Thread: Witches Jars Tutorial

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I made some witches jar yesterday and love the way they came out. These are very cheap but gorgeous decorations.

I started with canning jars I bought at Walmart for $4 and I used labels I found on this forum {thank you!}...



I used ModPodge for Paper. This type of decoupage glue keeps the paper from warping like normal glue.


Cover the labels completely with the glue and stick them to your jars. Modpodge will cause your inkjet prints to bleed. You can use a spray sealer to keep them from bleeding. Optionally you can use butcher paper and iron the plastic/wax off of it onto your prints before you cut them out.


I frosted some of the jar with the glue to make it look old. The white glue will dry a frosty clear ...


I sponged a moss green color onto the jars and labels.


Close up of the sponged paint. You can use brown, yellow and green for an old yucky look.


After they dried I spray painted a flat black paint to the tops and bottom of the jars letting it fade into the center.


I glued twine and small rope to the tops of the jars.


I used brown and green acrylic paint thinned with some water to age the twine and rope.


I added hot glue drips running down the sides of the jars.

I glued moss to the tops and sides.






These jars do not have lights in them. I have 6 more jars to do and I think I am going to add lights to them so they glow from the inside. This can be done with tea light candles or a single strand of light.....

Hang from your trees.....





Thanks and Enjoy :-)

This is wonderful! I bought two old canning jars (the ones with the lock down lids) for a couple of dollars each today at a thrift store and am wanting to do something like this. Thank you for sharing. One question: what kind of sealer were you talking about to keep inkjets from running?

I use Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel in a spray can. I always spray my prints before I cut them out. I have tried other sealers and had the inks run...but so far this one has worked perfectly and yesterday I actually scrubbed some of the excess dried paint off of the printed labels so they would be a little clearer....so it works great to seal and protect them...

Originally Posted by texasjanedoe

I use Rustoleum Crystal Clear Enamel in a spray can. I always spray my prints before I cut them out. I have tried other sealers and had the inks run...but so far this one has worked perfectly and yesterday I actually scrubbed some of the excess dried paint off of the printed labels so they would be a little clearer....so it works great to seal and protect them...

Thanks! I hope you don't mind me asking a few more questions: Can you just pick it up at walmart? So the paper gets a light spray coat before cutting and gluing on? And do you spray both sides? Thanks in advance

I only spray the printed side..1 good spray...the paper looks a tiny bit wet or you could do 2 coats letting first dry...I spray them before I cut them out...it is easier then trying to spray each single label....

I would think anyone who carries Rustoleum spray paints also carries the sealer. The one I use is a gloss {because its what I happen to have at the time I tried it}....I don't spray both sides...just the side that is printed.

I was very surprised at the results. I have tried all kinds of tricks to seal my inkjet prints and as I said I was able to scrub the dried paint off of the printed label without damaging the label or causing the inks to bleed....

:-)

It posted twice and I don't know how to delete this....hmmmm

Originally Posted by texasjanedoe

I only spray the printed side..1 good spray...the paper looks a tiny bit wet or you could do 2 coats letting first dry...

I would think anyone who carries Rustoleum spray paints also carries the sealer. The one I use is a gloss {because its what I happen to have at the time I tried it}....I don't spray both sides...just the side that is printed.

I was very surprised at the results. I have tried all kinds of tricks to seal my inkjet prints and as I said I was able to scrub the dried paint off of the printed label without damaging the label or causing the inks to bleed....

:-)

Thanks jane! That answers all my questions. I'll be on the look out for it next time we head out shopping. I'm so excited to give it a try. I know I saw the modpodge at walmart

just out of curiousity qould you happen to remember which post you found the labels in ?? trying to search for them is like a needed in a hay stack lol but im going to keep looking to -)

Originally Posted by Ltol

just out of curiousity qould you happen to remember which post you found the labels in ?? trying to search for them is like a needed in a hay stack lol but im going to keep looking to -)

I have 1 thread from pmpknqueen and 2 photo albums from Herman Secret bookmarked:

http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...ms-labels.html

http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...on-labels.html

Apothecary Jar Labels

Outside the forum I have bookmarked the labels from Love Manor on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveman...7602788222231/

They're all great work and I'm so grateful to all of those who post them and for folks like Jane who post these great guides