Thursday, September 12, 2019

Witch's Jars


My take on a design that's been passed from one blogger to the next.  I based mine on Deadwood Cemetary's recipe and they in turn took inspiration from the incomparable Pumpkinrot.  You'll see all of ours turned out a little bit different which makes this a fun project you can personalize based on your look or taste.

I didn't stray too much from the instructions from Deadwood for the first batch.  After I was done I noticed the jar I had been using for the varnish looked pretty great too so later rounds I experimented a bit more.  The smaller jars were hard to get a light orange spray on so I skipped that and just layered more varnish on.

(Michael's clearance shelf votive)

The whole mixing of varnish with dye may not really be necessary.  It does give it a more granulated and imperfect finish but I think a colored varnish would also work just fine.  I have some jars I need to witch-ify so I plan to give this I try soon and will update on the results.

Projects that utilize materials I already have, that allow me to gather over time, are particularly exciting for me.  Grocery shopping takes on a whole new level as I walk the aisles, seeing witch's jars instead of Dill Pickles.  I made this a whole office affair and bought a couple of those giant Mt. Olive jars and put them in the kitchen with a sign "Whoever said there was no such thing as FREE PICKLES was lying!"  It was incredible how quickly they disappeared.

(free pickles!)

I'm also a sucker for hanging props.  There's something disconcerting about objects being at levels you're not sure of or overhead.  A orange glow, floating in the trees is wonderfully creepy.

Would love to see your take on this project and how you integrated them into your haunt.

49 days till Halloween...

(Curry Sauce & Prego jars)



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