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Rooting Cuttings In Water: Purple Heart
After an intense week of Hanukkah crafting, (and nothing to share with you just yet as I have to wait until my client posts the projects on their site) and a house that looks like it was burglarized or possibly hit by a hurricane, it is time to clean up! And what does this have…
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A Drinking Straw Star Ornament That Is Perfect Anytime
For years I have wanted to make something similar to the real straw star ornaments (from Scandanavia) that I remember from my childhood, and now at last I've come up with something reminiscent that whips up quickly and doesn' require a needle and thread! Introducing my plastic drinking straw star ornament that is perfect just…
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Hanukkah Craft For Kids: Festive Driedel Garlands Using Drinking Straws
On a recent trip to Ikea, I just couldn't resist buying quite a few packages of jumbo drinking straws in fabulous colors. At the time I thought I'd use them to make succah decorations, but fortunately that didn't happen, as now we're using them to make lots of Hanukkah crafts, starting with this drinking straw…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week's party was again HUGE, and full of great inspiration, so thanks so much to all the contributors. Just one little reminder for food contributions: last week I had to delete roughly 15 contributions that I did not adhere to the rules regarding food submissions. So please lets be…
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Hanukkah Kid’s Craft: Cut Paper Greeting Cards
With Hanukkah about five weeks away, now is a great time to get crafting, starting with some fun holiday cards so that you'll have time to send them to loved ones! One our our favorite way to make cards is with cut paper, as all you need is a glue stick, some scissors and some…
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A Round Up Of Hanukkah Crafts From The Archives
Above: Potato printed up-cycled hanukkah gift boxes with grocery bag pom poms, my favorite! Chanukah is just about 5 weeks away, starting on December 6th this year, so it is officially time to get crafting friends! As usual, I'm starting with a little round-up of my favorite crafts from last year, though do check out…
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Simple Mediterranean Harvest Watercolor Paintings For All Ages
With all the pumpkin crafts and fall harvest related themes floating around the web right now (and of course posted on Craft Schooling Sunday), I thought I'd share some Mediterranean harvest watercolor paintings as an alternative to all the orange pumpkins and colored fall leaves crafts which only really apply to a relatively small portion…
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One Hour Crocheted Baby Beanie Pattern, 0-12 Months, With A Button On Top!
After realizing that the sweet little one hour crocheted bonnet that I made last week wasn't quite right for the new baby boy in the extended family, I decided to make the quickest little crocheted baby hat that I know: the one-hour crocheted baby beanie, with a little crocheted button cover (omiting the actual button)on…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week's party was another amazing one, filled to the brim with fabulous creativity! And now, drum roll please, I FINALLY HAVE BUTTONS FOR THE PARTY, SO PLEASE GRAB ONE FROM THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! For those linking up with cooking ideas, please contribute foods that…
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Renewing My Committment To The Vegan Sugar And Wheat Free Eating Plan!
If there is one thing I have learned since announcing my plan to eat a vegan, sugar and wheat free diet for a year, is that proclaiming my committment publicly has really saved me from cheating in a big way! I honestly have not eaten any animal products, and as far as wheat and sugar,…
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Moroccan Semolina Soup Is Simple And Perfect For Fall!
My husband at long last introduced us all to the beloved soup his grandmother used to make for the family on winter mornings, it is called shmeed in the Jewish Moroccan language, but we'll just call it semolina soup, or rather semolina porridge if you'd like to eat it for breakfast! This dish is simple…
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Crocheted Baby Bonnet With Ties That You Can Make In An Hour!
There is a new baby boy in the extended family which means it is time to get back to some crocheting so that I'll have a handmade gift when we travel a few hours away for the Bris! I have been known to crochet gifts while in the car on the way to visit the…
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Vegetable Store Playtime Using Cutouts From Cardboard Crates!
I was the girl who once had a collection of California fruit crate ends (with gorgeous vintage labels) hanging on her kitchen wall in San Francisco (one of my first upcyclling projects that required tearing apart wooden crates on the street, oh my!) so I had to laugh when I found myself eyeing the cardboard…
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Pillar Geraniums Grown From Cuttings
Unitil today I didn't know that my almost four feet tall geraniums were called pillar geraniums, though of course I knew that while still geraniums, they were certainly different from the compact or trailing varieties generally seen in the nurseries around here! These very tall and hardy beauties (they endure some snow and freezing weather…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I don't know how it happened exactly but last weeks party wasn't just a party but a huge event, unlike any other in history! Thanks so much to all the new contributors and for giving me three times the work trying to pick the features! And of course for…
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Homemade Almond Milk Is A Way Of Life…….
For several years now I have been on and off dairy, and since I have not been able to find sugar free almond milk in my local health food store, I have been making my own. And truthfully, I have tried quite a few non-dairy bevarages that come in cartons, and never found one (except…
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Chickpea Flour Flatbread
Introducing my favorite new recipe, chickpea flour flatbread, especially great for someone like me who is not eating wheat, or needs to avoid gluten! Of course you could call this is a chickpea flour pancake, whichever sounds better to you! It is true that the taste of the chickpea flour may not be for everyone,…
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Drinking Straw Garlands Are A Perfect Way To Use Scraps!
Crafting with drinking straws is so much fun, especially when the colors are fabulous like these, and when there are so many ways to make quick and great looking decorations for the holidays, for birthdays or just because! Today I wanted to share with you three ways to make garlands from little scraps that you…
