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Crocheted Cap Sleeved Sweater For Girls That You Can Easily Customize!
Looking for a not so difficult and quick to crochet sweater for a sweet girl in your life? I'd recommend this Bebop Cardi from Lion Brand, as I made it in about two nights and it's the perfect little cropped sweater for any wardrobe, and easily spans the seasons.
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Migrating Storks In The Neighborhood!
One of the great pleasures of living here in Northern Israel is that we have the thrill of witnessing migrating storks twice a year as our home happens to be on their migration path! Very often they come and go too quickly to capture on film, and my zoom capabilities are limited, so the actual…
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Post-Passover Notes To Self!
Dear Self, How are you? How was your holiday? Just thought I'd let you know, your blog is a perfectly good place to make the lists you'll need to access next year, or during the year regarding your needs for passover, isn't it? After all, you won't misplace this list, or will you? And now…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday Passover edition! I'm just stopping by the blog to show you the wonderful features from last week's party and to wish you all a wonderful remainder of the Passover holiday! Thanks so much to all those who contributed last week, and my apologies if you didn't get a comment from…
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Propogating Geraniums From Large Cuttings
Spring is in the air, and while I'm not doing any gardening right now, as we are in Passover holiday mode, I couldn't wait any longer to share with you this nice discovery: you can root large cuttings from tall geranium plants, I've done it successfully with cuttings that were 12" or even a bit…
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Encouraging Kids To Create Using A Variety Of Materials
We are in the middle of celebrating our 7 day Passover holiday, but wanted to drop by with some food for thought! I love these welcome signs that my eight year old confidently painted, with simple paints, for a recent visitor, and I started thinking about the idea of encouraging kids to create with a…
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Last Minute Passover Craft For Kids: A Four Cups Garland
Passover is on our doorstep, though with one day left to get everything in order, a simple craft that the kids can do themselves might come in handy right about now? This four cups garland is simple to make, and kids can choose to draw the four cups or make little ones from cardboard and…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, the "it's almost Passover, yikes, edtion!" Yikes in a good way of course, though with this 7 day holiday (8 days outside of Israel) beginning on Monday night, well, I have a huge list of things still to accomplish, so I'll get this party on the road! Thanks to you…
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Ten Plagues Passover Craft For Kids
Last week at Crafting A Future, my group of fearless crafters, namely boys ages 7-10 enthusiastically spent a few hours making a fun ten plagues passover craft! This is actually a mini version of the Ten Plagues Placards that I made a few years back, and certainly a little easier for kids to make themselves.…
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Simply Cute Birthday Party Decorations In A Pinch
Simply cute birthday party decorations can be made in a pinch with just white printer paper and markers, and of course some washi tape to hang your decorations! Using a black permanent marker, draw simple shapes and numbers that fill the entire A4 or letter sized paper, and then add details with regular markers in…
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Triangular Crocheted Bunting Backdrop, For A Party Or Anytime!
Looking for a pretty idea for a crocheted party decorations, or maybe something to fill a wall in your home this spring? How about making a festive backdrop, to hang over a buffet table, or in a spot where party goers will be photographed, from a series of crocheted triangular bunting banners? I'll admit, I…
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Semi-Hardy Perrenials In Bloom In My Containter Garden!
Spring is here, and while I'm very busy with the Passover cleaning, with just a week to go before the holiday ( and SO MUCH to do, sigh) I wanted to share with you the first blooms that we're enjoying in our container garden! And what are they? Two perennials that I'd highly recommend for…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party had contributors literally from around the world, so I’ll just have to type up that list that makes me so very happy! Talented crafters joined the party from: Hungary, Macedonia, Italy, Pakistan, India (new this week!) Germany, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, The UK, The US,…
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Passover Craft For Kids: A Seder Table Wall Hanging
This week at Crafting A Future, I showed my !st and 2nd grade girls how to make sweet wall hangings for Passover using the tiny Passover wine cups and goblets that we made last week. And while I do try to encourage individualism when it comes to creating art, in this case using the paper…
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Forcing Hyacinth Bulbs In Very Late Spring!
Forcing Hyacinth bulbs is one of those little pleasures in life that one should not miss! Just look at this amazing flower, and the fragrance is incredible too. I put three hyacinth bulbs in my refrigerator in November, but then got busy and somehow those bulbs just sat there in my fridge door for months…
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Passover Craft For Kids: Make Tiny Wine Cups And Eliyahu’s Goblet
Last week at Crafting A Future I taught my 1st and 2nd grade girls how to draw wine glasses and goblets, and then how to make sweet little "silver" cups to represent the four cups at the Passover Seder, and a larger version to represent the goblet that we fill for Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah The…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week there were so many wonderful projects contributed from crafters from around the world….The Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Muldavia, Macedonia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Israel, Pakistan, Jakarta, Australia, Guatemala, and the United States! Hope I didn't miss anyone, and thanks so much for joining me here! Love this…
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Container Gardening: For The Love Of Cyclamen!
I was given this gorgeous bright pink Cyclamen plant as a gift at the end of December, and now three months later it's still blooming! After enjoying this one for a week or two, I couldn't resist picking up a few smaller ones, which you can see below. And they too, have been giving non-stop…
