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Salad Days……
Why are you taking a picture of that? My daughter asks? Well, I need some material for my blog, and this is what I have to show for myself at the moment. A nice healthy salad, packed with nutritious veggies! (Spinach, baby greens, avocado, grated carrot, onion, mushrooms, red cabbage… delicious!) Summer is a great…
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DIY Faux Parchment Paper —The Summer Craft For Pirates!
Every summer crafting experience should include making some faux parchment paper, don't you think? And we're here to help you! We, meaning me, the photographer, and my almost 11 year old daughter, the crafter! See this roll of parchment paper,that may very well contain the map directing us to the buried treasure? Well, guess what,…
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Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Granny Square Rug!
Isn't this giant crocheted granny square rug made with t-shirt yarn wonderful? I can't take credit for it though, that goes to a reader Anneke Wiese in South Africa, who has been busy crocheting using my giant crocheted doily rug pattern, and granny squares too, I am so delighted to tell!
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party was bursting with creativity from around the world, with contributors representing: Australia, The United States, Portugal, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Israel, South Africa and Jakarta! Thanks so much to everyone for joining me here, and now for the features from last week:…
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שטיח מפית קרושה ענקית Crocheted Giant Doily Rug Pattern In Hebrew!
Thanks so very much to a generous reader Liat, the crocheted gianty doily rug pattern is now available in Hebrew, yippee, and while most of you can gaze at the interesting letters and ponder the idea of being able to read what is written, those that usually struggle with the English can sit back and…
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Teaching Kids About Design With Homemade Birthday Cards
Homemade birthday cards are a family tradition that I grew up with, and am happily continuing with my kids. I have to say, the cards my kids were making were sweet, and included lots of wonderful sentiments, but the visuals were generally lacking. So, now that they're just a bit older, I decided to use…
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Spelt Challah – A Welcome Addition To Our Shabbat Table!
Introducing mini spelt challahs, made from my spelt oatmeal roll recipe, with the quantities doubled. And because the spelt dough doesn't rise nearly as much as dough made with white flour, the braided loaves really retain a distinct braid. These loaves were made with a braid using six strands, my current favorite. I even recently…
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In My Window Garden: Mandevilla In Bloom!
There's nothing quite like the small pleasure of enjoying gorgeous blooming flowers right outside your kitchen window! My kitchen window garden, which is actually on a small Romeo and Juliet wrought iron balcony, which I had installed for just this purpose, changes with the seasons, though I'm always the happiest when there are flowers in…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! The crafty linky party with contributors from around the world, last week from: Australia, Jakarta, South Africa, Guatemala, The United States, The United Kingdom, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal, Hungary, Turkey, Israel, and Italy! Just typing up that list always makes me so proud to host a party that…
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Kale Chips At Long Last!
Yippee, I popped into the vegetable market and when I spied kale on the shelves I was beside myself, as this was quite honestly one of the things that was really missing in my life…..so now I can relax and start giving my family salads and other foods packed with the number one most nutritious…
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Crocheted Giant Doily Rug In Two Colors, And Pattern Corrections!
Isn't this crocheted giant doily rug made with two colors of t-shirt yarn just gorgeous? I can say that since while it is my pattern, it's not my ingenuity, the two color idea that is! This is the work of Liat, who blogs in Hebrew about her crochet love, here. And the two color idea…
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Shoebox Carnival Toss Craft For Kids
I'll admit, I made this shoebox carnival toss craft for my eight year old, but kids just a bit older can certainly make one themselves, with help from an adult in the last step — cutting out the holes. It's apricot season which means that it's "go-go" season at school, meaning boys of all ages…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! As you may know, a crafty get together with crafters from around the world, last week from: Australia, Singapore, Jakarta, The United States, The United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, The Netherlands, Hungary, Turkey, and Israel! And as you might guess, with crafters from all these places there were…
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Greek Yogurt Smoothie With Fruit….Delicious and Nutritious!
Greek yogurt is all the rage in the US, and touted at the healthiest dairy source, so I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and introduce it to my family, especially since I'm all in favor of consuming dairy products made using goat's milk, and greek yogurt is one of them! I whipped up this…
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Fingernail Polish Crafting: Magnets!
Crafting with fingernail polish is so much fun, and when there's a few bottles sitting around, one must find something to paint, and fingernail polish magnets is just the thing! I just love how these turned out, and from afar they're even cuter as one doesn't see all the little imperfections that you see in…
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Fingernail Polish & Glass Pebble Jewelry For Your Summer Wardrobe!
After our craft failure with the fingernail polish marbelizing craft we had hoped to enjoy, I fortunately had some glass pebbles on hand for this fun fingernail polish and glass pebble craft! I think these would be a great addition to your summer/vacation wardrobe don't you? If you're not up for making your own baubles, but…
