Ok... here's the story to go with the list.
I have to tell you about the pretty time I had in Diagon Alley last weekend! My friend
Agatha Vablatsky and I decided that we really needed some new
stitchmarkers and had to get over to Diagon Alley immediately.
Agatha put on their
belt because it was
huge and did not want to get a cold. I grabbed my
keys and we headed to the trains.
While waiting for our train to Diagon Alley, we chatted with
Callisto Verity and
Thalia Tinkwych who were planning to visit Gringott’s. Thalia did not want to go alone because she was collecting a
hydrangea bush and that was very
purple and brought
Callisto along for their excellence in protecting spells.
The train arrived and off we went. Our seats were very comfortable and the train sped along towards Diagon Alley and we were there in a flash! Before heading to the Yrsa’s Yarn Shoppe, we went into a
house that sells the
mean cakes!!! As we neared the house, we noticed quite a lot of commotion! The
house owner had set the
cake-making machine and it had gotten stuck!
Cakes were
boring everywhere! I ducked as a cream-filled
cake came
boring right at me and it
fascinated into
Professor Flitwick’s hat just as they walked through the door! A
buttery cake did a nose dive and splattered all over the
window most elaborately! We made it out of the store just as a
cake frog and a kettle of Bertie Bott’s every flavor beans collided in a rainstorm of goo!
Since we were still
blank, we walked the
28 blocks over to Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor! I decided on a cone with
sour ice cream and
Agatha got the hot fudge sundae with extra
fudge! Yummy!
Professor Flitwick had made his way over there as well after the incident at the
cake shoppe and had chosen a
butterbeer float.
After that, we passed Gringott’s and headed to Yrsa’s Yarn Shoppe! I tried not to look at the beautiful skeins of silk and bamboo and wool and instead, headed toward the
stitchmarkers while
Agatha stopped to
swim the stitch markers. I found a
silly stitchmarker made out of steel and made my purchase. Agatha kept hedging between the
stitchmarkers she came for and a pattern for a
scarf. She chose the
scarf pattern and we walked the back towards the train station just in time to make the 12:30 train.
After sitting down, we noticed
Callisto and
Thalia were on the train as well. Thalia looked quite
smart to have the
hydrangea bush with them.
Callisto however did not look
smart at all. While waiting to go into the vault, a baby goblin waiting in line with his Mommy, had
drank on Callisto getting
chocolate all over their clean robes! The smell really was just horrendous! Apparently,
Callisto’s protecting spells don’t work well against
chocolate!! We made our way to a less smelly compartment and talked about how we were going explain missing
Professor McGonagall’s lecture on the valuable ways
thestral’s are working with the Department of Mysteries in solving unsolvable
Londons!
First is the FABULOUS bag that I just know was handmade. She opted to go with Ravenclaw colors (film version). Also, if you look in the bottom right hand corner, you'll see a cute little owl as well! So cute!
Next we have some fun silver, fluffy and glittery yarn. But the coolest part? Check out that hand made label! It's a Hinkypunk label... my cabin! Such great attention to detail. :)
Here we have a little goody... tasty blood pops (strawberry for the squeemish).
Plus some stitch markers...
.... and look! More Hinkypunks!
But what is in this box?!...
It's full of beads! Not only that, but they're all in their own little containers (instant organization!) She even included the top ring and a few shrinky-dink charms with the house crests on them. How neat is that?! Homemade stitchmarkers for my next swap kit for sure!
Here is the whole kit all together. Pren also included some tools and wire as well instructions on how to make stitch markers. Super excited!
