Nerd Games - Fall 2024

I have been ill and neglecting to post… so please excuse the barrage as I catch up, lol…

Prompt: Crow
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Mystery Person ATC
Project Link: Seeking Sunshine & Mystery ATC
Brief Description: This mystery person is wearing a “straw” hat :joy:
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Prompt: Apple Cider
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: All Saints Day Costume—St. Michael the Archangel
Project Link: All Saints Day costume–St. Michael the Archangel
Brief Description: I had to “squish” the the cardboard into shape for the breastplate. My son has sensory issues and will not wear a helmet that goes over his head (he’s Ok with bike helmets, or puts up with them because the will to bike is stronger, lol…) Anyway, I didn’t make a helmet because he wouldn’t have worn it anyway. He also didn’t want wings.
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Prompt: Birch
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: "Turning trash into treasure/Mixed media with a heart ATC
Project Link: [maybe coming later]
Brief Description: For the October swap, I made a “mixed media with a heart” ATC using leftover papery things I had on hand. And… there’s a heart shape in it :heart:
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Prompt: Acorn
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: It’s Midnight!
Project Link: Gremlins ATC
Brief Description: Don’t feed it after midnight or it’ll transform into something else :joy:
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Prompt: Ain’t No Sunshine
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Boxes within boxes of gift hints
Project Link: Birthday Gift Presentation: boxes within boxes of hints
Brief Description: Ain’t no sunshine when [he]'s gone… I miss my husband when he’s not here, and this gift is for him :heart: Also, this is an often-danced-to song in blues dances, and my husband is the only one who I’ll allow to lead me in blues, generally :slight_smile: (I’m normally a lead).
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I’m blurring the next photos in case people want to go to the original post to guess the gift (photos are blurred there too).

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See all photos and hints on the project post :slight_smile:


Prompt: Free Range Project 2
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Gift Tags from old Christmas cards
Project Link: Gift tags from old Christmas cards
Brief Description: I used old Christmas cards that I didn’t want to keep anymore to make Christmas gift tags.
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Prompt: Oak
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Craft Cabinet [in progress]
Project Link: I’m building a thing! Craft cabinet (in progress)
Brief Description: I’m almost completely finished building my craft cabinet; all that’s left to do is cosmetic work on the outside now. And this is furniture :slight_smile:
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Prompt: Sweetgum
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: (Maybe lost in the mail ATC, so I don’t want to give it a name in case it spoils the surprise…)
Project Link: [maybe coming later]
Brief Description: I glued the main element to the background, so it sticks to something else :slight_smile:
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I made this ATC for @gozer and it hasn’t arrived yet (maybe with the strike, it never will…), so I’m blurring it, just in case. It’s based on one of my favourite short films.


Prompt: Dont’ Fear the Reaper
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Trash to Treasure ATC
Project Link: [maybe coming later]
Brief Description: I’ve been building mixed media/collage skills over time, and I’m still building these skills. But I think this may be one of my better compositions so far.
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Prompt: Free Range Project 3
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Watercolour and alcohol marker sunflower
Project Link: [maybe coming later]
Brief Description: I learned from one of my fellow library programs person to always carry watercolour pencils and a paintbrush with me. That way, when I have a little time, I can make a drawing, then use a little water with a paintbrush, and boom: a watercolour. So I used her advice during my lunch break and made this :slight_smile:
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Prompt: I’m still Standing
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: “Did You KNow? South American is not the same as Hispanic” Zine
Project Link: Did you know? South American is not the same as Hispanic zine
Brief Description: I’m still standing after all this time of moving countries, continents, and houses I don’t care to count…
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Prompt: Sweetgum
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Envelopes from Klneenex boxes
Project Link: I made an envelope out of a facial tissues box :slight_smile:
Brief Description: The pieces of cardboard stick to one another to make the envelope :slight_smile:
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