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challenge: battle of hogwarts
house: gryffendor
project: fox books tote

                  Seamus Finnegan is known for blowing things up and cracking jokes in his irish accent. but somewhere along the way he also cracked some books, or at least paid attention during the DA meetings. in his 5th year, he doubted harry's claim that voldemort had returned, but later apologized. In his 7th year, he was amoung those hiding in the room of requirement to antoagonize the caros. His face was so bruised that harry didn't recognize him until he spoke. there is an impression that he was neville's second in command.
         In the battle of hogwarts, He cast a corpreal patronus in the shape of a fox. along with partonuses cast by luna and ernie , the holding back dementors who were attacking harry, hermionie, and ron. he set the charges along with neville to blow up the bridge. he also survived the battle duelling inside the castle.

my craft was part of a package sent in the ttt movie swap. it is a replica of the Fox books tote bag from 'you've got mail'. the canvas tote was purchased, and the fox was hand drawn in waterproof black and red ink. with yellow for the eyes.  this was my partners favorite piece in the package.

 

Here are my prompts from deadsweaters



The first promt is "What is the key to happiness for you?" and the second is "The Best Day of Your Life!" and I included the cute zebra from her note 

Here are the fronts:



The first one says "I live everyday for myself & those I love. I don't worry myself with what others think." Some good advice there! And the second one made me say "Awwwww" out loud when I read it  "July 11, 2012 My Little boy's Birthday.  "

I received these awesome stitch markers from La Chapa....I'm going to try to take a better picture today, but here's the one I got earlier.



Skulls, snails and awesome little poop's.... I love them they are so perfect. I'm already using one of the little poop's 

blupaisan sent me an Artist Choice ATC and I think she stalked my pinterest, or maybe she's psychic  but she wrote my craftster name in Gallifreyan  She put each letter on a fold out circle so it pulls out accordion style. Here's one pic with them pulled out all the way so they lay fat (but I couldn't fit each letter in):



And this is a pic to show all the letters and how they fold (plus the cute owl card she sent it in):



So fun! Not to mention she used two of my favorite colors 

I also received from stellou, I was so excited when she claimed me because I've received art from her before and have loved it  She claimed me for a nerdy H, but sent two!


Look at this cute little guy! It says "The Kangaroo Rat is the only mammal who doesn't need to drink water." wow! I love the background, it looks like watercolor with salt (?), love the splatter effect 

And my second nerdy H is full of hydrogen infos


I love the bright orange and the writing over the "H"

Thank you both! I love my new ATCs 

OK, here goes my first "Games" post!!!

Challenge/Battle/Alert: May Randomizer
Team/Ninja: Of Ships and Men! (woo hoo!)
Project Geekdom: Firefly
Bonus Points: Nerdy+Nerdy Super Bonus
Project Name: Misbehavin' Upcycled Eyeglass Case
Project Page Link (if available):
Quote video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjmA2cTNu8I
Image: http://www.redbubble.com/people/winterartwork/works/7753239-capn
Brief Description:
(Please forgive my "old west" speech here. I really got into it!)
My "misbehavin'" son of 4 years old got glasses around Christmas this year and as the summer is upon us, I'm realizin' we need to stash 'em every once in a while. Reckon' with swimmin' and such he needs to take care of those dern thangs. 
I took a hard glasses case we had layin' around here and whipped it up somethin' fierce!
(I know I'm going to make LOTS more of these as we should have one for the car, his room, grandmas house, in his backpack, and so on and so on.)

Project Picture:
I got the Capt. Mal image from a T-shirt design.


I used scrapbook paper leftover from a different project and drew with the trusty brown(coat) sharpie.
Then Mod Podged 'till the cows came home! Made it look nice 'n shiny!!!


To finish off my "not so shiny" edges, I hotglued thrift store grey bias tape.

"No, I don't want your number.  No, I don't want to give you mine."  (Hum along to TLC's "No Scrubs.")


"Only an older brother can make getting a pink corvette suck."


"The joy of a spirit is  the measure of its power."  (Quote by Ninon de Lenclos)


Thanks for looking!

I love your doily!  I collect them whenever I find them...I use them mostly on shelves and in my china closet but I have seen a few projects on the web that I want to do by sewing a bunch together to make a shawl or blanket...lovely job, K-star!

