Blog Party: Craft Schooling Sunday

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am rushing to finish cooking and cleaning for Shabbat, with just a small table of guests, but those same guests are also house guests, which means a great excuse to clean and organize  more than I might be inclined to do! What…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Phew, no more festive holidays to prepare for until Rosh HaShana, so now is a great time to delve into creative pursuits to satisfy your heart, like crocheting, nature crafts, tie-dying and for me, painting, as I'm on a mission to really develop…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With all the very intense and very sad things going on here in Israel we are more than ready to receive the Torah on Sunday night, on the Jewish holiday of Shavout. My house is always very green, so decorating with greenery, check,…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It has been a very emotional week processing the tragedy of the 45 lives lost not far from our home, and very close to our hearts. Around 750 family members of the 45 spent the week sitting Shiva, the Jewish mourning period of…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here. Sigh, after processing the tragedy of 45 deaths during a Lag B'Omer celebration not far from our home, and learning that four of the victims were close relatives of friends and neighbors we do feel disoriented and are gathering our courage to navigate this beautiful…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! This week we will be celebrating Lag B'Omer on Thursday night/Friday, so it is time to get crafting for that, and prepare for the numerous guests that will be arriving to our city, as we are just a stone's throw from Lag B'Omer…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! The next Jewish holiday is Lag B'Omer in just two weeks and so it is time to get crafting for that. Hmmm, this year i may just have to paint the location from afar, which is actually my view, then again maybe some…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! After some warm Spring weather we had rain and cool weather on Shabbat, which is fine with me……the house felt cozy and I enjoyed sitting around and chatting with my teens. My how time flies! Speaking of time, did you know that we…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! While it is still Passover everywhere except in Israel, we are already on the other side of Passover, and today is actually a day where many celebrate by eating levened products, and the Moroccan Jews especially, with Mimouna parties, so let the party…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With just one week until Passover, the heat is on, the studio/office needs serious cleaning and reorganizing, and I may just have to invite my whole family in to help me in order to get it done in one day, as that is…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here. Spring has sprung and on a shabbos stroll in the nearby nature area I saw many lovely red anemones in bloom, and I really must head back tomorrow with a camera! With Passover in just 3 weeks from today, the intense house cleaning…