That’s pretty neat that it works! 
Oh wow, I just looked some up on youtube so I could see them work, they’re pretty cool!
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Prompt: December Battle - Amateur Armchair Detective
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Onion Soup Mix
Project Link: Onion Soup Mix
Brief Description: Made for the gift buffet! I chose amateur armchair detective because I researched the recipes I used online, and I’d say that’s pretty armchair detective of me. 
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Prompt: December - Murdoch Mysteries
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Charcoal deodorizers
Project Link: Charcoal Deodorizer Sets
Brief Description: Also for my gift offerings. I made these using brown burlap bags and brown tags. (And, in the process got to tear apart my sewing machine and learn how to fix it, lol).
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Prompt: December - Castle
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Card Folder
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Brief Description: I made this to send for my card writing group. Paper, has some black and white, and is filled with words inside the letter!
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Prompt: December - Only Murders in the Building
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Hat
Project Link:
Brief Description: I managed a few hats this year on top of everything else I made. And then I FORGOT THEM AT HOME. Oops. I’ll probably end up donating them! Yarn is fuzzy.
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Prompt: December - The Last Detective
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Hat
Project Link:
Brief Description: Another hat that is drab and gray. Not dropping stitches is also often a problem for me, and this one was no exception.
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Prompt: December - Hamish Macbeth
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Dandelion embroidery
Project Link:
Brief Description: I found this kit and it was perfect for a colleague for a lot of reasons. So I stitched it up and just need to get it in the mail! Nature-themed.
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Prompt: Advent - Time Warp
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Jalapeno Salt
Project Link: Jalapeno Salt
Brief Description: Another gift buffet item. I think salt might kind of sparkle, and Rocky Horror might be a kinda spicy musical/film.
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Prompt: Advent - Gone Till November
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Reed Diffusers 1
Project Link: Reed Diffusers
Brief Description: These required liquid!
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Prompt: Advent - Autumn Sweater
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Reed Diffusers 2
Project Link: Reed Diffusers
Brief Description: I used paper for the labels, and the flower reeds are also paper!
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Prompt: Advent - Operator
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Rice packs
Project Link: Hot/Cold Rice Packs
Brief Description: I have made these many times, and got a specific request to make some this year for the gift buffet. I already had some pre-cut from years prior, so I stitched those up WIP style (and did a few more).
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Prompt: Advent - Cold as Ice
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Pom pom garland
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Brief Description: This has been on my to-do list for years. I was going to buy pom pom garland several times and I kept stopping myself saying, “B, you have so much yarn at home. You can make this!” I FINALLY decided to sacrifice some pretty rainbow yarn and got to work. I ended up with about 45 pompoms. I wish I had another skein so it could fill the tree a little more, but it is doing it’s job this year! I’ll probably do another at some point in the future (or not).
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Prompt: Advent - Give It Away
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Soap
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made up a few bars of rebatch soap and packaged them in bags with labels for the gift buffet.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Quick Thanksgiving
Project Link:
Brief Description: My mom’s household all got COVID and we cancelled Thanksgiving at the last minute. We didn’t plan on making any fancy dinner at our house with it just being my partner and me. Then I mentioned I had some stuffing if we wanted a little taste of Thanksgiving, and it just spiraled from there. I ended up making a pretty well rounded Thanksgiving dinner with all things I had already. I even made the gravy from scratch with a roux and “Better Than Bouillon,” AND A PIE. We even had rolls in the freezer. Nothing SPECTACULAR, and I was still pretty impressed with myself if I’m being honest, since it was totally unplanned, lol.
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Prompt: Zap
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Number paint
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Brief Description: No delivery people could see the numbers on our house from the street and it was a hassle for everyone involved. We rent so I was limited in my options to fix the problem. I ended up just doing a quick coat of a light acrylic paint. It won’t wear well, but hopefully it will get us through winter. It’s been an immediate difference for drivers. Amazing what a (sloppy) coat of paint can do! 
