Outlander Glass Pendant for DIY Saturday – Guest Post
Happy weekend Outlanders! What are you up to over the next couple of days? Some of you will say chores, others shopping, but I expect a great number of you are also thinking of heading out to a movie – Disney’s BRAVE, perhaps?
I don’t know of an Outlander fan who hasn’t been drawn to Princess Merida’s ginger locks and fiery feminism. She must remind us of someone.
Aaron, Outlander fan and paper artist extraordinaire, is one of the movie goers this weekend. She’s taking some little friends along, and made them each a Brave glass pendant to wear and keep as a souvenir.
While she had out the tiles, paper cutter and glue she also made an Outlander stag pendant, that we want to send to one of you!
Scroll down to see a little bit about how Aaron put these cute charms together, and how you can enter to win your very own…
From Aaron at Booth 32:
I promised the next door neighbor kids that I would take them to see the movie (kinda like my excuse to go!) I decided I wanted to give the girls a charm necklace to wear and keep after the movie! I went in search of a book to use and I found a copy of Brave at Target! I also thought it would be a good idea to have a grown up necklace as well. When I started think on what pictures, I remembered my Outlander Companion book-it is FULL of great pictures related to the series and Scotland.
To start off I used the glass tile to decide what image I thought would look good as a pendant. After I found what I wanted I used a craft knife to trim it out. ( I used the craft mat between the pages so I only cut what I wanted.)
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For the rest of Aaron’s instructions, head on over to Booth 32, and while you’re there, check out some of her other crafty ideas. She’s a paper genius!
To win this stag pendant for your very own, please leave a comment below, telling me what you love most about Outlander Kitchen. Entries are open worldwide and close Monday, June 25 at 9pm, Pacific Time, at which point I will select a winner with the help of a random number generator. I will announce the winner on June 26.
That’s a very lovely tutorial. I would make one with a picture of my hubby inside. I am wondering how to get those glass tile. Thanks a lot for sharing this information.
That’s a very lovely pendant. Thank you for sharing your amazing ideas. I would try it definitely.
Frenks
My favorite thing about Outlander Kitchen is that it gives me ideas and hope that I too can attempt to bring my literary fantasies to life at my own hearth. :) You also help bring an authentic and rustic visual/feel of home life in Jamie’s time. Ye think I can refuse that? Aye!
Just found this site, I love the contest, good luck all!
It is the combination of two of my favorite things…Outlander and cooking! When I cook the recipes, I feel like I can experience the books on an entirely different level. I can smell the scents and taste the flavors, which makes my reading more interactive.
Love the drink recipes. And the pics
I would love that stag, but offer congratulations in advance to anyone else who wins. Does that make sense?
I love how the recipes are based on one of my favorite books and how some of the recipes I could even try myself. The bonnet balls were the funniest have to add that in. Thank you for all your fun recipes!
What’s not to love?? After all….it’s Scottish!
I love the sense that I’m sweating away over a cauldron by a crude fireplace in a log cabin, and the recipes take me straight back to that place, beside Mrs Bug. I can SMELL the stew bubbling and the slightly smokey atmosphere in that confined space.
This is a fun blog, especially for those of us who cook! I love trying the new recipes out!!
I love the humor, unique approach to recipes and recalling some great passages from the books!
I love OK because food is another way to experience a book/world, and the way you present recipes with quotations is very cool. I’m having fun exploring foods I haven’t tried before, and this is fun way to do it :) I look forward to seeing each new entry.
the pendants are lovely!
Outlander Kitchen is wonderful! It’s a feast in every way ~ from the recipes to the beautiful artwork ~ the quotes and the humor ~ the connection to Jamie’s and Claire’s world ~ I love it all!!!
Ooh, what a neat idea with the pendants!
As for what I love best about Outlander Kitchen. . . Aside from everything? Well, that the recipes make a link between the series and history and my very own modern kitchen, of course!
I’ve always loved trying to recreate traditional and historical recipes – or the nearest modern alternative – and it was so amazing to find a trove of such recipes with other people who do as well!
(The quotes mixed in are definitely a nice touch, too. They remind me why I love the series so much, even if they also make me want to reread the books when I’m seriously lacking in time.)
My favorite thing about your OK blog is that it creates a living history out of a work of historical fiction. While Jamie and Claire are fictional beings who live in our imaginations and hearts, your recipes breathe life into them so that we have a physical representation of the world that Diana Gabaldon has created. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with the world. I don’t subscribe to many blogs (3 total) and I always look forward to the posts from OK.
I love that you even conceived of the idea of Outlander Kitchen- a very creative way to bring your love of the series to life. (Also, kudos to the crafter who made the pendants- marrying handmade textiles and much-loved books!) And, because it gives me a warm feeling inside to think that, as I write this comment tonight from California, that there is another person on an island in Canada who loves the Outlander series as much as I do. Wow, if only someday we could all meet up for Skype book club!!
