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How To Make Yarn From Plastic Bags
When life gives you plastic bags, so make plarn, namely yarn from plastic bags! I usually walk to and from the grocery store for our weekly food shopping, and as is widely popular here in Israel, I then have the purchase delivered. The store I'm currently shopping at packs the food in plastic bag lined…
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Golden Apple Placard For The Jewish New Year
Here's a fun little golden apple craft project for Rosh HaShana that you could hang on a neighbor's door, or even on the door knobs around your home. And I think these apple placards would make great New Year's cards, since then the recipient could use it as a decoration, even in their succah! This…
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Fun Napkin Rings For Rosh HaShana
Wouldn't you love some fun napkin rings to bring some joy to your holiday table? This Rosh HaShana I thought I'd give you some ideas for some coordinating crafts, all using metallic gold cardboard. The apple bunting, the golden leaf apples and these napkin rings will all look great together and can be crafted by…
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How To Remove Labels From Wine Bottles & Glass Jars Demystified
If you've ever wanted to try some crafting with wine bottles or any glass jars with labels, then you already know that removing the labels can be quite annoying, and in other cases labels just slide right off. I've finally figured out the mystery of how to remove labels with non-toxic household products. Yippee! From…
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Five MInute Rosh HaShana Table Decor
Need a super simple idea to add a little personal touch to your Jewish New Year's table this year? Keep this idea in mind for the next two weeks as you just might want to whip up these sweet little golden leaved apples to adorn each place setting as a place marker (you can certainly…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week's party was packed with great projects, which I just know you're going to enjoy! Thanks so much for stopping by and please don't be shy to share your latest creative endeavors! Aren't these large electrical wire spool stools from the lovely cupboard just the cutest, from I'm totally…
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Slice Of Life: Lovebirds And A Palette
Here's a little reminder to appreciate the works of art that happen naturally around you, and to enjoy the amazing combinations of color found in nature! We are sad to say that my daughter's beloved oil painting teacher is moving far away, but we are happy to have these sweet reminders of the amazing impression…
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How To Cut A Recycled Plastic Soda Bottle For Crafting
With Succot crafting just around the corner, after the Rosh HaShana crafting, it's time to start saving those plastic bottles so you'll have some of the basics on hand for some exciting DIY Recycled Bottle succah decor. I'd recommend starting to cut those bottles as you save them, to be one step ahead of the…
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Pom Pom Flowers For Fall
Pom pom flowers made from variegated or space dyed fall-color yarn with natural branch stems look great right now. And you can do something just a bit different and tie the branches together with some gold ribbon as a fun element on your fall table. Okay, it's not exactly fall yet in most of the…
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Wine Cork Stamp Rosh HaShana Cards
Wine cork stamps are super simple to make and a great way to make some quick and sweet Rosh HaShana cards. With the Jewish New Year just around the corner in three weeks, now is the perfect time to make cards so that one can even send them to friends and relatives near and far.…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! As you all know I just love the fact that while the majority of the contributors at every party are from the US, (makes sense since this blog in in English, right?) there almost always are representatives from around the world. This week we had contributions from: Nigeria, Italy, Malaysia,The…
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Israeli Mediterranean Coast Just South of Lebanon, Gorgeous Achziv
Ever been somewhere without really knowing where you were? When I spied this coastal spot last year just across the street from our short stay on the Moshav of Lemen (just north of Nahariya) I made a mental note to return. Last week we decided to take a little family outing and I said to my husband,…
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DIY Cake Flags Festive Anytime
These DIY cake flags are just about the simplest thing one can make as a gorgeous cake topper. If you have the supplies on hand you can make these in literally minutes and your cake will be the most stylish in town! And though I made these for my daughter's birthday, I think these would…
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DIY Succulent Centerpiece
Wouldn't you like to make a fuss free and gorgeous succulent centerpiece using only succulents or succulents combined with your favorite flowers? I don't know about you, but I love the fact that succulents have become oh so popular in the world of floral arranging and wedding decor. So when I collected some of these…
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Let The Jewish Holiday Crafting Begin!
Just a little glimpse of what my house looks like at this moment…… Chodesh Tov dear readers! Today is the first day of the month of Elul, which means we have exactly one month until Rosh HaShana and six weeks until Succot! Yikes, that means some of us had better get busy with the crafting…
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Simple DIY Gift Tag For Rosh HaShanah Gift Giving
You can make simple and sweet scalloped circle gift tags in just seconds. Okay readers, it doesn't get much simpler than this, that is if you own a scalloped circle craft punch! Certainly a great little trick to have up your sleeve when you decide to give a little unplanned gift and have to use whatever you…
