Hogwarts House Laptop Decals To Make With Your Cricut! (Free Templates!)

John designed the BEST laptop decal for himself the other week, and I'm still not over it: 

 

Technically "the rest" should be in quotes, but he made this before I could nitpick his grammar. :D

In case you're unfamiliar with the reference: in the books, after each of the other House founders claims the students they want, Helga Hufflepuff proudly proclaims that she will take the rest. John has always loved that line, even convinced me to draw a badger so he could make this t-shirt for himself a few years ago:

Note the proper quotation marks. :p

(I can't find this shirt anywhere on Epbot! Have I really never shown it to you guys before??)

Getting back to the decal, John put the design together using free clip art - but it's his use of the glowing apple on his Mac that makes it so brilliant. PUN INTENDED.

BEHOLD!

Let us not speak of how many times John & I attempted the simple motion of LIFTING A LAPTOP LID to get this shot. 


No, please. WE SHALL NOT SPEAK OF IT.

Ahem.

Glowing badger eyes! EEEEE!

  

This is seriously the coolest.

We're still new to the world of Cricut, so I'm impressed how well it handled all the tiny cuts. Then we took the advice of some of you readers, and used dollar store shelf liner as transfer paper (after weeding the design):

Epcot's Flower & Garden Fest 2019: And Of Course, The FOOD!

Last week John and I got to visit Epcot's latest Festival (because there's always one going on these days, right?): Flower & Garden!

The topiaries are the big draw for this fest, plus the food, of course. As with all the big Epcot events, there are stands selling pretty drinks and special edibles throughout the park. There's also a butterfly tent, special music, and of course, MERCH.

The new Minnie art on this year's stuff is super cute! I'll show you a few more things as we go along.

Afternoon photos in the glaring Florida sun are a challenge; you pretty much have to point your phone and just start clicking blindly, ha.

Eat your heart out,  JJ Abrams.

(Lens flare joke. Heyooo.)

I took that with a cheap fish-eye lens on my phone. I've also applied so many filters that if you listen closely, you can actually hear the pixels screaming.

Bo Peep is new this year to advertise Toy Story 4, which will no doubt find new and exciting ways to grind our hearts into a sobby pulp. (Am I bitter, Pixar? Noooooo.)

My favorite is the 3-headed sheep! Although I wish it only had 2 heads, so I could name it W. 

(Give it a second.)

(Now say it out loud.)

("DOUBLE EWE.")

(Eh? EHHH?)

My face right now.

Believe it or not, this is the same photo taken at different heights: