Yes, generally I buy what I need. It's normally far better quality than whatever I could dare to make myself. However, there are some things you can't buy, such as signs for around the house that say things like 'Aragog's Lair'. Or a Hogwarts scoreboard, in the absence of reliable way to keep scores using hour glasses (damn you, magic).
So on Sunday I went and traipsed around the shops - I walked the entire length of the shopping centre in an hour and didn't find everything I wanted, but did find some things I didn't realise I wanted. I got a bag of sherbet lemons, some mint humbugs and some chocolate limes from Poundland for my sweetie buffet. I got a roll of brown paper and some string, for making packages for the outdoors display.
And I also got..... three big black sheets of card. Two are going to become Hogwarts banners - I've seen fabric versions online but doing it this way is going to cost me ooh, about £2, as opposed to £7 before post and packing. And the third one will be the scoreboard. I'm going to print off the house crests to stick onto each quarter, and then print categories to stick onto the board, and I've bought a gold pen that I will use on the night to write the points down with!
I can just about see it in my head, but it's going to be interesting to try and put it onto paper, especially since like I mentioned, I'm not the sort of naturally talented woman who can throw some glitter and glue at a scrapbook and have it come out looking like a professional job.
Updates and pictures possibly tonight or tomorrow! In other news, I went to T K Maxx and now have a visceral need for a glittery silver owl.
Your imagination is a wonderful thing! It's always tough to bring to life exactly what you envision in your mind's eye, BUT more often than not it comes out better. Celebrate the happy accidents. Can't wait to see your finished results sounds very interesting.
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