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Zine
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made these for the recent Zine Swap. I wrote and designed the interior, including the little doodles, which I did on my ipad. I printed them (OMG) and hand bound using waxed thread. They are 5" x 7", have 38 pages of content, and took at least 10 hours.
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And here’s a picture just for fun! My biggest gift buffet of the year all laid out.
There were barely any items left at the end (the goal)! 
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Where do you work? And can I get a job application?
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Unfortunately (but very fortunately for me), I am self-employed, lol! That was at a monthly meeting I have with other self-employed colleagues.
I wish we all lived closer. I’d totally love a Nerd Games gift buffet! Maybe I’ll ponder the logistics of such a thing online-style for next year!
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Prompt: October Uncharted
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Tiny blue felt stocking
Brief Description- I wanted to fancy up my little people cottage, so I made a tiny blue stocking with felt & embroidered holly
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Prompt: December Hamish Macbeth
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Tiny red stocking
Brief Description- I made a tiny red stocking with an embroidered snowflake
picture: See Above
Prompt: November Avengers
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Tiny pink stocking
Brief Description- I made a tiny pink stocking with a felt and embroidered Christmas tree
picture: see above
Prompt: October Relic Hunter
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Crochet Bauble #1
Brief Description- Green, white, and red- antique looking crocheted over a glass bauble
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Prompt: Cold as Ice
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Crochet Bauble #2
Brief Description- these baubles are something I’ve definitely been putting off for years. This one is pink, white, red, & light blue
picture:See above
Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Crochet Bauble #3
Brief Description- Blue, red, green, pink bauble - these are my house & Christmas colors & it is hard to find things in those colors, so I made one for me
picture: see above
Prompt: Give it away
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Crochet Bauble #4
Brief Description- This bauble will be a gift topper for one of the Christmas presents It is red, pink, blue, then red
picture: see above
Prompt: October Blood & Treasure
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Crochet Bauble #5
Brief Description- This crocheted bauble is multicolored in green, blue, red, & pink. I really loved making these & see myself making many more
picture:see above
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Project Dump - sorry! Adding photos from my phone.
Prompt: December – Amateur Armchair Detective
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Notebooks
Project Link:
Brief Description: I make fun little notebooks for a craft show and gave the rest out to coworkers and friends. An armchair detective could easily take notes in them.
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Prompt: December – Hamish MacBeth
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Mermaid & whale bib & burp cloth
Project Link: Aquatic Themed Bibs
Brief Description: This bib & burp cloth was made for a swap. It’s made with cotton and minky fabric.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Creep
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Bunch o’ notebooks
Project Link:
Brief Description: I had a bunch of random notebooks that I made over multiple days.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Spell on you
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Winter Animal Magnets
Project Link: Winter Animal Magnets & Notebooks
Brief Description: I had to glue to magnets to the back.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Feed My Frankenstein
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Green Block Dragon
Project Link: Fabric Blocks & Dragon Blocks for Babies
Brief Description: I had to figure out how I wanted the wings, face, feet and tail and get everything to line up.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Time Warp
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Purple Block Dragon
Project Link: Fabric Blocks & Dragon Blocks for Babies
Brief Description: The purple dragon is sparkly!
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Autumn Sweater
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Winter animal notebooks
Project Link: Winter Animal Magnets & Notebooks
Brief Description: These were made using paper. And I had to cut out each sticker individually.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Cold As Ice
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Octopus bib & burp cloth
Project Link: Aquatic Themed Bibs
Brief Description: I kept putting this project off. Luckily I made it in time.
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Give it Away
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Fabric Blocks
Project Link: Fabric Blocks & Dragon Blocks for Babies
Brief Description: I gave these as a swap gift!
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Prompt: 12 weeks – Psycho Killer
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Cat Magnets
Project Link: Fridge Magnets w Cats, Dogs, mushrooms, snails, penguin & a bear!
Brief Description: Cats are crazy like killers, let’s face it. Hahaha!
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Prompt: research project
Team: don’t stop Beleafing
Project Name: another blanket
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made a second version of this blanket (the first I gifted to @roler a few years ago). This one is for my mom for Xmas.
