This comes in handy, though, when I sit down to craft because -- obviously -- I like lights in jars and I like to craft mood lighting. On this year's list, blood jars:
Just as accent pieces. And if you are a crafty type of person, you have all the supplies you need around your house already:- Old spaghetti jar (cleaned, of course -- I like Bertolli for their jars)
- Modge Podge (or other gluey sealer; come to think of it, white glue would probably work fine)
- A cheapy paint brush
- Red food coloring or dark red paint
- a tealight/small candle
I reused one of my test jars from last year -- I was inspired by Pumpkin Rot's Witch Jars and spent a long evening with glue and paint before being reminded (nicely) that it was not the priority wedding preparation project I thought it was, and that I was behind on other things.
But that was last year, and this year that gluey jar that had never gotten a proper coating of paint to make it gooey and gory got a little bit of blood and mess!
I poured some of the modge podge into a disposable container and added quite a bit of food coloring (why? because I didn't have any red paint and the modge-podge ensured it would dry with an opaqueness that would look, well, a bit bloodier).
I painted a generous amount around the rim of the jar, then blew downward to start it spreading in natural curves down the jar. I added more food coloring and darked the rim, letting it glob in places to make for a gorier impression when it dried.
Then I flicked a little red modge podge with the paintbrush across and around the jar to make a splatter pattern. Just because I don't mind my fingers being stained, I also dipped them in the 'blood,' blotted them lightly, and then grabbed around the jar to make a handprint (for some reason, this refused to photograph properly).
Let dry and insert tealight and you have a bloody little lamp to set about at your party.
Happy Haunting, fiends!
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