That looks yummy!
Pin Event: 60’s
Bingo Square: Embroidery
Prompt: June - Hipster Fashion/Add a mustache – craft something to wear, that is made of fabric, or has a mustache. (It is made to be worn)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Visibly Mended Jeans
Project Link: Visibly Mended Jeans
Brief Description: From what I’ve been lead to believe, threadbare jeans in the 60’s were “held together mostly by patches and embroidery worn by the free-loving, long-haired war protestors and became a symbol of their time.” These are certainly following that trend of being more patch and embroidery thread than actual jeans fabric.
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Pin Event: 70’s
Prompt: June - Social Media – craft something for a friend, or something that is inspired by a social media post, is a “trend”, or is blue. (It was for my daughter, who is also my friend)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Beholder Cake
Project Link: https://forum.lettucecraft.com/t/beholder-cake/39031?u=heroichatchling
Brief Description: We’ve established that beholders are from the seventies, right? Here is a simple, yet effective, beholder made of cake, donuts, and mini Oreos. Beholders were introduced in the first D&D supplement in 1975, and were even pictured on the cover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beholder_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
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Pin Event: 60’s
Bingo Square: Patchwork
Prompt: April (unless it is too late) - Flower Power – Craft something inspired by nature, is boho chic, is very peaceful (for you) to make, is for the garden, or is tie-dyed. (flowers and leaves for nature, boho chic, and comforting)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Patchwork Poppy Pillow
Project Link: Patchwork Poppy Pillow
Brief Description: I made this patchwork pillow for my mom. The color palate was very much inspired by the 1960s (especially the palate at the bottom of this page). In fact, some of the fabrics are actually from the 60’s!
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Pin Event: 00’s
Bingo Square: Cross Stitch
Prompt: May (unless it is too late) - Hair Bands - Craft something that is fluffy, has a lot of volume, uses a glue/spray/fixative, or is brightly colored. (The cat is fluffy, and the whole thing is very brightly colored)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Cats and Books Cross Stitch
Project Link: Cats and Books cross stitch
Brief Description: @LovelyMiss sent this wonderful cross stitch kit as part of last season’s Nerd Games prizes. Having never cross stitched before, I though I would give it a go. I really enjoyed it. It was a very zen project is a time of chaos. How does it relate to the 00’s? When I was away at college in the early 00’s my mom sent me this shirt in a care package
this cross stitch pattern strongly reminds me of it, which is part of why I like it so much I think. (and now my daughter wears the shirt as PJs, so it is still getting love).
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Pin Event: 60’s
Prompt: June - YouTube – craft something you got the pattern/idea from a video, that you can use for a movie/TV binge-watching night, or that is red or pointy. (It is a red mushroom, and you can definitely use a coaster during movie night.)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Fairy Toadstool Coaster
Project Link: Fairy Toadstool Coaster
Brief Description: I love mushrooms and toadstools, and so decided to make a fairy toadstool for a local gallery show. I also strongly associate psychedelic mushroom art with the 60’s, and this charming vintage sticker from the 60s fits the gnome home toadstool vibe I was going for. vintage 60s mushroom decal
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Pin Event: 00’s
Bingo Square: Rocks/Stones
Prompt: June- Y2K – craft something you thought would be a disaster but turned out fine, something that is high-tech or futuristic, or something that marks an anniversary or special date. (it is specifically for Father’s day, a special date)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Ewe Rock
Project Link: Ewe (you) Rock
Brief Description: The ultimate in Father’s Day punnery for my husband, with the ewe illustration strongly influenced by “Shaun the Sheep”, an adorable animated show from the 2000’s.
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Pin Event: 00’s
Bingo Square: Paper Flowers (It is a flower made of paper)
Prompt: Big Time
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Pacific Tree Frog on a California Poppy
Project Link: Pacific Tree Frog on a California Poppy
Brief Description: I made this tree frog collage for a show at a local non profit. I love frogs, and this collage was inspired by this tree frog sculpture by Frogman, which was the first art piece I ever bought myself from a gallery.
His name is Zen, and I got him for myself back in the mid-2000’s to celebrate graduating from college and getting my first paycheck from a grown up job.
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Pin Event: 70’s
Bingo Square: Wood Burning
Prompt: April - Pong – Craft something that is/uses cutting edge technology (hey, it was at the time!), is very geometric/sharp edged, is not very embellished, or is black and white. (geometric and basically black and white)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Pyrography Death Star
Project Link: Pyrography Death Star
Brief Description: A wood burned Death Star ornament. The Death Star originally appeared in Star Wars in the 70’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star
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Also, I got a bingo!
