Today is the Day of Days, The High Holiday.
The Reason this blog is here.
Halloween.
Carved 7 pumpkins and completed many of my final prep in the last few hours.
The largest Pumpkin I carved was a 25 pounder, and his smile is nearly two and a half feet wide.
I also completed my second round of Witch Jars. This one is a round with Labels.
You see my witch likes to recycle.
She takes the Labels from the smaller containers she purchases and sticks them on Jars she likes to use for storage, when she runs out of the component she puts the Jar in the pile of used Jars that are moldering in a corner of her abode. She doesn't like to throw them out.
They get REAL dirty after a while.
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I had to have this one. Its a Lemonade Flavored Laxative. Makes me giggle.
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I worked pretty hard to try to make the Labels and the outside remains match.
Glycerin is typically a clear liquid so I kept the jar very clear.
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When I get Ideas from other Haunters I like to give credit.
I don't have a grave-yard, so no headstones. Labels For Jars and Potions and Herb Mixes have to work instead.
This year I am using a lot of witch Jars, so I'm giving credit to Rot for the idea.
"Monsieur Rot's Plant Animation Powder (DO NOT USE NEAR GRAVES!)"
Shoulda' done it in French, but hey.
The more ideas I get from the Halloween Community, the more labels will bear the names of the community members who came up with the original idea.
Oh and this one smells awesome, because the plant animation powder stand-in is cinnamon, which has been rubbed on the glue prior to the glue drying.
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The Rules of Halloween: hand out treats, and ALWAYS check your candy.
I hand out Full-size candy bars, this year with Owl Cards (Which essentially say: Happy Halloween, Brush Your Teeth! Visit My Blog and the Forum PLZ) with Clip art from The Graphics Fairy Blog.
See that on the Right???
YEAH.
SMARTIES.
It's my Back Up.
I HAND OUT SMARTIES AS MY BACK UP!
*Indignant Strublay*
What'chu gonna do 'bout it?
Don't Hate. Smarties are awesome.
Haters.
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The Eye of the Beast, freshly cut.
So Kids, Remember the Rules: Wear A Costume, Hand Out Treats, Always Check Your Candy, And NEVER Blow Out A Jack O Lantern.
May Your Day be filled with preperation and your evening filled with Fear.
Above All Else:
Have a Happy Halloween.
~~~~Madame Strublay~~~~
I use White Glue/Glue All, not school glue, from what I can tell School Glue will flake off way too easily. While White Glue is not technically formulated to stick to glass, it does a heck of a job of it anyway. 
Opacity matters, if you use a 1:1 ratio of glue to pigment, then the opacity of your final effect will be too much, as I show you below in an example. Here I mixed 1 part Yellow Ochre pigment with one part glue, and as you can see it comes out really really opaque. >>>
Furthermore if you get it all done and dried, and do not like the results, you can wash it off and start over. Saving grace, I'm telling you.
For the side dribbles that I LOVE to do, go crazy with the color, dark is good. 
If you want to add more texture to your glue layers, take fine dust, ground up black chalk, strands of hair, strands of fur and stick them in the glue before it dries. I use an old blusher brush for the dust. I also get my hands covered in black pastel and grab the jar after its dried. 
I like to wrap the mouth of the jar where the threads are with hemp chord, to do this all you need to do is put glue on the threads, and keep the hemp tight as you wind it around. Occasionally soak the damn thing in glue as it will dry fast. I then paint it with black paint, and seal it again with glue.
