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Purple Thistle Balls In Bloom!
In the early Spring when I visited the dentist in Rosh Pina, this very same field was filled with gorgeous wild flowers, and now it's filled with purple thistle balls, or at least that's what I call them! And let me tell you, a field packed with them is just stunning!
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Decoupaged Tissue Paper Candle Jars
Recycle glass jars and make some festive decoupaged candle holders for your holiday table! This decoupage with tissue paper is a great project for all ages with gorgeous results, and if you have the supplies on hand, well, you're in luck, since there's still time to grace your table with these for the upcoming holiday!…
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Birthday Shavuos Cupcakes In A Pinch, With A Cherry On Top!
Making cute cupcakes in a pinch is something anyone can do, like for a birthday party in school, or in my case for a birthday party in school just before Shavous! There is of course one other very important element involved in this idea, and that is, are you ready for this……the cupcakes just have…
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Special Challah For Shavuos!
The very special Jewish holiday of Shavuos starts on Saturday night, so it's time to get serious about our holiday preparations. Well, at least I'd recommend that you get serious, I'm swamped with work from a design project and am not surprisingly a bit behind…….fortunately I have a few projects up my sleeve just ready…
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Recycled Plastic Cup Flowers For Shavuos!
Shavuos is on this coming Saturday night so it's time to do some simple shavuos crafts to fill the house with excitement for the coming holiday! And these recycled plastic cup flowers are perfect right about now, since they are really simple to make and look great in numbers. I'll admit, I actually made these…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I'm rushing to make a last minute surprise birthday party for my seven year old, so gotta run, as I convinced him to take a nap, but it's great to connect with you all here, and as always last week there were some fabulous projects: Heimwerk alpenstrick crocheted these great…
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My Tropical Container Garden Mid May……
While I can't honestly say that I've been tending to my container garden with great effort, the roses in my built-in planter are in full bloom in a very big way. Which is a good thing, since after the huge infestation of aphids and white fungus, which was making me quite sad, the blooms seemed…
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Crocheted Wire Hanger Cover
A crocheted cover for a wire hanger looks great and is the perfect project for those of us who don't have easy access to vintage style wooden hangers. Of course if you can get your hands on some wooden hangers, the two look great together, and you can follow my pattern here! Truthfully, if you…
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Quick Five MInute Crocheted Flower
Everyone needs a quick crocheted flower to add to their repetoire— you know the kind of little crocheted flower that you can whip up in say five minutes if you need just one, or devote a few hours here and there and make a bunch! Little flowers like this are of course great to make…
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A Very Interesting Short Movie About Israeli Culture and Technology
A cousin just sent me a link to a movie about Israel, a movie which explores the foundations of Israel and comes to some very interesting conclusions which explain why Israel is so very successful in so many areas. I myself didn't know that after the United States and China, Israel is number three on…
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Crocheted Shell Stitch Hanger Cover
Yippee, at long last I tried my hand at crocheting a hanger cover! Not just any cover of course, but a wonderful shell stitch cover that fits over a vintage wooden hanger that was really a breeze to whip up! I'm in love with this pattern, the only problem is I only have one other…
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Moroccan Style Pickled Salad
Today I spent the time I might have used for crafting doing an act of kindness. The good news is that the results are something that I can share with you— a delicious Moroccan-style pickled salad. Just in time for summer entertaining I might add! Truthfully, I made a huge quantity for a Bar Mitzvah…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party was full of fun crafts thanks to you all, and as always it’s such a pleasure to be inspired by such a fine group of crafters from around the world. Gotta run, the crafting bug has finally caught up with me and well, there’s some serious crafting…
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Super Cute Forest Cake In Five Minutes (For Lag B’Omer?)
I love cake decor that is simple and cute, and as quick as humanly possible while still looking great. This little mushroom forest cake satisfies all of the above, and so I just had to share it with you! Last Shabbat we had some special guests— my neighbor, a mother of 6, who just donated…
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Lag B’Omer Arrows Craft For Kids (Or Mom……)
This fun arrow craft for kids is an example of a spur of the moment craft that happened at our house today with my six and eight year olds, just in time— just in time for Lag B'Omer that is, phew! Tomorrow night starts the Jewish holiday that celebrates one of our great sages, Rebbi…
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Crocheted Rag Bag From Sheets
Crocheting with sheets is just so much fun, that while I'm actually in the middle of crocheting a rag rug I just couldn't resist going off on a little tangent and crocheting my first ever crocheted tote bag from sheets and pillowcases. I have to say, I'm thrilled with how it turned out, and for…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I think I’ll just type out the list of countries that contributed, because I’m in need of just a little armchair traveling at the moment. Somewhere that will take me away from all the red sand from a recent sand storm that has left our enitre neighborhood, (and my container…
