically, beads are used in symbiosis with beads. The elements are fixed to the glass surface with glue. The product must be degreased before decorating. After applying a layer of glue to the area chosen for decoration, carefully place large beads in the design. Fill the remaining voids with multi-colored beads and leave the glass to dry.

Decoration of glasses with beads of different sizes

Engraving

Decorating wedding glasses in this way can only be done by specialists. The only thing in which you can take the initiative is composing the text of the inscription or creating a sketch of the drawing. You can place an invented family logo, words of declaration of love, or portraits of the newlyweds on the glasses. The engraving design should be complemented with a delicate colored ribbon curling around the leg.

Example of engraving on wedding glasses

Do you want to do something similar to engraving in the design of wedding glasses with your own hands? Try making your desired lettering on glass using a stencil, clear glue and powder glitter. Draw and cut out letters or phrases on paper. Attach the workpiece to the bowl. Apply glue to your work surfaces and immediately sprinkle them liberally with glitter. Remove excess by shaking the glass slightly and leave the decor to dry. The paper is removed after the adhesive base has completely dried.

Fresh flowers to decorate glasses for a wedding

A unique, but, unfortunately, short-lived spectacle. All the charm of the decor will fade on the second day, but they will still complete the mission, and with what success!

Fresh flowers in the decoration of glasses

Fragrant romance is present in the decoration of the dresses of the young guests, so why not draw it as a red line in the table decoration? What else, if not a rose, a symbol of love, could become the material for decorating wine glasses for newlyweds. If you decide to start decorating wedding glasses with your own hands, then be prepared to sit through the work the evening before the celebration.

Step-by-step master class

In addition to the wine glasses, you will need:

gel “super moment”;
rose buds;
beads;
scissors;
brush.

Decorating wedding glasses with your own hands traditionally begins with degreasing the glass. It is wiped with alcohol, and in the absence of the product - with acetone, the remains of which are washed off with running water. The surface of the glass is polished to a shine. We set the product prepared for work aside and begin disassembling it into flower petals.

We cut the bud from the stem and carefully, so as not to damage the delicate petals, disassemble it in parts. It is advisable to immediately sort the petals by size. This will make it easier to decorate glasses for the wedding in the future.

The petals are fixed to the bowl of the glass

The moment of truth is coming. We grease the pink petals with glue and fix them to the bowl of the glass. The decor is done from top to bottom. The smallest petals will be used first. They should be glued completely, over the entire surface. Don’t forget to leave 2 cm from the top border of the bowl. This is important when decorating wedding glasses, because these are not souvenirs that will simply be placed on a shelf; you will need to drink from them somehow.

Attaching the petals to the glass knife

Having made the core, we move on to creating the next tier. Let's use slightly larger petals than we have already used. We will glue them only when the core is dry. We will place the second petal ring not end-to-end with the first, but retreating 0.7-1 cm down.

The petals will block the gap and the bare glass will not be visible.

We continue to work according to the already familiar algorithm, but now we coat only the base of the petal with glue.

Further on increasing. The largest pink petals should appear at the base of the bowl of wedding glasses decorated with your own hands. From the outside, the finished product should look like a wine glass planted in the middle of a flower. The base is ready.

Now we need to solve the issue with the leg. The easiest way is to decorate it with a satin ribbon in green shades, but if the desire to create has not yet disappeared, then decorate it with beads and seed beads. It will turn out very impressive.

DIY wedding glasses with rose petals

Feather decor of wine glasses

The technique is also universal, suitable for decorating wedding bottles with your own hands.

You should not cover the entire glass with feathers. It will look ridiculous. It is quite enough to make a feather edge at the base of the bowl, and then complement the decor with beads, ribbons, sparkles, and painting. The last option should be highlighted in a separate column, since it is very good in itself.

Wedding glasses with feather decor

How to decorate wedding glasses with painting

You can decorate wine glasses with paints in a variety of ways. If drawing is not your thing, that's okay. Stencils will help you make thematic drawings. They are fixed to the prepared glass surface with tape and the voids are painted with acrylic paints. Allow the latter to dry and remove the sticker.

