The Jewels of Nature

This Dragonfly looks like a jewel

Isn't nature beautiful?  

I nicked copied this photo which was taken on her phone by a great-niece of mine who is also a Marine Biologist with her Master's behind her already and a Doctorate too I believe now! Congratulations on meeting all your challenges Aimee and thanks for posting this photo so I can steal use it for here!

What is a Challenge?

We are half way through the month at our challenge blog and have only a few entries thus far.  Hopefully, there will be a few more entries soon. We are offering a challenge I know - but the knowledge that you have taken on the challenge and crashed through is so satisfying! We use the word itself as both a noun and a verb, according to Professor Google!

challenge

ˈtʃalɪn(d)ʒ/

noun

1. 1.

   a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength.

   "he accepted the challenge"

   synonyms:

   dare, provocation; summons "he accepted the challenge"
2. 2.

   a call to prove or justify something.

   "a challenge to the legality of the banning order"

   synonyms:

   confrontation with, dispute with, stand against, test of, opposition,disagreement with; More

verb

1. 1.

   dispute the truth or validity of.

   "it is possible to challenge the report's assumptions"

   synonyms:

   question, disagree with, object to, take exception to, confront, dispute,take issue with, protest against, call into question; More
2. 2.

   invite (someone) to engage in a contest.

   "he challenged one of my men to a duel"

We summon you to take the theme and dare to soar into the heady heights of imagination and creativity, and produce a piece of work that can be clearly seen following the theme. In addition, we ask you to engage in the twist - to take your work one step further into the contest! The rewards are few - a prize chosen at random, selection as the DT Favourite but you get the satisfaction of knowing you have tried and succeeded - priceless in itself!

Random Prize:

TomBow glue just to indicate size.

Our Challenge?

To make a baby themed project, or use the expression "OH BABY" how you wish!  

The twist is to make a non-traditional styled project for a baby

Our DT have come up with some cracker ways to meet the challenge - and here are a few more to inspire you!

                                                                      Urvashi Rao

Altered hair clips for a baby girl

Wynn

Lou Lou

Susan

Let's see what your flight of imagination has created!

You have 12 more days to post your piece

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