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| A handmade birthday gift for our daughter. Hufflepuff journal and box. |
My daughter is a fan girl of... Well, a lot of things. Harry Potter is one of her long time favorites. It started when her grandmother brought home the first book (before any talk of a movie). Then took off from there.
My husband and I wanted to do something handmade for her birthday this year. Some of the hardest things to find for the Harry Potter universe are items with Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw on them. (Although, I hear that's starting to change.) And, since she found out she'd be put into Hufflepuff according to "Pottermore", and she loves to write, we thought we'd make something along those lines.
This is what we came up with, inspired by Harry Potter.
It started with the journal. This was my part of the gift.
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| Hand sewn pages with crest symbol. |
Hand sewn pages and dyed leather. Hand carved and painted crest on the front. Two loops on the sides hold a pen and keeps the journal closed when not in use. It came out better than I imagined.
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| A lot of detail work here. Hand carved, painted and sealed. The detail part took the longest. |
Once my husband saw the journal, he wanted to make something nice to put it in.
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| My husband's part of the gift. Beautiful box for the journal. |
The box is made from wood we salvaged from our favorite piano. We loved that piano, but weren't able to save it after it had been ruined by a flood. My husband thought our daughter might like knowing where the wood came from.
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| Brass hinges add a nice touch. |
He burned in the lettering. Then stained it with ebony stain and sealed it. Adding brass hinges as a final touch. I think it came out great!
So did our daughter. She loved it. Loved it even more to know the wood was from the piano. She never knew we saved any of it. We're glad she approves.
Not sure what my next project should be, but my husband seems to be in the process of making Thor's Hammer for a Halloween prop. Oh boy!
-Trace
