You're a wizard B!

A young friend of ours turned 11 the other day.  He found a little something on his front porch when he got home from his water park birthday party.  There was a white feather under the letter.  There was almost no wind, thank heavens.

He's a huge HP fan, and his mom said he was LOVED the letter, thought the detail was very cool.  He suspected I might have had something to do with it, I have made him HP stuff in the past.  After he read the whole thing, he ran to his mom and said "Tell Mrs. pj I know it isn't real because,... Albus Dumbledore is dead!"  Yup, that's why it isn't real.  Funny!

He told his mom at bedtime "This is one of my best birthdays ever!"  Cool!

 

Nail polish and a handmade feltie Chihuahua. Cool! And Cute!

K is going to a birthday party for a friend tonight.  She wanted to give her friend something cool and something cute.  She chose Magnetic nail polish, which is too cool, and a Chihuahua feltie from "Felties:  How to make 18 cute and fuzzy friends" by Nelly Pailloux, which is too cute and also very cool.





She even has a little bone!







I helped her finish the feltie last night.  She cut it out and put it together, I only got to sew a couple boring seams.  But we talked while we sewed and that is the whole reason I taught K to sew.  And so she could have the awesome power to make her own stuff.  But mostly the mom daughter time.

Spreading the love!!!

In keeping with our continuing mission to spread the love of all things Harry, we made two young friends Gryffindor scarves for Christmas.






Each scarf took about 2 hours to machine knit on my Bond Fashion Knitter.  I used Red Heart Super saver yarn in Burgundy and gold.  It isn't the softest yarn, but it works very well in the machine.  50 stitches wide, 304 rows long, with 6 inch tassels.  They feel wonderfully thick and are about 60" long, just right for little people who still have to wait a few years to board the Hogwarts Express.

K and I wrapped them in brown paper and strings and covered the packages with Owl post and Madam Malkins stickers.  "Harry" started to bounce as soon as he saw the package.  He wouldn't take his scarf off, even during church that night.  "Hermione" danced around the house and told me about how when they play Hogwarts, sometimes she's Hermione, and sometimes she's Ginny, but sometimes she's herself and that is so much fun!!!!   But they aren't allowed to cast unforgivable curses, cause then they have to go to Azkaban, and that's the basement and that's scary.  She didn't wear hers to church, because it clashed with her dress.

Happy Christmas!

Guess WHat We're making!!!

What to give the fan WHO has everything.

A Tardis Snuggie of course.

Mr. Man and Mr. D have been friends since high school.  Both are huge Doctor Who fans, and Mr. D was mostly responsible for K becoming a fanatical Who fangirl.

We wanted to make something special for Mr. D and it had to be something Doctor Who realted and unique.    We had a friend make him a ceramic dalek a few years ago and we made him fez and bow tie ornaments for his Christmas tree.  He, of course, put them on his ceramic dalek.

After Christmas last year, we were in Kroger and saw Tardis blue snuggies on sale and it just hit us.  It took almost 6 months to figure out all the bits, but last July, K and I put it together.

I did the machine work and K did all the hand sewing

Yes, it is Miss Kitty approved.

And Teenager approved as well.

For the signage, I typed up the words and found the St. John Ambulance symbol online.  Irons and fleece do not mix, so I ironed T-shirt transfers onto cotton panels.  Turned out rather well.

Mr. D was,... surprised.

The white hat was a last minute addition. We thought it added the perfect finishing touch.

Thanks Mr. D, for everything.  And you won't mind if I submit this picture to Doctor Who Insider, do you?  Nah, you won't mind.

Peep has a baby brother!!!!!

Remember my little buddy Peep, cute, tough, tiny survivor, well she's home and happy and....... she has a baby brother!!!

He came really early and had some tough times, but he is home, healthy, and cute as a bug. I made him a little something to welcome him to his happy family.

I made up the pattern for the blanket, just a big granny square surrounded by smaller squares. I used Caron simply soft, cause I liked the baby blue. The baby baseball cap turned out so cute. I followed the newborn ballcap pattern I found on Crochetville.

I met the owner/operator of Crochetville a few months ago. We we sitting on a bench waiting for our children during All State Orchestra. We both pulled out our sticks and string and of course, started to chat. Crochet, officially bringing people together since the 1824.

I've always wanted to make a tiny origami covered Christmas tree. And now I have.

Last Christmas to decorate a tiny Christmas tree for K's 5th grade teacher. I bought the tree last year on clearance. I had some sparkly miniature balls at Target a few yeas ago for a buck. I used Hobby Lobby coupons and got the lights and some foil origami paper for next to nothing. After a couple days of folding, not whole days, hour here, hour there, I finished something I always wanted to make...

I just love the way the star and dove turned out.

And the little ornaments

And of course, the fur babies had to check it out.



I'll be giving it to Mrs. M. on Monday.

Graduation gifts!

K's friend V is graduating this year and heading to high school. I wanted to make her something unique and crafty, cause she is unique and crafty too. I've already made her an adipose plushie, so, I though origami.

I love making my own gift boxes. They're an easy fold, and very cute. Top it off with a stork or a dragon or a squirrel or a flower, and it's just too cute.

You can print the pattern with the bunnies on the canon chiyogami page. I love this pattern, did you know bunnies live on the moon? Neither did I. The top of the box is a regular 1/4 fold box made from an 8.5" square of printed card stock. The bottom is a piece of 12" x 12"construction paper folded in the 1/3 fold box. (Actually 2 pieces cleverly glued together at the bottom center seam. A sheet of 12" x 12" scrapbook card stock would work perfectly, but I just didn't have any.) The crane is regular origami paper. Just glue it on with white glue or hot glue.

After a bit of a search I found a diagram for an origami mortar board made from a dollar bill.

Believe it or not, the mortarboard is the simplest fold. I added a diploma, just cause it was fun. K said V really liked it and wants to come over and learn some fancy folding this summer.

And poking a hole in the bill to tie on the tassel is not technically a federal offense. I looked it up.