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DIY Star String Lights Using Egg Cartons!
I just love recycling crafts and especially recycling crafts with egg cartons! This simple star LED string lights craft is so simple and with such fantastic results you're gonna love it! Use your egg cartons as is for a natural look, or paint or decorate them, you decide! And the great thing about these lights…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to craft schooling Sunday! After an amazing three or so weeks of Jewish holidays, I am experiencing a huge desire to get crafting, and just hoping that I'll tackle all the post holiday disorder before getting started on that, ha ha. Ah yes, and then there is that committment to get my…
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Recycled Cardboard Tube Owls And A Tree
Here my friends is a simple craft for fall, or anytime really, using the simplest of materials with fun results. One can of course use toilet paper tubes to make owls, but this time around I decided to use a paper towel tube to make tow paper towel tube owls! And that fun tree? I…
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Paper Boats Make Perfect Birthday Party Decorations!
A few evenening ago I was reading a Curious George story to a little family member, and when we came upon the part where he folds up the newspapers into boats, well we just had to make some paper boats of our own. As it turns out this simple origami paper boat activity kept this…
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Embroidered Hoop Art From A Child’s Drawing
Stopping by for a guest post, (and with great timing on account of our just having celebrated 8 wonderful days of holiday, and now there is big clean up job waiting to be done) which is such a treat since that rarely happens here on creativejewishmom.com, is Maria from sewjewish.com with a really fun DIY…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! As I am typing this (on Friday afternoon) pots are simmering on the stove and there are many preparations before we usher in shabbat, a special shabbat that is because we will be spending it in the Succah, one of my very favorite places. We gather in the…
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Using A 50mm Lens To Create Artfully Blurred Photos (And My Oribe Gorge In Bloom)
My beloved Oribe Gorge succulent is now predictably in bloom, and the little round pompom-like orange flowers are just too fabulous! As the sun was going down the other day I ran out to our porch with my new 50mm lens to try and capture some of the lovliness! I can't say that I really…
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Welcome To My Succah, Just A Little Peak!
Tonight we are ushering in the last day of the Jewish holiday of Succot, a very holy and important day called Hoshana Raba. In our community reading of the Book of Devarim, and the book of Tehillim takes place in the synagogue starting at 2am! The morning prayer service then starts at around 6am followed…
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Wishing You A Wonderful Succot Holiday!
Above: A photo showing a succah on a balconay in Cannes, france. Photo sent to me by a reade. and I just love it! This week we are celebrating my favorite holiday, Succot, and I am busier than busier which I why I am only showing up now on Thursday, while the holiday actually began…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to craft schooling Sunday! Tonight we are ushering in the Jewish holiday of Succot, one of my very favorite holidays that involves sleeping and eating in our temporary dwelling, which is called a succah. Succahs are built in all kinds of places and many folks, especially those outside of Israel, have a portion of…
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Accordian Folded Paper Medallions
Accordian folded paper medallions are so simple to make, look great, and may just be the answer to your Succah crafting dilemma right about now? I made around fifty of these medallions in a few sizes and colors and they sure came in handy at my son's bar mitzvah, not to mention that I'm about…
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Recycling Crafts For The Succah
The glorious Jewish holiday of Succot starts Sunday night, so there is no time like the present as far as using every spare minute to make fabulous decorations for the succah! This year I got a bit of a head start as most of the decorations that I made for my son's bar mitzvah are…
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Wishing You A Meaningful Yom Kippur!
Tonight is the very important holiday of Yom Kippur, so I'm just popping in to wish you all a very meaningful holiday, and for those fasting (as I will be) an easy fast! In hebrew we say "gemar chatima tovah" which is loosely translated into English as "may you be sealed in the book of…
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Sweet Table and Table Reserved Signs
One of the simple details that I really enjoyed designing for my son's bar mitzvah party were these simple signs. The pomegranite logo (which included his hebrew initials) was designed initially for the invitation, and I was happy to use it again for a few details for the party. The signs in the foreground says…
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Little Ladders Party Decor (Or Fun Sculptural Installation!)
My son's bar mitzvah last night was thankfullly a smashing success, and now I can hopefully find some time here and there to share with you some of the crafty details. And yes, there were many which represented hours and hours of work but I have no regrets, only that I didn't have time to…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and wishing you all a happy sweet new year! My son''s bar mitzvah party is tomorrow night, and being the crafting over achiever that I am, well tonight is going to be a long one! So please excuse me if I didn't get a chance to leave you a comment…
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How Will You Spend Your Last Day Of The Year?
Dear Readers, Tonight we are ushering in the two day Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana, so I'm just popping in to wish you all a shanah tovah, a good new year, a sweet new year filled with good health, happiness and success in all your endeavors. And in addition, may you be blessed with peace…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year starts on Sunday night, which means the year is coming to an end, and a new one is beginning! A new year means a fresh start and the opportunity to think about how we'd like to use our next precious year and what…
