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Cruciferous Vegetable Salad With Carrot Hearts
Have you heard the news about cruciferous vegetables and their wonderful health benefits? They have properties that enable one to greatly fight the preventive war against cancer, and so everyone should eat them daily. The good news is that the list is quite extensive and varied, and even for those like me that have to…
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Radish Roses And Carrot Hearts
Come to think of it, there is really nothing all that caring about giving your loved ones all kinds of food colored and sugar coated treats just to show your love on a commercial holiday, is there? Okay, I know, I know, the pressure in on to conform, and if a bunch of people are…
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Recycling Crafts Categories
Now you can craft according to what you have on hand, isn’t that just the best? Browse the categories and enjoy the creative process!! (My apologies if I’ve turned you into a hoarder, at least now you know how to organize it all?) ALL RECYCLING CRAFTS CDs & CASES MATCH BOXES PLASTIC CUPS SODA BOTTLES…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week's party was full of amazing contributions, which I am so happy to share with you here. With the party this large, please excuse me if I didn't have time to leave you a comment, I do look at almost all the links except those that haven't noticed my…
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Modular Origami Stars
We have been making lots of origami lately, the origami hearts wall hanging, and the origami pull out drawers, for example, and now I'd like to introduce you to another kind or origami altogether, modular origami.Modular or 3D origami is made from lots of little double pointed pieces that fit into one another, and…
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How To Fold An Origami Module For Swans, Peacocks And More
Ever seen complicated modular origami swans, peacocks and baskets? If you've ever wondered how these things were made, well, here is the basic module that one needs to fold in order to make such things. I personally don't know if I'm up for folding 1,000 or so modules to make the large birds, but I…
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Origami Pull Out Drawers Make Sweet Gift Boxes!
As I mentioned in my last post, origami hearts wall hanging, we have been enjoying exploring some simple and fairly simple origami techniques on the cold winter evenings of late, and last week we learned how to make these sweet origami stacking drawers. These origami drawers can be used as little gift boxes, or storage…
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Origami Hearts Wall Hanging Craft
This origami hearts wall hanging which can be an origami craft for kids, was actually a collaboration between myself and my ten year old son, the best kind of partnership I must say! My kids are very busy these days and there really aren't any huge windows of time for crafting, but I'm always trying…
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Schlumbergera In Full Bloom
A schlumbergera xmas cactus in full bloom is one of the joys of container gardening that I encourage you to explore. And if you live in a zone where there are no frosts, or only rarely, you can certainly raise schlumbergera outdoors, and as a hanging plant they look their best. I will admit the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! January is almost over and time is speeding by, which means it is time to start prioritizing for those of us who want to get in some serious crafting for Purim this year, which starts on the night of March 23rd. We do have an extra month as it is…
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Origami Heart That Is Simple For Kids Too!
It is true, we do not celebrate Valentines Day, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy making some heart themed crafts to spread the love, and origami hearts seem truly perfect right about now! And the good news is that kids around 8 years old and up can make these origami hearts after some explanation…
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Israel: Categories
To help you find the Israel information you are looking for, I have now sorted though all of my posts about Israel, and sorted them into categories for your convenience. In the future I hope this page will be filled with a nicer version of this information, but in the mean time, the following list…
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Crochet Categories
BABY DECOR & HOME HATS RUGS BLANKETS KIDS JEWELRY & ACCESSORIES SCARVES & SHAWLS COSTUMES HANDS & FEET POUCHES & PURSES RECYCLED MATERIALS
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Plastic Canvas Envelope Memo Holder
If you are looking for a sweet little plastic canvas project, i will modestly suggest that my plastic canvas envelope memo holder surely fits the bill. In fact, because this project requires very little embroidery but rather relies on the plastic canvas as is, you could surely make quite a few of these as little…
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Droopy Cyclamen? Add Water!
Pots of blooming cyclamen are one of the highlights of winter here in Israel, and one of the signs of early early spring in the wild. I'll never forget my first glimpse of wild cyclamen, it was so exciting. Lest I digress, the point of this post is to really answer the question of what…
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Wishing You A Joyful Tu B’Shevat!
Tonight is Tu B'Shevat, the Fifteenth Day of the Jewish month of Shevat, the day which marks the New Year for the trees. In our area in Northern Israel the holiday sometimes cooincides with the blooming of almond trees, where in other warmer parts of the country the trees have outwardly begun their process of…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so much for joining me here, and I hope you'll enjoy all the amazing inspiration that my now very hopping party brings us. Tonight we'll usher in the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for the trees, a beautiful holiday celebrated by eating an array of fresh…
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Origami Fruit
i'm so excited to share with you a super cute and super simple way to make a quick centerpiece, a fun place marker or a sweet mobile: origami fruit! Yes indeed, the same origami balloon shape that can be used to make origami string light covers can also be used to make adorable origami…
