March 2017
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday Purim Edition! The very very festive Jewish holiday of Purim starts Saturday night, with a reading of the Book of Esther, and then, I'll be getting busy preparing food and gifts of food for the day of parties on Sunday. Costumes and music and general craziness are…
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Migrating Cranes Flying Over Northern Israel
Two days ago my daughter called to me "Mommy, come quickly!" you won't believe it! To our great delight we witnessed the largest group of migrating cranes flying overhead. Not one group exactly but three, one after the other, each one larger than groups of cranes we generally see every Spring and Fall as they…
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Washi Tape Treat Boxes Recycling Craft
If you are like me, you likely find yourself saving little plastic food containers of all kinds that you know you can upcycle sometime. Purim, when we give gifts of food to friends and neighbors is a perfect time to put that pack rat collection to good use, and with just some simple supplies you…
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Simple Paper Cup Flags Centerpiece
Yes dear readers the pressure is on, with Purim rieally right around the corner, but you still gotta make your table look festive right? So how about whipping up some paper cup flag centerpieces which are really quick, look great and can be embellished however you like. Not to mention you can use them again…
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Quick And Cute Cake Flags From Paper Cups
If you are celebrating Purim this coming Saturday night (with the major festivites actually on Sunday) then like me, you are likely in need of a few quick and cute ideas to help make your holiday festive. Yes, little tricks that give your table and your mishloach manot that extra little touch but actually took…
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Collage Using Crafting Paper Scraps
Ever felt bad about tossing all those scraps of paper left over from a big crafty project? Well I sure do, and so this time I decided to make a few quick collages with all those fun shapes and bits of shiny or glittery paper left over from making a bunch of Purim castles. One…
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Recycled Pizza Box Top Robots For Purim
The Jewish holiday of Purim starts this coming Saturday night (Sunday night for those living in Jerusalem proper) so lets turn up the heat and get crafting! These cute pizza box top robot clowns are just one idea to get you inspired. For starters, take a look around the house and use what you have…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Spring is here and my desires are divided between crafting indoors and getting out into my container garden and doing a bit of freshening up. Ah yes, but with Purim in just a week, that container garden will have to wait as this is prime crafting season! My kids…
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Quick Soda Bottle Clown For Purim Or Your Circus Themed Party!
I'm quite sure how that happened, but Purim is in another week plus a few days, and so it is surely time to get crafting for Purim, right? Okay, truthfully I have been crafting, just not stuff that I can share with you at the moment, or have yet to photograph, which is usually the…
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Thyroid Disease And Why Your Doctor Likely Doesn’t Have The Best Answers!
Dear Readers, I am posting this short dialog about thyroid disease as a public service announcement and thinking that it may indeed be very useful to so many of you. There is a new trend of medical related video series that are marketed first with a free viewing of 8 or so episodes, and then…
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DIY Simple Paper Poppies
It is purely by accident that this post showing you how to make wonderful paper poppies in just a few simple steps follows my post sharing with you the real thing now in bloom on our grassy hillsides! I actually made these simple DIY paper poppies two weeks ago for a women's gathering in our…