"Custom birthday gift for my sweetheart?" says I. "No problem!" says she
Melanie Fuller of Dragon Star Creations is the real deal, people: a darn good artist and craftswoman who enjoys her work and treats her customers well. My fiance is a huge fan of the Harry Potter franchise, and every now and then we see a totally tricked-out box filled with magic potions and glowing bottles and it just looks so awesome. And every year now I've decided I want to get her one, because I know it would put her through the roof. But each time, as I look, I find that there's something missing. And slowly my enthusiasm wanes as that missing something becomes more and more poignant.<br /><br />This year I figured it out. It's her. My fiance. She's missing.<br /><br />What magic we have known in our lives is wrought when she and I are together; a transformation takes place, as Miss Fuller was happy to write on the front of the box. &#34;I accept the wishes of two; I give back the magic of being one.&#34; And so I decided I would buy this box (it drew my eye from all the others thanks to its beautiful artwork and our mutual suspicion that the Deathly Hallows were based off the Claddagh Ring meanings). I needed a little extra room for the stanzas of the poems I had written, so I contacted Miss Fuller privately, and she was all too happy to accommodate me. And, entirely of her own volition, she offered to include a Deathly Hallows symbol into the design on the top of the box! She's just too darned nice!<br /><br />With poems and custom design (and a letter from Hogwarts apologizing for the delay in the post) I think she'll have a smashing birthday this year. And after that, we will work on adding to the box. Black lights, bottles, potions, and all sorts of little touches that make it a work of love. Then it will truly be the magic box that we have wanted. I will upload pictures of its progress as time allows.
Rating: 5 stars