I love glitter. Especially ultrafine glitters. What Craftzilla wouldn't? The question isn't whether or not you love glitter too, but whether or not you've expanded your world of glitter to one of my favorite products- blended glitter.
What is blended glitter?
Pretty simple, it's a 2-3 colors (never more, it's get weird after that) blended together to create a whole new color or color scheme. It makes for endless possibilities not only for dimension but brings a uniqueness to a project.
Where do I get blended glitter?
There are some places that sell them online, I get mine from a local woman who unfortunately doesn't have a website, but has the best ones I've ever seen. There are of course, other places online, I've tried Cartwright Glitter's palette and found that while their site doesn't necessarily advertise it as a blended glitter, it is. For example: November Rain is a blend of silver and light blue, while Outer Limits is a blend of black, silver holographic glitter. I can attest to this as I have bought both colors!
You can of course, make your own.
How to blend glitter
Pick up some ultrafine glitter in the colors scheme you're thinking about experimenting with. One of my favorites is Christmas Glitz (red, green and gold) or a Peacock style (blue, green and purple). You want to pick a color combination that you know you'll use in the future and not go with something totally off the wall like chartreuse and fuschia to start with. Save that for later or mix in a much smaller amount.
Stick to the same textures, don't mix a matte with a satin or hologram glitter with an opaque.
Use strong colors to blend with, all pastels can be nice, but pastels blend easily already and instead can end up creating a project that would have looked the same, whether it was blended or not.
Measure out 1 tablespoon of each of the colors and place into a 3rd, clean container or jar that you'll be also storing the unused portion in. Make sure there's a 1/4- 1/2 gap at the top. Shake well.
Yeah, it's ridiculously easy.
The trick is finding unusual or good quality base colors to start with. Don't bore yourself with the regular craft glitter, try rich reds like Burma Ruby or an orange Siam red with a brassy copper or gold for fun. And cheap glitter mixed with cheap glitter, yes, it just makes cheap glitter. But do 2-3 in the same palette, like warm (red, orange, yellow) or cool (purple,blue) and you'll turn cheap glitter into a classy blended one!
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