Light-Up Wand

I'm sure you've seen the wands that nearly all Harry Potter merchandise sellers sell. The light-up plastic wands (so horribly overpriced).

Why not DIY? That's my preferred method. Above is my fully-functioning "Lumos" wand. Its obviously not finished. I won't be finishing it, though, because my brilliant 6 year old sister decided to 1) leave the already half-used bulb on for several hours, and 2) tried taking it apart to see if she could fix it before I realized. :D

Below are instructions!

French Braiding

I finally learned how to French Braid properly! My sister usually doesn't like me to experiment with hairdos on her because it "HURTS!!!" But I convinced her. :)
What you see in the picture is... rather confusing. But it holds hair back nicely, and is pretty. I did it for my friend before her basketball game, and it stayed in! Its two sets of french braids on either side of the head. The braids ended at the middle of her head, and I then pulled the rest of the hair into a single french braid with a ribbon in it.

My favorite french braid so far is the one that looks like a circle crown.

Penguin Amigurumi

What is Amigurumi? I'd wondered that myself. It is, apparently, the "Japenese art of crocheting small dolls or toys."

On the Fairy Tale Novels Fourm, I was on an adventure with Yaviel. We metamorphed into purple penguins and got kidnapped by The Boss... well, long story short, I made a penguin for Yaviel!

I'd seen some pictures of crocheted dolls on Ravelry, and thought I'd go for it. I pulled out yarn scraps and set to work! I did not follow any pattern (I didn't even know it was called Amigurumi, and had never done any pattern similar before).

I did alot of things in very ineffective ways (I have since learned how to crochet multiple colors properly. All I did was sew white ontop of the purple). But I got a very cute little three-inch penguin! :)

I think I will be trying Amigurumi again. Although I might actually spend the time to find a pattern and/or basic amigurumi instructions.

Bauble Necklace

This, like my Fairy Hairclips, is basically a bunch of beads that are held together by some randomly twisted wire. So, I can't really give exact instructions. Enjoy the picture, though. :)

Such a Horribly Nasty Blogger

I am, yet again, posting for the mere sake of taunting my few readers. :P

You see, I got onto the computer with the intention of posting at least six posts, instructions and all. That would be just a small fraction of the crafts/art projects/etc I have done recently.

I got onto the computer. Paint Shop wouldn't open up (and all of the pictures had bad lighting). Then, I realized I was on my brother's account and he doesn't have access to my files. And then I realized that my bedtime, one which I'd better not miss by even a minute, is in only a few minutes. I might/might not be able to post tommorrow.

Can you all pray for my family? Especially early this week? This being the internet, and this being a public blog, and this being a public blog that more than just close friends read, I can't put up too much info. But prayers would be appreciated. :) Danke!