Monday, October 6, 2014

DIY Sharpie Mugs

 First impressions: Easy, simple. Attractive even. Right?
Wrong. I used three different types of Permanent markers, and baked them at 350 for 45 minutes.
And they all did this:
I'd say that's a Pinterest fail, but I'm also assuming I don't know what I'm doing half the time. Being washed by hand promptly removed the Sharpie, and this is even with me having stopped as soon as I noticed the ink disappearing.

So tell me...
Have you made these mugs and had them remain intact?
Have you fallen off the Blogtober bandwagon (ahem, like me) yet?


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4 comments:

  1. If it's any consolation your artwork was cute and would have looked great had it worked.That would have been where I would have given up on the project ;). I wonder if it has to be a certain type of mug..or a glaze or something? Props for trying and Happy Monday!

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    1. Haha, well thank you :) Maybe I should've sprung for some ceramic mugs, I just got some cheapo mugs for 99cents.

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  2. I used the same method when I made mugs last year. The only thing I can think of is the type of mug you used. Maybe this project needs to be made with a certain type of mug? Mine were white stone mugs and it worked fine.

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    1. Hm. I might have to go find some, and make sure they are stone instead. Hopefully I can get the rest of the marker off so they are just plain mugs versus splotchy mugs. Thanks for the suggestion!

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