FQGSCB #11 Dec 2023 Top Shelf Picks and DT Call Announcements

 Top Shelf Picks Announcement for FQGS Theme #11

 Whoa! Theme #11 for FarmQuest General Store challenge blog is no longer accepting deliveries of crafted projects! :)

At 12:00am CT/Chicago or 6 am UK times on January 5, FQGS closed for business for challenge #11. We are excited to be having steady participation for being a new challenge blog. Please help us grow! Let your craft blogging friends know about this fun blog!

Theme #1 had 10 entries!! #2 had 27. #3 had 16 entries. #4 had 18 entries! #5 had 19 entries! #6 had 12 entries! #7 had 11 submissions! #8 had 24 entries and #9 had 26!!!...only 11 for #10, but thankful for those as most of us are busy with holidays. And here we go with 15 entries for #11!! 

 I'm loving the variety and glad our FQGS participants are embracing the broadness of rural topics we want to see!

Thank you to all the wonderfully talented artisans who took time to create and deliver projects to the store!

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Congratulations to these 3 Top Shelf Picks: Emma T, Aimeslee, and Janet (Sweetpea)!!!

In order of entry:

#7 by Janet=

Janet's little guy climbing the apple tree caught my eye for being unexpected during the winter season (at least for my part of the world). Great idea for farm country theme!

#10 by Aimeslee W=

I love this journal entry (one of our accepted formats) that Aimeslee was inspired by the writing of Willa Cather to create. Awesome winter barnyard scene!

#15 by Emma T= 

These birthday sheep have such great expressions and are sporting party hats! Emma's also got some bunnies and gulls to give a terrific meadow/field scene. 

The variety of country/outdoors/farm kind of topics was amazing! It was a very difficult time of decision-making selecting only 3 entries. Thanks for making it tough for me/Becca.

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Ya'll come back now! Stay awhile at the country store!

The general store will open again at 12am CT/Chicago or 6am UK on January 7th. 

From the gifted tippy-top shelf treasures,

FQGS DT members NanaConnie, Jolanda, and owner Becca S

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DT Call

 We would love to get another talented farmhand started for 2024. 

If you're interested in farm and country topics using our accepted formats creating a DT project 1x per monthly competition, being part of the commenting rotation, and sharing/linking your blog posts of your FQGS projects to other challenge blogs and FB groups then please send an inquiry email message to owner Becca S=

questbybecca@gmail.com

plus 

SOMETHING NEW for 2024: QKR Stampede has been for sale (along with other companies owned by Stamp On It by Deb S) yet they will be offering images each month for the DT to use. The DT also has the option to create anything farm/country goes. 

There will be a random prize winner receiving all 3 images featured each month. How fun is this and it's only available at FarmQuest General Store! 

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FQ family of blogs:

FarmQuest = current competition December 28, 2023-January 13, 2024= theme of quilts

FarmQuest General Store = starting again on January 7-February 5, 2024; theme of Anything Farm and/or Country Goes

FarmQuest Country Christmas = starting again on Jan 7 through February 5, 2024; theme is AGCC or Anything Goes Country Christmas (see blog for theme details)

BRAND NEW on January 2nd = FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen = January 2-January 31, 2024; theme is AFG or Anything Food Goes; option theme to include a country farmhouse vibe;

allowed anything kitchen, pantry, produce market including kitchen tools, equipment, appliances, aprons, recipes, oven mitts/pot holders, and more.

I did 5 days of sneak peeks between Christmas and New Year's that you can go back and look at too for ideas found in my stash.