Invitations!!!!

So I've went out and purchased all the things I will need for my Oh So Lovely invites to the Harry Potter Extravaganza we plan on having!

Everything is now ready (invitation wise), however, Did you know that overhead transparencies are sooooo expensive?! I wanted to get a few sheets to print the actual invites on and then put the transparency over some lovely paper, but for a pack of only 10 sheets they wanted to charge me $50! BLASPHEMY!!!!

So now I have had to compromise and have decided to still use my lovely paper, and then antique some regular printer paper with the invitation on it. I'm gonna crinkle it up nice and soft and then tea stain it so it looks really old, and use some pretty brass scrap-booking tacks to hold it in place over the nice paper.

And now the only problem is, that still we have no kitchen to cook the feast in.... (The menu for which has been compiled and a shopping list has been made) AND the printer is broken..... so we went out looking and found that we can get a new printer with WiFi for almost as much as the freaking overhead transparencies would have cost me!

Also on a brighter note I would like to say that we finally got our little pup home with us, she's still a bit sad because now she has no one to play with but we plan on getting another puppy eventually.

As promised!

BAGS!!!!!

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Scarves!!!!!

As I've said before here is pretty much what I've done since my big break. To the left we have our Gryffindor bags and scarves, and to the right we have our Slytherin set. I've decided to make two of each bag and a total of eight scarves, four in single blocks and four in stripes. These have taken aaaaages to make, but they have been totally worth it! My only problem is that when I went out and got all my yarn to make the bags I didnt notice that the sizes I got were all different, but that's alright it just means everything will be different sizes.

So here we have our scarves, made from the same yarn as the bags. Four were made of each style. The pattern for these scarves is simple, I just did a search of what styles of scarves there were and made miniature versions. They measure approximately 8 inches long and have a fringe on the bottom just like a normal scarf. There is a problem with rolling up on the edges of these, but if you use a yarn that is iron-able it is easily fixed.  There is a pattern for some double knitted book scarves that gave me the idea for this which can be found here and its free! That's always good to have.

Golden Snitch Key chain

I decided to try and make a few golden snitch key chains, only because knitting them really was making my fingers bleed. It's ok though not everything needs to be knitted, there are more than a few ways to do what you like! I went to my local craft store in the jewelery section for this little number, and let me tell you it was a little hard to find what I wanted. I ended up having to go several times and to a few different craft stores to find all the parts I needed, you wouldn't think it would be so hard... Now I ended up using some end posts which were pretty long, some silver wing charms, phone charm lanyards (the black thing in the photo) and some small golden balls. I was looking for some plain golden beads, but instead I found these very ornate balls with holes on each side just the right size for the end posts to go through. Using a pair of wire curlers I threaded the end post through the wings and the ball, curled the end around making it nice and tight and then attached the charm lanyard to the curl. To top it off it will be presented in a small silver gossamer drawstring bag, with a small note reading the line from the last movie where Harry Potter receives the golden snitch in Dumbledoor's will reading.

Coming up next: Huffellpuff Bags and Scarves!

Back In Business!!!!

So as of today I have full internet access as well as a fully functioning computer ^_^ its gonna take me a while to get back into the swing of things though I've been forced to use my phone for so freaking long I've almost forgotten how to use a proper keyboard!

Now I haven't slacked off, don't you worry! I've finished both the Slytherin and Gryffindor house bags and the sets of scarves, as well as came up with some really cute golden snitch key rings. (Pictures and instructions will follow at a later date.)

I am currently starting work on the Huffelpuff bags and scarves. The invitations are ready and awaiting a chosen date, all of the decorations are ready to be put into place, the menu is set, and now all we need to do is finish unpacking our new house, and get our kitchen sorted and we will be on a roll!