Prompt: Zap 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Lilac arrangement
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I was trimming back my lilacs a bit and decided to bring some in. Believe it or not, I have no formal training in flower arranging 
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Prompt: Big Time #2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: embellished jacket
Project Link: My first attempt at embellished clothing
Brief Description: I bought this with the intention of embellishing this jacket for myself. But I did not try it on when I bought it, not my best moment. It does not fit me and I knew that before I started embellishing it. But my niece is really into this vibe, so she just got herself a new jacket! I will definitely do this again, but I will try the jacket on first! For more photos click the link.
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Prompt: May Badminton
Team: Running w scissors
Project Name: Christmas tags
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Brief Description: These have a lot of red.
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Prompt: May Lawn Bowling
Team: Running w scissors
Project Name: Cat notecards
Project Link: Cat quote cards…. Say it 5 times fast! 😁
Brief Description: There are 6 of these cards.
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Prompt: May Softball
Team: Running w scissors
Project Name: Crazy cat lady pocket hoop
Project Link: Crazy cat lady pocket hoop
Brief Description: This has visible stitching.
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Prompt: April - Featherhead
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Failed Stained Glass
Brief Description: I picked up some stained glass suncatcher kits and was going to make them for mother’s day gifts. I got to the soldering portion and things went awry. My soldering tool was not getting hot enough and it was a frustrating mess. (I think the issue was that the tool was made for use with lead-free solder and I didn’t realize it until it was too late). After three hours on my porch trying to get it to work, I was done trying, and didn’t have enough time to get a different tool and try again. Maybe someday? I still put in a ton of time and work washing, sanding, copper taping, and planning, so I was hoping I could at least submit it for a prompt. 
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Prompt: April - Mooncalf
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Greeting card
Brief Description: I joined a group that writes and sends letters and cards to people who request them all over the world. There was a special request for someone who liked Mickey Mouse. I dug through my whole stash and the Mickey thing I found was some remnant knit fabric. I did up a quick layered greeting card (with background collage paper made by Smmarrt in the Paper & Mixed Media Swap last year.
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Prompt: April - Blockhead
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Meatloaf
Brief Description: I suppose it’s brown and a bit bulky, lol.
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Prompt: April - Laughingstock
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Breakfast meeting
Brief Description: It was my turn again to bring food to a monthly breakfast meeting. I made: spinach gruyere egg bites, sweet potato skewers, blueberry scones, and fresh squeezed orange juice. It made a lot of people happy - barely any leftovers. 
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Prompt: April - Ninnyhammer
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Mother’s Day brunch
Brief Description: I made egg bites from Mother’s Day Brunch, too. I always have eggs on hand. I also thought I was doing sooooo well getting process photos, only to find I didn’t get any final-product photos, lol. I made cucumber salad, sausage mushroom egg bites, and lemon cream cheese pastries. Not pictured were roasted carrots. Whomp whomp.
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Prompt: May Battle - Natural Grass
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Grapefruit juice
Brief Description: I wanted to choose artificial turf - I got to pick my own bedroom flooring when I was a kid and instead of carpet I asked for green artificial turf. I loved it. Very durable and perfect for my weirdo vibe. Alas, I think fresh grapefruit juice is more natural. I had about 10 grapefruits from various CSA deliveries. I finally got to squeezing them. I did the extra step of straining because of those tiny grapefruit seeds always sneaking through.
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Prompt: May - Ultimate Frisbee
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: German chocolate cake
Brief Description: Is a cake disc-shaped? The individual layers were, anyway. I made this cake completely from scratch. I had never made chocolate frosting before. So much easier than I ever knew!
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Prompt: May - Flag Football
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Taco tater
Brief Description: This is one of my comfort foods because my mom would make it as a special dinner when we were kids. It’s just taco meat topped with mashed potatoes and covered in cheese. (Simpler times, lol.) It looks gross and tastes delicious (to me anyway).
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Copic wave drawing
Brief Description: I’ve been working on this on and off for a while and decided to finally call it done. I just saw a pretty picture of a wave and wanted to draw it. I think it turned out alright, not thrilled with it, though.
