Drab to fab drinks!

Review by Lyndee

Have you ever been to a gathering where you set down your glass and couldn’t find it again?  Or does your family do like ours and use a sharpie to write on a red solo cup? This weekend we took the sophistication up a notch, at least in our head.  I used chalkboard paint to spruce up some wine glasses and a mason jar.  This way, at a party, you can write your name in chalk and know which glass is yours.  An experiment with glasses would not be complete unless you had a little something to add to it, right?  So I made the chalkboard glasses and a fun drink we will call the Blue Bomber.  Both were super easy, inexpensive and turned out rather well.  Check out the video of myself making the glasses.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c_bT4Pt6bw

There is also one of Rachael making two glasses and actually following the directions on the spray paint can.  Silly, Sissy. I like to just wing it.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49N4AJNBHAY

But I think I have to concede that hers turned out just a tad smoother than mine.  I wasn’t able to locate chalkboard paint in a jar so we went with the spray point variety from Walmart.  It was $4.  I used to glasses I had from home and two that I bought at the local thrift store for 50 cents each. This was a pretty cheap project that turned out awesome.  I will definitely use these glasses at future parties.  The only caveat we found, if you are drinking a cold drink or one with ice, it will condensate and eventually start to smear off your chalk.  If you were drinking a wine or drink without ice you should be fine.  I was also using chalk from 1986 we found in my mom’s basement so that could’ve played a role too. 

Glasses pre-party

Painted, chalked and ready to roll

For the Blue Bomber I mixed ice, blue Hawaiian punch, lemonade and vodka.  You could use a flavored vodka or UV or whatever trips your trigger.  I went with plain and cheap.  The juice was $2.50, lemonade was $1 and the classy five o'clock vodka was $14.99 but I hardly put a dent in the bottle.  The concoction was good but I felt it needed a little something extra so I added half a can of sprite to the mixture.  That added something fun.  This is a fruity and summery drink that tastes great.  Careful of how much you consume, of course, as a drink that tastes like kool-aid can sneak up on you quickly.  

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