CLOSED - Nerd Games - Winter 2023

Prompt: research project
Team: :yarn:
Project Name: enchanted garden
Project Link: Enchanted Garden Mosaic Blanket
Brief Description: I finished this blanket tonight. The pattern was released today. I need to get a better photo this weekend, but I was excited to share it now. :hearts:
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This month’s prompts are awesome!!

And @storerboughtcreation that blanket is so pretty!

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Prompt: February Full
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Daffodil Cake
Project Link: Daffodil Cake
Brief Description:
This bright white & yellow cake reminds me spring is coming

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I want a piece! :drooling_face:

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Oh my, that looks sooooo good!

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Prompt: Big Time #1
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Baby Quilt
Project Link: Quilt for my almost-here grandson!
Brief Description: It took me forever to finish this! And it was my first time using mitred corners.
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It looks crooked because I photographed it on an angle.

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Prompt: Free Range 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Pasta with meat sauce
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made pasta and a little homemade sauce for dinner tonight.
Project Photo(s): This isn’t quite all of it, just the first helping :yum:.

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Prompt: January- Be Happier
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Freakin’ Out
Project Link: Freakin’ Out - a family ATC
Brief Description: This is an ATC for my son. Follow the link to read the story behind it. :blush:
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Prompt: Complementary (March Battle)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Reverse process art journal page
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: At one point, I added blue paint to this because it would be complementary to the orange I’d already used.
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Prompt: February- Blue
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Charger of Many Colors
Project Link: Charger of many colors
Brief Description: This is mostly blue, and the other colors involved make it look striped. Sort of.
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Prompt: March- If Pets Had Thumbs
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Derp ATC
Project Link: Derp- a family ATC
Brief Description: This card is definitely inspired by a pet. Follow the link for the story- but a special warning to @storerboughtcreation it may make you shed a tear or two. I know I did.
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Lila!!! You did such an amazing drawing. I imagine this is what she looked like when she was younger. Idk when she lost all of her teeth, but I can’t imagine her without her tongue hanging out at any age. It was part of her personality. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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So true! And her little back-scratch dance. Funny little thing!

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I love the pop of the green and orange here.

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Prompt: March Battle - Complimentary
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Letters
Project Link:
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 :sweat_smile: .) 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
Project Link:
Brief Description: Well, these raspberry scones weren’t necessarily supposed to be this brown, but it made them eligible for this prompt, so… :upside_down_face: :joy:

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Prompt: March - Get Over it Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Spaghetti
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
Brief Description: I’ve been struggling for crafty-crafty time, but I have been cooking a lot, so bear with me! :smiley: 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
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made some fancy grilled onion burgers.

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Prompt: Free Range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Dinner 4
Project Link:
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
Project Link:
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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The food all looks super yummy! And the womens prison cards- love that!

Yay for instructions for candles and spray!!

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Prompt: Weed Appreciation Day (March)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: ATCoin monsters
Project Link: More ATCoin Monsters – Monster Jam 2023
Brief Description: Definitely only a mother could love some of these faces.
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These monster coins are hysterical!

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Prompt: March battle- complimentary
Team: Running With Scissors
Project Name: Boho earrings
Project Link: Boho Leaf earrings- Spring Is In the Air Challenge Entry
Brief Description: I think the blue and green complement each other quite nicely.
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Your slacker of a tracker has finally caught up on tracking. I will wait to post a tracking update until the end of the month, but your checklists should be up to date :blush:

Prompt: Research Project
Team: :yarn:
Project Name: Buffalo Plaid Mosaic Blanket
Project Link: Buffalo Plaid Mosaic Blanket
Brief Description: I spent the last several weeks designing this blanket and crocheting it. I released the pattern late last night on Ravelry. I love buffalo plaid, and this blanket was a lot of fun to work on. I want to make more in different colors!
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