Decorating Mason Jars

My friend bought a Mason jar for the tips she earns at work, she asked me if I could decorate it for her. I decided to decorate the Mason jar with paints, it was just a question of what kind of paint was best for glass.  I decided to go with Enamel Acrylic Paint, the brand I used is called, "folkArt", and at Micheal's two fluid ounces was two dollars.  I got pink, yellow, orange, blue, and white so that I could mix the white in with other colors to create different shades.
I also found a sticker stencil, (the alphabet in stencils that you can stick to the glass, making it easy to paint letters on the glass in an even way), you can use each of the stickers twenty times before the adhesive wears off and the stickers will no longer be able to dry off and stay sticky. The stencil was four dollars and in addition to the alphabet stencils there is also stencils of stars, swirls, hearts, and punctuation.
The brushes I used were simple and cheap, I've had them for a long time, so I don't know where they came from but any kind of thin brush from Micheal's or Walmart will do.
I started by aligning the stencils on the front of the Mason jar, since the same two letters are in her name I had to do the first letter, wait for it to dry, then move the stencil over to do the second letter.  Instead of pouring the paint out onto a plate or into a small container I just took off the cap of all the paints I am using.  To fill in the stencils I blotted in the letters and made sure there weren't any "bald spots" in the stencil.
I let the paint dry for about a minute, then carefully pealed the stencil off.  You can wash the stencils by running them under warm water, using soap if necessary, and then laying them out to dry.  Once the stencils are dry they should once again be sticky, and you can place them back on the plastic they came on.

Washing the brushes is simple, just have a bowl of warm water and an old towel nearby.  Wash the brush in the warm water then rub it on the towel, you can NOT let the paint brush dry with the paint on it, it WILL stain the brush.