Class or Challenge Title: Astronomy House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:German bee sting cake Brief Description: The only sting to this cake is the name and a little honey, but I thought it looked like an interesting cake and decided to try it. I’m not a fan of the cake, which is just a sweet bun, but I loved the from scratch vanilla pudding and the topping, which I want to try on a normal cake in the future. Project Picture:
Class or Challenge Title: Divination House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:Summer spring rolls Brief Description: My peanut sauce is thicker than it should be, but it worked perfect either way. I always loved the way summer spring rolls look, the colours barely showing through the transparent rice paper. If I should make it again I will try to make the roll slightly smaller so it would be easier to eat for kids. Project Picture:
Class or Challenge Title: Iron Chef - Radicchio House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:Cheesy baked pasta radicchio Brief Description: I thought this looked amazing, but my version was far more soupy, and the radicchio lost the awesome colour as I cooked it. It still tasted great, but look at the original recipe to see how it SHOULD have looked like. Project Picture:
Class or Challenge Title: Muggle studies House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:Ube Roll cake Brief Description: Lars made this cake in Steven Universe, my son, who loves to recreate dishes from movies and shows really wanted me to make this one. I couldn’t get my hands on ube extract so I used only ube and a little purple food colour. This should be more purple, but it’s the first time I made a roll cake. I liked the taste and would certainly make another roll cake later on. Project Picture:
My scale certainly notices it
My plan is to learn to make healthier food now, more keto most likely, or anything low carb. So I’m certainly happy about all the recipes being posted here
Okay! A little bit of a project dump ahead; I didn’t think to add projects I had posted separately to the craft-a-long (also, still learning so if this is wrong please correct me!)
Class or Challenge Title: Charms
House:Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Florida Mosaic Piece
Brief Description: I am currently working on a series of states based off of the ones that I (or my DH) have lived in. So far I’ve completed GA and FL (all to beautify my home space while we WFH).
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Class or Challenge Title: Arithmancy
House:Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Small Batch Apple Butter
Brief Description: One of my favorite fall trends is that it becomes socially acceptable to use apples for anything and everything.
I adapted a recipe from One Dish Kitchen and here are the changes I made:
6 medium Pink Lady apples
4 tablespoons of white and brown sugar
Juice of half a lemon
Generous shake of cinnamon
Generous shake of ginger
a pinch of whole cloves (I crushed them in my mortar + pestle)
one star anise pod
I cooked my apples down on high in my slow cooker for 4 hours, stirring occasionally, then removed the lid and cooked for an additional hour on low. I then removed the anise and used my immersion blender to create that creamy consistency that really screams apple butter.
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Class or Challenge Title: Hermione’s Book Club
House:Hufflepuff
Project Name & Page Link: Kumquat Marmalade
Brief Description: One of my favorite treats is a calamondin marmalade that my Mom used to make when I was younger. Calamondins are definitely a nostalgic treat for me, they evoke summer days by the pool (where my Grandma’s tree was located).
The surprise factor here is that I didn’t realize how similar kumquats could be. I don’t know that I’ve had kumquats before, but I saw a 1/2lb container at the grocery store and knew I wanted to test the waters.
Recipe
1/2 lb of kumquats (seeded, sliced thin)
1/2 lemon juice + zest
6 tbsp sugar
1.5 tbsp pectin
Combine all ingredients and soft boil on medium heat for 20 min. Transfer to container and cool on counter before refrigerating.
I finally have some projects to post! I’ve been painting once a week because I started an art therapy group for cancer patients/survivors. That has lead me to paint more often after group is over. Hurray for that!
Class: Alchemy
House: Slytherin
Project Name: art therapy painting #1
Project Description: For my first art therapy session I did a little 5x8 painting of a pretty lady and some swirls. It was relieving and very nice to just let myself feel the paint on paper. I think she reminds me of Venus.
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Class: COMC
House: Slytherin
Project Name: blue dish scrubbie
Project Description: these dish scrubbier are bright blue like the pixie!
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Class: DADA
House: Slytherin
Project Name: Mountain climbing with Teddy
Project Description: Nothing gets me through boring times and especially this corona-hex like a little time painting. While we had the virtual meetup I painted two little painting this is one of them.
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Class: Herbology
House: Slytherin
Project Name: Teddy among the hearts
Project Description: nothing is more soothing to me than the feeling of watercolor on paper. Painting feels so good to me. So I painted a little watercolor painting. This one is the other painting I painted while we had the virtual meetup.
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Brief Description: Normally, my DH and I would spend time visiting Haunted Houses this time of year. With the current state of the world, this little pumpkin is the closest we will get to a spooky encounter!
Class or Challenge Title: Detention - WIP House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:Heliotaxis Wedding Shawl (ravelry link) Brief Description: This was started a year ago, before I joined LC. It is my wedding shawl, I am getting married in 2 weeks! The yarn is 2 skeins of Miss Babs Dulcinea, platinum color. It also has beads, Toho brand 8/0 size AB translucent. It’s very hard to get a good picture of the whole thing, because it is huge. Project Picture:
Thanks! It’s just going to be our parents coming over. We got a self uniting marriage certificate, so we don’t need to venture out to a courthouse. We just need 2 witnesses to sign with us.
Class or Challenge Title: Study of Ancient Runes - Two main materials House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link: (Ravelry Link) Manly Kingfisher Vanilla is the New Black socks Brief Description: These socks were made for my soon to be husband (2 weeks!). The two main materials are West Yorkshire Spinners signature 4 ply sock yarn in the Kingfisher colorway, and some leftover Gynx Hand dyed (no longer in business) Powersock in the Fire Opal colorway. He also “helped”, becuase I made him try it on at various points to ensure they fit correctly. He has a very deep heel/arch area on his foot, so needs extra room there. He crammed them on his fet this morning before I could take a clear picture, so you get the blurry photo I took last night after I wove in the ends, and a photo of them on his feet. Project Picture:
Class or Challenge Title: HoM House: Hufflepuff Project Name & Page Link: Batik Beach Bag Brief Description: This was an excuse to start using up a batik jellyroll that I bought to use for scrap quilting, and then couldn’t bear to break up because it was so pretty. I started using a Youtube tutorial, but went my own way when they were going to “waste” the jelly roll material on the inside too! So I switched it up and added a real lining. This bag is BIG - about 18 inches deep, and definitely would be great for packing all the stuff for an outing (whenever we’re allowed to do those again). Project Picture:
Class or Challenge Title: Detention - Advanced Studies House: Slytherin Project Name & Page Link:Mike’s Custom scarf (custom chart from my head) Brief Description: I have decided that I absolutely hate the way that this scarf was turning out as a double-knit, so I reworked it to be in the round colorwork. So it’s moving much faster now, since it’s easier to read the chart and just zoom around in a circle. so this is maybe a bit over 3 hours into the re-work. This friend get NO MORE custom items from me. He had no problem paying what I charged him, but sheesh, both the things he has paid me to make were just such a DRAG. Project Picture: