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Pesach Recipes From Tamar Ansh’s “Pesach, Anything’s Possible!”
Pesach Chocolate Sponge Cake Serves 6–8, depending on how generous you want to be with the slices… 8 eggs 1¼ cups sugar 5 T. cocoa 2½ – 3 & 1/2 T. potato starch Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. Prepare a large 10″ tube pan. Although most sponge cakes say not to greasethe pan,…
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Am I Crafty Enough? Vote!
I'm auditioning along with 21 other great crafty bloggers for a place in the next "So You Think You're Crafty?" competition. Go on over to the site here and vote, it's fun to see all the entries! I can't tell you which project is mine, but I'd say that it's better to see who is…
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Are You A Slave To Something?
During my Pesach cleaning I found this tiny challah that I'd been saving to photograph for the blog, hiding inside this Moroccan dish! And the matzo is something my 6 yr old son made on a class trip to a matzo bakery last week. Tonight is the first night of Pesach! And that means that…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Sundays at creativejewishmom.com are devoted to my crafty readers around the world who drop by to share what they've been up to! It's really so inspiring to take a peek at such a variety of interesting projects every week, and I'm so excited to welcome some new participants this week from India, the Netherlands…
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A Cozy & Classy Afikomen Bag From Fleece: Great For Jewelry Too!
Ever thought of using fleece for an afikomen bag? Me neither! That's why I just love Rivky Koenig's book Crafting Jewish, for it's simple yet creative ideas. Rivky was kind enough to share this project from the pages of her book, and so here it is! If you'll be doing some last minute sewing before…
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Make Embossed Tin Decorations For Pesach!
Last week I promised a few specific Pesach projects, so here finally is the last of them! Despite mountains of work still to do over at my place, I took a few moments to make this because I know that many of you could really use some craft projects right about now to keep…
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Lunchbox Matching Game For Pesach!
This great project is excerpted from Rivky Koenig's Crafting Jewish, which will be given away to one lucky winner in my Pesach Giveaway. Don't forget to leave a comment in the giveaway post to qualify! Thanks Rivky for letting me share this with my readers! I just love the idea of using a cute little…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday! An International Blog Party!
Dear Readers, Craft Schooling Sunday is finally international, actually and really! It's so exciting to have crafters from around the world convene on my little blog, and I hope we'll continue to span the globe, inspiring one another and learning a bit about life elsewhere. A bit of blog armchair traveling if you will! Last…
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Kid’s Crafts For Pesach: Make Some Fimo Critters From The Ten Plagues!
Aren't these critters just the cutest? My 7 1/2 year old daughter made these as a part of our Ten Plagues Seder kit! I'm actually planning to make 10 little packages from clear plastic that will contain each of the plagues. During the reading of the Hagaddah we'll pass the little packages around the table…
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Kid’s Crafts For Pesach: Krias Yam Suf (The Splitting Of The Red Sea) Diorama!!
Yippee! The Red Sea has split and were going through! Phew, that was a close call with those Egyptians right on our tails! But who can think about that now, this is amazing! We're so happy, what a miracle! We're on our way to freedom from slavery in Egypt, that's one of the reasons we're…
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A Modgepodge Matzo Wreath: Some Crafty Ideas For Pesach From A Loyal Reader!
Not to make any of you feel guilty, but I’m so happy to say that I do have a following of readers who come to the blog and actually leave me comments now and again. I can’t tell you what a great feeling this is! Very often the readers that leave comments are those with…
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Make An Etched Glass Platter For Pesach!
Yesterday I introduced to you a nice glass painting project, so I thought it was perfect to follow that with this etched glass project from Rivky Koenig's Crafting Jewish. (Which one lucky winner will receive, don't forget to enter the giveaway!) I know some of you are waiting for some more kid's crafts projects to…
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Welcome To Creative Jewish Mom’s Exciting Giveaway!
I'm so very happy to announce this great opportunity to win a copy of Pesach: Anything's Possible by Tamar Ansh, Crafting Jewish by Rivky Koenig, and a really nice Pesach scrapbooking kit from Crafting Jewish Style! To register for the giveaway, please leave a comment in this post or send me an email at crafts@creativejewishmom.com!…
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Fit For Royalty: Use Glass Paint To Create Stunning Wine Glasses For Pesach!
Wine glasses play an important role in our Pesach Seder, as during the course of the reading of the Haggadah, we drink four glasses of wine (or grapejuice, but this year the wine sounds pretty good to me!) So it sure makes sense to set your table with something festive and royal and at the…
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Pom Pom Critters For Pesach Or Anytime!
In case you are wondering what frogs and caterpillars have to do with Pesach, well let me tell you! A caterpillar actually has nothing to do with Pesach unless you decide he's really a locust or a wild beast, but frogs actually have an important role in the Pesach Seder, as the perpetrators in the…