The yeti and the adipose are cute...do you want to enter the yeti in the challenge as a large project?  REMINDER:  Please put CHALLENGE ENTRY on anything for the challenge and be sure to have a link to "out there"..

Mel--lovely necklaces--same question...Challeng e entry?

Texscrapper--love the cute girls' outfits...it seems all of my friends have grandsons, not granddaughters!  I would love to make some girly stuff!

YAY! bushbaby!  I stalked you and wanted to get you out of your comfort zone of color... ...I am glad you like the yarn...I love all of the colors and the yarn washes up so nicely for socks!
I got myself the spring green and another colorway of the stripey yarn!

[Sign ups May 20 - Jun 1 Send outs July 1]

 Do you love Tim Burton and his quirky style? If so this swap is for you!

Tim Burton hasn’t had a swap on here in a while and we thought it was about time he had another one! Join in the fun with a swap geared towards one of the most creative people around. Just think of all the fun to craft for movies like Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas, Frankenweenie, Edward Scissorhands and many more!
Sign ups May 20 - Jun 1 Send outs July 1

 Swap name: Tim Burton Swap
Craftster member who is organizing this swap: gozer
 Co-Organizer:  La Chapa
Sign-up date range: May 20th – June 1st
Date to send item by: July 1st

Limited to a certain number of people? no

Restricted to people who all live in the same country? No
Additional Age requirement? no

Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:
- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide: YES
- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant: YES
- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now: YES
- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants: YES
- Is at least 18 years old: YES

Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:
- Has been a member for at least one month: YES
- Has posted at least 15 times: YES
- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time: YES
- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps: YES
- Does not have any negative feedback: YES
- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 16 years old: YES
- If within the US, understands that Delivery Confirmation number is required for this swap: YES
- If outside the US, understands that a mailing receipt copy is required for this swap: YES


In this swap we will be crafting 1 medium and 2 smalls.
Large/medium/small are as defined in the Swap FAQ:

By Time
-Large = 3 or more hours
-Medium = 2 or more hours
-Small = 2 or less hours

By Size
-Large = A shawl, a shirt, a skirt, a set of jewelry with four to five items, a purse
-Medium = one single necklace or bracelet, a scarf
-Small = Earrings, stickers, wallets, pouches, bookmarks

By Price
-Large = $30 or more
-Medium = $10-$30 dollars
-Small = $10 or less

If you want to participate, information to send to organizer:

QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:

Name of swap
Craftster username
Email address:
Pinterest link:
Your real name
Mailing address including the country
Would you be willing to ship to an address outside your own country?
Confirm that are at least 16 years old or, if not, that you have moderator approval(YES/NO)

Favorite movies in order:
Favorite characters:
Characters you would not like crafted for you:
Favorite quotes or moments:
What movies would you most like to make crafts for?
What type of craft would you most want to receive?
Anything item you do not want?
What crafts can you do?
What crafts do you admire? (i.e. sewing, knitting)

Favorite colors:
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Do you have pets?
Please list allergies:

What is your... (list only what you would like to receive)
Shirt size and style (ie. Men’s, women’s, v-neck, etc)
Head measurement?
Shoe size:
preferred bracelet length?
preferred necklace length?
Do you have access to a camera and agree to post pictures of what you receive in the gallery and take pictures of what you send (just in case)? Yes
Do you agree to check in once a week on the thread and to hold off sending until you’re sure your partner has checked in that week? Yes
Is there anything else you would like your partner or the organizer to know?
Is there anything else you would like your partner to know?

If you would like to participate please private message gozer with the subject "TB SWAP REQUEST TO JOIN".

Also, remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find other rules about participating in a swap.

You will be required to post at least once a week so that we know you are still with us!

Today was one of those days where I felt I just had to make some kind of project. Not a large one that'd take days, because my time is limited at the moment, but something easy and fun that would be done in an hour or so. And thus this necklace got created. I've got one similar made of braided chains which I love to wear to work, and it seemed natural to create something similar here. It took about an hour, some glue and different materials I had on hand and voila!



And wearing it:

I recieved this cute hexies rug from dollface thank you!