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Prompt: Research Project
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Card/letter writing
Brief Description: This is going to look underwhelming and also it’s been my main crafty thing the past couple of months. As I mentioned I joined a group to write letters and cards to people. Sometimes people request them for themselves, and often it’s requests on another’s behalf. Could be for birthdays, lonely seniors, folks needing encouragement, get well sentiments, etc. I have some other photos, but I ended up only going with these because I want to protect people’s privacy and information. I do a doodle in each card, along with a hand written note (or longer letter) of love or encouragement. I also tend to decorate the envelopes a bit and might include some extras inside. Based on my stamp count I have written over 50 cards the past two-ish months. I timed it a few days ago and completing a card from start to stamp takes about 45-50 minutes. I’ve been thinking about it as a Research Project since I’ve been diligently working on my handwriting, “calligraphy,” and doodling skills, refining my process for efficient card making, and trying lots of new things in the process.
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This all looks so yummy! German chocolate cake is one of my favorite cakes, and I wish I could reach through the screen for a slice 
As for taco taters… when I was in middle school, a neighbor made shepherds pie that was seasoned hamburger, corn, and tomato soup all mixed together, then covered with mashed potatoes and cheese and baked to brown it. My mom got the recipe and tried it, but it was boring. I suggested cooking the meat in taco seasoning the next time, and now that’s how we always make our shepherds pie now. Your taco taters looks delicious!
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@LovelyMiss What a bummer about the stained glass! I’ve always wanted to learn to do that.
This letter writing thing you are doing…. It’s happy mail to the Nth degree! I love it. Kindness seems harder to come by these days. I love your calligraphy practice and decorating envelopes! Great touch.
Your food looks tasty (as always) and I think your wave turned out great!
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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Running w scissors
Project Name: Christmas card recycle
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Brief Description: A card and a few gift tags made from an old Christmas card.
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I forgot to create the tracking post (again… sorry!). So the tracking info is at the very end of the first post of this season. Sorry about that!
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Hi, folks! Sorry I’ve been so absent this past year or so. I’ve been extremely stressed and busy, but I’ve got a couple of projects to share!
Prompt: May Battle - Artificial Turf
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Axolotl ATC
Project Link: 2023 ATCs (the year so far)
Brief Description: Pet axolotls tend to live in a tank with artificial grasses and things.
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Prompt: April - Blockhead
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Charjabug ATC
Project Link: See above
Brief Description: Charjabug is a pretty blocky-shaped Pokémon, and it’s on a square-ish card!
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Prompt: April - Laughingstock
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Orca ATC
Project Link: See above
Brief Description: ATCs are always meant to make someone happy, and I used only stuff from my stock for this, and it’s got a lot of green.
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Prompt: May - Ultimate Frisbee
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Michaelangelo ATC
Project Link: See above
Brief Description: TMNT has plenty of neon!
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Prompt: May Battle: Natural Grass
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dandelion Notecards
Project Link: Dandelion Notecards
Brief Description: A coworker mentioned that her mom loved dandelions, so when I was organizing my stamp closet, and came across this dandelion stamp, I decided to turn it into a set of notecards. I could only find square envelopes, so these ended up as square cards. And, dandelions grow in natural grass!
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Prompt: May Battle- artificial turf
Team: Running w scissors
Project Name: Bonsai tree renewal
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Brief Description: I really do prefer real grass, but I have a brown thumb. Which is why I like fake plants. They are the only ones I can keep alive! Case in point - I bought this bonsai tree for my husband years ago. It has been moved around enough that most of its leaves fell off. Thankfully, I was able to find them and re-glue them to the tree. Just in time to move it again as we are getting ready to relocate… again. This guy will most likely live in my office where the grandkids can’t pull any more leaves off…
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Prompt: Research Project
Team: 
Project Name: Puffin Mosaic
Project Link: Puffin Mosaic
Brief Description: I got to test this one, and it’s great. There are a few more details in the community post.
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Prompt: Big Time
Team:
Project Name: Rainbow Heartdrops Mosaic
Project Link: Rainbow Heartdrops Mosaic
Brief Description: I ended up crocheting one of my pattern creations
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Prompt: May - Badminton
Team:
Project Name: Summertime Nommies design
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Brief Description: I designed another blanket to be tested. It has a netting look in a few sections of the design
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Prompt: June Battle - Solo Games
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Cats and Soup Card
Project Link: 2023 ATCs (the year so far)
Brief Description: Cats and Soup is a phone game for one player 
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Prompt: April - Ninnyhammer
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Sloth ATC
Project Link: Eraser stamps and ATCs - #11 by GeekyBookworm
Brief Description: I used tools including a linoleum cutter to make this card.
