You won’t believe how easy it is to add photos to glass.  Follow this simple tutorial to make image transfer glass jars. Learn how to add any image to a glass surface!

Did you know how easy it is to transfer images onto glass? All you need is your image and packing tape!

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Tutorial – How to Transfer an Image to Glass

Watch this quick video:

Prepare your image. This is really important, and you need to follow these instructions carefully:

• Skinny, vertical images or smaller images work best. Remember that you are constricted by the width of the packing tape.
• White space in images will appear clear when transferred, so choose your image carefully.
• Print your image on a laser printer, and NOT on an inkjet printer. The printer you have at home is likely an inkjet printer. I usually load my image onto a flash drive and take it to my local printer (think Fedex/Kinkos or Office Max) to print in color. Or else, if you already have a hard copy of the picture, you can go make a color photocopy.
• Use regular weight printer paper – NOT photo paper. No special edits are necessary.

Transfer your image. Trim your image down to the width of the packing tape. Lay your image flat and smooth a piece of packing tape over the image. Use a bone folder or the edge of a credit card to remove any bubbles.

Dip the packing tape in water. Gently rub away the paper with your fingers, leaving just the image behind.

Lay the packing tape sticky-side-up to air dry. Do not dry with a towel. After the packing tape air dries, it will be sticky again, so you can just press your image right onto a glass jar.

The images are easiest to see when there is something white in the jar, so I added sand and white votive candles. Plus the sand perfectly complimented my beach vacation photos!

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How to Add Photos to Glass

Yield: 1 Craft

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: easy

Estimated Cost: $8

You won’t believe how easy it is to add photos to glass. Follow this simple tutorial to make image transfer glass jars. Learn how to add any image to a glass surface!

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Materials

• Glass jars – empty and clean. Remove the labels with Goo Gone, and wash with warm soapy water. Or else you can buy Mason jars from the craft store.
• Image(s)
• Clear packing tape
• Craft scissors
• Crafts bone folder (or else I just use the edge of a credit card)
• Bowl of lukewarm water
• Optional supplies to make photo luminaries
• Sand – give this a try if you don’t have a beach nearby
• White votive candles

Instructions

Prepare your image

This is really important, and you need to follow these instructions carefully:

1. Skinny, vertical images or smaller images work best. Remember that you are constricted by the width of the packing tape.
2. White space in images will appear clear when transferred, so choose your image carefully.
3. Print your image on a laser printer, and NOT on an inkjet printer. The printer you have at home is likely an inkjet printer. I usually load my image onto a flash drive and take it to my local printer (think Fedex/Kinkos or Office Max) to print in color. Or else, if you already have a hard copy of the picture, you can go make a color photocopy.
4. Use regular weight printer paper – NOT photo paper. No special edits are necessary.

Transfer your image

1. Trim your image down to the width of the packing tape. Lay your image flat and smooth a piece of packing tape over the image. Use a bone folder or the edge of a credit card to remove any bubbles.
2. Dip the packing tape in water. Gently rub away the paper with your fingers, leaving just the image behind.
3. Lay the packing tape sticky-side-up to air dry. Do not dry with a towel. After the packing tape air dries, it will be sticky again, so you can just press your image right onto a glass jar.
4. The images are easiest to see when there is something white in the jar, so I added sand and white votive candles. Plus the sand perfectly complimented my beach vacation photos!