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  • Creative Ideas And Tips For T-Shirt Printing

    Creative Ideas And Tips For T-Shirt Printing

    The t-shirt is a versatile piece of clothing, which makes it a daily wardrobe staple for many. Over the years, the role of the t-shirt has also changed from a simple clothing item to a canvas or billboard of sorts where you can share creative designs and customized prints with the message you want to…

  • Mini Cardboard T-Shirts For Birthday Party Decor!

    Mini Cardboard T-Shirts For Birthday Party Decor!

    DIY mini cardboard t-shirts are just the cutest for birthdays, anniversaries, reunions, graduation, baby showers, casual weddings, and to welcome guests or just because! Simply make some mini cardboard t-shirts, decorate them with the message or graphics that works for your party, and voila, you can hang them on a string with mini clothespins, attach…

  • Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Whoops, my plans for the auto post described below didn’t work for some reason, so now am posting this party a week later, thanks for stopping by! Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, today is the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, and this party was on a timer to post automatically, because when you read this we…

  • Mother In Law’s Tongue About To Bloom!

    Mother In Law’s Tongue About To Bloom!

    I grew up with a huge pot on mother in law's tongue, Sanseveria, in our home, and I had no idea that this plant blooms and quite ilkely does so every year in its native environment in West Africa. i have read about folk burying an apple in their pot of Sansevieria to get it…

  • A Mediterranean Style Garden With Arches Of Bougainvillea

    A Mediterranean Style Garden With Arches Of Bougainvillea

    Ever drooled over those photos from Greece and Morocco showing bright magenta bougainvillea growing up a white wall next to a blue door? Yes, me too, and the good news is that bougainvillea, and even more specifically the magenta bougainvillea grows really well in our mountain town here in Northern Israel. There are at least…

  • Jacaranda Trees In Bloom In Northern Israel!

    Jacaranda Trees In Bloom In Northern Israel!

    With this year's long winter and lots of rain, the Jacaranda trees are I believe blooming a bit later that usual, but this is okay, as the trees all over our town in Northern Israel were in full bloom for the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, which was just perfect! When I designed a large semi-public…

  • Four Easy Care Flowering Plants For Your Sub-Tropical or Zone 5/6/7 Container Garden!

    Four Easy Care Flowering Plants For Your Sub-Tropical or Zone 5/6/7 Container Garden!

    After a long winter in Northern Israel, and a bit of a slow start in the Spring due to more rainfall than usual, my somewhat neglected (or shall we say low-maintenance?) container garden is now coming alive with gorgeous blooms! Somewhat of a miracle though likely thanks to husband's recent interest in watering our botanical…

  • Whoops, Sorry About That Craft Schooling Sunday Resumes Next Week

    Dear Readers, Yesterday, Sunday was the Jewish holiday of shavuot, a festive holiday in which we celebrate the receiving of the Torah. This year it was back to back with Shabbat, which meant two unplugged days for us, here in Israel, and three unplugged days for all the Jews observing the holiday around the world…

  • Wishing You Wonderful Shavuot!

    Dear Readers, wishing you all a wonderful and meaningful holiday of Shavuot! Just in time for the holiday in which we decorate our homes and synagogues with greenery and flowers, my container garden has come alive, and I took a few minutes to photograph my dwarf bougainvillea in bloom to share with you! A close…

  • Simple Watercolor Ferns For Shavuot!

    Simple Watercolor Ferns For Shavuot!

    I shared these watercolor fern paintings with you last year for the Jewish holiday of Tu B''Shevat, though i just had to share them again as they are so simple and perfect for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, coming up this Saturday night. We fill our homes with greenery for Shavuot, which means flowers, plants,…

  • Simple Watercolor Leaves On Branches For Shavuos!

    Simple Watercolor Leaves On Branches For Shavuos!

    I sharee this post last year, and thought I'd share it again, as it is so simple and perfect for the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, coming up on Saturday night. We fill our homes with greenery to remember the lush surroundings on Mt. Sinai where the Torah was given, and I'd say these watercolor paintings…

  • Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and wishing you all a very happy summer! On the Jewish calendar, summer begins after the holiday of Shavuot, which is next Saturday night, so we still have a week to go. Shavuos is the holiday in which we celebrate the giving and receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai,…

  • A Peek In My Sketchbook

    Summer is almost here, which means it is time to start a new creative practice, even if just for a few months. I suggest getting a sketchbook and working in it daily, whether it be drawing, painting, writing and drawing, collage, you name it. There is something about a sketchbook that just works for so…

  • Plastic Berry Baskets Woven With T-Shirt Yarn

    We eat lots of mushrooms, and I just can't resist saving those plastic baskets! The last bunch I sent off to a nursery school, and now I have a few more that need a creative solution. So dear readers, introducing a fun summer recycling craft that looks amazing and could be used to hold little…

  • DIY Cactus Balloons For Shavuos Or Anytime!

    DIY Cactus Balloons For Shavuos Or Anytime!

    Summer is almost here which means warm weather, longer days and extra family time. Summer also brings many celebrations, such as the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and or course weddings and birthdays. If you’re looking for a unique theme for your summer celebration, try using cacti as a motif! The holiday of Shavuot is celebrated…

  • Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

    Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With Lag B'Omer and extremely hot weather behind us, it is now time to start thinking about the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, in which we celebrate the giving of the Torah. The great news is that the Torah was given on Mt. Sinai…

  • A Lunar Corona Was Seen Over Northern Israel Last Friday Night!

    A Lunar Corona Was Seen Over Northern Israel Last Friday Night!

    Last Friday night after we finished our shabbos meal, my daughter went to a neighbor's house to visit a friend for a few minutes, and suddenly I hear her calling "Mommy, come quickly, you have to see this!." I went outside, looked up and saw the most beautiful moon even, a moon encircled by what…

  • Wishing You A Wonderful Lag B’Omer!

    Wishing You A Wonderful Lag B’Omer!

    The festive holiday of Lag B'Omer is coming to an end here in Israel, but there are many more hours left of the holiday around the world, so wishing you a very happy Lag B'Omer! For the first time in a very long time I actually went with my teenage daughter to Meron, the burial…

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Or delve into relaxing watercolor, or a sketchbook practice? Just do it!