Prompt: Big Time
Team: Super Groovy
Project Name: Folding box
Project Link: Folding box
Brief Description:
This is a folding box made of 2mm chipboard and marbled paper, plus embellishments. There is a detailed description of the making adventure on the project post.
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Prompt: May - The Muppet Show
Event Pin Prize - 2000s (it’s a stretch - brace yourself!)
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Green Man Wall Mask
Project Link: Green Man Wall Mask
Brief Description: This guy fits the theme because he’s green.
As far as the pin challenge… in my post (at the link) I mentioned thinking of the green man in the lady chapel of Ely Cathedral, where all the religious figures lost their heads in the reformation, but the green man survived. This same chapel aquired a new controversial statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 2000.
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Here’s my green man:
And here’s the one who survived the Reformation:
Prompt: June Battle: 2000’s
Event Pin Challenge: 2000s
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Opihi Vase
Project Link: Some carved vases with opihi and he'e
Brief Description: I handcarved this vase with opihi design. Opihi are a type of limpet in Hawaii. They were being over-harvested, so the first laws were put into place to regulate the collection of them in the year 2006.
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Prompt: June: Y2K
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: 'i’iwi vase
Project Link: Some carved vases with opihi and he'e
Brief Description: Oh my gosh. I totally busted a hole in this vas mid-carving and thought it would be a disaster. I usually don’t try to fix things like this, but the sunk cost thing is REAL. AnywY, I managed to patch the hole, even though the clay was drying fast at that point, and it’s finally done with no issues I can tell!
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oops sorry one more for now:
Prompt: June- Social Media
Event Pin Challenge '80s
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: 'ō’ō bowl
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: For the prompt, the inside of the bowl is blue.
This bowl depicts an O’ahu 'ō’ō. There were several slightly different species of 'ō’ō on a handful of islands, and although this bird was last seen in the early half of the 19th century, its relative, rhe Kaua’i 'ō’ō was last seen in 1985 and last heard in 1987.
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Prompt: May - AOL
Event BINGO (80s)square AND Pin Challenge: '60s (bear with me!)
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Upcycled Mylar Chomper
Project Link: Upcycled Mylar Chomper
Brief Description: When I got my BINGO card and saw “plastic canvas” under the '80s column, I really wanted to make one of those “Kiss’n Critters” (photo below) I remember from my childhood, and also wanted to make it neon (because you know, extra 80s). I didn’t have plastic canvas, but I ended up using mylar from a can of coffee to make this dude. Mylar was relatively new when it was used in Echo II a giant balloon sattelite which launched in 1964 by NASA. The mylar layered between two thin layers of aluminum allowed the balloon to remain rigid enough, yet flexible enough, especially in the case of puncture, rtc. Pretty cool!
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Here’s my critter:
inspired by:
and here’s the big Echo 2 balloon!
Prompt: June Battle 2000s, 00s pin event, bingo square (glass painting)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Rune bottles
Project Link:
Brief Description: 2001 or so is when I went through my runes and magic phase. Arizona was a good place for that. These are painted spice bottles. Not as shaky as I feared.
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Prompt: May - Hair Bands
Event Bingo Square - 80’s/Lace
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Simple Neon Doily
Project Link: Just a simple crochet doily
Brief Description: I got stuck on doilies when thinking about my lace “bingo” square. I’m not really a crochet-er (and haven’t crocheted in a bit) so I found this pretty simple pattern which I actually like. I would say it’s brightly colored.
Neon is totally 80s.
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Prompt: June - YouTube
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Mini Kodama Figures
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: These porcelain tree spirits are inspired by a “video” (actually, a fantastic movie) Mononoke Hime/Princess Mononoke
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Prompt: June - Hipster Fashion/Add a Mustache
Event Pin challenge 2000
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: 'Akiapola’au Mask
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: This heavy clay mask could technically be worn, since it’s basically the size of a head (but I wouldn’t recommend it).
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I love that movie
And I love your little tree spirits ![]()
Prompt: June - Y2K
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Pink Dino Cake
Project Link: Super Sparkly Pink Dino Cake
Brief Description: Very sparkly pink dinosaur cake for my nephew’s birthday
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Prompt: June - Social Media, 80s pin, bingo square (psychedelic)
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Swirly Potions
Project Link: Potion Bottle tutorial
Brief Description: Swirly and psychedelic mica powder potion bottles. They are being gifted tomorrow and I got the idea last year from Pinterest. Pin tie-in - who else went through a glittery eyeshadow thing in the 80s?
