Designing Mug Art

About 3 years ago, Tim and I participated in a craft Saturday through our church. We stationed ourselves at the table with the over-sized mugs. We had bought 4 mugs but only had time to complete one a piece. They gave us special markers with ink that would become permanent once the mugs were baked in the oven.  Once the ink sets overnight, you bake them in the oven at 375° for 40 minutes. My mug was a cityscape with a Batman signal peeking out. Tim's mug has our favorite Law of the Sea rules from The Lego Movie on it - "Never put your rear end on a pirate's face" & "Never release a kraken". I'd say, about 3 years of use and dishwasher cleanings, the artwork has held up pretty well with very minor, minor flaking.

In order to finish our other two mugs, we went to Hobby Lobby and bought more of the glass paint markers. Life happened and we never got around to it. Two kids later, here we are finishing them and starting on our regular sized mugs. We found some designs that we liked, drew them on the mugs with pencil, and then traced the pencil with the markers. My last over-sized mug: Harry Potter themed with the grim made of tea leaves inside, mischief managed and the deathly hallows on the outside. Tim's last over-sized mug: The Green Dragon pub sign from The Lord of the Rings. I started a smaller mug and made it about Jigglypuff singing Snorlax to sleep, which isn't that hard to do anyway.