Painting glasses using a stencil

When designing wedding glasses in this way, it is important that the picture does not “float”, so it needs to be hidden under a protective layer of varnish. The painting can be supplemented at your discretion with sparkles, scatterings of beads, sequins, and ribbons.

DIY wedding glass painting

Decoupage technique

“This decorative technique is often used when decorating wedding bottles with your own hands.”

A very unusual way to decorate glasses for a wedding. You need to prepare:

rice paper (white);
decoupage napkin with a themed pattern;
pearl paint;
glue;
Polish for hair;
two-centimeter wide masking tape;
regular varnish.

We prepare the surface for decoration. Use masking tape to protect the edge of the bowl. We wrap the remaining part with rice paper so that it fits closely to the edge of the tape. The side ends of the paper are fixed with an overlap, with a wrap of no more than 0.5 cm. The excess wrapper is torn off.

Initial stages of decoupage of glasses

The next stage of decorating wedding glasses with your own hands is fixing the paper to the surface of the glass. This is done as follows. The bowl is moistened with water and wrapped in paper. The paper will get wet and cover the glass evenly. All that remains is to fix it in this position by covering it with decoupage glue. It is applied with a flat brush. The base for decor is ready, and it is sent to dry.

This will be followed by colorful decoration of wedding glasses. We select the necessary fragments of the drawings and lay them out on a file or cling film. We treat the pictures with hairspray several times. This will promote better adhesion of the parts to the surface. Place the pictures one by one on the bowl of the wine glass and coat the top with glue.

Spray the pictures with hairspray several times

At this stage of decorating wedding glasses with your own hands, you need to be especially careful. The pictures should not wrinkle or deform, so the glue should be applied from the center to the periphery and very short strokes should be made with a brush.

After all the elements are laid out and the glue has dried, the bowl of the wine glass is coated with glassy varnish and dried again. The glass is ready to use.

Final coating of glasses with varnish

This decorative technique is often used to decorate wedding bottles with your own hands. Decoupage will make it possible to indicate the purpose of each of them. Don't understand what we're talking about? Whether wedding guests will drink from decorated bottles or not is a rhetorical question, but two beautifully decorated bottles must be on the newlyweds’ table. They will not be uncorked. This champagne has a different mission. The first bottle will be unsealed to celebrate the first wedding anniversary, and the second will wait until the birth of the first child. The theme of decorating wedding bottles with your own hands is intuitive. The one that is destined to be drunk on the occasion of a new addition to the family can be decorated, for example, with angels; the second one, it makes sense to veil it under fabric. Choose a small floral pattern to look like printed chintz.

Decoupage bottles for a wedding

Polymer clay in the decoration of glasses

Looking for a way to decorate your wedding glasses? Take a closer look at the stucco decor. This is quite an impressive design. You will have to work with polymer clay. Do about the same as with plasticine. Blanks of flowers, leaves, wedding symbols, doves, and cupids are made from clay. While the product is at the modeling stage, it can be tried on at the place of future fastening and the shape can be adjusted. As soon as the blanks for decorating the wedding glasses are ready, they are sent to bake in the oven. Smaller parts need to be baked separately from massive ones. How long to keep the clay in the oven can be found in the instructions for the material.

Decorating wedding glasses using polymer clay modeling

The base of baked decorative elements should be leveled. This can be done with a wide file, usually used for manicure. For greater beauty, the components are opened with varnish.

The decoration on glasses for a wedding should be fixed using an adhesive base. Additionally, you can decorate the composition with rhinestones, make flower cores from beads, and paint the missing stems with acrylic paint.

Types of decor for wedding bottles

Designing and decorating champagne bottles for a wedding can be done using several methods.

Types of decor:

ribbons;
photos;
polymer clay;
fabric trim;
engraving;
decoupage;
paints;
rhinestones.

Before carrying out it is necessary to prepare all the tools, as well as the bottle itself. The surface must be cleaned of labels and thoroughly degreased. This will help achieve high quality results.

Note. When decorating, it is recommended to adhere to the general style of the hall in which the celebration is taking place.

How to choose a decor style?

