Blog Party: Craft Schooling Sunday

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in the period on the Jewish calendar called "The Nine Days", during which many activities are prohibited, such as swimming , and joyful activities such as listening to music and throwing parties of any kind. Fortunately one can certainly craft, so…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Today, Shabbat was actually the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day on the Jewish calendar, but since minor fasts never occur on Shabbat, the fast and mourning are pushed off until Sunday. The 17th of Tammuz is the day that marks the beginning…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer in full swing, now is the time to get crafting. Okay, maybe not for all of us, as here at CJM headquarters I am neck deep in design work and renovations in our home, which is why there has been a…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It is now summer folks, which means time to start realizing those creative dreams……painting, journaling, crocheting, mosaic, gardening, the works! Summer is the time to inject that carefree attitude into your crafting, and who knows, you may just surprise yourself. And if you…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! As you may have noticed, the only creativity appearing on my blog these last few weeks (not including photography) has been from all the wonderful contributors to this party. I have been very busy in the creativity department with a few intense…

Welcome to craft schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! Let the summer crafting begin, whether it is on the road, at the beach, on the shore, or even in the comfort of your own home! And there is something about the freedom of summer which says explore something new, try that…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Summer is here, with hot days and breezy nights in our mountaintop city, and that means it is time to start thinking about summer vacation, yippee! This year I'm thinking it is time to get serious with journaling and journal sketching, meaning my…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Today is the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, in which we celebrate the receiving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, and so I am most certainly not on the computer, and this post was written before the holiday and posted automatically by my blog at a time when I am unplugged.…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It is still very much a busy weekend around my neck of the woods, we welcomed more than 1/2 a million visitors to Meron (across the valley from us) for the holiday of Lag B’Omer, and many have stayed around to enjoy the…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here!  We have been having tons and tons of rain, and a tragedy in the Southern Israel with 10 teenagers in an army preparation outing caught in a flash flood in a normally dry river bank. Nine beautiful girls and one boy, just…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! I'll admit my head and heart are still very much in the Ukraine, despite having returned a week and a half ago, but life marches on and with Spring in full gear and a bar mitzvah and 2 Jewish hoildays coming soon, well there is…

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am back after a wonderful two weeks in the Ukraine for Passover, and as you can see I have already started to share some of the photos with you. We are now in the period on the Jewish calendar called The Omer,…