OMG! Best parcel ever!!!

I came home from work and pulled out the scissors straight away. Before I could open it I had to take a photo of my dog posing next to the box. 



And inside...



A Harry Potter shirt!! I love it so much!!! It made me laugh so hard! I put it on straight away and haven't taken it off.




And on to the snacks
Pop tarts!! I can't get them in Australia any more and I love them! I haven't tried any of these flavours before and they look amazing!



Yummy things!! I've just opened up the chocolate marshmallow bar which is delicious! I'm very curious what American marshmallows are like (especially peeps) and the mini oreos are so cute!



Yay!! Loudxmouse knows me too well!!! Delicious drinkables
The coffee looks so beautiful and I can't wait to try it! And lovely tea and hot chocolate mix



Here is my peanut butter collection
I've just opened some crunchy peanut butter cups which are amazing!! Thank you!!




Chocolate!! Look at them all!!! They are so awesome! Loudxmouse has sent some amazing gourmet ones like roseberry and expresso. I can't wait to try them all! I love chocolate so much! Hersheys are awesome Here is my sister trying to steal them



And candy!! They all look so beautiful and yummy!

Loudxmouse you are so amazing!! You have made my day awesome
Thank you so much for your lovely parcel! I'm so glad I was your partner - you have spoilt me! I can't wait to try everything!
I hope you are having just as much fun eating my snacks
Thanks soo so much!!

[What you will need]

These hats are easy to make but pretty time consuming. They use wet felting (no knitting required!). If you haven’t done any felting before, I would suggest you first try making a flat piece of felt to get the hang of the technique, but nothing in this tutorial would be difficult for beginners. Next time I make one I’ll take some in progress pics 







What you will need

• Wool felt roving in colour/s of your choice
• Tule or netting fabric – approx x2 fat ¼ size (I used some recycled mosquito net material)
• A bar of soap (make sure you don’t hate the smell of it)
• An old baking tray with deep sides (larger the better)
• Access to hot and cold water
• Something round and bigger than your head – I use an old netball propped upright, but I would guess than any type of ball or upside down bowl would work. Remember to allow heaps of room for shrinkage.

How to do it!

1.   First, set up your felting tray. Your ball or bowl needs to go in your tray and not fall over. Using a small bowl to support your ball is a good idea.
2.   Drape one of your netting squares over your ball
3.   Pinch out long loose strands of wool roving and drape them over the top half only of the ball. The fibres should go in all directions. Build up extra fibre around the brim area and plenty on top of the ball in a cone/pointy shape.
4.   Look ok yet? Check whether you have enough fibre. When you gently put one hand under the netting and press your other hand against it through the wool, it should feel like a thick layer of material. Also check that there are no patches that are lots thinner than the rest.
5.   Ready? Yay! Felting time! Gently drape your second piece of netting around the hat (not over the top cos you will squish your pointy bit!). Gently drizzle hot water over the hat until it is wet through.
6.   Massage gently with the bar of soap until the hat is soapy all over and cool enough to massage by hand. Don’t burn yourself!
7.   Massage the top layer until it holds together well, then pull off the ball and massage the inside layer too.
8.   When the hat holds together well and you are happy with the shape, fold the hat into a ball shape and put on a square of netting. Grab each corner of the netting so you have a bundle of hat. Squeeze some of the soapsuds and excess water out, then drench in hot water until it is no longer soapy. Give it a bit of a shake to get some water out, then drench in cold water until it is cool all the way through. Do another couple of hot/cold drenches then see how the hat looks. If you aren’t happy, try doing a bit of massaging in warm soapy water and you might be able to fix things.
9.   Squeeze as much moisture out as possible
10.   The hat will take ages to dry. Leave it somewhere warm and dry with some support inside to keep the shape (eg scrunched up netting). I would imagine using a hair dryer would speed things up, and if you are brave maybe the dryer but I haven’t tried this.
11.   Post pictures! I wanna see!

I know radish earrings have been done before (RedMenace has beautiful ones), but I absolutely needed some! I don't have pierced ears so I made some clip ons! Luna Lovegood would be proud.





I'm pretty useless at patterns, so I just used a needle and thread to clump seed beads into the right shape, then tied them to clip on earring bases. I used buttons to cover the front of the clip on bases. After that I gave the radishes 2 coats of clear nail polish to make them stronger and shinier, and the buttons 2 coats of red nail polish cos the colour was prettier than the original button colour

It was a very fun project and lots of people have commented on them so far. Most of them think they are strawberries, but I am quick to correct them lol.

I am so excited to be on Craftster! I only found this site yesterday and it is so cool! Hooray!