Holiday: Rosh HaShana/New Years

  • 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…

  • Rosh HaShana Craft — Golden Apple Fall Bunting

    Here’s a super simple bunting idea for fall, that would also be great for Rosh HaShana. A craft garland that goes with casual or elegant decor by virtue of it’s metallic elements. And while I just love the idea of decorating the back of chairs at your table, this would of course look great anywhere.…

  • Wine Bottle Vases Simplified For Your Fall Table

      A while back I shared with you some lovely painted wine bottle vases, but guess what my friends? You really don’t have to go through all that trouble of painting the bottles, especially for fall when dark wine bottles look just fine as they are! And let me tell you, painting those bottles was…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • More Yarn Pictures For Rosh HaShana: Tashlich!

    Rosh HaShana is just around the corner (Wednesday night) and right now you might be looking for a craft activity to keep the kids busy while you prepare for the holiday? If not, well this is a nice project to do anytime. My daughter and a friend (who drew the fish and the little girl)…

  • The Perfect Simanim Salad For Rosh HaShana!

    This colorful and interesting salad incorporating many of the significant symbolic foods (simanim) which we eat on Rosh Hashanah is courtesy of my friends over at koshereye.com I haven’t tried it myself, but I really don’t think you can go wrong! And if pumpkin seeds qualify as gourd, then all you’ll need is some honey,…

  • Recycle Plastic Bottles & Make Super Cute Apple Shaped Boxes!

      Apparently I have apples on the brain, which is not surprising given that Rosh HaShana is just over a week away! Last week I was looking at a plastic bottle and realized that the bottom of those that I have look very much like apples! After some complicated ideas involving spray paint, and only…

  • How About Woven Paper Apples For Rosh HaShana?

    You may have seen woven paper hearts, or paper hands with a woven insert, but have you ever seen woven apples? Me neither, until this idea popped into my head and these cute apples materialized on our dining room table a few nights ago. (You see, I told you a new pack of paper would…