Prompt: March Battle - Complimentary
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Letters
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Brief Description: There’s an amazing program/charity called the Women’s Prison Book Project that I’ve done some things with before. They needed volunteers to write letters to prisoners for Valentine’s day. We got stacks of coloring pages and a mini script (with some flexibility) to write on the back. Prisons are very limiting. You have to write in blue or black ink only. You can’t add stickers or any other embellishments. So, I tried to jazz them up a bit with some doodles and such. (I’m taking Complimentary out of the context here 
.) If I had any Big Times left, this one would have definitely qualified!
By the way - the project has a specific need for soft-cover crochet and craft books if you have any you want to de-stash and are able to ship them!
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Prompt: March - If Pets Had Thumbs Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Scones
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Brief Description: Well, these raspberry scones weren’t necessarily supposed to be this brown, but it made them eligible for this prompt, so… 
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Prompt: March - Get Over it Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Spaghetti
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Brief Description: This solved the problem of hunger for several people, lol! Sauce from scratch.
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Prompt: March - Plant a Flower Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Alfredo Pasta
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Brief Description: I made some fresh broccoli Alfredo. The sauce was from scratch and pretty tasty. Broccoli is green, and I suppose it’s polka-dotted throughout the pasta!
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Prompt: March - International Waffle Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Breakfast with Hashbrowns
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Brief Description: I also made some hashbrowns from scratch! I didn’t realize how easy it would be! Took a bit to grate a few potatoes (and I wish I had a larger gauge grate), but yum!
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Prompt: March - Weed Appreciation Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Lard
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Brief Description: I rendered my own lard! I am obsessed, though I know it’s not for everyone. I got pasture-raised leaf fat from my local, sustainable, organic CSA.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dinner
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Brief Description: I’ve been struggling for crafty-crafty time, but I have been cooking a lot, so bear with me! 
Here’s roasted leeks, homemade mashed potatoes, and steak for dinner.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dinner 2
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Brief Description: Sloppy Joes, also from scratch. Sorry the picture looks kinda weird - they were steaming hot!
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dinner 3
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Brief Description: I made some fancy grilled onion burgers.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dinner 4
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Brief Description: My partner got me the Bob’s Burgers cook book as a gift. I tried out one of the recipes that we had the ingredients for, and it was delicious! It was the “Bet it All on Black Garlic” burger with mozzarella and garlic Sriracha mayo.
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Prompt: Research Project
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Craft Workshop Day
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Brief Description: I had a request to put together a craft day to teach some peeps how to make candles and room spray. I, unfortunately, was so busy I did not get good photos! But I spent a couple of weeks organizing it, and the actual day was about seven hours. I had to calculate, choose, and order all the supplies, write up and create printed instruction sheets, prep all the containers, wicks, and wax (and walk every individual through everything on the day of so many times, lol). It was fun! It resulted in about ~60 finished candles (using 20 different scents) and 10 bottles of essential oil room spray. Teaching others the science of candle making was pretty cool!
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