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How To Create A Logo For A Children’s Store
As you may or may not know, I am, among many things, a graphic designer and I have at times specialized in logos, so when I was asked to write this article I thought, sure why not? Regardless of what kind of business you are building, the basic principles of how to go about designing…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With Passover quickly approaching, yikes it is time for the yearly top to bottom house cleaning and organization, including my art studio, so I'm going to have to squeeze in my art here and there, and rely on projects from past years as…
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3 Questions to Answer Before Going Back to College
College isn’t just for teenagers and young adults finding their way in life. Higher education can be an excellent way for anyone, of virtually any age, to improve the number of opportunities they have access to in their professional lives, and to achieve their goals. Of course, some people find the concept of returning to…
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Simple Count The Omer Watercolor Calendar
With Passover coming up in three weeks, and the wave of super hectic preparations quickly approaching, now is a great time to get the family busy with simple and great looking Count The Omer watercolor calenders! I am reposting this from many years ago, when I did it with my kids as an art activity,…
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Counting The Omer Art Journal
I am reposting this from last year, as truly now is a great time to start thinking about a counting the Omer Art Journal! Namely set yourself up ahead of time, so that once Passover is over, you can dive in, make up for the first week (I don't create art during the Passover holiday)…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! As I type this after shabbat on Saturday night, even though we celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim on Thursday, not on Friday as in Jerusalem, we are still all exhausted……and so it goes, but time to gather all our strength for the…
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Pretty DIY Cookies Gift Box
Purim is the holiday that entails giving food baskets or gifts that are food oriented to friends, neighbors teachers and those to whom we want to express appreciation. So, this year my daughter who is the resident baker in our home, did not have time to actually bake, but rather she assembled these gorgeous cookies…
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Paper Doll Chain Party Decorations In A Pinch!
Sometimes you just need a great idea for party decorations in a pinch, and maybe even a ton of them, and this my friends is a keeper! Paper doll chains can be made in any length or size, the only limit is the size of your paper! I just love the idea of hanging them…
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DIY Butterfly Costume Is Simple And Great Looking!
I can't take credit for this cute as can be and simple butterfly costume, but I can take credit for posting it right about when you just might need a quick kid's costume for tomorrow! And I can take credit for giving you some tips for how to make it successful! With Purim coming up…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here. Big huge sigh, with the news of the brutal attack on Ukraine getting worse each day, the best thing to do with the feelings of fear, and helplessness and disbelief is to create, because that friends brings joy into the world, which is…
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DIY Recycled Cardboard Castle Wall Decor!
Phew, I did it, and the crowd loved the women's Purim party decor…..they said it was better than ever! Truthfully I also felt like I moved up a rung, as the look was much cleaner and in a way, simpler, than previous years when my creations may have been a bit more all over the…
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Simple DIY Paper Clouds For Wall Murals
Purim is just around the corner, and fortunately for me, the decorations I made for our women's Purim party on Monday night will now fill the wall in my house! And since I have been neglecting the crafting I used to do and share here (because of the art, which you can see on my…
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7 Fun-Loving Ideas for a Mommy and Me Photoshoot
Mommy and me photo shoots are a fun and popular way to capture a special time in life, regardless of the child or children's ages. And with great cameras on phones these days and user friendly digital editing to boot, taking great photos yourself, of your family, has never been easier. That said, in addition…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I'm running late so just now adding the links to the features, but have opened the party in the mean time!
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How To Get Your Kids To Help Out With The Laundry
Ever think about how laundry was done before the invention of the washing machine? Wow, it was truly a huge task, then again regular folks did not have many clothes so there was much less to wash! With so many clothing choices these days and lots to choose from at every budget, buying clothing for…
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Stand Up Tulips Collage Is Perfect For Spring!
Sometimes crafting is really all about creativity and certainly crafts that marry "art" and craft! This craft started out as a painted paper botanical collage to add to the series I worked on last Fall, however, things did not go quite as I had hoped and the results were, well, just too cute. Oh dear,…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Wow, last week's party was filled with so many amazing projects, and with spring on its way, and Purim injust 2 1/2 weeks, well my friends, time to get crafting just before the Passover cleaning rush! I will be making party decorations and…
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My Travels To The Ukraine
In light of all the absurd and very disturbing things happening right now in the Ukraine, and the fact that it looks like my beloved city of Kyiv is about to captured by the Russians, I thought I'd point out that I have been 3 times and have shared quite a few photos of my…