Champagne is the most traditional drink for wedding celebrations; any festive table is abundant with it. Many wedding competitions and games also use bottles of this drink. This is a good reason to make champagne a small highlight of the holiday.

You can turn bottles into real exclusives by showing a little imagination and ingenuity. You can do the decoration yourself, which will save money.

There are a lot of design options for champagne bottles. The most common option is to decorate the sparkling wine in the “bride + groom” style. Such a “couple” is usually placed on the newlyweds’ table. The classic color scheme in this case is black and white.

But if the celebration involves the use of some bright color (this is fashionable now), then the bottles can also have colorful elements.

It is popular to celebrate weddings using bright colors in addition to classic colors (white, ivory, champagne, milk). It can be turquoise, blue, orange, purple and even red.

The holiday will clearly become bright and unforgettable, but then it’s worth thinking about color accents in everything. Including in the decoration of wedding attributes.

There are a lot of design options - decoration with three-dimensional elements, fabrics and lace, pearls, scrapbooking, modeling. The drink looks good in bottles hand-painted with acrylic paints.

The most important thing is not to overdo it and create such decor that the bottle of champagne does not stand out from the overall style of the holiday.

Two beautifully decorated bottles are usually made and it is not customary to open them during the celebration. They remain for the couple for the future: one for their wedding anniversary, the second for the birth of their first child. Here is another reason to make a bottle of champagne beautiful and unusual.

The main rules of decoration are compliance with the given level of solemnity, combination with the furnishings, dishes, and outfits of the newlyweds

. For example, gold and silver engraved bottles would be completely out of place at a boho or Provence style wedding. But delicate floral motifs and lace are an excellent decorative option for a classic wedding with aristocratic notes.

If the wedding takes place under the auspices of a specific theme, for example, maritime, then the decor may include appropriate details. Bottles of champagne can be painted to resemble a sailor’s vest or decorated with anchors and chains, painted with sea waves, etc.

An autumn wedding in the Russian style presupposes the presence of autumn fruits and vegetables in the paraphernalia and the use of a red-red color scheme. Here bottles can be decorated with stylized painting, autumn apples or leaves.

The main thing in decorating is to show your imagination.

You can find many master classes on the Internet, which detail the sequence of actions and the necessary materials for the work. It’s these little things that make up the overall atmosphere of the holiday, so pay due attention to decorating not only the newlyweds, the cortege and the banquet hall, but also small accessories.

How to choose the right option

The most difficult thing for the bride and groom is to decide what decoration to choose for the wine glasses. First of all, you need to select them to match the theme and color scheme of the celebration. For example, at a wedding in pink and white, wine glasses decorated in a rustic style will look defiant and inappropriate. Wedding decor with lace or fresh flowers is more suitable here.

When thinking about how to decorate glasses, you should sensibly assess your strengths. No need to take on an overly complex design. It is also necessary to calculate the time so as not to decorate the crystal at the last moment. This can lead to the fact that the work will turn out to be of poor quality - the paint will not have time to dry and will get your hands dirty, the beads or ribbon will fall off due to the fact that the glue has not dried properly.

The shape of the glasses should be comfortable. You should not choose items that are too tall or fragile, as this will lead to the newlyweds worrying about breaking them throughout the entire evening.

On thematic resources you can choose dozens of design options for glasses. The simplest solution is to repeat one of them, or get inspired and come up with something of your own. The main thing is to decorate the crystal according to your own taste, and not guided by fashion, because the wine glasses will be stored in the house for many years, so they should please the eyes of the owners.

DIY wedding bottles with ribbons

So there are at least two bottles of champagne. Making it exclusive is not at all difficult, the main thing is to prepare well.

To begin with, get rid of unnecessary labels, only carefully so as not to scratch the glass. Then you can start decorating. One of the most popular methods for decorating champagne is using satin ribbons. This method is simple and affordable, but the result is a bottle that looks gorgeous.

Ribbons are needed to wrap vessels with sparkling wine, and also as an additional decoration. The satin ribbon should be the optimal size and color.

ADVICE. It is better to process the edges of the tape (carefully burn it) so that it does not diverge.

