Glad to hear your husband is OK! I hope your car is OK too 
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I love the chopsticks bag set; it’s beautifully made. And those birds are so cute. I love them all, but I think my favourite may be the cardinal.
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@storerboughtcreation that multi-coloured lion 
So gorgeous! Are the cats also cross-stitch? I love the little doll. And the Moray Christmas cross-stitch made me laught 
@gozer I love all your paintings, but I think the cat one may be my favourite in your anniversary post. Those blue eyes are just so beautiful 
I love your purses too!
@QueenHobo I love the carousel blanket such beautiful colours, and it looks so cozy. And I love the paw detail on your bag 
Also, I just want to snuggle that little sloth 
So cute!
@Bunny1kenobi I love your quilts! And the miniature (apothecary?) is so cool!
@bluebird the “no cat questions” bird makes me laugh every time I look at it 
@storerboughtcreation that monster look so snuggly; I want to squeeze it 41-year-olds can also be strange creatures I find it adorable
@ezrib that looks delicious!
@roler that’s a beautiful card!
@gozer we need baggies like this at our front door… then maybe, just maybe, people wouldn’t lose their lip balm… and their library cards… and their keys… and… you get the picture lol! Such a neat concept, and I love the fabric choices.
@AudiobookLover It’s my first time here, too! I love your purrmaid/mercat pillow 
@LovelyMiss I love Poppet so much
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Thank you! Yes, the cats are cross stitched also. I also love the Moray Christmas cross stitch. I made it for @roler for Christmas a few years ago. She loves eels, and it was fun to work up.
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Hi everyone! Oof, I’ve been really busy lately but am popping in to post here! I’ll catch up on all your lovely projects soon; so fun to see this place so active!!
Prompt: August battle - Broom
**Team:**Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #1
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Brief Description: I finally started scrapbook again after almost 20 years! I’ve really missed having a physical photo album to flip back through. For this page, I spent way too long cutting out little flags for the bunting, and I put them all together with some twine that reminds me of the straw of a broom! I also had to sweep away all the extra bits of paper!
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Today is the last day to request a junk journal kit! PLEASE DO IT! 
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I was tempted, but I know how things have been going (or not going) for me lately! I’m trying not to get overwhelmed with teaching our new curriculum- my brain was mush after school each day last year- so I can have the proper mindset for crafting. So, I didn’t want to take a kit if I wasn’t sure if I could complete one.
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I especially love your miniatures! So many details!
‘Chaos Coordinator’ captures the essence of so many of our lives!
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Prompt: September Battle -Physical
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Yarn shelf
Brief Description: It has been a long time since I’ve had a physical space for my yarn. I’ve still got a lot to unpack but this shelf is finally full of goodies!
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Prompt: Subliminal Messaging
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Frog Lovey
Brief Description: There is a necessary item for all loveys, the poly fil for their heads which is not visible in the final product.
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Prompt: Disappearing Ink
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Bear Lovey
Brief Description: There is blue in the blanket of the lovey
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Prompt: Secret Compartment
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Puppy Lovey
Brief Description: Made this for my youngest to snuggle with at night, so it will come in very useful for her
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Prompt: Decoder Ring
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Mouse Lovey
Brief Description: It is silver/grey
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Sherlock Holmes
Project Name: Mushroom Buddy
Brief Description: I made this for my oldest who is really into mushrooms. Since the pattern we both liked was not free and money is tight I decided to make up my own pattern for it.
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Prompt: August - Dish Soap
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This one is blue!
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Prompt: August - Cleanser
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This one looks speckly because of the variegated colors.
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Prompt: August - All-Purpose Cleaner
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This uses multiple colors and has multiple parts
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Prompt: September - Subliminal Messaging
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: Monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This takes lots of steps to finish. Plus it’s supposed to be a green olive, so maybe you want a martini now? 
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Prompt: September - Disappearing Ink
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This is blue
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Prompt: September - Secret Compartment
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: The horns are yellow
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Prompt: September - Decoder Ring
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This is silver
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Prompt: September - battle - Digital
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: I am using a digital means to create my patterns as I go and share them with you lovely peeps 
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: This is the first owl shaped monster I made. It took me repeated tries to figure out how large to make the base (I usually work top down, not bottom up. I altered the pattern to make the monsters taller after this one.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: monster
Project Link: Bedtime Defender Monsters… part 2!
Brief Description: a purple monkey monster
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Prompt: September- Acrostic
Team: Nancy Drew
Project Name: watercolor pencil painting
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Brief Description: I used regular colored pencils dipped in water to see what would happen. It sort of worked. I tested the colors on paper then painted this “canvas.” It’s mounted on cheap paper and is from a Crayola kit.
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Hello again! I’ve basically only been scrapbooking this summer, so here’s some unapologetic prompt massaging to fit 'em in here! (It feels a little weird to post a ton of personal photos to the main LC pages, but we’re all friends here, so enjoy! )
Prompt: September Battle - Physical messages
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #2
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Brief Description: I’ve really been making a lot of scrapbook pages lately! They always take me forever; I am super slow and usually take a couple hours per page, but I have SO missed having physical albums to look back at. I even saved an actual receipt from this restaurant, complete with the server’s adorable drawing, as another physical reminder of the day! This page is from a fun time at an Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant I visited in January, in Osaka.
