Porcelaine Paint Pens

For my last craft fair I made some cute upcycled tea cups and shot glasses (which sold before I even made it to the fair) using really cool paint from Martha Stewart and Porcelaine 150 Pens by Pebeo. They were a hit! And I loved making them. I got requests for custom orders and decided to make a set of glasses with an inside joke for my dad's birthday coming up. Then I went on vacation and found more cups at antique shops that would be perfect. My mind was swimming with all the possibilities.

Then my pen ran out. So I went to Michaels' to get a new one or two. Gone. All the other colors were on clearance.

CRAP!

So I searched online, friends offered to check their local Michael's stores for them and I went to Hobby Lobby to no avail. I can order them on amazon.com and other places online. That's fine. But it really bothered me that this item I could just run up the street for is now disappearing from my quick reach.

Then I had an *a-ha* moment. I went back to Michael's and bought the bottles of the paint and am going to pour them into the pens. *If* this works, you can call me a genius. If it doesn't work, you can call me a goober.