Decorating champagne with satin ribbons master class

The method is simple and universal; satin ribbons can be selected to suit your taste.

Materials:

tape – 2.5-3.5 m;
gold brocade ribbon – 1.5 m;
instant glue;
champagne with gold foil;
scissors.

How to decorate a bottle with ribbons master class

1. Let's get started! First you need to measure out enough tape for the first layer.

2. Cut the tape and use glue to mark the points.

3. Wrap a satin ribbon around the vessel, pulling it tightly. Do the same with the other cut, which will be larger as the bottle expands. Make the third and fourth layers in the same way.

4. Now it's the turn of the brocade ribbon. Two layers are enough.

5. Glue the gold ribbon to the bottom of the bottle so that the seam is at the back. And also cut 7-8 ribbons of the same length of the chosen color, glue them in the same way so that the seam is at the back.

6. You can remove a sloppy seam using another tape.

7. Cover empty spaces with gold tape.

8. Carefully trim off any protruding corners.

9. For additional decor, you can use beads, lace, bows - whatever you like, the main thing is not to overdo it.

10. DIY wedding champagne is ready!

DIY decor master class

If you decide to create a unique design yourself, then first you need to prepare the surface of the bottle.

The easiest way to remove the label is to place the bottle in a basin or large pan filled with warm water, add dishwashing detergent and leave for half an hour. After soaking, removing the paper and glue will not be difficult.

Advice! Be careful with the water temperature, too low will not bring much effect, and too high can spoil the taste of the drink. The best option is a little warmer than room temperature.

Next, be sure to degrease the surface. Any alcohol-containing solution or even regular acetone will be suitable for this. Both alcohol and acetone can only be applied to a completely dry bottle.

Now all that remains is to choose the design for your champagne. There are many options - delicate lace, beads, polymer clay figures, fresh flowers. Below are two of the easiest master classes that allow you to create small masterpieces with your own hands.

Satin ribbons

A shiny, flowing material, beautiful both on canvas and as details , is perfect for decorating wedding bottles. Such decor does not have to be pure white. You can easily add soft pink, blue or lilac, and if the wedding theme allows, then a rich, bright palette.

You will need:

satin ribbon (or several if you want a combination);
glue gun (if you don’t have it, a regular Moment will do);
scissors;
various decor - beads, rhinestones, lace, brocade ribbon.

Decoration steps:

Measure and cut the required length of tape. Apply a small amount of glue. You need to start gluing the bottle from the neck, slowly going down. The right end of the tape will cover the left;
Cut off the next piece - it will be a little larger as the bottle expands. Lubricate with glue and secure, also leaving the right end on top;
Apply two to five more layers , depending on the width of your tape. When the bottle becomes smooth, the top is ready, and you can move on to decorating the bottom part;
Cover the bottom with even stripes , leaving a seam on the back of the champagne;
Mask the joint with another tape glued vertically;
The champagne is ready , now all that remains is to add details for beauty and disguise the inevitable irregularities. Bows look good both from the same satin ribbon and from a contrasting fabric of a different texture - brocade or lace.

To make the design more solemn, add several strips of brocade ribbon. Usually in the center - the fifth and sixth layers of the top decoration, and at the very bottom.

Velvet suits

The velvet design looks luxurious and aristocratic. The material has excellent stretch, which makes it easy to sew the necessary champagne clothes of almost any style from it. The colors can be any, but the classic combination is a white bottle for the bride and a black bottle for the groom. You will need:

stretch velvet in the required colors;
threads matching the shade;
paper, graph paper is best;
well-sharpened scissors - cutting velvet is not so easy;
pencil or narrow piece of soap;
if desired, additional decor, for example, lace, rhinestones, beads.

Idea! If you have chosen a themed, non-classical wedding, then it is wise to reflect this in the champagne decor. However, in any case, the bottles of the bride and groom should be at least slightly different from each other so that you do not confuse them.

