Sunday, May 22, 2011

Witch jars now in production for 2011


Got an early start this year and started on my witch jars for this years haunt. Using Pumkinrots design, I  decided to customize mine a bit. I wanted more color this year, as last years were just clear. I looked long and hard for some orange glass paint, but could not find any thing that worked the way I wanted, so I did some experimenting and found the look that I wanted at the price I wanted. Since I have saved about 30-40 jars of various sizes since last October, I plan to steal from Shellhawk and the Bloodshed brothers (since their lighted and decorated trees were so cool), and completely fill my front tree with the jars. I found that orange spray paint lightly sprayed inside gave a great base to start with. I then used a waterbase matte varnish, mixed with amber aniline dye and slopped it on the edges for the drips and did some "spattering" on the sides. I think this got me the look that I wanted. Not really sure what that look is, but I think it's pretty cool.....Now only about 35 left to go......
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26 comments:

  1. Pam MorrisMay 23, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    they look great. really like the orange glow!

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  2. Justine’s HalloweenMay 23, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    These are so awesome! I can't wait to see a picture of these in your tree.

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  3. Countess VonRauber (Heidi)May 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    These look really nice. I like the cloth on top of them; it gives the perfect creepy touch!

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  4. The October boyMay 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Thanks all! The thing I like most is that they will keep the nice orange and black colors even in the daylight. Now I just need about 50 more feet of rusted chain....

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  5. ArcaneMay 25, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    I really like these. Such a nice glow those give off.

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  6. Chris 'Frog Queen' DavisJune 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Those are great, nice variation - they will look awesome in your haunt!

    Cheers!

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  7. The Artful Gypsy aka Wendy the Very Good WitchJuly 8, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Wow, those are great! I'd love to do something like that! Great work, can't wait to see them all lit in the tree on Hallowe'en night!

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  8. Madame JenAugust 30, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    These are REALLY nice. I have a whole box of jars I've been saving myself. I think I might have to try this out one day. ;)

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  9. Kweeny ToddOctober 27, 2011 at 12:56 AM

    Those are really cool!

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  10. Dstrong61April 28, 2014 at 8:26 PM

    What did you use to light them up? LED Tea lights?

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  11. Mr KatMarch 29, 2015 at 8:33 AM

    How did you attach the chains to hang them? They are awesome !

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  12. The October boyApril 2, 2015 at 10:10 AM

    ran some heavy gauge wire around the rim of the jars and then attached a "handle" of wire from side to side to attach the chains to.

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  13. KarenAugust 28, 2015 at 5:50 PM

    These are so awesome! What did you use to light them up? Did you have to poke a hole in the lid?

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    1. The October boySeptember 7, 2015 at 3:25 PM

      Thanks Karen, I like to use real candles, they give off the best light I feel. Also, there are no lids on the jars for easy lighting

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  14. Monique SayreOctober 13, 2015 at 2:53 PM

    can you tell me what your mixture of varnish and dye is? that ratio, I mean.
    thanks!

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    1. The October boyOctober 14, 2015 at 9:14 AM

      Sure, I use a powder analine dye water based. I mix a tablespoon of "Flemmish Brown" with about six ounces of waterbased flat endurovar.

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  15. OhlilomeAugust 26, 2016 at 10:10 PM

    I LOOOOVE THESE!!!! Can you tell me where you got your supplies cuz I wouldn't even know where to start! Michaels? Home Depot?

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  16. The October boyAugust 28, 2016 at 10:29 AM

    The jars are the large oversized pickle jars, but any size will do. the rest is orange spray paint (Depot) black dyed cheese cloth and glue (any elmers glue will do) the dye I had to order but any water based brown stain will do and then mixed with the enduro var. you may not be able to find that, but you could mix it with waterbased matte varnish also at depot.

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  17. KarenOctober 28, 2016 at 10:59 AM

    I Love these jars! Did you dye your own cheesecloth? I tried dying some and it turned purple. Thanks for sharing!

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  18. The October boyOctober 28, 2016 at 4:38 PM

    yep- used the RIT liquid dye straight with no water and left them sit overnight

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  19. UnknownJune 29, 2017 at 6:31 PM

    Great job,how do you attach the chains to the jars?vickie

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    1. The October boyJune 30, 2017 at 12:05 PM

      I ran a heavy gauge wire around the rim of the jar and then attached another as a handle attaching to the one around the rim.

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  20. UnknownSeptember 19, 2017 at 4:14 PM

    Love these! Trying them this year thanks for the Info!!!

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  21. LauraEmSeptember 26, 2017 at 12:20 AM

    I have a large pickle jar in the fridge with 2 pickles left. I'm so glad I saw this before the jar would have gone into recycling!! Lol...I love it. Ty October boy!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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  22. UnknownOctober 16, 2017 at 7:21 AM

    A great idea. I especially like your name, October Boy.

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  23. WheaterzOctober 23, 2017 at 9:39 PM

    Yeah.. these are really cool. I'm trying a quick lo-buck version for my son's backyard woods haunt trail. Using orange spray inside of mason jars & using some Minwax (oil based) in Espresso to cover outside. Have to start somewhere ; might taint the stain w/a little orange spray enamel since it'll go w/the oil base. I'll top it w/black cheesecloth/creepy cloth. Nice work!

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