FQGS #32 theme of AFCG starting 7 Sept 2025 + #31 top shelf brags

 Welcome to the country store of crafting called 

FarmQuest General Store challenge blog!!!

September 7- October 5, 2025 is competition #32. 

Theme is always Anything Farm and/or Country Goes. 

Think about rural/remote outdoor kinds of settings and activities: mountains and hills, campgrounds, farms/ranches, petting zoos, farmers markets/roadside produce sales, forest animals, ponds, etc.

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Scroll down towards the end of the post to see the #31 bragging rights Top Shelf Winner Picks (3), and a random-picked Winner/Guest DT Invite.

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  FQGS Design Team & Guest DT delivered their AFCG topic inspiration projects for #32:

**short-term or long-term DT Call is located towards the end of this post**

DT/owner Becca's AFCG choice #1:

{AFCG elements: meadow plants, pumpkins, mushrooms}

 and

AFCG choice #2: 

{AFCG elements: harvest squashes/pumpkins & gourds, pinecones}

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GUEST DT invite honoree: Scrappy Horses!

her blog's homepage: https://scrappyhorses.blogspot.com/

about Katrina: her blog shows five current design teams in addition to her YouTube channel; she's been a terrific supporter of the FarmQuest challenge blogs!

her project:

and her badge:

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Thanks to the GD Katrina for joining me/Becca with this outdoors appreciation card!

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**NOTE = skip over the brags for the link-up section to participate

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BRAGGING RIGHTS Notice from #31 

from August 7-September 5, 2025

Congrats to these 4 artisans:  Debbie M, Donna E, Marjeta and Pauline C!!!

 We're loving the variety and thrilled our 7 FQGS entries embraced 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!

 3 Top Shelf Picks honorable mentions = 

in order by entry =

entry #4 by Creative Smiles/Donna E: rural farmhouse

and

entry #5 by Marjeta: gardening scene

and

entry #7 by Pauline C: pheasant and rabbits

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Congrats to Random Guest DT invite honoree for upcoming #33 challenge

is entry #3 by Debbie M (otters at pond card)! 

email owner/DT Becca S if you'd like to accept the Guest DT invite

questbybecca@gmail.com for October 7, 2025.

My husband was asked to select a number between 1-7 on Sept. 5th and it was entry #3:

and this is your badge to copy/paste to your blog:

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DT Call or Short-term DT

I need at least 1 or more to help out long-term and maybe 2 or 3 who can help out short-term for maybe two months. 

Email me/Becca S with a subject line of FQGS short-term DT or FQGS long-term DT

questbybecca@gmail.com

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PARTICIPATION: 

* September 7- October 5, 2025

* each participant can enter 1-5 AFCG theme projects

* bragging rights are possible: Top Shelf Picks, a Random Winner with Guest DT invite honoree

FarmQuest General Store #32

Inlinkz tool address:

https://fresh.inlinkz.com/p/afbd537ba62241e5a39b00d85929ebcd

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See ya soon at the country store!

FarmQuest General Store Challenges blog

DT/owner Becca and

Guest DT invite honoree Katrina/Scrappy Horses

(DT member Nana Connie is taking a break. We wish her rest and relaxation.)