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Crocheted Lacy Cape For Girls For A Costume Or Special Outfit!
A lacy crocheted cape could be the greatest gift for a little girl in your life, or possibly even part of a fun costume for someone near and dear, which is how this little cape was born! Last Purim as we brainstormed over costume ideas we came up with the idea of canary, creativejewishmom style…
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Crocheted Canary Beanie, For A Costume Or Just Because!
A crocheted beanie can be decorated in so many fun ways to use as part of a costume or to make cold weather dressing a little bit fun. Last Purim I crocheted a canary costume for my daughter and somehow did not have time to share it with you, not to mention that the timing…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, a wonderful creative get together which spans the globe, thanks to all the wonderful crafters and bakers that contribute every week! Fall is certainly here, which means it truly is a wonderful time to get crafting, and in this case, crocheting! The following features from last week's party are sure…
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Raised Garden Beds With Corrugated Metal Siding On The Sunshine Coast, BC
One of the highlights of our four night beach get-away on The Sunshine Coast, British Columbia (Canada) in a little cottage not far from Gibsons this past August, was walking by these glorious corrugated metal raised beds on our way to the beach! The DIY raised beds were the perfect solution for a backyard garden…
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Crochet Yo-Yo Coverlet To Use Up Yarn Scraps!
When my mother gave me a bag filled with tiny balls of yarn scraps left over from my childhood crafting (gasp!) I instantly knew just the little crochet project that I would turn to to use up this bag of preciousness— the crochet yo you coverlet pattern, courtesy of Sarah London. And now that I…
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Fabulous Public Sculpture In Vancouver, BC, and Jewish Wedding Rings!
Welcome to my mini tour of some of the fabulous works of public art that I enjoyed viewing while walking around the waterfront areas of Vancouver, BC. The "digital orca" sculpture above was created by the Canadian artist and designer Douglas Coupland was designed to commemorate the workers in and around Burrard Inlet and Coal…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I hope you all are well, and looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to! Here are the features from last week's little get together: A fantastic knit "village shop" from Ginx craft, and a wonderful collection of free fall crochet patterns from Anne Marie. A fun headphone…
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A Sukkah With Soda Bottle Flowers In Rainbow Colors!
Welcome to our sukkah! Yes it is true, this year's sukkah is quite similar to last year's sukkah, because hey if it works, go with it! And since I really loved the festive look of all the colorful soda bottle flowers and striped Moroccan tablecloths covering the walls, I was happy to use what we…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and my apologies for the delay in getting the party started, unfortunately my dear mother-in-law passed away on Shabbat, and we had to travel immediately after Shabbat for the funeral, arriving home early in the morning. Because we are in the middle of our festival of Succot, the mourning that…
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Save Time By Looking At Succah Photos From Last Year!
This is what my Succah looked like last year, well, sort of. I actually added a few soda bottle top flowers using photo shop! Time is of the essence right now with the holiday of Succot beginning tomorrow night, and since I have decided I'll find the time to make some more soda bottle top…
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A Round Up Of Succah Decorations From The Archives
The holiday of Succot is on our doorstep, (it starts Wednesday night) and fortunately for me all the decorations I labored over last year are still in good condition, phew! While my kids want to spend time today whipping up a bunch of fun paper decorations, I hope to have time to make some more…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! We have just completed the holiday of Yom Kippur, which for many of us included a 24 hour fast, and now with the holiday of Succot in just four days, we are rushing to get ready for the wonderful 7 day holiday (8 days outside of Israel) for which I…
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Cut Paper Rooster Craft For Yom Kippur!
Yom Kippur is almost here and by some small miracle I was able to grab my 9 year old son this morning to create a cut paper rooster picture for Yom Kippur. Roosters are a great thing to illustrate anytime, and they happen to be a Jewish symbol for atonement, which is what Yom Kippur…
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Stamped Polka Dot Wrapping Paper For A Ping Pong Birthday Party
Homemade wrapping paper using blank newsprint paper and simple bright green children's paint was the perfect compliment to the ping pong themed birthday party that I made for my 11 year old son just before Rosh HaShana. And while we are not big on birthday gifts in our home, I thought I'd surprise the birthday…
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A Super Simple Ping Pong Birthday Cake!
All of that ping pong playing on the dining room table led to a fun ping pong themed birthday party for my now 11 year old son. And it was perfect, especially since he now loves ping pong! I'm going to share lots of the simple details that I pulled together in a day with…
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Stuffed Paper Apples Craft For Kids
I just love this stuffed paper apple craft with stamped images, a reader's verions of my stuffed polka dot apple craft that I shared with you all last week! The story goes like this. Today I received a wonderful email from a reader, Katherine Herrera of Fairfax Virginia, who informed me that their family had a…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and wishing you all a shanah tovah, a new year filled with goodness! I'm certainly looking forward to another great year of hosting this international and very crafty get together! And now, for the fabulous features from last week's party: Rag rosette bracelets from artistic endeavors are fabulous and original!…
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When The Dining Room Table Becomes A Ping Pong Table…..
Years ago I remember thinking that playing ping pong using a ping pong net attached to the dining room table was not such a great idea, I mean ping pong should be played on a ping pong table right? Now quite a few years later when my husband picked up a ping pong net, suddenly…
