Wand display

Wow! It's been forever since I posted, and I'm stuck inside during a blizzard, so I thought I would post a blog about my recent DIY project. So, this summer some friends, Mark, and I went on a Harry Potter pub crawl. It was super fun! But, we left with a collection of Harry Potter wands. I had already acquired a couple and had some more on my Amazon wishlist. A few of the friends and I started talking and decided it was time to build a wand holder. My design was a large piece of wood with…

I've wanted to make a fancy wand display for ages now, so our friend Dana's birthday was the perfect excuse. Dana is a wand maker (you can see some of his work here) and the biggest Harry Potter fan I know. His house is decorated in a Hogwarts/Gryffindor theme year-round, with floating candles on timers, a big wooden four-poster bed, and more magical details than I can count. (Of course I have pictures - keep scrolling!) Here's Dana as The Wand Maker - a photo I took at our Fantastic Beasts…

Harry Potter wand display I made for my dad. He makes the wands to spec by hand out of hardwood.

I've been spending a fair amount of time waiting for some clear resin pieces to go off this last week (never easy in the cold and damp!) , so I thought...

Waaaaannnnnnnttttt!

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