I love outlander kitchen , it’s like you can share a wee bit o their world, Aaron you are a verra clever lass
Love your recipes and pics
I love how OK brings us all together! It is so gratifying to be able to comfortably commune with others who are as connected to the books as we are! I don’t personally cook much but I pass the recipes on to my hubby and he works the magic!
I love everything about your blog. The way you tie in recipes/crafts to the books and quote passages from the book. I get to relive my favourite series over and over and over again.
Those pendants are lovely. Would love to have one of mine own to wear near to my heart. <3
It looks beautiful!
Too adorable!
What don’t I love about this blog? I love the way you go into such detail, with photos and everything, and how each of the recipes are so useful in day to day cooking. And that I can make stuff and say “well, this is a Jamie/Claire/whoever” dish…
How cute are those pendants! I saw the movie Brave today, btw. LOVED it! I really enjoy Outlander Kitchen because it mixes my two favorite things; Outlander and Food! I’ve enjoyed every recipe that I’ve tried so far (and the picky husband has enjoyed them all too).
You provide food for thought and a feast for the eyes. The recipes are imaginative adaptations and the excellent photography makes the results really drool worthy. The site is a foodie’s nirvana…om mani padme yum.
Great idea on the necklaces! I love how Outlander Kitchen brings parts of our favorite characters lives forward to us (in our modern time) with the food they ate.
Oh, that’s lovely! I love how many interesting things OK brings us – non-foodie things like this, as well as the delicious inspiration of the normal posts.
What I love most is that it keeps the dream going strong, it lives deep in my heart and there are others that we can connect with as we all feel the same about the series.
I can’t wait for Brave to come out over here in August… so long to wait! :( I’m so glad I came across this blog, its awesome :D
Outlander Kitchen is the greatest place to get to read the best parts of the books! Anytime I need a Jaime fix, I know where to go. The art work is amazing and it puts me right in the scene! The pendents are a real work of art!
These necklaces are a fantastic idea! I am new to OK, but am enjoying it very much. So entertaining!
These necklaces are the greatest! Such fun ideas keep coming to life on OK!
How fun these are OK! Look forward to seeing what you have been up to everyday! Love your creativity with food and our beloved stories…so much fun!
I love all the recipes that you associate with quotes from the books. I have you bookmarked.
I love the connection you forge with the series. It is a magical place.
I love everything about OK! Every day I enjoy discovering where you will transport me back to in the world of Outlander.
Outlander Kitchen makes me want to cook…..almost! But I certainly do love reading the recipes and the quotes from The Books.
cooking isn’t my strong suit…..so seeing things on Outlander Kitchen makes them real, and makes me long to read the series all over again!!
I love the blurbs that go along with the recipes. Oh, and the index!
I love Outlander kitchen it helps me step back through the stones, and be transported by the very recipes, by sharing the food it puts me into the arms of Jamie, and the mind of Claire and help us taste this epic saga of time travel, adventure, and love everlasting.
My favourite thing is your sense of humour and love for Outlander. Reading the narraration around the recipes is the best part! And the April Fool’s post was epic. :)
OK always brings us such wonderful ideas! The pendants are absolutely awesome.
I want to be creative in my answer, because creative is what this site is. Is “creative” the One Word that would describe this site? No, let’s make that hilarious. No, let’s make that heartwarming. No, sorry – I’d call it useful. Too boring. Genius? Well, in My World – anything that combines my two favorite things: Outlander and Food – yes, Genius. I long for the day I can hold this cookbook in my hand and read it cover to cover, over and over. Keep those recipes coming.
As always, love, love, LOVE!
I love these wee moments of Outlander heaven. Brightens my day each and every time. I think it is so special to be able to make something that my favorite characters (feels like my family) have been eating. Another way to participate in my Outlander fantasies. Thank you for sharing OK with us.
What’s not to love about y’all?! I am absolutely itching to start making some of the recipes! They are what first brought me to your site. I’m going to try to plan the meals in order of the books so I can eat and read them at once. Really get into the books thanks to you!
How unique! That’s what I love about Outlander Kitchen- there’s always something new and different to try or to think about. There’s no other site like this one!
I love the history and the receipes that are so good. The way U feel like U are part of Outlander the series, not just a fan.
I love OK’s combination of Outlander quotes and delicious looking food – two of my faves!
I love how clever the associations are between the recipes and the characters & events in the book!
I love OK because of the receipes which help make the books more alive and enjoyable!
Outlander Kitchen makes me laugh. The wonderful recipes associated with quotations from the books … what could be more fun. I would love to have the stag pendant. It’s beautiful.
I adore these necklaces! My husband wants a little Brianna of his own, but we already have three wee Jemmies! I love how OK makes the series come to life!
I am sure my daughter would love this. I am continually amazed that you can come up with these great recipies… I had never noticed how much food was mentioned in these books! Keep it up!