Pottermore Sorting Hat is back!!!

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Finally, the Sorting Hat is back on pottermore.com! Now many people have questions how to get your old account back. Pottermore released a simple chart for that:

So whether you've had an account before or not, you have to re-register first!! When you have created your new account you get a verification email. When you've verified your account you can get your old account with your old house and wand back by simply entering your user name, so be sure you remember that! If you've forgotten your user name pottermore will help you. By sending a blank email to usernames@team_pottermore.com. 

When you've reclaimed you're old house and wand your profile page may look like this (I'm in Ravenclaw, so everything following will be for students who've been sorted into that house. I'm sure there are very similar things to discover if you've been sorted into any other Hogwarts house).

 If you then click 'more about my house' you'll get to a page where you can download various wallpapers e.g. for your desktop, iPhone, Android, Twitter, Facebook etc. 

Also there's articles and people connected to your house so you can discover evereything about your house, like which famous people belonged to your house or what are the traits of a Gryffindor/Ravenclaw/Hufflepuff/Slytherin.

I'm really glad pottermore brought back the Sorting. Rumor has it that there will be a Patronus test in 2016, so keep your eyes peeled for that!!

I hope you can rejoin your old house soon or if you weren't happy before a new house. Maybe you've changed over time and now belong to a different house. Who knows better, but the Sorting Hat? Don't be disappointed with the house he chooses for you. And don't be disappointed with your wand either. Remember: The wand chooses the wizard!

Mischief managed!

Happy late House Pride Weekend!

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Hello Marauders,
it's been a while since I posted something on here, because I've had a really stressful time lately.

Anyhow, today I wanted to show you the drawing I made for 'House Pride Weekend' which was a while ago. Unfortunately Ravenclaw didn't win the 1 million extra house points. My congratulations to all Slytherins out there for this great achievement!
For all those who didn't follow 'House Pride Weekend': Slytherin won with 37%, while Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tied on 2nd place with 23% each. That means that both houses got awarded 230,000 house points. Hufflepuff with only 17% came in last.

Here are some of the contributions that have been made:

Slytherin



Hufflepuff



Gryffindor



Ravenclaw



 And here's my contribution. I made this drawing of the Ravenclaw house crest with a black graphite pencil! I hope you like it! Happy late #HousePride Contest!

Looking forward to seeing you soon! Until then...

Mischief managed!

House Crest Pins Review

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This beauty arrived with the post a few days ago. I was so excited when I openend the package from The Noble Collection (click here to get to their website). The House Crest Pins Collectors Box costs $24.50. If your shopping from Germany I strongly recommend Elbenwald®­­ (see here). Unfortunately the box is much more expensive (34,95€).

The collectors box includes 5 pins. The pins are made of some kind of plastic, but they look like they are made of metal. The only way to find out that they are not actually made of metal is if you hold them in your hands, since they are really light-weight. The box itself is made of wood and is really beautiful, though there are a few dents in mine (I hope this doesn't happen when you order yours!), which I find really frustrating, because you know, I spend a good amount of money on it. Secondly what I find disappointing is that the glass sheet is not made out of real solid glass, but of Plexiglass, which scratches easily so you want to be extra careful with that.

The 5 pins are, according to The Noble Collection's website, hand enameled. The pins are finely detailed and close with a butterfly clasp so they won't fall of if your wearing them.

The Hogwarts™ coat of arms is bronze. It shows a lion, a snake, a badger and an eagle surrounding the (in this case) red letter "H". Beneath it is the motto of the school. Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus which is Latin and means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon".

Usually the Hufflepuff™ crest is a black badger on yellow. In this case the badger is bronze as the decoration surrounding it. On top is a tiny badger underneath which we can see a knight's helmet.

The Slytherin­™ crest is exactely like I expected it to be. It shows a silver serpent on green. On top there's a tiny serpent beneath which you can find a knight's helmet.

Gryffindor's™ crest shows a bronze lion on yellow and scarlet. On the very top, however is not a small lion but the moon and a star together with a little wizards hat. I don't know why they made it that way, but it's probably because Gryffindor™ plays major part in the books and movies, since it's the house of the main characters. Maybe they wanted to make it stick out of the other 3 house crests by adding this little difference.

This is my favourite crest, but that's only because I'm in Ravenclaw™ house. The coat of arms of Ravenclaw™ is actually the most inaccurate of all 5 pins. The symbol of Ravenclaw™ is not, as the name suggests, a Raven but it's really an Eagle. (on the Hogwarts™ coat of arms pin this is portrayed correctly, so it is quite illogical that they made the Ravenclaw™ crest this way). Also the house colors are bronze and blue. In the movies, however they used blue and silver. I guess that is why they adopted those colors to all Ravenclaw™ products (so this crest is just disappointing for all of you who have read the books, including myself).

I hope this post helped you with your decision on whether you should get the House Crest Pins or not. I'm in love with them, despite some inaccuracies. I love wearing them sometimes, but I mostly keep them in the collectors box which I attached to my wall so I can always look at this beautiful treasure.

Mischief Managed!

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Finely detailed and hand enameledh

Finely detailed and hand enameled