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Front
Back
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Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: 2nd Friday Night
Project Link: 2nd Friday Night- a family ATC
Brief Description: The logo for 2nd Friday night, a monthly event that I attended with my DIL.
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@gozer you made so many adorable things here! I kind of want all of them! (Even the bib- you’ve seen me eat! )
@storerboughtcreation that blanket is beautiful. Love the colors.
@LovelyMiss your gift buffet makes me drool a bit. WOWWWW!!! (Oh, hey…. I guess that’s another good reason to have a bib… )
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Prompt: November- the avengers
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Wrap Star
Project Link: Wrap Star- a family ATC
Brief Description: This has pink on it. Lots of pink….
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Prompt: December- Castle
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Ickerlish ATC
Project Link: Ickerlish- a family ATC
Brief Description: this is made of paper
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Prompt: December – Murdoch Mysteries
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Peg Dolls
Project Link: Pirate Peg People
Brief Description: Back in the day, before all the manufacturing, kids played with peg dolls!
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Prompt: December – Castle
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Miniature Books
Project Link: Book and Frog Fail
Brief Description: These booksa re made of paper and they have actual words inside of them.
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Prompt: December – Only Murders in the Building
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Tarot Card Bag
Project Link: Tarot Card Bag
Brief Description: Some people put on quite a performance when they read tarot cards!
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Prompt: December – The Last Detective
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Frog Fail
Project Link: Book and Frog Fail
Brief Description: This pattern was tricky. The arms and legs were so tiny it was hard to turn. I did not enjoy making it or how it turned out. I ended up making an alternate item for the swap.
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I haven’t had much time to comment on here because life got crazy (my Dad’s health is up and down), and when I do get on LC, I am doing a lot with the swap mod side. But I do check her and love seeing all the projects. I decided to go back to Dec 1st and start commenting from there. Sorry to all those I missed!
@craftADDchick – The little crochet tree is adorable. The eyes really set it off. Dinos, dinos all the way!
@Bunny1kenobi – Fun ornament. Zip pouches are always needed, those looks great and extra sturdy. Your family ATCs are always a joy to see and I love the memories behind them.
@bluebird – Junk journals are so neat. I love that you did it in a hardback book. And that rain print ATC is gorgeous!
@lovelymiss – Your gift buffets always look so stunning. You truly elevate it from a “craft” to an art. Everything looks so professional. I’m going to have to get some charcoal to see if it will help my shoes. Ha! The hats are fun, and I love that colorful one! Beautiful hoop! And I want to try that jalapeno salt! My Dad would love that.
@ezrib – The stocking are so cute on the cottage. Adds that touch of the holidays to it. The crochet ornaments are amazing.
@storerboughtcreations – That blanket is absolutely amazing. I am sure your Mom will love it. The pattern is so intricate.
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Prompt: December battle- Hard boiled police investigator
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Mini crime board
Project Link: For a miniature detective
Brief Description: This seems like the kind of thing that would be hanging up at the Cop Shop.
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Prompt: December- Murdoch mysteries
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Mini magnifying glass
Project Link: For a miniature detective
Brief Description: This first mention of the use of a magnifying glass was in 1268. It doesn’t get much more old-fashioned than that! I tried for about an hour to make a handle with beads. I finally gave up, cut the wire shorter and just painted what I already had. I think it looks better than the bead handle would have! 
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Prompt: Big time #1
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: mini desk
Project Link: For a miniature detective
Brief Description: This is the fifth incarnation of this desk. I love making minis but this project aaaaaaaaalmost had me rethinking some of my life choices…
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Prompt: November- MI5
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: orange steampunk necklace
Project Link: A Steampunk Orange
Project Description: This project had more than 5 steps:
1- find all my steampunk stuff
2-dig through my pearls to find orange ones-they are elusive!
