IT MADE IT TO ITS DESIGNATION AND I AM SO HAPPY!!!
So, firstly, I am SO sorry that I haven't been on recently. Real life has kicked my butt and I've been struggling to get it together. Seeing this post and all the joy it brought @enthusiastic-babe made me SO happy, I can't even put it into words!
I'm absolutely beside myself right now. I'm just so thrilled that you like it! And make sure you thank your mom for me!
It was so much fun to be able to make and send off to someone across the world. I really want to do more of these and get the chance to spread the love!!
Anyway, I'm just gushing right now, all giddy and excited! Thank you everyone for sticking with me, despite my hiatus. Thank you to those of you who entered that contest and helped inspire me to continue! And thank you, Enthusiastic-babe for posting this and for your kind words!!
My day has officially been brightened!
OH MY GOD. Y'ALL. ITāS HERE.
Okay so,
Some of you may remember the giveaway @olivandersdaughter did a few weeks ago. I won. Still canāt bloody believe it. But I did. AND IāM IN LOVE! (Iāll put my ranting below the cut as to not bore you to death if you donāt care. And, honestly, to the people that do, indeed, not care. Same, my dudes, same.) {Edit: the read-more-line-thingy doesnāt work, sooooooo, deal with it? I guess?}
It has been raining all week, and the bloody wind is excruciating, so I got home dripping everywhere, with muscle cramps in my legs and with a bit of a sour mood. I completely forgot that I was supposed to be getting it one of these days, because school has been a bit hectic lately (there is a test week coming up, and that means that I need to complete about 4 assignments before the end of this week, which brings me such JOYĀ sarcasm is heavily implied here). So this honestly made my day. My mum came home just now and she saw it and was blown AWAY by the quality! She was looking at it and she said it even smells of the cherry tree its made of! I hadnāt even realized that was what I was smelling until she pointed it out! (She would like to complement you, Tracy. She thinks itās amazing that you can make something like this.)
[The picture is that of the wand I won with a piece of paper tied to it. The paper piece is made to look like parchment, with the sides being burnt. It has some text on it.]
[The paper says:
Black Cherry,
Prunus Serotina,
10ā³,
Sasquatch Fur.
Inflexible.
Well suited for defense spells.]Ā
She also wrote me a note that I didnāt even know excised until I opened the parcel. Itās sweet and I couldnāt stop myself from smiling!
[The picture is that of the note I mentioned above. The note is written on a regular piece of paper and it says:
Enthusiastic-babe (Gerdien),
Congrats on winning the giveaway! I hope you love the wand! It chose you its wizard, so remember to use it wisely for good, not evil! ;)
Iād love if you could post a picture of it on tumblr and tag me so that all my followers know that it made it to you safe and sound!
Thank you so much for your support! Iām soĀ happy that you like my blog and enjoy the content that I produce!
<3 Always, Olivanderās Daughter (Tracy) ]
I also personally think its an amazing wand for me. Itās cherry wood andĀ āCherry wood often makes a wand that possesses truly lethal power, whatever the core.ā So, watch out homophobes, because I will end you lot.Ā
So, thanks for coming to my TED talk. If youāve read this piece of shit that some might call a tumblr post until here, I can only say that I am honestly impressed. Love yāall. Challaz biatches.
If you were to ever take wand commissions, I would love to place one. These are fantastic! ššš
Hi! Yes, I love doing wand commissions! What kind of wand did you have in mind? Iām so, SO glad that you like my wands!!Feel free to DM me and we can chat about wands and prices and materials if youād like!
Iām sorry itās taken me so long to post the winner of this giveaway!Ā
Unfortunately, Real Life (tm) got the better of me this week and kicked my butt. But here I am, back in action, ready to fight back!
And now, without further ado, the Random Number Generator courtesy of Google has determined that the winner of this giveaway is...
Drum roll please...
@enthusiastic-babe !!!
Congratulations!Ā
Thank you SO much to everyone who participated in this give away! Youāve made me feel so special and so happy, and I want to make sure that you know that I love and appreciate each and every one of you! I plan to do more of these in the future, so stay tuned! We might even get to have a chance to win a CUSTOM wand, made from wood that you choose!
Thank you again for being so wonderful! You are all amazing!!
<3 Olivanderās Daughter
Itās that time of year, folks! @dontthinkonithermione suggested to me that I try to do a give-away with a wand! I absolutely love making them, but more than that, i love sharing the magic with those around me!
