We’re happy to have you in any capacity here 
I do hope you get in more craft time for some fun and stress relief.
I think I tore my rotator cuff more two days ago. I can’t even stand to support my own arm, so I’ve been in a sling. It’s really impeding craft time. But the awesome rice packs that @LovelyMiss makes have come to the rescue and have helped quite a bit 
Ugh! That’s definitely not a fun injury! Hopefully, it heals soon- I don’t know much about it, though. Hang in there, and I hope you can find crafts that you can do with limited mobility.
I remember how hard it was to craft with a broken wrist, when I couldn’t use my thumb to grip anything. At least it was my non-dominant hand!
I’m trying to remind myself that crafting is my therapy, and I really need to make time for it, even if it’s only a little bit at a time.
Prompt: April Battle- Dad Jokes
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: Hairy ATCoin
Project Link:
Brief Description: This ATCoin features a dad joke.
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Prompt: Let’s taco 'bout crafts (April)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Cheese dip
Project Link: Sausage Cheese Slow-Cooker Dip
Brief Description: This dip can be spicy/mild depending on your ingredients, has three ingredients/parts, and is messy (because melted Velveeta).
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Prompt: April Battle - Punny Business
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Sloppy Joes
Project Link:
Brief Description: Who’s feeling saucy? Joe. I guess? 
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Prompt: April - You’re kind of a big dill
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Chicken noodle soup
Project Link:
Brief Description: Made this from scratch. It uses liquid.
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Prompt: April - Lettuce craft
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Ocean and Stars
Project Link:
Brief Description: This was my original attempt at a project for the Light It Up Swap. I wanted a combo of my partner’s space (stars) and dark ocean themes, because those are also two of my very favorite things. It’s a ROUND wooden charger. I painted it, added different texture mediums to get a vibe of ocean waves and cliffs and then colored them with various media, drilled holes for fairy lights with my Dremel, and wired it. The Dremel slipped and created some issues, so that’s how we got the clouds. I dunno. It’s fine and kinda cool, just not what I wanted to send to my partner. (The project I sent is at the bottom of this post.)
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Prompt: April - You’re one in a melon
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Meat Loaf
Project Link:
Brief Description: The main ingredients are red. At least at some point. And I’d say it’s speckled with onions.
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Prompt: April - Let’s taco 'bout crafts
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Birria Tacos
Project Link:
Brief Description: Couldn’t resist saving the actual tacos for this prompt. 
They were messy and a little spicy. Photo is a pre and post birria soak and fry. Unfortunately, I only had flour tortillas, but they were still pretty good (if just slightly too mushy).
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Prompt: April - Spread hap-pea-ness
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Strawberry sauce + banana split
Project Link:
Brief Description: My partner was craving a banana split. I turned some strawberries to a delicious strawberry sauce/syrup to go with it (and have a little bit leftover for other treats).
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Prompt: Research Project
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Conference
Project Link:
Brief Description: I’m involved with a business and volunteered to put together and staff a booth at a local conference. For privacy reasons I needed to blur the logos in the pictures, which I know is weird, but I did SO MUCH work for this thing, I really wanted to submit it.
Here’s everything I did:
It was easily 40+ hours to do all of it. It was fun to see everything come together, though. I love to have a project.
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Enchanted Forest Tree Art Doll
Project Link: Enchanted Forest Tree Dotee Art Doll
Brief Description: Made for the Dotee Swap. More info and photos in the link.
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Prompt: Big Time
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Space Lantern
Project Link: Space Lantern
Brief Description: Made for the Light It Up Swap. More info and photos in the link.
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I always say I’m going to keep up posting appreciative comments, then it’s the end of the month and I’ve done nothing! I need to get better about that.
@LindyBlues
Love the envelopes! They look amazing!
@Storerboughtcreation
Haha, those bracelets are fiddly at best, kudos for getting it done with a helper!
@Megwell
Ooooh, I love your journal pages! So fun and creative. And that cheese dip looks amazing. Now I need to have an arty crafty chips and dip party!
@Bunny1kenobi
Groan… that’s what you get for your project… but how perfect for the prompt!
@LovelyMiss
I need to stop looking at this before lunch! All that looks amazing and now I’m hungry.
That conference setup and design looks like it was a TON of work, and I love the dandelion mugs!
Ooooh, the dotee is so cute! I miss doing a lot of the swaps I used to, but I don’t know if I’m responsible enough to do them right now…
I think we’re all hardest on ourselves, I think your original attempt for the swap was great, but then again, so was what you made second!
