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The rest of the crafting details… Snitches The snitches are Lindor chocolate and caramel truffles and I used this printable for the wings…. Dragon egg I originally made this dragon egg for my Harry Potter party but decided to re-purpose it for my niece. I purchased a paper mache egg at a craft store and …
In these 2 blog posts I’ll go into a little bit of detail about each item I constructed for my niece’s Splendiferous Harry Potter Christmas Present. So without further ado… Trunk I found this decorative trunk at a crafting/ decor store and decided to add a lining. I used 4-5 square sheets of scrapbooking paper …
Welcome witches, wizards, house elves and goblins! to this, my first ever attempt at a video blog! Congratulations, you are about to watch me be awkward and ridiculous 🙂 My niece’s Christmas present is now done and I wanted to take you on a quick tour through its various parts so that you can shake your …
In grand and impressive fashion, the universe has conspired to pepper the fortnight before and after my birthday with a veritable plethora of merriment…. much of it bearing a decidedly Harry-Potter flavor 🙂 Prepare thyself for oodles of exclamation points and let the festivities begin! Stardate 10/3/2017: The Illustrated edition of Harry Potter and …
But it didn’t stop there! There were house elves and the Gryffindor Tower, and school trunks and magic bathrooms, Oh My!
Many years ago I didst undertake a massive crafting project. My fellow zookeeper friends and I had a series of movie nights to watch the Harry Potter films once they were on DVD. We rotated around to different people’s houses and it was decided that when we got to the last available movie (Harry Potter …
Harry Potter lives in my blood, as surely as Lily Potter’s protection from Lord Voldemort lives in Harry’s. (That’s right, that’s the level of geek you’re about to wade into…. PREPARE THYSELF!!) From the first paragraph I read in the dim, dark past of college I have loved this world. J.K. Rowling is my favorite …
Why design one massive double-knitted scarf based on a beloved, best-selling, magical universe, when you can design two?! Before my needles were cold from “Always…” (actually when I was still on the first chart of my HP scarf) I started thinking about “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. I had just gone to see JK Rowling’s newest magical venture on opening weekend in 1920’s inspired attire (of course). …
Armed with my first pattern design ever, I started knitting in November of 2016. I wanted to finish by spring so that once I posted the pattern to Ravelry, anyone who wanted to try the pattern themselves would have time to finish it before the next winter (yep knitters got to think waaaaay ahead!) And …
After giving away 2 scarves, totaling 156,400 stitches and 9+ months of work, and finishing the Mantle of Fierce Majesty, I decided it was time, finally, to make a scarf for myself. To invest that much time, however, I knew it needed to be something I truly loved. And though many fandoms could claim that …