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Recycled Plastic Cup Flowers For Shavuos!
Shavuos is on this coming Saturday night so it's time to do some simple shavuos crafts to fill the house with excitement for the coming holiday! And these recycled plastic cup flowers are perfect right about now, since they are really simple to make and look great in numbers. I'll admit, I actually made these…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I'm rushing to make a last minute surprise birthday party for my seven year old, so gotta run, as I convinced him to take a nap, but it's great to connect with you all here, and as always last week there were some fabulous projects: Heimwerk alpenstrick crocheted these great…
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My Tropical Container Garden Mid May……
While I can't honestly say that I've been tending to my container garden with great effort, the roses in my built-in planter are in full bloom in a very big way. Which is a good thing, since after the huge infestation of aphids and white fungus, which was making me quite sad, the blooms seemed…
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Crocheted Wire Hanger Cover
A crocheted cover for a wire hanger looks great and is the perfect project for those of us who don't have easy access to vintage style wooden hangers. Of course if you can get your hands on some wooden hangers, the two look great together, and you can follow my pattern here! Truthfully, if you…
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Quick Five MInute Crocheted Flower
Everyone needs a quick crocheted flower to add to their repetoire— you know the kind of little crocheted flower that you can whip up in say five minutes if you need just one, or devote a few hours here and there and make a bunch! Little flowers like this are of course great to make…
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A Very Interesting Short Movie About Israeli Culture and Technology
A cousin just sent me a link to a movie about Israel, a movie which explores the foundations of Israel and comes to some very interesting conclusions which explain why Israel is so very successful in so many areas. I myself didn't know that after the United States and China, Israel is number three on…
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Crocheted Shell Stitch Hanger Cover
Yippee, at long last I tried my hand at crocheting a hanger cover! Not just any cover of course, but a wonderful shell stitch cover that fits over a vintage wooden hanger that was really a breeze to whip up! I'm in love with this pattern, the only problem is I only have one other…
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Moroccan Style Pickled Salad
Today I spent the time I might have used for crafting doing an act of kindness. The good news is that the results are something that I can share with you— a delicious Moroccan-style pickled salad. Just in time for summer entertaining I might add! Truthfully, I made a huge quantity for a Bar Mitzvah…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week’s party was full of fun crafts thanks to you all, and as always it’s such a pleasure to be inspired by such a fine group of crafters from around the world. Gotta run, the crafting bug has finally caught up with me and well, there’s some serious crafting…
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Super Cute Forest Cake In Five Minutes (For Lag B’Omer?)
I love cake decor that is simple and cute, and as quick as humanly possible while still looking great. This little mushroom forest cake satisfies all of the above, and so I just had to share it with you! Last Shabbat we had some special guests— my neighbor, a mother of 6, who just donated…
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Lag B’Omer Arrows Craft For Kids (Or Mom……)
This fun arrow craft for kids is an example of a spur of the moment craft that happened at our house today with my six and eight year olds, just in time— just in time for Lag B'Omer that is, phew! Tomorrow night starts the Jewish holiday that celebrates one of our great sages, Rebbi…
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Crocheted Rag Bag From Sheets
Crocheting with sheets is just so much fun, that while I'm actually in the middle of crocheting a rag rug I just couldn't resist going off on a little tangent and crocheting my first ever crocheted tote bag from sheets and pillowcases. I have to say, I'm thrilled with how it turned out, and for…
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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! I think I’ll just type out the list of countries that contributed, because I’m in need of just a little armchair traveling at the moment. Somewhere that will take me away from all the red sand from a recent sand storm that has left our enitre neighborhood, (and my container…
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A Visit To Israel’s Historic Old City of Akko (Acre)
During our recent Passover vacation we had the chance to spend an afternoon in the historic old city of Akko, located on the Mediterranean Sea in Northern Israel, and full of great architecture and interesting details from long ago. So feel like doing a little armchair traveling? Come along my friend……. The city is characterized…
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Crocheted Rag Rug From Sheets —A Chunky Oval Experiment
This oval crocheted rag rug is an experiment dear readers, not something particularly lovely that I'm proud to share with you, but rather a little test done with some sheets from the bottom of the stash that I couldn't see myself using for anything. So a little chunky bathmat was born and I've got some…
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Geranium Love, The Joy Of Window Sill Gardening
I just love simple pots of geraniums in bloom, especially when I encounter them in other people's windows! I thought I'd share these photos with you as we woke up this morning to find a nice coating of red sand everywhere, on account of a big sand storm, and now it is raining, which means…
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Fun With Hama (Perler) Beads
I just love Hama beads, and hope to do some beading with them some day, but in the mean time when my kids need a little activity and Mommy is too busy to sit with them or come up with something interesting, so I try to encourage working with these fun little plastic beads, as…