Oh boy, it’s spring! Our April had crazy weather, some drizzles (not common) and a couple of super hot days. Great to see the games are still going.
@LindyBlues - crafting with little ones is challenging, but usually worth it. Cute bracelets, glad you figured out how to make them.
@megwell - you have a lot of color in your pages, great for spring. And thanks for contributing to the garage sale!
@Bunny1kenobi - I’ll have to share that dad joke with my kid, she loves rolling her eyes at me when I share them, but she laughs too.
@LovelyMiss - all your food looks yummy. I’m lucky I just had dinner, or I would be raiding the kitchen. Your dotee is super cute (looks friendly but shy), and both of your light up projects are brilliant (
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Just reading through the work you did for the conference made me tired, that’s a huge amount of work, I hope the conference went well.
I just realized how many of the things I’ve made aren’t officially complete because I still need to weave in ends. How do I convince myself to do that as I go? So this isn’t the end of the washcloths, and if anyone has a cotton yarn they want to suggest… let me know! I’m always down to buy more yarn I totally (don’t) need!
Prompt: April Battle – Punny Business
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Owl Washcloth
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This requires a bit of a backstory about the War of Owltrition. My friend and I have gone back and forth hiding owls and making silly owl puns for YEARS, so now that I’m making her a series of washcloths to try (I’m on a mission to try many, many cotton yarns!) I had to sneak an owl in. “Owl keep you clean!” and “Whoooooo has a good skincare routine?” and whatnot… so so so many owl puns!
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Prompt: April – You’re One In a Melon
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Peaches & Cream Blue Striped C2C Washcloth
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s stripey! Still knitting my way through all the cottons I can easily find, and this one is not bad for the price! This is the second one I’ve made from this skein, I will say the Peaches & Cream from Wal-Mart will make 2 medium cloths (size 7 needles, 48 st at max for C2C, about 7.5” square) and is on the cheaper side. This also means it’s more comparable to Sugar & Cream in terms of being a little less soft and more scrubby (which is actually good, especially if you use it as a dishcloth!)
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Prompt: April - Spread hap-pea-ness
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Mainstays Grey C2C Washcloth
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Another in the line of cotton washcloths, to be compared in the great cotton-yarn-off! I am also giving this one to my friend for her input. It’s from Mainstays 100% Cotton from WalMart, which seems like nice enough yarn but there are so few color options!
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Prompt: April – You’re Kind of a Big Dill
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: I Love This Cotton Paw Print Washcloth
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: It’s the “bumps” that give this washcloth its pattern! These are a lot more fiddly and time-consuming than the C2C ones, but I do love the way they turn out. They’re also not as adjustable, size-wise, as the C2C since the size is based on the yarn/needles you use. But, still, they are fun and I really like the way the ridges give it a design! At first it was really wavy, but after letting it sit (under other washcloths) it flattened out and you can really see the pattern.
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@Smeddley - that’s a nice variety of washcloths. The owl is a hoot! I love the backstory of it.
I’ve actually finished a few things this month, after March sort of knocked me out (pinched nerve or something in my neck, amazing how that affects all of the body’s movement. I’m fine now.)
Prompt: April Battle - Punny Business
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Avocato plushie
Project Link: Avocato - my first plushie
Brief Description:
I set out on a plushie making adventure. This little guy was the first one. While working, I kept saying that I have no idea what I’m doing, but it ended up as a plushie, so I think I’m on the right track.
He is an avocato, which is an avocado cat creature, so a bit punny. He also heard that this round’s pin events include projects that qualify for the Food & Drink category, and wanted to mention that he is stuffed.
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Prompt: Dad Jokes (April Battle)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Miscellaneous ATCoins (not for the swap)
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I waffled about where to claim these, but I knew if I was coin to get battle points I’d better get a round to choosing one side or the other. I mint no harm. (Okay, I’ll stop now.)
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Prompt: April Battle - Dad Jokes
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Shocked Entei ATC
Project Link: may add later
Brief Description: I’ve been doing ATC swaps with coworkers, and one requested Entei. One of my favorite Slack reactions to use is a ridiculously picture of Entei looking exaggeratedly shocked, so I knew I had to use that as my inspiration! I carved the image into a rubber stamp and made her this silly, jokey card 
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Prompt: April Battle - Punny Business
Team: knotty by nature
Project Name: You bet Jurasican make a pie
Brief Description: Not cheesy enough, so chose punny over dad joke. dinosaur cottage pie for the hubs
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@ezrib The dinosaur mashed potatoes!!! That’s so cute 
Do you have a mold?
