Expecto Patronum!!!

We have finally seen the new Harry Potter!!! It was... AWESOME!!! I am a little sad that they are doing it in 2 parts though...but... I understand why. Don't worry I wont spill any of the goodies in case your still wanting to go see it, which you totally should... because it is AWESOME!!!

And in honor of witchcraft and wizardry, I have crafted up my very own wand!!!
Ohhh and its soooo easy to make... no really! And suuuuuuper cheap! Honestly you cant get cheaper than a rolled up piece of paper and some hot glue! I love it! I'm thinking of making a few more of these since I loved how it turned out and then making a cool wand stand to go with them to grace the top of my entertainment center.

So to make your very own witch or wizard wand... take a regular 8x11 sheet of paper and roll (tightly) from one side the other, once you've got your paper rolled up good and tight take a bit of hot glue and glue down your edge. Then cut off each end just a tiny bit and fill that in (very carefully) with hot glue. Let that dry for a few seconds and then begin to glue around all the sides of the "wand" to make the "bumpy" "magical" look. Once that dries you can begin to paint it. I painted the wand part brown first and just used one coat because I liked the way it made it look like wood. After that dried I just took a bit of metallic green paint and painted the "bumpy" "magical" part and Viola! You're ready to start dueling!

A little something for November...

I have this long pretty window right by my front door that I really actually love, but do hardly anything with. Its skinny, plain and has boring standard ole mil house mini blinds in it. I usually try to dress it up with seasonal window clings or I try to hang stuff from it using suction cup hooks, but I have nothing in the fall department... I have plenty of Halloween, Christmas and even Easter but I didn't have anything for the month of November... and well, that just wont do!

Whats a girl to do...??? Hmmmm...

I think I'll craft something up myself! And that's just what I did. As always with my crafty projects it was suuuuuper easy! I swear! I even used old pieces of felt I had from left over other projects. I cut out maple leaves with the felt. Two of the same size and color, one is for the front and the other is for the back, because your gonna put clear fishing line in the middle... yeah that's right FISHING LINE! (see, yet another reason to just call me Mrs. MacGyver! LOL!) Cut the fishing line in 2 long pieces, because this is what your gonna glue your leaves to.

After I had all my pieces cut out and my fishing line ready, I just hot glued the fishing line in the middle of the felt leaves and then around the edges of the leaves to close it up. And Ta-Da! Your done! Just dont forget to take a little extra piece of fishing line and make a loop to hot glue to the top so you will be able to hang it. The best part is you can arrange the leaves in any order and place them at any angle and it looks great! Its honestly fool proof!... just don't burn your fingers together with the hot glue gun like I did ;)

What it looks like from the outside :)