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Prompt: May - MTV
Event Bingo - 80s/Glass Painting
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Gecko Pendant
Project Link: Hand-painted Glass Pendant
Brief Description: If I had to lick a favorite song, it would be Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You.” I love the line, “I am a loney painter. I live in a box of paints.” This is painted, and I keep my neon acrylics in a box. ![]()
Also, neon is 80’s.
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Prompt: Research Project #1
Event Bingo - 80s/ denim
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Chaos Embroidered Jeans
Project Link: Pantastic Chaos Embroidery!
Brief Description: These took FOREVER. Like a couple months of a little (or a lot) every day. Every time we were watching tv or whatever in the evening, or just when I was procrastinating on other stuff. I know I’m slow, but I estimate like 25-30 hours…
Also, my bingo square!
Denim ![]()
80s - NEON![]()
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I tried to add project links and the site had a cow (i.e., refused to let save the edit), so I’m deleting and reposting.
The season got away from me, so apologies in advance for the project dumping I’ll being doing between now and season’s end.
Prompt: Hair Bands (May)
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Doctor Who coloring page
Project Link: An Assortment of Journal Pages
(added)
Brief Description: I colored in pieces of a silhouette of the second Doctor from my Doctor Who adult coloring book. The second Doctor reigned? was on duty? from 1966-1969. (Bingo: adult coloring)
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Prompt: Free Range 2
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Scrapbook paper postcards
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: The lovely AIMR sent me a beautiful pad of scrapbook paper as part of my WIPGO prize, and I used some to make collaged postcards. Some of them may get some extra detailing, but I’m calling them done. (Bingo: scrapbooking)
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Prompt: Free Range 3
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: “Read books, fight evil” bookmarks
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made these using, among other things, old yearbook photos, duct tape, and my new fluorescent pens (Bingo: duct tape)
Project Photo(s): The top bookmark is up for grabs in a raffle prize!
Prompt: YouTube (June)
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Sticker charm bracelet journal page
Project Link: An Assortment of Journal Pages (added)
Brief Description: Not too long ago, I got really into “sisterhood of the traveling journal” videos on YT and decided to recreate the popular sticker charm bracelet layout in my journal. (Bingo: charms)
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Prompt: Pet Rock (April)
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Mixed media wood piece
Project Link: “Nothing Is Perfect and Everything Is Perfect” Mixed Media on Wood
Brief Description: Wood is a natural material, and the stain is brown. (Bingo: wood burning)
Edited to add: We’re a big Andy Griffith Show family, and the 1964 episode “Barney’s Sidecar” has a subplot about Opie’s new wood burning kit that ends up solving Andy’s problem in the main plot. Photos from the IMDb app (but LovelyMiss, I can dig up a web link if necessary for pin purposes).
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If you hadn’t guessed, this completes my bingo!
Prompt: June - CDs
Event Bingo -80s/String Art
Team: Totally Radical
Project Name: Neon String heArt
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: The nails I used are metallic silver in color! I hammered this right into a board near the “door” of my clay space under the house, for a little installation art fun!
And it’s 80s because of NEON. (but also I found a fun commercial from the 80s for string art kits, which look pretty fun!)
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and with that, I shall declare “BINGO!”
All in the 1980’s column (and pretty much all neon, lol.) !
Prompt: June Battle - 2000s
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Sir Reginald Wiggletoe III
Project Link: Monster Watercolor
Brief Description: My daughter was born in the 2000s and this art reminds me of the many picturebooks we read together. Sir Reggie is also a raffle prize in the Nerd Games!
It also just occurred to me that all 4 raffle prizes I donated are monster themed. ![]()
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Prompt: June - CDs & Bingo Card
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Groovy Bee Pin Keeper
Project Link: Groovy Bee Pin Keeper
Brief Description: This pin keeper is round, the painted image was decoupaged onto the tin, and the color pallette is 70s inspired.
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That was my last bingo square!
Prompt: Free Range
Team: Extra Epic
Project Name: Giraffe In A Bottle
Project Link: Giraffe In A Bottle
Brief Description: A giraffe in a bottle painting I made for the Grab Bag swap.
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