Decoration steps:

First you need to find a pattern that suits you and transfer it to paper;
We transfer the pattern to the velvet from the wrong side. You can draw either with a pencil, it will still not be visible, or with a piece of soap - its traces will disappear even faster;
Cut out the resulting blank. Remember that velvet is an extremely capricious material, so it is necessary to cut it in a slightly stretched state and very carefully;
We sew the details and get “suits” for champagne . We put them on bottles;
Now you can start decorating. The groom's champagne is usually decorated with a miniature tie or bow tie; an equally charming option is rhinestones in the form of buttons on a suit. You can also use regular buttons. Another interesting idea is a miniature hat or top hat. For the drink, brides often make a tiny veil from a piece of lace or organza; they also add flowers, ribbons, and any other feminine elements.

Decorating wedding bottles with velvet

You can decorate champagne for the newlyweds' festive table using velvet. This luxurious and elegant material looks great.

Even an ordinary container is transformed thanks to the velvet decor.

Decorating champagne for a wedding with your own hands is very easy to do. You only need stretch velvet, thread, paper and a pencil, as well as two bottles and decor.

ADVICE. It is better to lightly burn the pieces of fabric needed for processing along the entire perimeter.

How to decorate champagne for a wedding with engraving

Perhaps not everyone can do this work with their own hands. Engraving on glass requires a special machine, so in this case a professional will do everything in the best possible way. The main thing is to decide on the pattern, image, inscription and the master will create an exclusive, impeccable decor.

Engraving is an original design for wedding glasses and bottles; you can add decorations with flowers, ribbons, beads and bows with your own hands.

Preparing materials and tools

To decorate wedding glasses you will have to prepare certain tools and materials. Their selection largely depends on the chosen design idea.

Don't be afraid. Decorating wedding glasses is interesting and exciting. There are many ways that are available to people who have nothing to do with creativity.

When choosing a technique, you should not grab the most complex and painstaking one, especially if you have not heard of it before. First you need to watch the master classes and study the necessary information. It is important to make sure that all accessories are available for the novice craftsman. It is recommended to ensure that the wine glasses fit into the overall design of the room and suit the style of the newlyweds. Some decorate exclusively the glasses of the bride and groom, while others decorate them for all guests. This is a matter of taste, desire, time and material capabilities.

Standard materials and tools that may be required include:

acrylic or stained glass paints;
glitter in jars or any sparkles;
ribbons;
lace;
original ribbons;
various beads, seed beads, rhinestones;
dried flowers or artificial flowers;
glue gun;
PVA glue.

First, you need to decide what material the glasses will be decorated with.

Decorating glasses is a very interesting and fascinating process.

You can decorate glasses beautifully without special knowledge in this matter.

Decoration techniques

You can find out in more detail what is required for creative work by studying the features of the technology you are interested in. Many of them are shown in the table.

Name	Description	Tools
painting	One of the most affordable ways to decorate. Its difficulties come down only to the drawing skills of the master. You can depict floral and plant ornaments, wedding-themed images (rings, doves, silhouettes of newlyweds), and inscriptions on the surface.	Acrylic paints (they are considered the most durable and do not wear off), any glitter, permanent markers for drawing on glass.
Stained glass	Stained glass paints will allow you to create unique glasses. The glass can be easily painted in different colors, and thematic elements can be painted on top. If necessary, you can use special stencils.	Stained glass paints, acrylic for painting, brushes, stencils.
Sequin decoration	It will be much easier to decorate the wine glasses with crumbly glitter. They are sold both in cosmetic stores and in stationery stores. To decorate glasses, just coat the desired areas with glue and cover them with glitter. Once dry, excess can be shaken off.	Glue stick, glitter, brushes.
Ribbons	Such works look expensive and original. The most affordable option may be to tie a bow at the base. You can also make roses and flowers from ribbons, which are securely attached to a glue gun. The decor can be supplemented with beads, rhinestones, and lace.	Ribbons, scissors, glue gun, additional decor if necessary.
Lace	This option will add tenderness and romance to your inventory. You can actually make original skirts for the stems of a glass from lace ribbons. Wine glasses in lace mesh will look stylish. The process is quite simple. To begin with, the material of the required size is cut with a margin of a couple of centimeters. The lace is coated with PVA glue and attached to the glass. After a few minutes, excess glue is removed with warm water. Additional decorations can be attached using a glue gun.	Lace, PVA glue, scissors, warm water, glue gun, additional decor.
Braid	Glasses decorated with gold or silver ribbon look minimalistic and stylish. You can simply carefully wrap the glass in a spiral. The wine glasses will look very elegant. Or a shiny lace can be wrapped tightly around the leg.	Glue, tape.
Beads	All small accessories such as beads, beads, and rhinestones are actively used to decorate glasses for a celebration. With their help it is possible to create any ornament. The drawing can only be limited by the imagination of the master. It is recommended to use silicone glue or a glue gun for fastening.	Beads or any small fittings, silicone or glue gun.
Flower petals	Natural flower petals, of course, will not work, as they are very short-lived. But artificial ones are a great option. It is enough to glue the petals in the desired composition onto the degreased surface of the glass in any convenient way. They can be glued in several layers. Using a transparent outline, you can then apply a pattern that imitates dew.	Petals, glue, additional decor, silicone or transparent outline.
Natural flowers	Wine glasses with natural colors will look fresh and original. It is better if they are combined with the bride's bouquet. But it is worth noting that the work will be long and painstaking. In addition, you will have to decorate the dishes immediately before the wedding celebration.	Fresh flowers, cotton wool, water, floral tape, plant glue.

