October 2014
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Fall In My Container Garden In Northern Israel
Yes, Fall is truly here at long last my kids have started wearing sweaters to school! Since the weather here is still quite mild, my container garden is looking nice and green, and in some cases even better than it did when subject to the intense summer heat. Above, my oribe gorge succulent gives me…
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Bookworm Costume To Whip Up In One Night!
Last Purim my now eleven year old son agreed to dress up in a homemade bookworm costume, which is perfect for him as he truly eats books. We even have to limit his reading time if you can believe that! While I found very little good inspiration on the internet, I was fortunately able to…
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A Canary Costume With Crocheted Hat And Cape
Here it is dear readers, an original canary costume consisting of my crocheted canary beanie, my crocheted lacy cape and a sleeveless dress with felt scallops that was party sewn and partly hot glued! I made this costume for my daughter last Purim, and truthfully, harnassing that fall/winter need to crochet and using it to…
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Crocheted Lacy Cape For Girls For A Costume Or Special Outfit!
A lacy crocheted cape could be the greatest gift for a little girl in your life, or possibly even part of a fun costume for someone near and dear, which is how this little cape was born! Last Purim as we brainstormed over costume ideas we came up with the idea of canary, creativejewishmom style…
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Crocheted Canary Beanie, For A Costume Or Just Because!
A crocheted beanie can be decorated in so many fun ways to use as part of a costume or to make cold weather dressing a little bit fun. Last Purim I crocheted a canary costume for my daughter and somehow did not have time to share it with you, not to mention that the timing…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, a wonderful creative get together which spans the globe, thanks to all the wonderful crafters and bakers that contribute every week! Fall is certainly here, which means it truly is a wonderful time to get crafting, and in this case, crocheting! The following features from last week’s party are sure…
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Raised Garden Beds With Corrugated Metal Siding On The Sunshine Coast, BC
One of the highlights of our four night beach get-away on The Sunshine Coast, British Columbia (Canada) in a little cottage not far from Gibsons this past August, was walking by these glorious corrugated metal raised beds on our way to the beach! The DIY raised beds were the perfect solution for a backyard garden…
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Crochet Yo-Yo Coverlet To Use Up Yarn Scraps!
When my mother gave me a bag filled with tiny balls of yarn scraps left over from my childhood crafting (gasp!) I instantly knew just the little crochet project that I would turn to to use up this bag of preciousness— the crochet yo you coverlet pattern, courtesy of Sarah London. And now that I…
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Fabulous Public Sculpture In Vancouver, BC, and Jewish Wedding Rings!
Welcome to my mini tour of some of the fabulous works of public art that I enjoyed viewing while walking around the waterfront areas of Vancouver, BC. The “digital orca” sculpture above was created by the Canadian artist and designer Douglas Coupland was designed to commemorate the workers in and around Burrard Inlet and Coal…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I hope you all are well, and looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to! Here are the features from last week’s little get together: A fantastic knit “village shop” from Ginx craft, and a wonderful collection of free fall crochet patterns from Anne Marie. A fun headphone…
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A Sukkah With Soda Bottle Flowers In Rainbow Colors!
Welcome to our sukkah! Yes it is true, this year’s sukkah is quite similar to last year’s sukkah, because hey if it works, go with it! And since I really loved the festive look of all the colorful soda bottle flowers and striped Moroccan tablecloths covering the walls, I was happy to use what we…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and my apologies for the delay in getting the party started, unfortunately my dear mother-in-law passed away on Shabbat, and we had to travel immediately after Shabbat for the funeral, arriving home early in the morning. Because we are in the middle of our festival of Succot, the mourning that…