Event: Take a Look
Prompt: January - Alice’s Adventures in Yarnderland (made of blue yarn)
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Welted fingerless gloves
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Brief Description: Finally working on a decade plus old WIP….well kinda. At least I used some of the yarn?
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I hope and pray that you never have to take it down.
Prompt: January - Winnie-the-Glue
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: Chickpea Truffles
Brief Description: These truffles were both sweet, and fascinating. I’m in the middle of a “clean out the pantry & random cupboards frenzy”. I found an old can of chickpeas that had fallen off the shelf and out of sight, some black cocoa powder I bought for Ada’s second birthday cake (she’s about to be 4), and a bag of sugar-free/dairy-free/everything-free chocolate chips that I received by accident in an Imperfect Foods order. So I decided to take a gamble on this recipe for Chickpea Truffles. I used my small cookie scoop and made 24 (this is half the batch); which were each the size of a Lindor truffle. The truffle center was great. Light and fluffy, and darkly chocolatey. Not a hint of legume. I topped a few with flaky sea salt. My husband and I both liked them, and I think with a lighter cocoa powder, and a better chocolate chip, they might be really amazing, but I might not make them again. The problem was they almost killed my little 2-cup food processor’s motor. The texture is just soooo thick. If you have a stronger food processor and like dark chocolate, you might love these.
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Prompt: January - Alice in Yarnderland
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: Winter Wall Quilt
Project Link: Winter Wall Quilt
Brief Description: We have a little entryway between our garage and kitchen, that is a bit sad. At Christmas, I used strong magnets to hang a Christmas Tree Wall Quilt that I made back in 2021. I loved how much it cheered the space, and helped deaden sound there, so after I took down the holiday decorations, I decided to make another wall quilt for the space. I wanted something something reminiscent of winter and the wonder of snowflakes, so I used mostly blues and purples.
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Prompt: January - Woodwork in the Willows
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: Lemon Curd Cupcakes
Brief Description: More pantry cleanout cooking! I had half a jar of lemon curd in the fridge that was on it’s last few weeks of usability, a lemon cake mix & tub of lemon frosting that have been in the pantry since last spring, and part of a jar of yellow sprinkles leftover from Ada’s 1st birthday (see age note above). So I baked the cupcakes, used a piping bag to fill them with lemon curd, frosted, then added the sprinkles. (This pic was taken before I remembered to add the sprinkles, but Jim & Ada had already grabbed some.) The cake mix did require water to bake.
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Prompt: January - Glitter House on the Prairie
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: Chocolate Peppermint (Cake Mix) Cookies
Brief Description: I’m trying to clear out a pantry bin of baking mixes and baking chips in my pantry. There were some chips that have been there for 2+ years, and really needed to get used before they go bad. I also had a chocolate cake mix that Walmart substituted in an order for me, and has been sitting around for over a year. So I used up the last half a bag of Andes peppermint crunch chips, and the cake mix, in a batch of Cake Mix Cookies. They were a rich chocolatey brown, with cheerful pops of red & white on top.
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The quilt is gorgeous! And all your treats are making me hungry. They look so yummy!
I wish my pantry clean out days were this tasty!
Oh my gosh, you’re making me wish I enjoyed baking! Also, that quilt is beautiful!!!
Prompt: January Battle-Book
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Mini Book of Mocktails
Project Link: Mini Book of Mocktails
Brief Description: Since I rarely drink alcohol, I started collecting Mocktail recipes, and finally decided to print them in a little recipe book!
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Pin Event: Take a Look
Pin Event: Reading Rainbow (Red…I’ve abandoned full rainbows and am chasing individual colors instead, I know I can’t mix and match)
Prompt: January - Winnie the Glue (it’s red)
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Demon Tail
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Brief Description: A Birthday request from/for my son
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Awww, that demon tail is so cute, @HeroicHatchling !
Prompt: Winnie-the-Glue
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: “Cat Shenanigans” ATC
Project Link: A few dynamic ATCs
Brief Description: I used some glue to attach the cat to th background!
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Prompt: Goodnight Monotype
Team: Cheese Trustees
Project Name: Sassy Chookn Mugs
Project Link: Sassy Crassy Chookn Mugs!
Brief Description: Just finished a trio of sassy crassy chookn mugs. They’re not sophisticated words, but they’ve got words!
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and the side for older audiences:
You’re at the library for research this time! You’ve pulled your sources and are ready to get down to business. This week, seek out a piece of good/happy/positive news and share it with someone else.
Did you find something good?
Both your ATC and your mugs are amazing 
Prompt: Zap #1 (and WIP#1 for January Goal)
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Crocheted Candy Cane Ornaments
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: The school nurse is helping with running crochet club this year, and she brought in the pattern for these ornaments. I never realized how easy they are to make so I made a couple before Christmas, but never attached anything for hanging them…until today. I used some gold elastic cord that was in a package I received.
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Prompt: January: Battle - Book
Team: Pepperoni Posse
Project Name: Signs
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Brief Description: This is not the type of “organization” project I intended to submit when I set my January Make It! Goal. But I’m counting it nonetheless because what even is life. Made 20 different ones in total. I’m going with Books because books have visible words and so do these.
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Prompt: Zap #2 (and WIP #2 for January goal)
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Crocheted Wreath Ornament
Project Link: n/a
Brief Description: At crochet club, the nurse also shared the pattern for a wreath ornament, which was also very easy, but I only got half of one finished before Christmas. I just made the lighter green section and joined them together. I also added the gold elastic cord as the hanger.
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Prompt: January Battle - Audiobook
Team: Pepperoni Posse
Project Name: Undersea Escape
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I was listening to an audiobook while I painted this undersea postcard based on a tutorial from NiaNiaNi on Youtube.
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Prompt: January Battle - Audiobook
Team: Pepperoni Posse
Project Name: Galentine’s Day Cards - Batch 1
Project Link: Possibly to come later
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The cards have been received, so here are the unzoomed photos!
I love how this postcard came out - the way you did the background sharks and the blending of the colors, the foreground…just all of it! It looks great!
That’s so freaking cool! Love the layered/depth effect it gives!
Is that like neon/glow-in-the-dark paint? 
Event: Reading Rainbow & It’s In A Book
Prompt: January - The Woodwork in The Willows
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Plant Labels
Project Link: Plant Labels
Brief Description: I made Plant Labels for the seedlings I started, using Rebelle on my Surface to do the drawing/watercolor, GIMP to apply the text/words, and ran them off on sticker vinyl on my cricut (they’re backed with sticker vinyl as well, so should be water-repellent/reusable). And I made them in a whole rainbow of colors!
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