Harry Potter book page candle/candy jar

Today I'm sharing a Harry Potter themed candle/candy jar.

The supplies I used are:  

an old banged up copy of the first Harry Potter book

a clean jar (I removed the label and ran an empty jelly jar through the dishwasher) 

an exacto knife

pencil

mod podge

I'm sure there are some of you that are cringing that I used an actual book, but this one was well LOVED (aka beat up) and I have another pristine copy of the book!

I drew a lightening bolt onto one of the pages and cut it out with an exacto knife.

I mod podged the lightening bolt book page onto the jar and then tied some ribbons around the top.  

The jar can be used to hold candy (like yummy Hi-Chew's),

or it can hold a tea light.  The lightening bolt looks so cool with the back light.  

Harry Potter feather necklace

Harry Potter is my fave!  

I've read all of the books multiple times and my kids and I watch the movies on a regular basis.
We are all BIG fans!  

We've been to the World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Florida.

Last year my daughter had a Harry Potter birthday party.  It was so much fun!  

This week is Harry Potter's birthday.  So I made a few projects with the HP theme!

The first project I did is this Wingardium Leviosa feather necklace.

If you haven't read the HP books, Wingardium Leviosa is a charm that the wizarding students 

cast to make a feather float.

For this project I used a wooden feather necklace (from Michaels), a necklace pendant blank (amazon link) and the page in the Harry Potter book where it actually says, "Wingardium Leviosa."  

I cut out the section in the book that I wanted and glued it to the inside of the necklace blank.  

Then I covered the words "Wingardium Leviosa" with Glossy Accents (amazon link)

I waited for that to dry.

Then I filled in the rest of the pendant blank with glossy accents and sprinkled gold glitter into it.  

Then I let that dry. Don't try to brush the excess glitter off until its entirely dry and set.  Give at least 5 hours or so.  I may have tried to brush it off early and messed up the surface a bit.  

I took the feather necklace apart and discarded the chain.  

I strung the pendant onto a different necklace chain along with the wooden feather.

It's a fun little necklace that shows my love of Harry Potter!

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Summer Journal writing prompts

This post originally appeared on Design Dazzle in June.


Hello!  I'm Candice from She's Crafty.

I'm thrilled to be back this year for Design Dazzle Summer camp!  

Summer is here!  I'm so happy for the slower pace of life! 

Things are definitely more relaxed around our house and I love it!

With all of the sleeping in, swimming, movie watching, video and computer games

 and general playing that my kids are doing this summer, 

I want to make sure they use their minds a little bit too.  

I don't want them to loose all of the knowledge they gained over the last year in school.  

So I am instituting journal writing in our day.  

Each of my kids picked out their own notebook/journal from the store.  

As much as I would have loved to have chosen their notebooks myself and artfully decorated them, 

I wanted them to be able to take ownership of their journals.  

So store bought it is! (One of the lessons of motherhood is choosing your battles!)

I came up with this list of journaling prompts.  

It is my hope that they will spend some time on each prompt and really think it through.  

My little dude is still working on his writing so I think this will really help his skills!  

Having a journal full of their thoughts, dreams and goals will be a treasure 

for them to look back over as they grow up.  

And hopefully it will be something worthwhile that will keep my kids busy this summer!  

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A Walk through my Week

How is it Friday already?  

This summer has flown by! 

My kids have been at summer camp all week so I've 

had a few moments to catch up on some things.  

This is what my week has looked like!

I did some updating to the shelves in my craft room.  I still have a few more things to finish in this room and then will post the tour.

My husband and I have been doing some novice plumbing.  

I just have to say, toilets are gross and plumbers don't make enough money.  Ewwww!!

Of course I've been doing some house keeping.  I love having a clean house!

I am taking a class on how to make bracelets from belts.  It's so fun!   

I just got a new camera.  It's so beautiful!!  

I've been studying the manual and playing around with it.  

Are you on Pinterest? follow me here  It's like a magazine at your fingertips.  

I have found some amazing projects this week that have inspired me so!  

(links below photos are to the original sources)

powdered paint

beautiful farm house kitchen tour

fun office space

What have you been up to this week?

last minute July 4th printables

Happy 4th of July!!  

I hope you're spending the day barbecuing, swimming, relaxing and being 

grateful for this wonderful country we live in!  

I'm here sharing a few last minute July 4th printables.  

So if you're like me, and need a little somethin, somethin for the food table, you have it!  

Print these off onto some cardstock, stick them into a frame and you're good to go!

Have a fun and safe 4th of July!  

ideas to fight summer boredom

We are right in the thick of summer.  

We've kept pretty busy so far.  

We've had girls camp, scout camp, day camps and a dance recital along with birthdays, 

meetings and appointments.  

Even with all of our summer activities, I've heard the dreaded, "I'm bored" many, MANY times.  

And while I agree with this article (seriously, go read it) that it's not my job to entertain my kids all day, every day, I thought it would be nice to have a list of things my kids can do.

So if they just can't find a way to entertain themselves, I'm prepared.  

When this cute little guy comes up to me to explain how there is nothing in our house for

 him to do, I can give him one of these tasks.

  There are some fun activities on there, but there are also some chore type things 

that always need to be done.  

I cut the tasks up into small strips and put them into a mason jar.  

Hopefully we'll have less, "I'm bored's", but if not, then at least my house will be cleaner!  :) 

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Guest Post at Design Dazzle

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