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Price Tag Sticker Gift Wrap
You can create some fun gift wrap with neon price tag stickers! Just apply them in the patterns of your dreams to brown paper wrapped packages and enjoy! Of course some little gift tags would look great too! Note: these stickers can either be very sticky or not so sticky. If yours are of the…
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New Nesting Houses Mobile Kit In The Shop!
I've had his idea for a nesting house mobile ever since I designed my nesting dreidel mobile, and it has finally come to fruition! It's a 25 page digital crafting kit with lots of fun pages that you print from your own computer. Mix and match the elements and have fun making some festive mobiles…
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Crocheted Gelt Bags For Chanukah!
Phew, I did it, Chanukah is tonight and I did get around to crocheting little gelt (coins) bags for my young ones. Truthfully giving gelt is really the Chanukah tradition of yore, the idea of giving presents only really snuck in on account of the Dec. 25th holiday, so I realized that the first night…
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Hanukkah Kid’s Craft: Watercolor Collage
Isn't this Hanukkah watercolor collage just gorgeous? A perfect example of a really creative Hanukkah kid's craft that the whole family can do together! Today, on one of the busiest days of the year when I hadn't yet photographed anything to share with you, it arrived in my inbox from a wonderful reader from the…
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Knitting With Rope
Knitting with rope? Well yes, of course, what else would someone like me be doing at a time like this with Hanukkah just days away and not a decoration in site? Spending time on something totally unrelated to the task at hand makes perfect sense to those of us who will recognize the crafty…
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Cooking With Fennel
Engraving source here, photo source here. Are you familiar with fennel? It's a very popular root vegetable here in the Mediterranean and Middle East, and for good reason! And my friends, right now is fennel season, which means that not only is fennel quite inexpensive, it's at it's best! I am enjoying fennel everyday as I just…
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Moroccan Style Table For The Holidays!
You can set a festive Moroccan-style table with out actually owning anything made in Morocco! It's all about gold, and fresh fragrant herbs, and hot tea and lots of little dishes of salads, and platters of couscous. Got it? Oh and of course, lanterns and candle light, freshly roasted nuts and an assortment of dried…
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Rhinestone Yarn Bracelet Ornaments
Rhinestone bracelets made by simply attaching some rhinestone chain to a metal bangle with yarn or embroidery thread are all the rage, so I thought I'd take the idea one step further and make some fun neon ornaments. I love their modern/crafty look and they're so easy to whip up. Best of all, I wasn't…
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Toilet Paper Tube Star Garland
Here's a fun cardboard tube craft that's great for all ages. We used toilet paper tubes to make these stars or starbursts, but of course you can use any tube thats easy to cut. Children old enough to handle scissors can even do the whole thing themselves. A whole bunch of these will look…
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The Best Of Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! The linky party is on vacation for the month of December, so I thought I bring you some "best of" links from the party archives. I browsed just a few months of parties from 2010, and found these amazing projects which I'm sure you'll be happy to see again! Enjoy.…
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Red Lentil Soup
Yes, you're right, red lentils aren't really red, they're orange! But that just makes things all the more interesting when discovering a new food! Red lentils are found widely in Indian and middle eastern cuisine, and until last night's dinner I'd never really cooked them. And boy have I been missing something! Red lentils make…
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Hanukkah Kid’s Craft With Recycled Plastic Tray
Here's a fun little Hanukkah craft idea to get you inspired to use more recycled stuff in your crafting! Thinking up appropriate Hanukkah imagery can be a bit challenging, but here's a really great one that you can go to town with: houses with windows filled with Hanukkah menorahs! Some Shabbat guests brought a bakery…
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Crocheted Ruffles In The Round
At long last I had the chance to try out this crocheted ruffles in the round pillow cover pattern. It's actually called the blooming flower cushion, a lovely pattern generously worked out by Lucy over at attic 24.We had to take a little road trip, so I grabbed some cotton (four colors: white, pink, peach…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Last week was once again another great get together with crafters from around the world, from places like Macedonia, Muldavia, The Netherlands, Australia, The United States, Turkey, The United Kingdom, Singapore, France, Poland, Japan, and India! December is a very busy crafting month for us all, so I'll just go…
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Braids Look Great….Use Them In Your Holiday Crafting!
This isn't a specific project exactly, rather just a little post to give you some crafty inspiration. A few weeks ago when I made a bunch of yarn wrapped vases for a community get together, I actually completed the look by wrapping a braid around each vase. I can't say that my idea was entirely…
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A Nesting Dreidel Mobile Craft Kit
My nesting dreidel hanukkah mobile is back in my little Etsy shop! Why not get a start on your hanukkah/chanukah crafting with my pdf kit? After all you really can't have too many decorations to fill your house with holiday joy! The mobile craft kit pdf file is available in either brights or pastels, so there's…
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Hanukah Menorah From Recycled Cardboard Tubes
Here it is dear readers, a fun Hanukah menorah kid's craft, or adult craft or any age craft that's just plain cute and can be customized in so many ways. You could make this Hanukah menorah from tp rolls or cardboard tubes that the kids decorate first, or you could cut them and then give…
