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Gorgeous Zaanstreek Region in The Netherlands
The area around the Zaan river, one of the world's first industrial regions dating back hundreds of years, is just a 45 minute bus ride from Amsterdam and is breathtakingly beautiful. There were once over 1000 operating windmills here, and it's also home to most of the other things you might associate with Holland: cheese,…
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Make Doodle Coloring Pages From Connect The Dots
Ya see, I told you to expect some doodling around here! Once you add some doodling to your life you may even find it quite useful! Last night as I was preparing dinner, my daughter was copying the designs on my doodle envelopes, but this turned out to be too challenging for my sons 6…
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Fall Color In Israel: Pomegranates!
Pomegranates are an amazing fruit, and watching the pomegranate trees in our neighborhood bloom and produce fruit is always an exciting process for me. Our coffee table outside was looking just a bit bare, so when a friend of my husband's dropped off a bag of fruit from the tree in his yard, I was…
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Doodling As Surface Design and Meditation
Instead of doodling on little scraps of paper that usually get thrown into the garbage, how about doodling on some envelopes and saving them for sending out holiday greetings and birthday cards? As you well know, the internet is an amazing source of information, and yesterday, while researching art journaling, which I hope to do…
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Hoooked Zpagetti Story That Was Just Meant To Be
Here's the story of me and zpagetti: When I was finalizing our recent trip to Amsterdam, it suddenly occurred to me that the yarn I'd been slightly coveting, zpagetti, was made in The Netherlands, and would therefore be a great thing to purchase there, yippee (since I certainly can't get it here….) I checked out…
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Crocheted Doily Rug
Two more things to cross off my crafty to-do list: 1. make a giant rug sized crochet doily 2. try crocheting with zpagetti, the recycled fabric remnant yarn made in, you guessed, it The Netherlands! You can crochet a giant doily and use it as a rug, or even as well, a giant doily! This…
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Polymer Clay Miniature Food Craft For Kids
Polymer clay is a great thing to have on hand when the kids are in need of a fun project. And if you happen to have kids, like my daughter, who enjoy making teeny tiny things, well you're in luck because a little polymer clay will go a long way! Once baked, items made from…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Thanks so much for dropping by Craft Schooling Sunday! With crafters from around the world from places like Muldavia, Macedonia, Australia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, The United States, Italy, Poland, and possibly more (sorry if I missed anyone!) this is truly one amazing party! Thanks so much to you all for keeping it…
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Fostering Acts Of Human Kindness Through Crafting
Using our crafting abilities to do acts of human kindness is one of my favorite topics, so when I got a nice letter from a reader today with this photo, I just had to share the story with you…..plus I'm just so darn proud that I really couldn't help myself! These sweet kids from New…
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Container Gardening in Holland
The Netherlands is the largest exporter of cut flowers in the world, which is no surprise since the Dutch people love flowers! Though I made my trip in the fall when the floral displays aren't at their peak, I enjoyed seeing flowers boxes and little gardens everywhere. Gorgeous geranium window boxes complete the look! A…
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Vintage Wooden Knitting Spool Collection
On my recent trip to Amsterdam, I noticed that most of the homes and apartments are designed with large windows to let in as much precious light as possible. And with this comes the traditional picture window at the front of the house which for many becomes a display area to delight those that pass…
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Fostering Thoughtfulness: Little Gifts For Friends Back Home
Appreciation and gratefulness are certainly two of the most important traits that every parent should make great efforts to foster in their children. Certainly we have all come across adults who are lacking these, and it is truly sad —without appreciation and gratefulness a person cannot fully enjoy life or reach his potential in this…
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Dutch Style – Joyful Color and Design From The Netherlands
A sweet little store across the street from the Anne Frank House museum Wooden shoes, tulips, windmills, cheese…..these are the things that most people associate with Holland, though of course there's so much more! After my recent trip to The Netherlands, where I stayed in Amsterdam for ten wonderful days, I've put together a little…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Thanks so much for dropping by Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party was the largest ever, and with 69 projects to choose from, picking the features was certainly challenging, thanks to you all! And now here’s the features from last week and I’m off to do some baking for tomorrow’s guests (all 3o or so…
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Exploring Amsterdam…. Street Scenes…Canals….Architecture
The secret is out! I had the great pleasure of spending ten days with friends in The Netherlands around Rosh HaShana! Amsterdam is an amazing city, filled with historic and well cared for architecture, lots of water and boats and a certain European charm that I just loved. This is the first of a series of…
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Signing Out To Celebrate Succot!
Succot starts tonight and we are so excited, as this is truly a wonderful holiday, especially here in Israel where the weather will hopefully be lovely and we won't get rained on! I really can't describe the amazing feeling of inhabiting our "temporary dwelling" (the Succah.) During the seven days of Succot — we celebrate…
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Great Recipes For Succos
If you're looking for some great suggestions for your Succos menu, I'd suggest taking a look at all the amazing recipes over at joyofkosher.com. The suggestions for Sukkot lunch menus look great, like the Thai chicken salad above, yumm! And since stuffed foods are traditional fare for Succos, how about taking a look at some of…
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Now Is The Time To Buy Bulbs For Forcing!
Dear readers, I know that many of you are quite busy preparing for Succot, but I thought I'd just remind you that when you're out and about, don't forget to pick up some bulbs for forcing, now is the time to buy them! While you can certainly try bulb forcing until January or so, the…