3-play around with about 500 pounds of jewelry bits until a design comes together
4- glue the pearl to the correct piece
5-start adding the other elements to the necklace
6-realize I don’t love the way it’s coming together
7-shift on the fly and remove some of the elements I was going to add
8-attach the chain to the appropriate bits
9-swear when I realize that one of the medallions is on backwards.
10-fix said medallion.
11-add a clasp
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Prompt: Advent #3
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: orange steampunk earrings
Project Link: A Steampunk Orange
Brief Description: This needed glue
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Hello! I’ve been a little MIA as I procrastinated on basically everything for Christmas and was trying to get everything done… hopefully this will finally be the year where I actually plan the next year in advance, with deadlines for getting ready for all the holidays… we shall see…
I’ve come home early from a visit with the in-laws so I can have a couple days on my own in the house. Part of it will be spent cleaning and tidying in expectation of a visit, but most of it will be spent doing all the art. Soooo looking forward to this.
So happy to see all the activity here. Please excuse the mammoth post as I ooh and aaah over everyone’s projects 
@megwell that pinball game is awesome!
@LovelyMiss, those candles look super professional! I really like the labels you made for them. I also love the labels for your onion soup mix, and the mix itself looks great! The deodorizers look great as well. Everything you make always looks so professional!
Whoever gets that card folder is a lucky recipient indeed; how beautiful! And that panda peeking out 
I love how colourful that first hat is!
Oooh… the ice/cold packs are great! I should try to make some for myself! (I can always use all the heat for my always sore back/neck/everything else… I suppose I may need to learn to sew first… adds to things I want to learn list
I love it that you made some fragrance-free soap! I’m hyper-sensitive to scents (several scents trigger my asthma and chronic post-nasal drip/allergic rhinitis), so I love when people are thoughtful enough to make/gift unscented items 
Paining the numbers was so thoughtful on your part! It’s so hard to see numbers on several streets in town sometimes. My husband did the same for our numbers white and it’s made a huge difference as well. (the numbers are set against brown brick, so the white shows up well)
I received that amazing zine you made and I’m still in awe of the work that went into it. Thank you for all you do!
So I’m sure you’ve posted about your gift buffet before, but I’m intrigued as to where/when/how you do a gift buffet… do you have a link to point me to?
@megwell I love that the cover for your zine is made from a map! Pretty awesome. And your junk journal looks great as well!
@storerboughtcreation, I have been amazed by this elephant blanket ever since you shared your first process photo. It’s incredible. Such gorgeous detail.
Your green blanket is beautiful, too!!!
@gozer That felt yeti is just too cute I also love your interpretation of the prompts
Your notebooks are all so cute 
And I’m sure the new parent(s) will appreciate the cute bit & burp cloth! I really like the texture back of the cloth. The magnets are really cute too. I especially love the penguins 
Oooh, the dragon blocks!!! So cute
The peg people… so cute
The miniature books are pretty awesome
@ezrib Congrats on finishing NaNoWriMo! That’s a great accomplishment! I LOL’d (really LOL’d) at that first card! 
And the therapissed!!! Too funny the remotely funny as well, Oh my goodness you’ve made my day with all the jokes
OK… I thought I had LOL’d at al the jokes. Nope. Nope. That was not actual LOL’ing. Now, when I got to the frog joke… Yep. That was a really, really, loud chuckle. I love it lol!!! As well as the mystery writer one. And the milk flashing joke haha Oh my goodness, you’ve given me all the laughs today
mmmm that ice cream looks soooo good
I love your little people cottage tiny stocking
@roler, your scrapbooking page is beautiful! I also really love your partridge and speckled bird! Oh and the little Impkin with the letters… such a cutie and such a lovely way to cheer up your colleague!
@craftADDchick I love your dedication to getting that tree done on time, and I loved reading the story about the tree at Sears.
@Bunny1kenobi, That Booktrovert ornament is awesome. My oldest daughter can relate 100%. She reads copious amounts of books, alone in her room, especially after what she calls “too much peopling,” lol. The pouches are great as well! I also love your ATCs, how you show so much love to your family and in-laws, and the story about fireman/ironman
Ooooh, I love all the miniatures! The desk turned out pretty awesome!