@roler I love that stamp, lol!
@megwell I love the mixed media, colours, and general look of those ATCoins! re: glasses, I think the 3 minutes refers to total minutes in a row. As in, you should only use them for 3 minutes, then give it a rest before using them again. At least that’s what it said on the instructions on ours.
@tanath, I’m sorry to hear about your neck, that sounds painful! Glad to hear you’re OK. “He is stuffed” 
I love the little avocato. He’s adorable with his mustache!
@Smeddley I love the little inside owl jokes with your friend; what a great story. And the washcloths are pretty awesome! I think the paw print is my favourite
@LovelyMiss Wow; that lantern! It’s gorgeous! It reminds me both of space and football. Amazing job with all the work you did for the conference! The booth looksedsuper organized, too. Oooh, that strawberry sauce! The whole dessert looks so good! I think I may just have to do this when strawberry season finally comes around here.
@Bunny1kenobi I love that joke… I use a similar one with my kiddos as I grow out my hair, lol (at first I didn’t like my short hair, but then it grew on me") I think it’s hillarious that there’s actual hair on the ATCoin, lol
@storerboughtcreation I’m sorry to hear about your shoulder, ouch! Wishing you a speedy recovery. I love the bracelet you made!
Thank you everyone for the nice comments about the envelopes
i do have a mold, it is a food safe snowball maker mold my husband bought me for valentine’s day, though I’m pretty sure it was more for him. 
So glad to see you back around these woods, ezrib! Those dinos are so cute. Makes me want to pull out some molds and fancy things up, too!
Prompt: April - Lettuce Craft
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: coat of many colors ATCoin
Project Link:
Brief Description: This ATCoin is both round and leafy.
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Prompt: April - One In A Melon
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: red leaf earrings
Project Link:
Brief Description: these are somewhat wedge shaped and they are red
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Prompt: April - Let’s taco bout crafts
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: night sky ATCoin
Project Link:
Brief Description: This ATCoin has 3 parts: the background, the metal charm and the cotton
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Prompt: April - Spread hap-pea-ness
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: dinosaur ATCoin
Project Link:
Brief Description: This ATCoin was for thanate in the recent swap.
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Prompt: May- Unexpected Makeover
Team: *Running with scissors
Project Name: the perfect hat
Project Link:
Brief Description: @lindyv321 made this badge before Covid and I just recently, FINALLY, sewed it to this hat. (I’m calling it a UFO.)
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Prompt: May Battle -Fortune-
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting
Brief Description: SBC found this recipe and I was fortunate she shared it with me and convinced me to bake it. Absolutely one of my favorite cakes now.
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Prompt: May -Clothes make the man-
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Air freshener for car
Brief Description: I made this little hanging plant for the car and put some lavender oil inside.
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Prompt: April -Lettuce Craft-
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Pumpkin cake with vanilla frosting
Brief Description: As you can see, this cake is round. I used vanilla frosting for this one since my dad doesn’t like cream cheese (the weirdo)
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Prompt: April -Spread hap-pea-ness-
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Pineapple upside down cake
Brief Description: My youngest daughter turned 6 at the beginning of May and asked for a pineapple upside down cake. I only just got around to making it on Mother’s day along with the pumpkin cakes.
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@QueenHobo i can attest that the pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting was DELICIOUS! Our father is in fact a weirdo. But then aren’t we all?
There was a lot of cake last weekend. And it was all yummy!
Ugh, it’s been one of those months where I can’t motivate myself to do much… Thanks to Lettuce Craft swaps, and craftalongs for pushing me to do stuff I enjoy. I’m dying to share what I made for @gozer for the Ongoing Wish Swap, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise. So it will have to wait
@QueenHobo, that pineapple upside down cake looks delicious! I am also a weirdo… I am not a fan of cream cheese on desserts. I suppose my brain associates cream cheese with savoury foods. That little hanging plant is so cute
@Bunny1kenobi I love the scrappy leaf ATCoin! And the earrings are so unique; you always make such neat jewelry! Oooh, the night sky ATCoin! I would never have thought of putting a metal charm on one; that’s so creative, and it looks awesome! love it! The dinosaur ATCoin is pretty cool too; so detailed!
I’ll come back in a few minutes to hopefully share some of the things I’ve made int he last little bit.
