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Persia Lou

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DIY Marbled Sunglasses

Try this fashionable spin on the marbling trend – DIY Marbled Sunglasses! It’s so easy to add an awesome marbled pattern to your favorite pair of sunnies with just nail polish and water. This post was originally shared at Tried and True and contains affiliate links, which help to support this blog. Thank you! 

DIY Marbled Sunglasses - love this idea! So cute and easy

So there are about 20,000 nail polish marbling projects out there in blogland, and I have been wanting to try out the technique for ages. But I really wanted to do something a bit different, as much as I love the mugs and pots – I wanted to marble something I hadn’t seen marbled before. Finally, I came up with the idea of marbling some sunglasses, and I kind of love the way they turned out. Super fun and perfect for summer!

The marbling technique turned out to be a little bit tricky for me, but after a few tries, I got it down and I’m looking forward to more marbling projects in the future.

How to Make DIY Marbled Sunglasses

First gather up your supplies. You really only need a few things to get making.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

DIY Marbled Sunglasses Supplies:

  • Sunglasses (This is a great way to upcycle an old or cheap pair!)
  • Nail Polish
  • Water
  • Container for water (I used a disposable lasagna pan)
  • Thin Dowel Rods or Bamboo Skewers or Toothpicks
  • Masking Tape
  • Craft Knife


Marbled Sunglasses Step One. Prepare Glasses.

First, you need to prep your sunglasses by covering the lenses with masking tape. To do this, simply layer pieces of tape over the lenses and then trim off the excess tape around the lenses using your craft knife.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

Then, repeat the process so the back sides of the lenses are covered as well. When that’s done, you are all ready to marble!

Marbled Sunglasses Step Two. Marble!

I found that the marbling technique definitely has a bit of a learning curve, so I recommend practicing on something else (I did a few plastic cups) before doing your glasses. Also, I tried dollar store nail polish first and didn’t have as much success as I did with the cheap drug store polish (maybe $2). I’m not sure why one worked better than the other, but I wondered if it might have something to do with the age of the polish.

First, fill your container with a few inches of room temperature water. I had read to use cold water, but I found that made the nail polish harder to work with.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

Then, drizzle nail polish on top of the water. You can use just one color like I did or mix a couple complimentary colors. Then use your bamboo skewer or toothpick to quickly swirl the paint. Put the glasses face down into the paint, pushing the glasses under the water, and then lifting them out.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

Let the paint dry completely before touching it. Use a dowel rod to swirl up the leftover paint from the water.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

Then you can drizzle more paint on top of the water and dip the sides of the glasses.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

When the pain is completely dry, remove the tape from the lenses.

DIY Marbled Sunglasses

And, that’s it! Some new fun marbled glasses ready to help you enjoy the sunny days ahead!

DIY Marbled SunglassesDIY marbled sunglasses

DIY marbled sunglasses

What do you guys think? Have you tried nail polish marbling yet? If so, how did it go for you?

If you make your own DIY marbled sunglasses, I want to see them! 🙂 Share your photos to my facebook page or tag me on instagram! 🙂

Happy Making!

 

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July 15, 2015 6:00 am Alexis Middleton 10 Comments Filed Under: Craft

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  1. Pops de Milk says

    July 15, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Ah! That’s so cool!! This is such a great idea for those freebie sunglasses you get with logos or designs you’d rather hide (ie. I need to do this with the pair I got with “UBER” emblazoned on the side).

    Reply
    • persialou says

      July 15, 2015 at 10:38 am

      Oh yes! That would be perfect!

      Reply
  2. Amy says

    July 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    Well, you’ve found one more thing I LOVE marbled! I wish I had seen this a few weeks ago, I just did a roundup of my favorite marbled projects and would have loved including this one. So cool, Alexis!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      July 15, 2015 at 5:36 pm

      Haha – go add it in! (Kidding…)

      Reply
  3. Amy @ Homey Oh My! says

    July 16, 2015 at 8:09 am

    Okkkkk this is is REALLY cool. I immediately thought ugh but you’ll have to pop out the lenses and popping them back in is such a PITA. Of course you came up with a genius technique. Turned out amazing, Alexis!

    Reply
    • persialou says

      July 16, 2015 at 5:38 pm

      Haha – you are the best. Thank, Amy!

      Reply
  4. Trisha D. @Black and White Obsession says

    July 17, 2015 at 7:48 am

    Love the color combo (obv.) . Wish I would have had your tutorial earlier for that taping method. I recently painted some sunnies and ended up taping a thousand little schnibbles on the lenses. Your way is 10thousand times faster.

    Reply
    • persialou says

      July 17, 2015 at 8:38 am

      Hahaha! Thanks, Trisha!

      Reply
  5. DadSews says

    August 18, 2016 at 9:17 am

    How do you keep the polish from wearing off? Spray varnish?

    Reply
    • Alexis says

      August 18, 2016 at 10:10 am

      I did not do a spray varnish, and didn’t have problems with it rubbing off, but I think it would be a great idea to give it a coat of spray varnish. You would just want to cover the lenses again first.

      Reply

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