Personalized drinking glasses or coffee cups

Present #1 - Personalized drinking glasses or coffee cups.  This is a very easy project, but always has a big impact for those you receive it.  The most common use is for beer glasses, but this project works for many types of drinking glasses.

Skills/knowledge required: computer software to make labels, knowledge of how to add clipart or pictures within the computer program

Materials Needed:

-         Waterproof inkjet (or laser) labels - Poly Labels – Depending on the size of the glass and design will determine how big you want your label. Waterproof labels are available at local office supply stores.

-         Drinking Glasses or Coffee Cups (Shop your local discount store for sets of glasses for under $10). This works for beer glasses, regular drinking glasses and coffee cups)

-         Rubbing alcohol

-         Washable marker

1. Create your own personalized labels by using the instructions included with the labels, print.

2. Clean surface of glass with rubbing alcohol to ensure glass is clean and free from dirt and oil.

3. Measure where you want to place the sticker and mark with a washable marker. 4. Place label on glass slowly ensuring that the label is smooth and does not contain air bubbles.

5. Make a small note that is inserted inside glass that specifies hand washing and not microwave safe.  This is fine for most people, if you want to be able to microwave and use in the dishwasher, look at the label temperature specifications.

It’s that simple!

It might take a couple of tries to get the knack of putting the label on the glass,  so you may want to have extra labels and a practice glass.

The hardest part of this project is to design your personalized label. To make this project easy, use clip art from your software program and search online for personalized glasses to get ideas.

IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. If you choose clear glass, use clear waterproof labels (white labels are okay but remember that the back of the label will show through the glass). 2. Choose glasses that have less curve so square labels will fit correctly. 3.Use practice labels and glass to determine if you need to revise the design cut the label to a smaller size, etc. 4. Most labels don’t stick well to plastic.