OMG, you guys! I am beyond excited to share today’s post with you. We’re making food safe AND dishwasher safe mugs. Can I just say—FINALLY! I feel as though my DIY prayers have been answered.
We’re bringing you this post in collab with PaintedByMe. They make food safe permanent paint markers and ceramics. The markers come in a pretty impressive rainbow of colors. You can check out the markers here and the ceramic options here.
Step 1: Wipe down your ceramic surface with a paper towel. Make sure it’s fingerprint free!
Step 2: Use the paint markers to create your own designs. If you mess up, just wipe it off and try again. The markers are not permanent until you bake them. And on that note—be careful! Designs can (accidentally) rub off easily until they are baked.
Tip: If you are real particular (I can be!), use tape to mask off the area where you want to add text or illustrations. If you are one of those people who don’t love their handwriting, easy—buy some letter stickers you can trace!
Tip: If you are doing thicker lines OR more than one color (like my confetti design), you might need multiple layers of marker. If you do, bake between each layer. If you don’t, layer 2 might rub off layer one.
Step 3: Bake at 375°F for 40 minutes. To avoid cracking, allow the pieces to heat up and cool in the oven.
Here are five ideas for holiday gift mugs!!!
1. Use a quote from a favorite TV show or movie. This is one of the ultimate gift ideas because you can really customize it to your loved one’s personality! X files, anyone?
2. Have a little cheeky fun! Adding “vodka?” or “whiskey?” to coffee mugs is silly and fun!
(Don’t forget to sign your name and date the bottom!! :))
3. These coffee jokes are probably my personal favorite. Perfect for the coffee lover in your life (or, you know, a “treat yourself” moment! I kind of want to keep these!).
4. Use joke names, pet names or Instagram handles for fun cursive mugs.
5. Confetti dots make a super fun, colorful background, and a monogram mug never hurt anyone. Who doesn’t love a good monogram?
Which idea would you guys do? Or would you do something totally different? If you make your own food safe, dishwasher safe and microwave safe mugs, we’d LOVE to see them! Tag them on Instagram using #ABMcrafty. Happy Holiday gift making, you guys!!! xx- Elsie
Credits//Author and Photography: Elsie Larson. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess Actions.
Can you ide this on stoneware mugs??
I’ve seen some tea cups with writing at the bottom of the cup. The quote is “You’ve been poisoned” and would be a fun gift for some of my family members and friends. Would these pens work for something like this?
Are they discontinuing these pens? I tried to find black and was told it was discontinued. Are all of the paints being discontinued?
I’ve seen other ceramic paints and markers whose manufacturer’s state that they are food safe and non-toxic, and then later in the description, advise that they are not recommended for use on ceramics which come in contact with food. It’s a little confusing / concerning.
Does anyone know if that applies to the “Painted By Me” line as well? I want to decorate the *inside* of a mug which will be used for coffee and tea.
Thanks for any replies!
Wow!! Wonderful tutorial.. Brilliant work..
Can you let us know if these are food safe on any ceramic ware? We have specific mugs we’d like to paint, but need them to be food safe.
Hi Kelly! Yes, they are 🙂
Does anyone have any long-term results? How well do these hold up?
Can you use any mug? Or does it have to be by paintedbyme. I went to joanns and they ran out.
With mug customization so popular right now I am so glad that there is finally a paint marker that is dishwasher safe! I am very particular when I am creating something as a gift and I love that these paint markers are not permanent till the mug has been cooked. Thank you for the tip to cook the design between colors, this is so smart and something I had not thought of before. Thanks for sharing I will have to find some of these markers at my local craft store to make some great gift this Christmas.
Hey I love these mugs my question is can you feel the paint out of the mug or does it feel like it was just printed on there and smooth?? Like it just comes like that. If so this is perfect and what I’ve been searching for!!
With mug customization so popular right now I am so glad that there is finally a paint marker that is dishwasher safe! I am very particular when I am creating something as a gift and I love that these paint markers are not permanent till the mug has been cooked. Thank you for the tip to cook the design between colors, this is so smart and something I had not thought of before. Thanks for sharing I will have to find some of these markers at my local craft store to make some great gift this Christmas.
With the personalized mugs so popular right now I love that there is now a dishwasher safe paint marker. I am someone who is very particular so I love that the paint isn’t permanent till you cook it. The tip to cook between layers is something that I had not thought of before, but is a great idea so that the design doesn’t get messed up between layers. Thanks for sharing I will have to check these paint markers out!
Luuurve this! I have been looking for mugs with specific phrases and couldn’t find them and now I can make my own!!! 🙂
Ugh I love love love. These are so cute and the coffee mugs are nothing less than perfect. The quotes are so adorable. I can’t wait to make these.
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Love it!! Can you do this on glass too?
These markers sound too good to be true!!!
Yay, these are so adorable, and would make such pretty and original gifts! I love love LOVE all your designs!
Love this so much, thanks for sharing 🙂 I keep finding the DIY mug tutorial using Sharpies but I feel like fumes can not be good for you 😛
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Thinking about filling these with your cookie butter and giving as Christmas presents!!
These mugs are so cute! They would make for great neighbor gifts!
Paige
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Absolutely love these ideas so much!!!