Punching 2019 in the face: Let’s forget June ever happened

Okay, June wasn't *that* bad. It wasn't an easy month either, though. And I need to get back into the blogging groove because I intended for this site to be useful in the future, and it won't be if nobody visits. Anyway, here's the skinny on June AND July's attempts at punching 2019 in the...

Punching 2019 in the face: March edition

Well, it's time to recap the month of March. It's the end of the first quarter...let's check the punching-2019-in-the-face score! Goal 1 Make a useful profit from the Hufflepuffery Etsy shop. When we checked in on February, things weren't going so well. In the shop's fourth month of existence, the initial trickle of sales slowed to...

Punching 2019 in the face: February

In January I wrote down what other people might call New Year's resolutions, but I prefer to call goals. Or plans. Plans designed, as The Emperor's Notepad advised, to punch 2019 in the face and make it my bitch. I figure a monthly update will help keep me honest about how I'm doing and maybe...

A sales post: My hand carved wands on Etsy

Yesterday I listed two new magic wands in the Etsy shop, and since it's a struggle to be heard amidst the noise, I thought I'd try to amplify the signal here a little bit. Hand carved birch wand, 11 1/4 inches - Hufflepuffery shop on Etsy Hand carved oak wand, 12 3/4 inches - Hufflepuffery...

Hufflepuffery: The Etsy shop is open

Well, I did it. The first listing went live Sunday night, and yesterday I finished stocking the store. Well, not finished finished, because there's more on the way, but enough to get started with. I hope you'll take a couple minutes and go check out the Hufflepuffery shop on Etsy. And if you happen to know...

Henrietta Voclain’s silverberry wand – a Hufflepuffery special

When we play our family Harry Potter roleplaying game, we each bring a wand to the table. My daughter's character is Henrietta Voclain, a first-year student at Hogwarts, and this is her wand. Hand-carved magic wand: Silverberry, 14 1/2 inches As you can see, it's quite simple, but I like to think it's also elegant...

Getting ready for some HufflePuffery

For the past few weeks, I've been working on starting up an Etsy shop. It's going to be called HufflePuffery because we're starting out with magic wands and other Harry Potter themed crafts. And also because, as we've been playing our Harry Potter roleplaying game, the whole family has fallen in love with Hufflepuff house....