Not to make any of you feel guilty, but I'm so happy to say that I do have a following of readers who come to the blog and actually leave me comments now and again. I can't tell you what a great feeling this is! Very often the readers that leave comments are those with blogs of their own, and they know how important the comments are! But I do have a few readers with no blogs of their own that keep in touch on a regular basis! One of those readers is Lynn, from Chicago, and recently she has left me some very long comments with all sort of ideas for Pesach! I was just so thrilled so I'm going to share some of them with you!
Lynne said:
Yes, I moved from mishloach manot frenzy directly to Pesach cleaning madness. I just took down my usual front door wreath -- which is festooned with Bedouin strings of cloves and beads which I got in Beer Sheva YEARS ago and still smells wonderful; the smaller chamsas from my collection; a bruchim habaim (welcome) tile which I bought in the Old City, Jerusalem decades ago and used to hang in my succah; small tiles I've made, etc. -- and replaced it with my Pesach wreath (which needs a couple of hits with the glue gun every other year or so but otherwise survives our unpredictable Chicago weather). It features plastic garlic and green onions, a couple of frogs, and .....the whole point of my second post of the day....modpodged pieces of matzah. I do not practice restraint when it comes to modpodged matzah -- I even have earrings . Just thought I'd mention this early on, so readers will have plenty of time to enter the wonderful world of modpodged matzah.
Don't her wreaths sound great? Wouldn't it just be too funny to make a modgepodged matzo wreath for your front door? If anyone does it, please share your results!
And here's another great idea from Lynn. (For those unfamiliar with the Pesach Seder, while drinking the four cups of wine, we recline very often using pillows, so while in some homes some have the custom to sit on couches pulled up to the table, most people sit in regular chairs with pillows.)
Now I'm going to share my T-shirt seder pillows. These are especially fabulous when you use Judaic-themed T-shirts and your guests walk in and see them waiting on their chairs. If your house is anything like mine, your closets and drawers are overflowing with shirts from camp, Walk with Israel, Sar-El (idf volunteers), souvenirs from trips to Israel, etc. (Obviously if you already live in the Land, it's even easier to find shirts with Hebrew and Jewish topics. Another reason to make aliyah.) Here are the eight easy-peasy steps: 1. Turn a favorite T-shirt inside out. 2. Sew the neck shut. 3. Sew the sleeves shut at the underarm seam. 4. Turn the shirt right-side out. 5. Stuff with fiberfill. 6. Sew the bottom shut. 7. Place on chair at seder table. 8. Recline. It takes me 10 minutes per shirt. You can do this while watching tv, talking on the phone, etc. They work up even faster if you close the openings with rubber bands, instead of sewing!
I hope you enjoyed these great ideas from Lynne, and if you have some to share please leave a comment!
ps: there was one other great idea from Lynne but I'm hoping to do that one and share actual photos!
