CLOSED: Nerd Games - Winter 2020

[roler (Laura)]

Prompt: March - Basket
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: White Hanger
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Crocheted Hanger Covers

I grew up using this style of yarn-covered hanger, made by my grandma and my mom, and they are SO useful for keeping clothes from slipping off onto the floor. Now that I’m finally learning how to crochet, my mom taught me how to do this super simple project, so I’ve been making them while watching Netflix with my parents. So far I’ve made four: [IMG_20200328_224300] [IMG_20200314_200725] And I’ll be offering that top set of three as a raffle prize in June, over at the Nerd Games Craftalon…

Brief Description: Another hanger cover! This one will also be part of the set of three I’ll offer in the June raffle. This hanger holds things, and is made of metal AND string. How’s that for fitting the prompt? XD
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Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Chicken Curry Soup
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Curried Chicken Soup

Mom and I have been cooking a LOT of new recipes at home lately, and this one was definitely a keeper! [IMG_20200322_175653] [IMG_20200322_175828] We tweaked the following recipe: We used regular rice instead of wild, and added it in raw with the broth (including some extra broth to make up for the cooking water), and saved the coconut milk to add at the end. We put the red pepper flakes in earlier in the process and not as a garnish, and we didn’t bother with coconut flakes, but the cil…

Brief Description: Delicious coconut curry soup!
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Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Another pastel hanger!
Project Link: same as above: Crocheted Hanger Covers
Brief Description: Yup, another hanger! This one is the third in my raffle prize set.
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Spicy Lettuce Wraps
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Brief Description: These were reeeeally yummy and quite spicy.
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Prompt: Zap #3
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
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Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo

This was super easy, quick to make, and really yummy! [IMG_20200326_180604] [IMG_20200326_180428] We used the following recipe pretty much exactly as written, except with a different kind of sausage:

Brief Description: Easy and tasty!
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Prompt: Zap #4
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: SBC’s Calzone
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Brief Description: When I was visiting @storerboughtcreations a few weeks ago, she and her husband made some reeeeeally yummy calzones (which she has shared here)! I loved them so much I tried to recreate them at home. They were delicious!
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And now, I believe I have crafted ALL THE THINGS for the season! Well, all except for one Zap and one Big Time, but I did all the actual prompts! I haven’t done that too many times before, so I am very excited. Thanks for being such a motivating community!!