Our ‘spare bedroom’ in our house has changed use over the years we have lived in our home. Initially it was a craft room where Little Tomato and I would do crafts and I would work on art projects. As we began to finish out our basement, we converted the room to a playroom that […]
The magical alley construction has picked back up after our winter hiatus, and we are making progress! Over the past couple of months, husband and I have completed the S&J and the Potages storefronts. This is the main shop wall of our alley. […]
The first post on the magical alley detailed the Flourish and Blotts mobile display [HERE]. Once this project was significantly completed, we began working on the Slug & Jiggers Apothecary & Potages windows that would face Flourish & Blotts across the alley walk. Apothecary & Potages Layout: After reviewing photos of Diagon Alley architecture and […]
We did not host our annual Halloween party in 2020 due to the pandemic. However, our summer was occupied with building a shed workshop instead of our usual puzzle planning. With the shed newly completed, our Halloween props and decorations have migrated into storage out of the house and into the shed. {Phew!} This spurred […]
I love the sculptural look of old phonograph horns. They definitely make a statement in a room, drawing attention to the beauty of the music source. Most speakers anymore are bars or cylinders that don’t really have much of a visual appeal to them. A couple of years ago, I found the Victrola gramophone bluetooth […]
A couple of years ago I started this little handmade doll. I had finished the body, embroidered the face, and sewn on the hair. Then she sat on a shelf. For two years. The dress was awful. Well, to be accurate, the fabric I made the dress out of was horrible… which I had sewn into the body. […]
For the upcoming Escape from Azkaban party that we will be hosting in October, we are including a ‘Divination Classroom’ in the party. Of course, divination balls will be needed! Tutorial on the divination balls below… This was a REALLY simple project that was knocked out in a couple of days (to factor in dry […]
We have made it a point in recent years to make our family Christmas gifts more ‘experiences’ than things. So for Christmas last year we bought tickets to spend a weekend at Universal Studios in January. At this point in the calendar, we had several of the Harry Potter crafts for the Very Harry Birthday underway. We […]