Dolores Umbridge's Office Cupboard

Happy Saturday, everyone! Connie here to share a Harry Potter inspired project. I made an office cupboard for one of the series' great villains - Hogwarts Headmistress Dolores Umbridge, lover of cats and all things pink. Let me walk you through how it came together.

I started with a GSL 3 Panel Hutch. As with every assembly, I start by laying out all the pieces to see how everything comes together. This makes getting it together a snap. This piece comes with 3 lighter weight chipboard drawers that I set aside as I knew I wanted open cubbies for this project. 

Here's the top of the hutch freshly glued.

From here, I painted the individual pieces in a pale pink that reminds me of Pepto Bismol. I was reluctant at first to paint the entire piece this color but then thought what would Dolores want and that settled it. I painted the lower hutch shelves prior to gluing them in place since the assembled spaces are pretty tight. 

Here's the hutch assembled and waiting for the glue to dry. I selected a cheerful pink floral paper from Graphic 45's Garden Goddess collection. 

The hutch needs something to rest on and I had a dollhouse table from the dollar store in my stash that fit it perfectly.  It also got the pink treatment. 

The cat china was fun to make. I printed kitten and doily images then glued those onto dollhouse porcelain plates.

Aren't they cute? After those were secured, I glued the arched front of the hutch in place. 

Here's a close up of the Slytherin brooch made from a sparkly green brad and a small Slytherin sticker.  Dolores is, of course, a Slytherin.

Finishing touches include a porcelain cat, a little pink tea set, some educational decrees ready to be hung in the halls of Hogwarts, scrolls, and a Dark Magic book that was made by gluing a cover onto a dollhouse miniature book. Her torturous black quill pen that writes with the blood of the person using it was made from a small chicken feather.

 Thanks for stopping by!

GSL Products Used

3 Panel Hutch

Other Supplies Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Graphic 45 Garden Goddess collection

Dollar store table

Miniature china

Polymer clay lemon slices

Miniature porcelain cat

Printed images

Green brad

Slytherin sticker

Miniature book

Feather

The Little Mystic's Hutch

Although I've always been interested in the magical, I've never been one for crystals. Lately however I've been admiring a number of Instagram accounts that share these gorgeous pictures of crystal grids. Shiny stones laid out in pretty patterns. They're enchantingly beautiful.

Those patterns, colours, and crystals got me thinking about glitter and stardust and dreams and the Universe. Yes, all those things at once!

So I put together the 3 Panel Hutch, added some spindly legs and stars...

... and filled it with tiny gem stones.

Perhaps I'll make a life sized mystic hutch for myself in the future, but for now my fairies will not be wanting. They have drawers filled with stars, and loads of stones and gems, to weave some magic.

If you'd like to see the process of making this hutch, you can pop over to my YouTube channel to watch the video HERE.

Here are all the bits and bobs I used to create The Little Mystic's Hutch:

3 Panel Hutch
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Wooden Table Legs
3D Star Spacer Beads
Flat-Back Gold Star Studs - 12mm
Flat-Back Gold Star Studs - 8mm

Blue/Turquoise scrapbook paper
Gold Star Sequins
Brass Moon
Miniature Tarot Cards
Various Stones/Gems/Crystals
Tiny Wood Bowls and various miniature bowls/vials
Paint
Glitter

A Valentine's Day Hutch

Happy Saturday, everyone!  For this week's project, I was inspired to decorate the GSL 3 Panel Hutch with some sweet pink and white goodies for Valentine's Day.

As always, I started this project by laying out all the pieces.  This really helps me with assembly.

The shelves of the hutch are put together from these three notched pieces.

Here is what the shelves will look like when glued into place.

Before gluing, I cut a piece of paper from the Graphic 45 Botanical Tea collection for the interior back wall of the piece.  I like this paper for the hutch because it's nice and neutral, and who doesn't enjoy a subtle botanical print?  I adhered it onto the interior wall of the hutch then used an X-Acto knife and nail file to expose the assembly notches.

The hutch pieces were painted with black acrylic paint then glued into place using tacky glue.

The hutch needs something to sit on and I had this perfect little table from the dollar store.  This was also painted black with the exception of contrasting cream colored knobs.  The two pieces were then glued together for a finished piece. 

Since I made this a basic black and cream, it can be decorated for any season. Since it's February, I chose a few pink and white accessories. I used some miniature porcelain dishes, pink resin flowers, a large diamond crystal, Swarovski beads, a tiny molded clay cake and a small glass bottle containing nail art hearts. I plan to change it out for Easter, Halloween and Christmas.

The hutch also comes with easily assembled drawers but I decided I like the look of open shelves to show off a few miniature platters. 

The finished piece is one I'd love to have regular sized in real life.  Thanks for stopping by!

Gypsy Soul Laser Item Used

3 Panel Hutch

Other Items Used 

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper - Fauna

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Miniature porcelain dishes

Resin flowers

Molded clay cake

Crystals and beads

Small glass bottle

Nail art hearts