Prompt/Challenge Title: Whomping Willow
Project Name & Page Link: Out with the Old, In with the New Year Orange Banana Bread
LC Contest Great Lettuce Craft Bake Off 2024
Team: Witch Weekly
Brief Description: In the week after Christmas, I had so many leftovers to use up that I felt like it was my full time job to creatively “use up all the stuff”. I made stew out of leftover prime rib and veggies, lunch out of random frozen appetizers, toddler breakfasts from fruit salad and leftover quiche. Honestly, it was a slog. I was down to just two leftovers: 5 brown bananas and a 1/4 bottle of orange juice, which none of us drink. I googled around to find a banana bread recipe that included juice. And guess what? That exists! I made a double batch, which made 12 muffins, and 2 loaves. It was quite tasty, and I’ll definitely make the recipe again.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Quidditch Pitch
Project Name & Page Link: Sapphire Quilted Pillow
Team: Witch Weekly
Brief Description:
In teaching myself to do Foundation Paper Piecing over the last few months, I watched a TON of how-to videos, including some from Karen Brown, and Jen Ofenstein of Fandom in Stitches. This was my final result, after making a small HP block, a heart jewel block, and this round jewel block twice! A pillow for my parents.
Prompt/Challenge Title: History of Magic Classroom
Project Name & Page Link: Rose Garden Throw Pillow
Team: Witch Weekly
Brief Description:
When I was a kid I loved the story of The Secret Garden. The idea that there was a magic place, even within the home we thought we knew. All the colors in this pillow (and the rose garden theme of the prints) remind me of this story.
Prompt/Challenge Title: Housecraft - Reparo
Project Name & Page Link: Reorganized my Pantry & Household Essentials Cabinets
Team: Witch Weekly
Brief Description: The holidays were rough on my home. I’m normally a pretty organized person, but with the influx of visitors (& things they brought with them), and lots of leftovers, things in the pantry had gotten messy. Going through everything, I was able to pull out partial packages of things, so I could use them up soon, and update my ongoing written inventory that I use when meal planning.
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After:
I’d normally keep my stash of cleaning items in the pantry, (dishwasher detergent, liquid hand soap refills). But with a toddler in the house, I actually keep those in upper cabinets in the laundry room, where Ada can’t reach. Meanwhile, I often get offers from Target for a gift card when I spend a certain amount on household essentials, and I put the gift cards aside throughout the year to use at Christmas (it helps me afford to buy gifts for a child on our YMCA’s Angel Tree). Somehow over the year, various items had been bought, and put into a few different cupboards in there, so I had more of some items than I thought between different cupboards, and I was completely out of others. I reorganized both of these cabinets so all of like-items are together. (Sadly, only remembered to get a pic of one of them, and no before pics.)
Prompt/Challenge Title: Housecraft - WIP
Project Name & Page Link: Scrappy Green Crochet Basket
Team: Witch Weekly
Brief Description: This project has been in-progress since the spring or summer, when I started it on a Zoom call with LC friends. I thought my dad would like the colors, so I finished it for him for Christmas.
