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Love Themed Painted Tealight Holders

Happy spring everyone! One of my favourite times of year, when the sun is shining more, new life is beginning (how cute are baby lambs!) flowers are in bloom, and everything just seems so much brighter. With this, and the forthcoming wedding season in mind I thought I'd share my most recent glass painting with you. I had a spare pair of glass tea light holders from Baker Ross, and still plenty of paint in my porcelain pens, so I decided to do a love theme. These could be given as a gift together, or individually, as one is more for married couples, and the other could be for married couples, or as a boyfriend/girlfriend gift.

Just two different items needed (well a few more if you count all the pens used), and then its just all about being creative. Painting on glass or already glazed ceramics is probably my favourite methods to use as you can rub anything off if you go wrong or get a bit too much paint on the surface. It will even come off after drying with a bit of work.

Check out the Baker Ross website for their full range of porcelain and paint pens, there are a large selection to choose from, including some handy black ones, and finer nibs. Do you enjoy painting, what is you're favourite medium to paint on/with. Let me know in the comments below.







 I painted a different image on each of the four sides of a pair of tealight holders, one had Mr & Mrs written on it, the other Me & You. All designs and photo's copyright These City Days 2016, please do not use of reproduce.

* I was sent these glass tea light holders in a blogger box as part of their design team/blogger network. All opinions are my own.
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