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Prompt: August - Glass Cleaner
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #3
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Brief Description: Most of the pictures on this page were taken through the transparent glass windows of the bullet train!
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Prompt: July - Impressionism
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #4
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Brief Description: This page uses papers and tapes/stickers of various different textures, and some pastel colors in the background.
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Prompt: July - Realism
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #5
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Brief Description: This page shows people, making food that’s useful in everyday life!
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Prompt: July - Cubism
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #6
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Brief Description: These pages are not in order, btw. So the chronology is a bit weird in these posts! But this page has some blocky photos, and is made up of many different pieces of paper and photos!
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Prompt: August - Dish Soap
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #7
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Brief Description: This page is very blue, and I actually bought some Pokémon pasta at the shop pictured on it, which I then cooked in the kitchen!
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Prompt: August - Bleach
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #8
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Brief Description: This page has a very muted color scheme (for me at least; I usually like my colors to go bold!). And the food pictured smelled very good indeed!
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Prompt: August - All-Purpose Cleaner
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #9
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Brief Description: Lots of colors, lots of parts!
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Prompt: September - Subliminal Messaging
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #10
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Brief Description: Lots of layers of papers that are covered up by others, lots of black!
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Prompt: September - Disappearing Ink
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #11
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Brief Description: Unsurprisingly, I used ink for this scrapbook page!
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I love seeing your scrapbook pages. You got me into scrapbooking back in 2003-04, and I have one album I made then. I haven’t done anything in forever. Now I want to!
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Prompt: July - Surrealism
Team: Columbo
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #12
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Brief Description: This restaurant is literally called Alice in Fantasy Land! So set in a fantasy world.
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Prompt: Free Range #3
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: porkrock ATCs
Project Link: LARD of the Flies
Brief Description: Made for the mini pocket letter swap
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Prompt: Free Range #4
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: creepy ATCs
Project Link: Ominous Occupations
Brief Description: Made for the mini pocket letter swap
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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: tiny creepy notebooks
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: Made for the mini pocket letter swap
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: jointed frog
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: Made for the mini pocket letter swap
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Prompt: Aug- Cleanser
Team: Sherlock
Project Name: silver jewelry set
Project Link: n
Brief Description: The hammered sections of the rings give them a speckled appearance.
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Prompt: September Battle - Physical
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Apple Crumble for 2
Project Link: Apple Crumble for 2
Brief Description: Y’all have seen me make this several times. I’ve finally refined the recipe and made a post about. 
Physical because it’s instructions for a tangible item (even thought it’s presented digitally, I guess!)
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Prompt: September - Subliminal Messaging
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Country Captain Cauliflower with Coconut Rice
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Brief Description: We have a local restaurant that had the most freaking delicious vegan cauliflower curry. They took it off their menu, much to my heartbreak. I tried to re-create it, and it was time and labor intensive, taking many steps before even getting to the cooking. The end result was a solid good, and it needs some tweaks. I’ll be trying it again!
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Prompt: September - Disappearing Ink
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Needle Punch
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Brief Description: Here’s another needle punch kit I did. I’ve definitely figured out the technique. Almost no frogging on this one! The fabric had an inked-on pattern that disappeared as it got filled with yarn, and the vases are blue.
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Prompt: September - Secret Compartment
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Felt foods
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Brief Description: Some felt foods! A banana (yellow), tomato, and strawberry.
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Prompt: September - Decoder Ring
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Kawaii Felties
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Brief Description: Food with faces is one of my favorite squee things. There are some various round shapes happening.
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Prompt: September - Acrostic
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Card Bundle
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Brief Description: I’ve still been doing lots of cards for the letter writing group. I’ll probably submit some of the bigger ones as projects since they take so much time. And what do you know, here’s one now! I am a bit of an over-the-top person. I embrace this about myself, and I quickly found that stride with these cards requests, too, lol, making card folders stuffed with goodies.
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Unicorn
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Brief Description: This was also from a craft kit. When I bought it, along with a few others, the checkout person said, “Someone found the kid aisle.” And I responded, “I like cute, fun things.” And they go, “You could have lied and said they were for someone else.” And I was like, “Why lie, though? I’m fine finding joy in liking cute and fun things.” So, with that thwarted shame, this was cute, and fun, and took waaaay longer than I expected. It was a loom knitting kit, and the body is about the size of a large grapefruit. It took me almost NINE whole episodes of Stargate: Atlantis to finish. I feel slow, though when I consider crafting time I’m just always thinking about @storerboughtcreation crocheting, which I think is an unrealistic standard for most of us, lol!
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Prompt: Research Project
Team: Team Columbo
Project Name: Pottery Class
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Brief Description: My mom and I have been taking a wheel pottery class the last couple of months. It’s been hard and fun and something I look forward to every week. Here is the batch of bowls I made from start to finish. (Also, if anyone likes calm and warm competition shows à la The Great British Bake Off, The Great Pottery Throw Down is available on HBO and is lovely - I binged it last year and it’s one of the things that made me interested in trying ceramics).
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Things I’m finding joy in include that unicorn, pretending the unicorn horn is actually flipping off that cashier (
slightly rude), and the fact that I’m not the only one who occasionally times projects by show episodes.
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I found much joy in your comment! 
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Idk why the cashier felt the need to say anything at all, but I like what @megwell said. Your food looks so yummy, and that unicorn is adorable. Doing new crafts always takes longer to do. I still don’t think I’m that fast. 
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