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Prompt: April - Featherhead
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Froggie ATC
Project Link: See first link in this post
Brief Description: This ATC is very lightweight, and also has iridescent gold paint (hard to see, but there are gold stamped footprints on the blue crepe paper).
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I’ve also been crocheting more again recently, but almost entirely on one verrrry long-term project (a big ol’ blanket), so it’ll be a while before I have a completed project to show! I am nowhere NEAR as speedy at blankets as SBC!
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Prompt: Zap1
Team:Knotty by Nature
Project name: Slimey
Description: Slimey for my portrait wall
Prompt: Battle June- Team
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Dolphin painting
Brief Description: My family holds a free Start Out Safe (SOS) swim program for the community. This was a fundraiser we did. my painting is in the middle (with 3 dolphins). It definitely takes a team to keep this program going
Prompt: April- Mooncalf
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Wall girl
Project Link:
Brief Description: An addition to our bathroom portrait wall. she has many round spots & is drawn in black
Prompt: April- Laughingstock
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: painted bowl
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Brief Description: painting & using this bowl makes me happy
Prompt: May- Ultimate frisbee
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Violet jelly
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Brief Description: this is my last jar of this neon pink jelly as it flew right into everyone’s hands. Made with the violets in my yard
Prompt: May- Lawn Bowling
Team: Knotty Nature
Project Name: Beet pizza
Brief Description: Homemade pizza dough, roasted beets from my garden, cream cheese, goat cheese, mozzarella, walnuts, honey, & arugula. this delicious round lunch has become a favorite
Prompt: June- Card Games
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Pig
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Brief Description: Another addition to the portrait wall is a pig in honor of my niece who passed away. Drawn with black ink
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How did this season go by so fast?!! I’m looking forward to diving into Summer!
Prompt: May - Badminton
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Rhubarb crumble pie
Project Link:
Brief Description: We got a bunch of rhubarb from our CSA and I ended up making two different strawberry rhubarb crumble-top pies. They were delicious. Filling is red. Sorry all my photos kinda suck this time!
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Prompt: May - Lawn bowling
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Ceramic pot
Project Link:
Brief Description: I took a 3 hour drop-in pottery wheel class with my mom. It was my first time ever doing it and dang, it’s hard! We’ve signed up for another three week class though, because it was fun. I ended up with two pots. The photo of them both fully fired is further down.
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Prompt: May - Softball
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Tank top
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Brief Description: I went to the Taylor Swift concert with one of my friends and she wanted to wear Taylor’s Rep tank top. I found the fonts and used my electronic cutter to make the file and cut iron on vinyl transfers. We ended up using the biggest size.
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Prompt: June Battle - Teams
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Rhubarb crumble pie
Project Link:
Brief Description: Here’s the other pie. I’m going Team because my partner washed and cut the rhubarb.
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Prompt: June - Board Games
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Buttons
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made some buttons for a local small business that has a few restaurants in the area.
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Prompt: June - Card Games
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Magnets and Keychains
Project Link:
Brief Description: I also did a batch of magnets and keychains.
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Prompt: June - Video Games
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Pulled pork dinner
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Brief Description: This meal used a lot of electricity in the forms of the crock pot, oven, and refrigerator.
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Prompt: June - Role playing game
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Stuffed peppers
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Brief Description: I had some leftover taco meat so made these stuffed poblano peppers. One often needs to make or eat food in RPGs for various buffs.
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Prompt: June - Puzzle game
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Ceramic pot
Project Link:
Brief Description: This is the other pot I made and the two of them after firing. Like I mentioned, very tricky to figure out. I had about 8 failed pots between getting these two (and they’re still kinda bad, lol).
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Pride Buttons
Project Link:
Brief Description: The buttons were popular so I made another batch of about 300 just for Pride weekend.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Fake chili
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Brief Description: I wanted chili but was short on time to really let it stew, so I made a kinda “dry chili.” Is that a thing? I don’t know. It’s all of the chili ingredients without the sauce and topped with cheese. Tasted good!
