✨ 12th Community highlights blog! (#16971)

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+title: "Community Highlights: 12th edition"
+description: "Create your own smart pet feeder, show values of your house on an ePaper display and a delicious Home Assistant cake."
+date: 2021-03-12 00:00:00
+date_formatted: "March 12, 2021"
+author: Klaas Schoute
+author_twitter: klaasnicolaas
+categories: Community
+og_image: /images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/social.png
+---
+
+The 12th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting
+things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing.
+
+Do you want to share something for the next edition?
+Information on [how to share](#got-a-tip-for-the-next-edition).
+
+./Klaas
+
+## Blueprint of the week
+
+Do you have a number of domain names and would you like to track when an SSL
+certificate expires? Then you could try [bkbilly's](https://community.home-assistant.io/u/bkbilly)
+blueprint that automatically sends you a notification when a sensor exceeds your set threshold value.
+[Try it out!](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/certificate-expiration/280125)
+
+<div style="margin:0 auto; text-align:center">
+    <a href="https://community.home-assistant.io/t/certificate-expiration/280125" target="_blank">
+        <img
+            src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/blueprint.png'
+            alt="How this blueprint works"
+            style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;'
+        />
+    </a>
+</div>
+
+Also, take a look at the [Blueprint Exchange][blueprints] for more inspiration!
+
+## Birthday cake
+
+Happy birthday to [adlawton](https://www.reddit.com/user/adlawton/)! 🥳 For his birthday,
+his wife baked this great Home Assistant cake and also gave him a [Home Assistant Blue](/blue).
+
+<blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1615556016"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lz5s6s/my_wife_decided_to_bake_me_a_cake_to_go_along/">My wife decided to bake me a cake to go along with my birthday present this year. Can't wait to fire this thing up!</a> from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant">r/homeassistant</a></blockquote>
+<script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+
+Hopefully, the cake tasted delicious and have fun with your Blue!
+
+## ePaper display
+
+[maxmacstn](https://github.com/maxmacstn) shared a really cool project on our
+Home Assistant [subreddit][reddit] page. It allows you to display sensor data from,
+for example, a room on an ePaper display. It works with ESPHome and you can also neatly
+finish this with a 3D printed case.
+
+<object type="image/svg+xml" data="https://gh-card.dev/repos/maxmacstn/HA-ePaper-Display.svg?link_target=_blank"></object>
+
+<blockquote class="reddit-card" data-card-created="1615556565"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/lwp709/my_diy_epaper_sensor_display/">My DIY E-Paper Sensor Display</a> from <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant">r/homeassistant</a></blockquote>
+<script async src="//embed.redditmedia.com/widgets/platform.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+
+## Hass Workstation Service
+
+For those who would like to read their webcam status on a Windows machine, there is
+finally a solution! [sleevezipper](https://github.com/sleevezipper) has written a program
+that you can install on windows and that can send data to your Home Assistant instance over
+MQTT, in the background as a service.
+
+<object type="image/svg+xml" data="https://gh-card.dev/repos/sleevezipper/hass-workstation-service.svg?link_target=_blank"></object>
+
+<a href="https://github.com/sleevezipper" target="_blank">
+    <img
+        src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/workstation.png'
+        alt="UI of the workstation service program on Windows"
+        style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;width:90%;'
+    />
+</a>
+
+You can finally switch the lights automatically when you are in an online meeting 😉
+
+_Note: If you’re on MacOS, you can achieve the same using the [Home Assistant Companion app for MacOS][companion]._
+
+## Smart pet feeder
+
+Would you like to automate feeding your pets? Then try the project of
+[Sokolsok](https://www.reddit.com/user/Sokolsok/), who has turned it into a very cool
+project with its own PCB and 3D printed design.
+
+<p class='img'>
+  <a href="https://smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h-pf-pet-feeder/" target="_blank">
+    <img
+      src='/images/blog/2021-03-12-community-highlights/feeder.jpg'
+      alt="How the smart pet feeder looks like"
+      style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'
+      />
+  </a>
+  You can read more about this project via <a target="_blank" href="https://smartsolutions4home.com/ss4h-pf-pet-feeder/">this website</a>.
+</p>
+
+## Got a tip for the next edition?
+
+Have you seen (or made) something awesome, interesting, unique, amazing,
+inspirational, unusual or funny, using Home Assistant?
+
+[Click here to send us your Community Highlight suggestion](/suggest-community-highlight).
+
+Also, don't forget to share your creations with us via Social Media:
+
+- Tweet it! Be sure to mention [@home_assistant][twitter]
+- Share it on our [Facebook group][facebook-group]
+- Post it to our [subreddit][reddit]
+- Tag [@homeasssistant][instagram] on Instagram
+- Or via chat, drop us a line in the [#lounge at Discord][chat]
+
+See you next edition!
+
+[chat]: https://www.home-assistant.io/join-chat
+[facebook-group]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeAssistant/
+[instagram]: https://www.instagram.com/homeassistant/
+[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant
+[twitter]: https://www.twitter.com/home_assistant
+[blueprints]: https://community.home-assistant.io/c/blueprints-exchange
+[companion]: https://companion.home-assistant.io