Help, ideas, ANYTHING!!!! - Page 2

fontgeek · #11 09-10-2011

If you want labels you can print and cut, drop me a PM or give me an email address for you. I'd be happy to do whatever labels you need.
They can be as funny or creepy as you like, if you want exotic shapes for the labels, neck rings, etc. let me know. Labels like spiders, skulls, a witches cauldron, a tombstone, the silhouette of a howling wolf, a toe pincher, a walking mummy, Frankenstein's monster, a noose, an executioner's axe, skull and crossbones, you name it.
Tell me whether you want them in one color (Black and white), full color, and your page size (A4, A3, or US sizes). and label sizes needed.
This sounds like a fun project

slywaka1 · #12 09-10-2011

Thanks guys, great ideas there, I remember seeing on here a while back someone's 'Witches Kitchen' with the jars of weird stuff and labels, I reckon that'd be an effective one to do behind the bar. I'm going to have a look for that netting now. I like the idea of cocooned victims too, may have to buy some dolls from charity shops for that...

fontgeek · #13 09-10-2011

Ask the thrift shops to save the trashed dolls for you, they typically get thrown away on a daily basis. You might look for a bunsen burner, a large mortar and pestle and maybe a big, knarly looking book for "recipes" (think of the stereotypical witch's book of brews and spells) with lots of "dust", spiders and cobwebs you'll do great.
The offer for the labels is still there if you want them. Maybe thematic coasters for the occasion too?

slywaka1 · #14 09-11-2011

Help with the labels would be great, thanks so much, size wise if they are to go on spirits bottles (no pun intended, vodka, gin, brandy etc!) then I guess half A5 per label would be about right...... What do you think?

Coasters are a good idea too, I did the decorations for a 70's night at the same bar last year and made 70's style beer mats for all the tables. Quick and simple, but really transforms a room effectively!!

slywaka1 · #15 09-13-2011

Just had a thought, the bar has a fireplace in it, the fire won't be on as (hopefully) there'll be lots of people and it won't be cold, I might try making a Stolloween-style creature coming out of the fireplace, what do you think?

fontgeek · #16 09-13-2011

Doing the place mats or beer mats like tombstones with funny epitaphs could do well for you. Doing all of the printing in grayscale would let you have a granite finish/look with the epitaph incised/carved into it. You can put the date of death on them as the date of your party. Cheap to print and quite memorable, if cost isn't that big of a deal you can add color and effects. Like the labels it's an easy thing to produce, just pick your page size.
Drop me a PM with your email address and we can get the labels going.

I'm not sure what a "Stolloween prop" is.
You might look at doing a ground breaker like it's coming out of the ashes or the stones/brick/cement at the bottom of the hearth.
Or a traditional witch's cauldron bubbling away, even with no fire going. Putting a single coffee pot warmer and a small pot of water at the bottom of the cauldron would let you have lots of great fog coming out when you add dry ice. The hot/heated water keeps the fog coming. You can add green or multi-colored twinkle lights around the coffee pot heater to make the fog glow in color. If you want more, you can add in sound either with a single speaker or a small boombox/portable stereo with a CD of bubbling put on endless repeat, you could also have the chant from the three witches of Macbeth, witches cackling, etc.
Just a thought.

RoxyBlue · #17 09-13-2011

Font, Stolloween is a member here and a master of mache

Sly, a Stolloween-style prop would be a great addition but you'll want to start working on it fairly soon so it will be ready in time. If you need ideas, here's his web site:

http://www.stolloween.com/

fontgeek · #18 09-13-2011

Some neat stuff he/she has there, but as you stated things like these take time to build, much less paint. If you are looking for something completely static for the fireplace then one or more of these would probably be fun, if you need something more then these may not do.

slywaka1 · #19 09-14-2011

I'm already working on some skulls and a gargoyle inspired by Stolloween's work

I work for a self storage company so I have taken a large unit as a workshop for the next 6 weeks

I'm planning on making some giant spiders too.... I am taking photos as I go, so if things turn out as they look in my head I will post some pics when I'm done!!!!

For the fireplace I was thinking something fairly small and static, I went and took some measurements around the bar last night and the fireplace is actually smaller than I thought, so I was thinking maybe a dragon or some rats or something to sit on top of the coals.....