@Bluebird, I love how you p ut together your junk journal; it looks great! And that ATC is amazing; I love all the layers.
Ok, off to work on my own projects
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Prompt: Some Nights (Advent)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Blondies
Project Link: Hazelnut Swirl Blondies
Brief Description: Some nights I stay in front of the oven waiting for the blondies to set up even though the reviews said they wouldn’t. Some nights I call it a draw.
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Prompt: Time Warp (Advent)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Swap Christmas cards
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I used a sparkly (metallic) paint marker for the ornament toppers
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Prompt: December Last Detective
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Dustpan fake
Brief Description- This cardboard dustpan was made to fool the recipient that it wasn’t a giftcard. It was quite tricky to wrap to keep it looking like a dustpan
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Prompt: Big Time #1
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Christmas Vacation Little People
Brief Description- I decorated some of my little people items to represent Christmas Vacation. I decorated the house with lights, (which took forever to figure out how to do without damaging the house). I made Cousin Eddie’s robe & teeny tiny hat, etc
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Prompt: Bonus- the dock of the bay
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Christmas Vacation Wreath
Brief Description- Greatly inspired by Wicked Wreaths 22 I made my version of the Christmas Vacation wreath while watching Sex Education on Netflix
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Prompt: free range #2
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: crochet bauble pink & red
Brief Description- I had to crochet one last bauble for my tree
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Prompt: free range #3
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Spinach dip
Brief Description- since my husband has become allergic to onions & garlic, I have been craving the old knorr spinach dip of my youth; this came extremely close with a bunch of veg chopped & sauteed, then added to mayo, herbs, sour cream & spinach with chopped water chestnuts. it hit many nostalgia buttons
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Prompt: free range # 4
Team: So cornfused
Project Name: Grief food
Brief Description- My son’s best friends sister was killed yesterday and she now has no real family, so I made a bunch of meals for her as well as got her some snacks & such while they were making arrangements today to hopefully help her. I made cottage pie, cheesy chicken & broccoli pasta, chicken enchiladas, & cookies
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@ezrib So sorry to hear about such an awful tragedy… it’s so wonderful that you’re helping them out. The food looks delicious.
I really love your idea for concealing the gift card; that’s really funny!
@megwell Your Christmas cards re beautiful; I love the colours. And those blondies look delicious!
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Now that Christmas Eve has passed and hubs is still on vacation, I get a little me time. I’m so happy to post these 
Prompt: Research Project 1
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: How to Adult book series, volume I: Kitchen Basics, or, how not to be a professional self-published author
Project Link: https://forum.lettucecraft.com/t/handmade-stocking-gifts-handbound-book-and-notebook
Brief Description: This took several hours to complete, and there was research involved, as I wanted to be 100% sure I was giving proper advice, especially for food handling safety. I wrote the entire book, edited it, printed it, created the logo for the series, and bound 3 copies, one for each of my children.
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Prompt: Free Range 1
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Easy 3-ingredient tortillas, no recipe
Project Link: https://forum.lettucecraft.com/t/easy-tortillas-with-just-3-ingredients
Brief Description: I threw some stuff in a bowl and got tortillas out of it. It took me two tries.
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Prompt: Free Range 2
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: All Saints Day Costumes
Project Link: https://forum.lettucecraft.com/t/last-minute-all-saints-day-costumes/
Brief Description: I procrastinated as usual an threw these together the ay before the homeschool celebration… The bonnet for the youngest was the trickiest. The costume for the oldest was just a scarf I already had, and a pillow case I took apart and made into a head cover.
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Prompt: Zap 1
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Advent Wreath on a buget
Project Link: https://forum.lettucecraft.com/t/advent-wreath-made-with-dollar-tree-items
Brief Description: I couldn’t find a wreath I liked, and I’ve been meaning to buy one for years. I finally decided to make my own from stuff I found at the Dollar Tree. Everything is from there, except the pottery plate, which was a wedding gift.
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