Bathilda Got it!

So my buddy Bathilda Boomslang got back from vacation and found her goodie box.  I'm tickled she like it.  In particular, I'm proud of the Snape t-shirt.  There was some paint bleed, but I kinda like the "ghosting" quality.  Other than her book of magical socks and a-g stitch markers, I included a crazy eyeball ink pen, some candies/chocolates, a sheep glass (and Pez dispenser), a notebook, adventurine (a green crystal said to promote healing) and other various do-dads collected along the way.

The Owl Has Flown

...just hope the poor dear has been eating her Wheaties.  That was some heavy package!

Finishing up the lining....

..and the machine goes wonky!  Criminy!  Happily I am able to finish it up by hand.  Much wrapping to do and off the thing goes!

The last quiz..sniff, sniff

1. Who loves containers of all sorts?
2. ME!
   
3. Who dyed her fingers blue?
4. Ironically, Lavender
   
5. Who is related to William Shakespeare?
6. Celestina Cadagon
   
7. Who wants to own an alpaca farm?
8. Victoria Black
   
9. Who hates carrots?
10. Selina Starfire
    
11. Who is from the Muggle town of Bagshot in Surrey?
12. Patonga Pinkstone
    
13. Who was searching for radishes in the winter?
14. M. Ferula McGonagall
    
15. Who got a gift certificate to a LYS from a Slytherin boy for Valentine's Day?
16. That hussy Cecilia Kettleburn
    
17. Who discovered ghosts and house elves drinking tea in the Great Hall at midnight?
18. Ophelia Hopkirk
    
19. Who took an extra credit class called Muggle Fantasy Literature?
20. Selina Starflame
    
21. Who attended a Muggle music convention?
22. Patonga Wigworthy
    
23. Who taught herself to purl backwards?
24. Serafina Starfire (a natural contrarian!)
    
25. Who sports Ravenclaw Spirit socks?
26. Minerva Kwikspell
    
27. Who would like to work in Muggle Relations after graduation?
28. Allyitra Spelling
    
29. Whose Mum is named Henrietta?
30. Avada Fench Fletchley
    

Round Three

1. When Rita Skeeter prints a bad articles about Hagrid in the Daily Prophet, which Professor teaches Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class while he is away?
c. Professor Grubbly-Plank

2. What was the article Rita Skeeter wrote about Hagrid called?
c. Dumbledore's Giant Mistake

3. When the school champions were being chosen from the Goblet of Fire, whose name cam out first?
b. Viktor Krum

4. What is the spell Ludo bagman says to magically magnify his voice when he commentates?
a. Sonorus

5. What kind of dragon did Cedirc have to face in the first task?
b. A Swedish Short-Snout

6. Who raised the trophy after winning the world cup?
b. Troy and Quigley

7. How many bedrooms did Mundungus Fletcher claim to have?
d. 12

8. For what did Moody mistake his birthday gift of a carriage clock?
b. A basilisk egg

9. What did Mr. Ollivander produce for the end of Cedric's wand?
d. Silver smoke rings

10. The dark mark is on Snape's left arm.
a. Yes

How did I not see this until 4:31 pm est today?!

1. Do my homework for me.

Elucify Intellectium
2. Tidy up my bedroom.

Tidius Miraculous
3. Make a delicious chocolate cake.

Eroticum Confectious
4. Make my professor stay in bed today.

Lectur Lazeosa (that's Lay-z-o-sah!)
5. I would like breakfast in bed, please.

Flapjaclassification!
6. Stick all my Quidditch opponents' feet to the floor.

Cleatcrete

7. Give everyone the giggles.

Girlish Gregarium

8. Dye some yarn in my favorite color.

Pigmentation Potion (This is a potion, not a charm.  Trick question, huh?!)
9. Unravel the mess I've made with my yarn.

Tanglasificum
10. Knit my Prefect the perfect bag!

Perfectus Prefecta Parcelonius

What's in a name?

So I'm going a bit "out of character" here, but am hoping to find some sympathy.

I don't want to "come out".  Strange that a grown-ass woman has gotten attached to her fictitious persona, but there you have it.  There are times when I "Esmie" in real life.  Oh, well.  All good things.......

This weekend I hope to finish the swap bag and whip of a batch of cockroach clusters and peppermint toads.  Yummm!

T-Shirts and other HSKS4 Memorabilia

Our time at Hogwarts is fast coming to a end and a number of us have bandied about the idea of House Shirts.  Some of the more **cough** ribald members of our tower cry "Study hard, party harder", others favor a more sophisticated tone.  I'd like to get some empirical data to share with the Prefect, Head Girl and Head Mistress.  Please pop over and participate in the polls.

Edited to keep me out of muggle-style toilet scrubbing duty.

Ravenclaw Quiz

1. What colorless and odorless potion forces the drinker to tell the truth?

VODKA!  Veritaserum

2. If the spell to Apparate goes wrong and leaves half of you behind, you have been what? 

An ass?  Splinched

3. Who wrote the Standard Books of Spells Grades 1 and 2?

Miranda Goshawk

4. What is it called when brother wands meet?

Priori Incantatem

5. Name the charm used by Ludo at the World Cup to amplify his voice.

Sonorus Spell

6. For what is the charm Aparecium used?

Makes invisible ink visible

7. What charm requires the use of a Secret-Keeper?

Fedelius Charm

8. What color should the Strengthening Potion be?

Dark Purple or as the Brits would say Aubergine

9. What plants are used in preparing a confusing potion?

I, ah, don't know....Sneezewart, skurvy grass & lovage

10. What condition is cured by Glumbumble?

Hysteria

11. What poton makes a werewolf safe so he can keep his mind when he transforms, and what substance makes it useless?  Wolfsbane potion / Sugar

12. When does Fluxwood, an ingredient used in making Polyjuice Potion, have to be picked?

At the full moon

13. What color should a Shrinking Solution be?

Bright acid green

14. What potion is made from asphodel and wormwood?

The draught of living death

15. For what are Jobberknoll feathers used?

memory potions and truth serums

A wee bit of shopping...

..got some lovely Maizy sock yarn (82% corn fiber) that reminds me of impatients - all spring green and various shades of pink.  Also worked a bit on the buddy's bag.  Another busy week ahead - hope everyone is safe & warm.