My FQHCB #1D extra inspiration project on 19 Sept 2025

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why: This is my personal blog post describing details for another bonus/extra inspiration project for the new FQHCB or FarmQuest Home Challenges Blog. The theme is anything home goes. My paternal grandmother received a teaching degree from Berea College in Berea, KY sometime in the 1920s. Her parents met and married in Berea (her maiden name of Hart) and then moved to east central Illinois sometime in the early 1900s. She was her parents' fifth and last child and tragically her dad died a few days before she was born in 1905. And then another tragic occurrence occurred to her husband, my grandpa, died in 1958, with her youngest of 4 children only being about 13 years old. As a little girl, Grandma Sadie had returned to teaching in a nearby elementary school and did have some apple trees on her small farm. So August and September brings thoughts of my teaching grandma and her apple trees!!

when: #1D bonus inspiration post for FQHCB on September 19, 2025

what: Project #1 = An apple for the teacher

how-to &/or vendor notes for #1 =

1. digital image = Google search on Sept 19th; printed as black and white

2. black cardstock cut to 4.25" x 6.5" = Colorbok

3. red with black dot paper scrap = old stash item

4. red and white; old = The Paper Studio

5. red and white geometric patterned = ?/stash; separated from the original paper pad

6. red copy paper used behind image = Pen + Gear

7. red heart gems and green round gems = different packs = Crafter's Square

8. ladybug sticker = Little Birdie Handmade Embellishments (1 of the package)

9. gold foil 'thanks' = from a multi word pack = Crafter's Square

where #1 will be linked/shared:

1A. If You Give A Crafter A Cookie; started Sept 1st; back to school theme image prompt; I pulled the apple cookie for inspiration and instead of as BTS for a student, this card was made in memory of my paternal grandma who was a teacher and lived on a small farm with a few apple trees. 

link = https://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.com/2025/09/cookie-challenge-208-september-back-to.html

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1B. Pin-spirational; started Sept 1st; back to school theme image prompt; I pulled inspiration from the wood and distant barn for this card made in memory of my paternal grandma who was a trained teacher and taught school when I was growing up; grandpa died unexpectedly leaving her a widow with a small farm that included a few apple trees.

link= https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/pinspirational-challenge-329-september.html

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1C. Just Us Girls; new on Sept 18; mood board/see image; finding a porch scene like in the photo was the inspiration I pulled for the direction of my bonus DT inspiration card

link = https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/just-us-girls-challenge-793-mood-board.html

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1D. Word Power; still open for Sept; theme is power of the word/focal--eye-catching; MY card says thanks and will be sent to my dad's only surviving sibling, my aunt Rachel. She was 13 years old in 1958 when her dad died and left her mom widowed and the situation forced my grandma to go back to work, teaching 4th grade. "Thanks"/in memory of...

link = https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/09/word-power-september-2025-challenge.html

1E. Time Out Challenges; started last week/still open; see image for theme of favorite season; I love autumn season weather and living in the USA Midwest where I can enjoy different seasons, especially the changing colors of leaves of the maples, oaks, birches, etc. Growing to Grandma Sadie's to pick apples was one of the childhood activities I remember doing at least 1 or 2x after a new school year had started. 

link = https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/challenge-297.html

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where to find  HQFCB #1D bonus/extra blog post link =

https://farmquesthomechallenges.blogspot.com/2025/09/fqhcb-bonus-project-1d-on-19-sept-2025.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

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