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Hello! I like to make plushies by hand.
This one is a little character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series that I made for my friend's birthday. Sewing helps me focus on something for a long time and I find it very relaxing.

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I included a recipe that I often make for snickerdoodles! I love to cook and bake and I love to make food for the people I love as it is a way that I show my love for others. I make these cookies around the holiday time and this has made these cookies feel very special as I look forward to making them every year. ps- this is not my recipe! I'm not that good yet lol

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In my free time, I like to paint. I usually paint decor for my room or gifts for family members. I find that painting allows me to have time for myself to relax and create things that I love. I also love sharing my paintings with others :)

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Something that I love to do is cooking! I started getting really into it the past year and it's become something I'm passionate about. My favorite time of the day is when I come home from class or work and make myself dinner. It's a way for me to unwind at the end of the day! I also feel like it's a great way to bring people together, so I love cooking for my friends whenever I can.

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My two best friends and I all got paint by numbers a couple summers ago and this is my finished project. I really like doing art because it relaxes me and helps with my anxiety. I have a bunch of my artwork all over my apartment also because I like displaying the things I make. I really enjoy being creative so this is an example of that :)

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I made some paintings over the summer, and although I didn't take any pictures of them, I like to make things that I can give to my family and friends. I've taken up painting as a nice hobby for when I'm feeling stressed or need an outlet. I'm working on a large canvas painting currently.

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I started jewelry making as a form of self-care. I struggle a lot with high-functioning anxiety and this was a way to help me feel like I wasn't doing anything in the summer. I find that doing crafts and paying more attention to the way I look and dress is my new form of self-care. Long earrings just elevate my look and compliment my hair, that is why I continuously make new designs. I have found that many people love the look with long earrings. I get a sense of fulfillment when I gift earrings to people and they look so happy to wear them.

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For a long time, I wasn’t able to express how I truly felt and turned to my words to help me out. I began writing poetry very young but never really shared with anyone until the pandemic. Last July, I decided to share my inner most thoughts and emotions with the world with no regret. Being vulnerable doesn’t always have to be something that is bad but something that can connect people together because at the end of the day, we are humans who feel a lot of emotions.

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When presented with the question, "What do you make?", I thought of arts and crafts, memories, and most importantly, friendships! I met the lovely ladies in these pictures my first semester at UF in 2018. I became friends with each of them as individuals and we all ran into each other throughout our first two years, and then all ended up in the same cohort and quickly became a group that works efficiently and positively together. I am so thankful for these ladies! The top picture is our first day of ProTeach and the bottom picture was our "last first day". I've made long lasting friendships with these three girls :)

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When I think about what I make, the first thing that comes to mind is Capoeira (brazilian martial arts). For the past 7 years, I have built many relationships with people who have come and gone or have continued training. Through the good and the bad, these people have always been there for me (even the ones who are not training anymore). I am so happy to have these people in my life who share the same passion as me. I truly love having all of these people as my family.

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As cool as it would be, no I am not a barista. Nonetheless, everyday I make coffee. I'm Colombian. My parents were born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, but they were not always there. My father lived for most of his young life in the family coffee bean farm, La Aurora, located about 2 hours out of the capital, with hundreds of acres of land. In the 80s, my family was left with no choice but to abandon the farm due to intense drug cartel and guerrilla violence that was plaguing the town and threatening my family daily. To this day, it's my family's biggest regret and pain. One day, I will return to the land that belongs to my family. For now, I will drink my coffee everyday and remember my history.

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I love arts and crafts and creating original things that inspire me. A few weeks ago, my roommate and I sat down to paint and I painted this piece free handed. I was so proud when I was done because of my patience with the details in it and how my final piece turned out. I love butterflies and flowers and the beauty they share, so this is one of my favorite pieces!

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This is one of the Inspire boxes that I made for Dani. The inspire box is meant to be a place to keep things that remind us why we wanted to be teachers. When someone is feeling down or stressed it's meant to uplift them. To show the people in my life that they are important to me I like to make things for them!

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We had a "family reunion" for Father's Day in St. Louis :)

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One thing I like to make is memories with my family. During this pandemic, one of the hardest things was not being able to see family around the holidays and spend time together. This photo is of my Popaw, Momaw, and all my cousins (& new baby cousin) on my Dad's side of the family. We are all extremely close and even have a large family groupme of all the cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. and we rename it based on what is going on in our lives and make our groupme cover photo funny memories or photos of one another. Making memories and spending time with family is something that is so important to me and a lot of my family members have driven my passion for education. My cousin Alonzo, all the way on the far right, was adopted and has Autism and he is a large reason for my pursuit of a master's in Special Education and my passion for inclusion. Making memories with my family and always trying to stay connected with them is super important to me. I even write letters to my Momaw and Popaw, as well as my other grandparents, to stay connected outside of phone calls and to help make their days better.

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I made these cedar medallions over the summer for all the counselors on my team at camp. I enjoyed making these because I knew people would keep them as a physical memory from their summer. They have their camp names on the front and on the back two encouraging words that people chose to describe them during their time at camp. I also enjoyed this because I love to write in different fonts, send snail mail with fun calligraphy, and stuff like that!

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I love making mosaics. This past summer my parents had a workshop built in our yard so we could make mosaics . Now my whole family goes out to the workshop together to make mosaic stepping stones for our yard. I really value spending time with my parents, and creating art together.

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I liked the idea of thinking of what I make in the abstract sense. I think this photo captures how I makes memories, how I make myself and my loved ones laugh, and how my family can make anything a good time. This is a photo from our last vacation pre covid (a cruise), and won these trivia trophies. We proceeded to take theme everywhere and take photos with them everywhere. We thought it was so funny and it is something I'll always remember.

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Everyone knows this by now but I bake! Baking has always been my thing, my mom loves telling the story of how when I was about 5 or 6 I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said I wanted to be a baker. I've grown SO much in my skills, while when I was younger I would get frustrated and cry when things didn't go right, now I laugh and dance haha! This was the test run of my brother's wedding cake, but I'm in the process of making the real one for this weekend!

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A year ago when we were about to head back to Gainesville for the fall 2020 semester I started painting on little canvases I bought from target. At first, it started as something to calm me down and keep me busy, but as it got closer to school I wanted to paint 6 canvases I could put on my wall and look at that reminded me to be more positive and check in on those I'm close with. Just something that makes my room feel more complete and less empty and something I look at to start my day more positively.

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This past summer to prepare for my internships, I made my own lanyards. I saw how expensive it is to buy an already made lanyard, and I wanted to make my own because it is more affordable and it gave me another activity to occupy my time this summer. I am usually not that crafty (art hates me), but this was one simple thing I could make that is useful, beautiful, and brought me joy to make.

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Hello! So I like to make a lot of things but lately I've been focusing on making my space more homey. I only buy things used for environmental reasons but also because I lost a lot of my family heirlooms after certain relatives passed away. So now I like to try and honor things that other people give away, especially handmade things. The little owl is my favorite as it was a present to someone's pastor that a child made. I wish I had more photos but this is the only one I have on me right now haha.