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CRAFTY SCAVENGER HUNT
Here’s my Scavenger Hunt posts!
- A project you made that makes you smile.
- A project that was the first time you used a particular skill.
- A project you made that you think is weird or cool.
- A project you made that makes you reflect on how much you’ve grown or developed as a crafter.
- A project you made that starts with the first letter of your name or username.
- A project that uses a skill/supply/tool you don’t use often, but may like to return to again at some point.
- A project you think was the most time-consuming.
- A project you made that you gifted or created for someone else.
- A project you made that you didn’t think you would finish.
- A project you made where the final result surprised you.
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Prompt: June Battle: Solo vs Teams - TEAMS
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: vintage toy ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: Battle: TEAMS. This was made for the ATC swap and these ongoing ATC swaps are a sort of collaborative team effort where one person picks a topic and the other person makes art for that topic.
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Crafty Scavenger Hunt
A project you made that makes you smile.
I did these pop culture mashups for an ATC swap and I think they’re a lot of fun!
A project that was the first time you used a particular skill.
I’m fairly certain these are my first set of stitch markers ever & my first time closing the loop of wire. Note the lack of wrapped loops.
A project you made that you think is weird or cool.
I made these dragonscale pouches and I think they’re pretty cool!
A project you made that makes you reflect on how much you’ve grown or developed as a crafter.
And this relates the the stitch markers above. This is a much more recent jewely project and wrapped loops are something I’m very familiar with now and feel I do a good job on making them neatly.
A project you made that starts with the first letter of your name or username.
B for Bluebird - This is a Byzantine weave chainmail Bracelet.
A project that uses a skill/supply/tool you don’t use often, but may like to return to again at some point.
Bookbinding. I love handbound books and I enjoy making them, but its not something I do often. Still I would like to do more in the future.
A project you think was the most time-consuming.
This bathrobe was made for a swap and it was very time consuming to make.
A project you made that you gifted or created for someone else.
One of many hats I made as gifts for Christmas a few years back.
A project you made that you didn’t think you would finish.
I made these fabric boxes completely from scratch. These were such a pain to make and I almost abandoned this project. Everything had to be meticulously measured and cut (the board that make up all the sides/interiors/tops/bottoms) and the padding cut for all sides/interiors/tops/bottoms and then the fabric and glue it all together. And it took so long to measure, cut, and assemble these boxes, but I powered through and did it. Although I really liked the end result, I won’t make this again in the future! 
This project could have been the ‘most time consuming’ project as for time it took, but the ‘think I wouldn’t finish’ part more accurately describes theses boxes. 
A project you made where the final result surprised you.
I made this years ago in an Ongoing Wish Swap and I was really pleased with the results. I also has an interior zipper pocket (my first I think!) that turned out so well and I was so happy with this bag. I had a hard time mailing it off.
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Prompt: June - Role Playing Game
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Forest of Paper Trees collage
Project Link:
Brief Description: This is a collage made of scrap paper trees for the ATC swap.
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Prompt: June - Card Games
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Pick 3 bird
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Brief Description: This is an ATC where the challange was to pick 3 features. One feature was warm colors so this bird has both RED and BLACK colors for the legs.
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Prompt: May - Ultimate Frisbee
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Friends ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: This ATC has little butterflies which fly on it! 
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Prompt: May - Lawn Bowling
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: 80s stickers
Project Link:
Brief Description: These 80s stickers ATCs feature round stickers!
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Prompt: April - Ninnyhammer
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Cat with Whiskey ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: The cat in this ATC is blue!
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Prompt: April - Block head
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Pi pie ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: The pi pie in the ATC is tan/brown!
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Prompt: May - Flag Football
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Chicken leg socks ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: ATCs are rectangle!
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Prompt: June - Board Games
Team: Running with scissors
Project Name: Good Things fill a matchbox ATC
Project Link:
Brief Description: ATCs are flat!
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Sorry, Team RWS; I dropped the ball posting this season. Sneaking one more in.
Prompt: Big Time
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Scrappy Embellishments
Project Link: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Scrappy Embellishments -- Talk Scrappy To Me Challenge Entry
Brief Description: I made these for the current site challenge. I probably spent 5 hours just auditioning the various bits in different places. (At least that’s what it felt like.)
Project Photo(s): A couple of favorites; more photos in the project post.
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