Whatever technique is chosen, the activity will require accuracy in all details. It is required to approach the choice of materials and especially glue very responsibly. It must be of high quality and invisible on the product.

There are several techniques for decorating glasses

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Decorating bottles for a wedding with your own hands: champagne for the bride and groom

The bride and groom at a wedding can be not only at the table, but also on the table. Of course, we mean decorated champagne. You can make a bottle bride and groom with your own hands using bias tape or ribbon.

For two bottles you will need the following materials and tools:

10 m of white bias tape;
8 m of blue or black bias tape;
4 m of bias cream binding;
10 cm white lace;
3 m of wide lace, bow or piece of tulle;
glue in a pencil (super glue moment);
scissors;
decorative ornaments;
cardboard for hats.

Below is a step-by-step process for making wedding bottles.

Bottle for a wedding - Bride: step-by-step master class with photos

Just like a real bride, the bottle of champagne in this outfit should be the center of attention, and this requires perfect execution of the job.
Initially, use a marker to draw a straight line in the front center, along which you will need to glue the edges of the tapes. Try on the lace at the neck, cut off the required piece. Spread the bottle with glue and glue the lace. Coating the glass of the bottle, glue the bias tape, cutting off its long part after gluing.

Continue oblique gluing until the middle of the bottle. From the middle, the bias tape is glued in a circle to the very bottom of the bottle.

Take a wide bow near the subway, use an iron ruler and a hot soldering iron (a knitting needle heated over a fire) to solder the edges of the bow. It should look like this.

Fold it in half and sew with a cast-on stitch. Put the resulting skirt on the bottle, tighten the thread to its size. Remove part of the skirt and follow the same example to make two more skirts.

Determine the place where the skirt will be attached. From its upper part you need to mark a place for two petticoats, coat these places with glue and glue two blanks.

Sew golden bias tape to the overskirt. Glue it onto the bride bottle.

Fold a piece of a wide bow in half. Using a mug and a hot soldering iron, make a circle (the edges will stick together under the influence of the heat). As shown in the photo, cut out the darts so that the brim of the hat can be glued on.

Make a ring out of cardboard to fit the diameter of the bottle neck. Cut out a circle with teeth for the top of the cap.
Bend the teeth, glue the top part of the cap and brim. Glue a white ribbon in a circle on the outside and tie an organza ribbon.

Glue beads to the bride’s “neck” and put on a hat. The bottle-bride is ready for the celebration.

Where does the tradition of decorating glasses for a wedding come from?

Since ancient times, people have believed that wedding glasses unite the hearts of newlyweds. The clinking of glass, in turn, scares away evil spirits, evil spirits, and envious people from lovers, so immediately after marriage you should break the dishes - for good luck.

