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December 6

Hogwart’s Textbooks

How often, while reading a Harry Potter novel, did you envision yourself, wand in hand, saying wingardium leviosa to a feather, making it float above everyone’s head,and thus becoming Professor Flitwick’s star pupil? Loads? Well, you can come one step closer to feeling like a student of Hogwarts with these awesome handbound journals/notebooks made by CelesteFrittata.  The titles cover the whole gamut of Hogwart’s classes like Care of Magical Creatures to Advanced Potions.  You can also pick up Owl Post stationery and your very own Quibbler notebook.


I have a couple of Harry Potter fans in my life that might like to find one of these under the tree this Christmas.

Check out their full line of awesomeness here.

 

 

 

December 6

Senior Citizens Day! Every Saturday!

Well, maybe not with discounts but I’m definitely the Senior Citizen of this crew at 57!

I’m Mary, usually known online as Lady Dragonsinger. Currently, I reside in the eastern side of Oklahoma with my pastor husband, who I refer to on line as ‘Sir Dragon Preacher’, and our two dogs, Rowan (a german shepherd who thinks she’s a norfolk terrier) and Piper (a norfolk terrier who thinks she’s a german shepherd). Together, we share a geeky fondness for the medieval period, all things celtic, Renaissance Faires, reading and exploring various places including but not limited to museums, used bookshops and ops shops (aka thrift shops). Most of my time, I have my crochet in hand which is something that was taught to me by my grandmother when I was nine. Knitting is one of the crafts I’ve learned with some assistance with  from talented friends and have been doing that for about six years. Over the years, I have also worked with counted cross stitch, needlepoint and a few other crafts.

My first geeky fandom was the Dragonriders of Pern series by the late Anne McCaffrey. Dragons have always fascinated me and it only took seeing the word in the title of her book to result it in being checked out and read as fast as I could. From there, it was a neverending love of her work, with the Dragonriders always holding the top of the list. It’s no surprise, that eventually, I would start to read the Harry Potter series and never leave it. Thanks to that series, I have made some amazing friendships both online and off. I’ve also really come to know my geek crafting. The first true geek oriented item I ever made was the Molly Sweater from a pattern available here.

When not working or crafting, you can find me writing drabbles for The Petulant Poetess or character rp for Wizards Without Boundaries.

Hopefully, when we meet up each Saturday, I can share some of the wonderful geek crafting that led me to join in!

December 5

Another new geeky blogger….

Hello out there, this is gia or “hookedhands” as I am sometimes referred to by the store that sells my dolls or anyone who stumbles upon my blog where I discuss various yarnbombs (i.e. Totoro, boobs for breast cancer, etc etc.)  and other projects.  I also make what I think are underrepresented pop culture dolls and sell them over here (think daria, the big lebowski, porco rosso).  I have a 3 year old who is a total geek in the making.  This is totally my fault.  I’m hoping his good looks will make up for the longwinded discussions he’s bound to have with people about Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.

I’ll be one of your resident bloggers.  I’ll try not to link to too many ewok crafts.  Look for me on Tuesdays.

 

Here’s a little picture of my latest creation.  The dude just never stops abiding:

 

 

 

 

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October 25

‘Ey up Lads and Lasses!

Hi everyone! I’m Charlotte and I am a new writer for Geek Crafts. I’m a Yorkshire lass born and bred; that’s Yorkshire in England if you don’t know. I am an avid crafter that dabbles in all areas of crafting. I love baking ever since I was 4 and making biscuits with my Gran. I also enjoy sewing, making toys and clothes, as-well as embroidery and cross stitch. I also dabble in miniature painting, I am getting rather good at it if I say so myself. I am also geeky as well as a crafter. I love anything Sci-Fi and Fantasy, particularly Doctor Who, Harry Potter and Dungeons & Dragons. I have always been a geek, I used to be attached to my Game boy Colour from the moment it came out playing on Pokemon. I love pirate, fairies, stripy socks and shiny things!

Until my next post I bid you farewell!

July 19

Tutorial Tuesday: Crochet Golden Snitch

Still looking for a party favour to make your Harry Potter party go with a ‘zap’? want to give a special Harry Potter loving friend a gift to commemorate the end of an era?

If you can crochet I’ve got a great pattern for you.

This Golden Snitch pattern has been uploaded to Ravelry by Heather Smith. Its super simple, super quick and SUPER CUTE!

Check out her flickr photostream for more knitting and crocheting goodness!

 


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