When it comes to enjoying a nice glass of wine, a simple glass will usually do. One special occasions and holidays, however, sometimes it’s nice to use glasses that are a little bit fancier or have more of a personal touch. The best way to customized things and make them more personal, however, is to make them yourself! One of our favourite ways to put our own spin on glasses and other dishware is simply to hand paint them in pretty, careful designs.

Tree with fall leaves glass

suggests painting branches with blazing orange and yellow leaves across the surface of the glass where the cup is formed. Continue your dark branch colour down the stem and down onto the base to make the glass look like a standing tree!

Hand painted Christmas lights glass

Have you always like the way little coloured Christmas lights glow and blink all different colours? Well, these painted ones might not actually glow, but they’re still completely adorable!

Confetti painted stemless wine glasses

When it comes to stemless wine glasses, you have a little less room for painting, but don’t let that stop you! We think these dual shade dotted glasses

Chalkboard base wine glasses

suggests a super simple but very practical paint job for your wine glasses. Cover the base of each glass in a layer of black chalkboard paint and, when guests come over, hand them a piece of chalk and let them label their glasses with their names! It’s a moment of fun and it stops people from mixing up their drinks.

Pastel paint and glitter stem glasses

reminds you that just because you’re an adult now doesn’t mean you have to be all dark colours and class! Even grown ups like glitter. We’re particularly in love with these sparkly pastel glasses stems.

Mint inside painted glasses

shows you a glass painting technique that’s a little different than the others on this list! Instead of painting on the outside of the glass so the paint shows up matte against its shine, try covering the inside of the glass with paint instead. The colour will show through the glass and with a pretty shine