Nowadays, many lovers want to leave not only photos as a memory of this happiest day, but also cute wedding attributes that can become a family heirloom. Often this role is taken on by the glasses that were on the table of the bride and groom. This explains the need to purchase two pairs of wine glasses for a wedding. The first - the simplest and cheapest - are broken at the exit from the registry office, the second - accompany the couple all evening and remain in the family as a beautiful souvenir. These products should be decorated.

It has long been believed that the second pair of wine glasses is a symbol of the unity of spouses. The material personification of an oath given before God. Utensils must be strong. According to tradition, husband and wife should use them on every wedding anniversary. Breaking such a glass is considered a bad omen. Decorated wine glasses should be protected with special tenderness. According to legends, damage to glass will inevitably lead to a quarrel in the family. There is also a belief that no one except them should touch the dishes of the newlyweds. Therefore, the newlyweds’ wine glasses need to be decorated so that during the feast one of the guests does not mistakenly drink from the bride or groom’s cup.

According to long-standing traditions, the bride should decorate wedding glasses with her own hands, this will help protect the newly-made family from adversity.

Bottle for a wedding - Groom: step-by-step instructions for working with photos

The bride is ready, now let's get down to creating the groom. The work is carried out identically to the execution of the bride bottle.

First, fold the white ribbon in half and try it on the neck of the bottle.

Apply glue to one half of the folded tape and glue it to the neck of the bottle so that the upper part can bend.

Raise the top of the collar of the first tape, glue another 2-3 rows to the bias underneath it.

Measure out the main color of tape to attach to the bottle. Raise the collar and tie a ribbon tie for the groom.

Lower the collar and continue gluing the blue ribbons (on top of the tie) onto the bottle.
When the narrowed part of the neck ends, cover the bottle in a circle with ribbons to the very bottom.

Glue buttons to the groom's jacket. Decorate the “chest” with a boutonniere.

Prepare such parts for making a top hat for the groom.

Glue a cylinder out of cardboard. Cover it with ribbons and decorate it to match the jacket.

Place the top hat on the bottle and the groom is ready.

Do-it-yourself champagne bottles for a wedding using decoupage technique: instructions with photos

Decoupage is a decoration technique based on transferring an image onto a specific object.

To make a wedding bottle using this technique, you will need to spend a decent amount of time, but the end result will certainly please both the newlyweds and their guests. To complete the decor you need to prepare:

napkins with the image or decoupage cards that you want to apply to the bottle;
primer for glass of the desired shade;
sponge;
acetone;
fine abrasive sandpaper;
brush;
tweezers or clothespin;
glue;
acrylic paints;
clear nail polish.

Initially, clean the bottle from stickers, dry it and spray it with acetone. Apply glass primer to the bottle. If you don't have one, it doesn't matter. Mix acrylic paint of the desired shade with PVA glue in equal proportions. Cover the bottle with the mixture.

Gently secure a piece of sponge in tweezers or a clothespin and apply the composition using patting movements.

The primer must properly matte the green color of the bottle, otherwise the end result may be spoiled by the green color showing through.

After the primer has completely dried, you need to go over the bottle with sandpaper. The surface of the primed glass must be smooth. Place napkins on the cork and prime it so that the top does not differ from the rest of the composition.

Separate the lower layers of the napkin, leaving only the top one with the pattern. Cut out the selected picture, stepping back from the beginning of the image by 2-3 cm. Use your fingers to carefully tear off the remaining strip so that the edge of the decor is not more than 0.5 cm from the starting line of the image.

The torn structure of the edge will help smooth out the sharp transition of the decor to the background of the painted bottle.

Place a napkin on the surface of the bottle. Use a brush dipped in glue to cover the entire pattern.
You need to start from the center, smoothing out all the bubbles and irregularities towards the edges. Wait for the picture to dry.
If the base of the napkin was not white, then using acrylic paints you need to select the appropriate shade and paint the white spaces between the pictures with a brush. After complete drying, the entire bottle must be coated with clear varnish.

When it dries, if desired, you can glue sparkles to the picture, decorate the composition with sequins or beads.

