The #TolkienTribe is celebrating #TolkienWeek and #HobbitDay (Sept. 22) this week on Instagram! Frodo and Bilbo Baggins share a birthday and it is the custom of hobbits to giveaway gifts on their own birthdays. The #TolkienTribe is doing it in their honor this year! There are ten different Tolkien giveaways to enter and this one…
If the eyes are the window to the soul and the way to a hobbit’s heart is through its stomach, then these nails are the door to the heart. Are you with me still? Don’t leave and I’ll promise to start being less weird. For now. But seriously, how completely adorable are these nails? Their…
I had a lot of fun taking and posting photos recently for my Back to Hogwarts Instagram challenge and my DIY Hogwarts Uniform post. But you haven’t seen everything yet! How about a little imaginative stroll (in photos) through a student’s everyday life at Hogwarts? Getting the right supplies for the start of term…
Can you believe it?! Cask & Quill has been on Instagram for exactly one year today! What a whirlwind it’s been. I’ve gotten to meet and know so many wonderful people and brands in the past year. Help me celebrate one year in the amazing Bookstagram community by entering my giveaway for the new illustrated…
The newest movie adaptation of Stephen King’s It comes out today, September 8. Keep from biting your nails out of fear at the theater this weekend by painting a sweet King design on them! This design is just the right amount of creepy and simple enough for any King fan to try. 🙂 …
Welcome to Writing Wednesday! On the first Wednesday of the month, Cask & Quill and its readers take some time to try out a writing prompt. This is a chance to get some practice, share our experiences and encourage one another to write. All experience levels are welcome! With the arrival of September 1, we’ve…
It’s nearly time to go back to Hogwarts again for another school year! There’s a bit of crisp air creeping into the mornings, leaves are just beginning to turn gold and the quidditch pitch is calling. Naturally, this typically necessitates a visit to Diagon Alley for all the essentials before the start of…
Come catch up with me and take a look at what I read this month as well as next month’s goals and events. After such an amazing month of reading in July, I am hardly surprised that August was rather lackluster. Keep your expectations extremely low as you scroll down, there’s not much to see…
The idea of seamlessly blending literary obsessions into daily life is basically the cornerstone of Cask & Quill. I’d like to live in a world where the line between my reading and the rest of my life is so blurry that it almost doesn’t exist. This can be a taller order than it might sound…
Have you ever pictured yourself sitting somewhere in the Italian countryside enjoying a sumptuous meal outside, passing bottles of wine across the table and laughing with friends? This is a common daydream of mine and a scene that I find so relaxing and full of the best that life has to offer. The goal of…
SPACE! Who isn’t fascinated by it? These nails are the perfect way to show off your love of spacey sci-fi and fantasy with the universe on your fingertips. There are many cool space scenes that you could try and if you’re feeling adventurous, why not give it a try? But I chose to show this…