Harry Potter books

[Mhochberg at aol.com]

Stacey: 
Ooohhhh..I'm intrigued! What kind of crafts? And do you have  pictures that
you're willing to share? I'm not crafty at all but I love  viewing others'
creations!

Me:
Hi, Stacey!  I don't have any photos online but you can see lots of  
HP-related crafts at:
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HarryPotterCrafts/_ 
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HarryPotterCrafts/) 
 
and
_http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:crafts_ 
(http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#static:crafts)  
 
Right now I am finishing up some things for a HP craft swap. One of the  
things I am including is a blank Quidditch lover's journal. Each page has a  quote 
from "Quidditch Through the Ages" on it. The cover will be decorated with  
torn paper from COS (the Quidditch match pages, of course!) as well as Quidditch 
 related stickers, rubber stamps, etc. 
 
I love making "blank books" and have several with HP themes. A friend made  
one for me where the covers were cut down from an HP board game. I'm using it 
as  a scrapbook of HP related events that I attend. 
 
After I've cut all out all the pages from COS, I'm thinking about turning  it 
into a purse or at least a box to store HP related things. Maybe my HP  
bookmark collection. Whenever I stop in a second hand store  (Goodwill, St  
Vinnies, etc), I always check for HP stuff. Even if the puzzles and games are  
missing pieces, I can use them in something else. The copy of COS was only 99  cents 
and most games are less than $3.
 
I love to crochet and made a couple of snitches. One is a "patch" to put on  
the sleeve of your Quidditch robe. The other is much smaller and is a tiny pin 
 with metal wings. 
 
I've got my eye on a pattern for a crocheted afghan that has all the house  
emblems on it. I don't know if I will get to it, but it is nice to think  about.
 
---Mary


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