DIY champagne bottle painting for a wedding: painted bottles

You can beautifully decorate bottles of champagne for a wedding using your talents. We offer several options for painting bottles at home.

Painting with decor.

Glue pieces of paper tape in the shape of the chosen decor onto the prepared bottle. Paint the bottle with spray paint. To ensure an even color, the bottle is painted 3 times. Before applying the next layer, you need to wait until the previous one has completely dried.

Remove the tape from the dried bottle. Decorate the pattern with flowers, butterflies, beads, etc.

Paint with acrylic paints and tie a ribbon.

Spot painting. You can beautifully paint a bottle of champagne for a wedding using a glass outline.

You can apply the design to the glass itself, or by pre-matting the bottle in the desired color.

Decoration using photographs of young people

Festive bottles of alcoholic drinks, decorated with photographs of young people, look quite original. Photos can even be placed on labels, the main thing is to use your imagination in time and not be limited to standard ideas.

In addition, sometimes images are placed on glass using a special decoupage technique.

You can create such an original decoration yourself. If you don’t have enough time for this, contact a printing company, where they will print a label or a separate photograph on thin paper.

Decorating wedding champagne with ribbons as a gift

If you decide to give the newlyweds an original gift or give a creative addition to the main present, consider the option of wedding champagne. Moreover, you can decorate it beautifully with your own hands using ordinary ribbons.

A standard technique for decorating bottles with ribbons is to attach bias tape at different angles.

Depending on the idea, the beka can be glued from the very neck, in the center, using plain or multi-colored ribbons.

Do not cut the entire ribbon at once. It is better to measure the tape as you work, since due to the bends of the bottle the strips will have different lengths.

The bottom edge of the top ribbon is hidden under the next layer. At certain stages, you can move on to transverse wrapping of the bottle.

Open joints of ribbons are hidden under decorative elements, lace, and flowers. Bottles decorated with multi-colored ribbons and topped with feathers, rhinestones, and jewelry look original.

A master class with step-by-step photos will help you understand the technique of gluing ribbons onto wedding champagne.

Engraving on bottles

For true lovers of luxury, an excellent option for bottle design is glass engraving. But here you cannot do without the help of a professional. Only a master will be able to apply any pattern you choose, regardless of complexity. Even simple and small patterns will look great on dark green glass.

With this decor you will add luxury and aristocracy to the bottle.

The choice of bottle decoration depends on the personal wishes of the newlyweds. Some people choose patterns in the form of angels, curls, rings, doves, etc. Any version of the design looks great, and you can choose engraving in silver or gold.

But modern experts can offer you images in other shades, even transparent ones.

Decoration of wedding glasses with lace flowers

Glasses decorated with flowers made from lace ribbons will look impressive. You can create them yourself using various types of lace.

To create lace flowers and decorate wedding glasses with them you will need:

Lace fabric with a beautiful motif or ribbon lace 3-4 cm wide;
Satin ribbons, in shades that are similar or identical to the overall color palette of your wedding;
Beads for decoration - 3-4 pcs.
Rhinestones
Glue gun or super glue

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Cut the lace along the length of the glass, leaving a few millimeters to frame the edges. 2. Glue the lace just below the rim of the glass.

Attention! Try to use minimal glue for gluing lace, otherwise it will go beyond the material and ruin the appearance of the product.

After gluing, you need to hold the lace with your hands for a few minutes.

3. While the lace is drying, you can start decorating the stem of the glass. To do this, take a thin satin ribbon and wrap it around the leg in the form of a spiral. The ends of the ribbon can be decorated in the form of a bow or the ends can be hidden using a bead or rhinestone.

4. Let's proceed to the most important stage - creating a lace flower. It is better to create a flower from ribbons of bright and contrasting colors.

To form a flower, roll the ribbons at your own discretion. These could be roses, forget-me-nots, etc.

You need to glue them in the place where the leg ends and the stand begins.

Using ready-made flowers will not spoil the wedding glass at all, so before you sit down to decorate wedding accessories, you need to think about the future design in advance and prepare decorative elements.

Look how beautiful the glasses look, decorated with ready-made flowers and bows.