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Home » How to & Crafts » How To & Craft Tutorial

Dremel etching glass votive’s tutorial

Published: October 26, 2010 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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Remember my glass votive’s from last week? Well enough people asked how I did it so I made some more and took pictures of it so I could give you a tutorial!

dremel etched glass votive's calla lilies bridal shower

here is another picture from before, I made all these Calla Lily votive’s for a bridal shower I threw for my cousin 1 1/2 years ago. I used the same tutorial I’m about to show you. You can see that they are all very similar. Once you get started you can actually go pretty fast.

etching glass votives with dremel pumpkins

Okay, start with an image. Pick what you want to etch onto your votive and print it off. Mine measures about 5 inches by about 2 inches.

etching glass votives with dremel pumpkins

You want to cut it out and make a tube, put it inside the votive. now mine didn’t fit too good because the votive is angled. I actually ended up going back into Photoshop and angling my image (kind of like a cupcake wrapper) but I forgot to take another picture of it!  That way it fit better into the votive.

etching glass votives with dremel pumpkins

Next I took a diamond drill bit and outlined the pumpkin. It’s easier to fill it in if you don’t have to deal with the image distortion through the glass so I just outlined. But if your doing a smaller image that doesn’t need to be outlined, like the calla lilies, it sometimes helps to close one eye. It helps the distortion from the rounded glass that way.

etching glass votives with dremel pumpkins

So once you take out the paper it leaves just the outline. Then I took out a larger diamond bit and filled in the pumpkin! It looks nice, huh? But it needs the rest of the pumpkins I think.

etching glass votives with dremel pumpkins

I put the paper back in, outlined ALL the rest of the pumpkins and filled them in. Isn’t it cute? Each head is different! I love how well it turned out. Each face is different too. It would also look good with just one head, larger, in the front.

etching glass votives with dremel bats

I was inspired by all the amazing bat crafts out there. So I decided to try my hand at bats. I picked this image and planned on doing the whole thing (notice how well the image fits into the votive? That’s the cupcake-ish shape I mentioned before).

etching glass votives with dremel bats

For this one I used the smaller diamond bit for the whole project. I ended up stopping before I did the image all the way around, I thought this actually looked really great in the end!

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  1. Courtney

    October 26, 2010 at 8:46 am

    The bat one is AMAZING! Wow! I am so impressed!

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    • Ashlee

      October 26, 2010 at 11:10 am

      Thank you! I’m thinking I need a candy corn one now!

  2. Allie

    October 26, 2010 at 9:52 am

    WOAH! you have a really steady hand! Those are AWESOME!!!! Wow!
    Allie

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    • Ashlee

      October 26, 2010 at 11:11 am

      Thanks! Luckily if you go outside the line it’s okay, just keep it smooth!

  3. Michell

    October 26, 2010 at 10:32 am

    Perfect! Exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thanks

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    • Ashlee

      October 26, 2010 at 11:11 am

      Great! I can’t wait to see what you do with it!

  4. daffy

    October 26, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Love the idea,good work. Im going to try this…

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    • Ashlee

      October 26, 2010 at 11:15 am

      It’s really fun. I think I’ll try to etch my drinking glasses next!

  5. Birgit

    November 1, 2010 at 10:29 am

    How fun! I see some christmas etched glasses in my future!

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    • Ashlee

      November 1, 2010 at 9:07 pm

      Yipee! I can’t wait to see what you make!

  6. Laurie

    November 2, 2010 at 8:02 am

    WOW! What a cool idea. I’m so glad you linked up to Tip Me Tuesday my readers are gong to LOVE it.

    Thank for adding your button to the sidebar. {{high fives!}}

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    • Ashlee

      November 2, 2010 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks! It’s really fun to do and an easy way to personalize favors!

  7. Stephanie Lynn

    November 3, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Ashlee, Who would have thought! Fantastic idea! Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase Party! I greatly appreciate it! I’ll be featuring this today – stop by and grab a feature button if you like. Hope you are enjoying your week! ~ Stephanie Lynn

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    • Ashlee

      November 3, 2010 at 3:05 pm

      Thanks Stephanie! I’m so glad you liked it! It’s been a really fun craft to do! I am trying to think of a fun Christmas one now!

  8. Stephanie

    November 5, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Love this project! Thanks for sharing the tutorial, you make it look so easy! I can’t wait to try this.

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      November 5, 2010 at 9:59 pm

      It really is. It does take that first step of: BE BRAVE! But once you’ve marked up the glass just keep going until you like it~

  9. Melissa

    November 5, 2010 at 9:50 am

    Wow! That is sooo cool! And I OWN a Dremel! Can’t wait to give this a try! The bats are super awesome.

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    • Ashlee

      November 5, 2010 at 10:00 pm

      YEAH for dremels! Mine’s actually a black and decker, but everyone knows what I mean when I say dremel!!! It is really fun to find new ways to play with my dremel!

  10. Cheryl

    November 7, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    These are so cool. Now I’ve just got to find the dremmel buried in the basement (and never taken out of the package). I’m featuring this at the next Craftastic Monday:)

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    • Ashlee

      November 7, 2010 at 10:35 pm

      Find it, find it, find it! I never would have boughten one for myself, my husband got it for Christmas a few years ago for me. I’m still learning all that I can do with it. But it’s fun!

  11. Hilary @ KatrinkaJane

    February 16, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    What kind of tool is this, specifically? Dremel makes different things… :/

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    • Ashlee

      February 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm

      oh gosh… I don’t know, it’s actually made by black and decker but everyone calls this type of machine a dremel so I do to! All the attachments I own are by dremel, but my husband heard the B&D had a better motor. Mmmm looking it up… It’s a hand held rotary tool! It has a ton of attachments and it’s small and easier to use in some cases than a full size drill! I use it all the time for tons of various stuff!

  12. Jaime Trevino

    December 30, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    What drill bit a you using.

    Reply
    • Ashlee

      January 25, 2017 at 4:59 pm

      this is the kit I used http://amzn.to/2k5bMLE

  13. Mike

    July 10, 2018 at 5:52 pm

    I recently got into using my dremel for glass etching and am having a hard time creating depth and contours in my lines. Do you have any advice?

    Reply
    • Ashlee Marie

      February 3, 2020 at 8:41 am

      I don’t, I’m sorry

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