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Victoria: A Novel Of a Young Queen and Lace Votives

November 14, 2016 by Wifeeclectic 25 Comments

This is an advertisement for SheSpeaks/St. Martins Press As an avid Anglophile and reader of historical fiction, I had to pick up Victoria by Daisy Goodwin the moment I could. I love reading about her 63 year rein, her 9 children and her fairy tale love with her husband Albert, but how did it all […]

Filed Under: Books, YA Books Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Book Review

The Best Thanksgiving Books for Children

November 6, 2016 by Wifeeclectic 21 Comments

There are lots of lists for Christmas books, but not as many for Thanksgiving Books. To often we gloss over this holiday when it really has so much to offer. These Thanksgiving books are some of my very favorite. Most of them involve pilgrims because my mom loves the pilgrims and these are the books […]

Filed Under: Books, Children's Books, Holidays, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Book Review, Thanksgiving

DIY Quidditch Pitch

October 20, 2016 by Wifeeclectic 22 Comments

One of the most magical moments in Harry Potter for me was when he first learned to play Quidditch. Learning about the Quaffle, the Bludgers and that little Golden Snitch really made the Wizarding World that extra bit of fun. I have never been much of athletic person, but I have always wanted to play […]

Filed Under: Books, Geek Blogging, Harry Potter, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Geek Blogging, Harry Potter, Party

Easy Harry Potter Monster Book of Monsters Journal

October 19, 2016 by Wifeeclectic 21 Comments

You will need: Faux Fur Fabric (You can buy it by the yard at the craft store) a notebook (not spiral bound) hot glue 2 flat marbles felt in red and white scissors orange paper a black marker mod podge Lay your notebook open on your faux fur and cut the fur to your specific […]

Filed Under: Books, Geek Blogging, Harry Potter, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Geek Blogging, Harry Potter, Shop this post, Video

DIY Witch Brooms

October 17, 2016 by Wifeeclectic 33 Comments

As we have been looking around costume stores this October for Witch brooms. After searching just about every costume shop in the area, it seemed like the stores didn’t have what we were looking for or they were ridiculous expensive for cheap plastic. Since we needed a larger number of brooms, we decided to go […]

Filed Under: Geek Blogging, Halloween, Harry Potter, Holidays, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Geek Blogging, Halloween, Harry Potter, Month 'O Pumpkins

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Debra Hawkins - Housewife EclecticHi, I'm Debra. I am a craftaholic photographer married to a web-programming amateur chef with two sassy littles keeping it interesting. It gets crazy around here. Read More…

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