Entertaining Madness

DIY disaster

I haven't had a whole lot of time lately to make much because I've been out of town working on something super fun.  I can't say what that fun thing was but one day I will be able to. 

I did have a project that I worked on today and at the very end it was ruined.  I love my Nook.  I have the original and use it quite a bit.  I also have the wonderful Alice In Wonderland cover for it and love it but sometimes I want to change it up a bit so I thought I would try making my own.  The construction wasn't too hard.  I used canvas, thin card board and ribbon.  I made a really cute stencil with a quote from Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter and cut it out on freezer paper.  Everything was looking great until I ironed on the stencil to color it in and the iron burned the fabric.  Totally ruined.  There is no way I can fix it and I spent all day figuring it all out.  So angry!  Oh well, it was good practice.  I have some ideas for next time.

No pictures because it wasn't worth it but I will be making another one and will show it off then.

DIY and Picture Fun

I've been a bit busy lately and therefore haven't had time to make much but I wanted to post a few things.  A few DIY projects and some photos I took while bored and playing with my camera.

Harry Potter Crafts

I like many of you went this past weekend to watch the final instalment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.  I loved it and me being a very sensitive person cried like a baby.   Of course I don't want my Harry Potter madness to end yet so I've looked around the web and found a lot of fun crafts that people have made.  Thought I would share some with the rest of you. 

A Great walk through for a Harry Potter stencil

Super cute Hermione hat from the first part of Deathly Hallows.  I cant' wait until I know how to knit enough to make this one. 

Make your own wand from paper and hot glue.

Tons of paper craft Death Eater masks. Print, cut, glue, easy.

Never read a book without a house elf sock. Here's a knit bookmark just for that occasion.

Make your own secret box from Tales of Beadle The Bard

Your very own Monster Book of Monsters except less bitey

Here's a Harry Potter candy box with links to the candy recipes too.

A really great Time Turner out of simple items

A fair isle Gryffindor knit bag

Knit hat inspired by Ginny's Goblet of Fire hat.

That should keep you quite busy with a lot of Harry Potter goodness.  I can't wait until I have time to make some of these things myself and I have a Harry Potter project of my own that I'm planning later.  Why must all of my ideas be big things that take forever?  Oh well. 

Happy Harry Potter days all!