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Wishing All Who Celebrate

on December 24, 2015

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Magical Birthday Gift for a Harry Potter Fan

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. 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

Getting into the Halloween Spirit

Ghostly Earrings by TRGatesArt Yes, I know. It's still September. We haven't reached the first day of Autumn yet, even if we are having 40°F in the morning and 70°F in the afternoon. But, don't tell that to my daughter. She's almost finished making costumes for her family with the sewing machine my husband and I bought her for her birthday. Still, I thought I should get a jump start on my Halloween crafts before the season sweeps on by like it did last year and the year before. I love earrings, but don't really have any Halloween ones other than a pair of black widow spiders I bought years ago. So, I got out my polymer clay and made some ghost and pumpkin earrings. They came out so cute, I made more. Great Pumpkin Earrings by TRGatesArt These are made from polymer clay. Then sealed and shined with Renaissance wax. The Ghost earrings have black hooks, while the pumpkins have copper hooks. The hooks can be exchanged for silver toned, or gold toned cl

Beauty in Bloom

Daisies are one of my favorite types of flowers. They have a way of brightening up a room, adding cheer, and simply bringing a smile. It doesn't hurt that it is also the flower for the month my grandfather, my granddaughter and I were born. As it turns out, my daughter brought me daisies for my birthday. The tips had colors of pinks, blues, purples and yellow. I had to get photos of them (and, of course, play with my new macro lenses). Beauty in Bloom is an example of one of the fantastic images. Now that Spring is here, I hope to get plenty more flower photos and include a painting, or two. Prints and greeting cards for "Beauty in Bloom" are available at: Tracey R Gates - Fine Art -Trace

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