So! Here is a timelapse video of me making a wand.Ā
Black Cherry,Ā Prunus Serotina, 10ā³, Sasquatch Fur. Inflexible. āCherry wood often makes a wand that possesses truly lethal power, whatever the core.ā Well-suited for Defense spells.Ā
I am excited to announce that I will send this wand out ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD to one lucky person who enters this give-away! All you have to do to win this is to REBLOG this post! Ideally, if you follow me, that would also be awesome, because the more followers I have, the more often I can do these amazing give-aways and not feel silly about it!
Good luck, everyone! I canāt wait to see who ends up winning this! The winner will be announced on Friday!
I wish I had money to commission you, sadly I canāt work here in Australia (I have to be 15+) so I donāt have any way to earn money- I would honestly love to commission you some day ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
Thank you so much, Nonny! I really appreciate that!
Enter the contest, and hopefully you can win this wand! I'll also try to do more in the future to help spread the magic. :)
I know it can be hard to support artists that you love when you don't have a disposable income. I've totally been there, wanting to throw money at people who I felt were amazing!
I just want to say, as an artist, even messaging us and giving emotional support is so, so wonderful! We appreciate the thought behind it! So thank you so much for messaging me!
I do! Iāve done a bunch of custom wands from different woods! Generally speaking, my designs are all original, but I have had a few people ask me to make specific character wands. I also usually use Canadian woods (thatās where Iām from), but Iāve had the pleasure of working with various species from all over the world!
If you are interested, you can totally DM me, Iād be happy to talk about it with you!
Also, if you folks are interested in other wand designs, I can always post more pictures of my older stuff! :D
Itās that time of year, folks! @dontthinkonithermione suggested to me that I try to do a give-away with a wand! I absolutely love making them, but more than that, i love sharing the magic with those around me!
So! Here is a timelapse video of me making a wand.Ā
Black Cherry,Ā Prunus Serotina, 10ā³, Sasquatch Fur. Inflexible. āCherry wood often makes a wand that possesses truly lethal power, whatever the core.ā Well-suited for Defense spells.Ā
I am excited to announce that I will send this wand out ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD to one lucky person who enters this give-away! All you have to do to win this is to REBLOG this post! Ideally, if you follow me, that would also be awesome, because the more followers I have, the more often I can do these amazing give-aways and not feel silly about it!
Good luck, everyone! I canāt wait to see who ends up winning this! The winner will be announced on Friday!
I had such a magical time during my trip to Toronto!
The amazing shop Curiosa has given me two beautiful items to give to yāall! So Iām very excited to hold this giveaway! šš
Look at their shop here and prepare to be
a m a z e d.
I myself got these two:
Theyāre simple notebooks masquerading as Hogwarts texts! Ahhhh theyre so beautiful, all from the official graphic designers, Mina Lima.
If you want to enter to win the chocolate frog and a Hogwarts: A History journal just Reblog with #HPRP in the tag so the community can see it. šš¾āāļøšš¾
Posted this on Insta earlier! Talking with Alison from CBC News was great! Sheās gorgeous and fun and efficient. The whole interview was under 10 mins and she asked great questions about what happened to the ball!? Why am I here now? Where had I been? Howād I get the money and what did I do with all of it? It was a great time really šš¾
@dontthinkonithermione Is that a thing? Do these folks always get together the same time we do?Ā āCause thatās twice in a row now! XD
Oi Peeps
(( OOC: Jess and I are getting together this weekend and want to film some stuff, any characters you guys would like to see?
ALSO, Weāre going to be meeting up with JayĀ @siriussly-serious on saturday. Probably wonāt get up to any cosplay since we only have the day with them, but just thought Iād mention it cause Iām stoked. ;) ))Ā
Tomorrow at 4:30 AM I get up to catch my 7:00 AM flight to Toronto (WOO!) to see @olivandersdaughter !!
I have quite the magical itinerary during my stay:
-The Lockhart, a Harry Potter inspired bar
-The Manor, a giant geek mansion turned restaurant with different themed rooms and an absolutely amazing menu of themed drinks and food!
-Curiosa, an amazing shop that sells official Mina Lima Harry Potter prints and merch of ALL KINDS amongst other beautiful things!!!
- Figure, yet another spiffy geek cocktail joint with a themed menu, moreso oriented towards American comics. Iām super excited for this as well because the drinks look SO KILLER and beautiful and so does the overall space!
So for all of this awesomeness as it happens, head to my insta (@Dontthinkonithermione) and meet me on there for some funnn! Iāll be vlogging this whole trip so if insta isnāt your thing, iāll have a blog on it when I come back. But if it is, join mehhH!