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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With Rosh HaShana coming up in less than two weeks, now is the time to get crafting for this major holiday! I especially love all the options, whether it be apples, pomegranates, honey, shofars, fish or some of the symbolic foods we eat on the…
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How To Enjoy Stunning Bougainvillea In Bloom In The German Colony, Jerusalem
Love bougainvillea vines bursting with glorious color, and especially when combined with old stone architecture? Me too! So lets take a look at how to enjoy stunning bougainvillea in bloom in the German Colony, Jerusalem! A funny title, I know, but for search engines to find this article the “how to” helps, and so it…
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Simple DIY Patio Fish Pond
With Rosh HaShana coming up in less than three weeks, I am in the process of making a simple DIY patio fish pond, so that I can invite the neighbors into my courtyard to say the prayer of Tashlich, which is said over a body of water, preferably a “living” body of water, meaning ocean,…
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How To Make A Simple Patio Fountain With Pots You Have On Hand
How to make a simple patio fountain with pots you have on hand may not be on your radar right now as summer comes to a close, but why not give it a try, especially since you may be able to enjoy it year round, or at the least for a few months before disassembling…
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Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! With school back in session for many now is the time to start thinking about Rosh HaShana and Succot, and I’ll be starting my crafting groups for boys again tomorrow, after a summer break. This is a time period that will be packed with holidays,…
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How To Make An Adorable Upsherin Chalaka Cake
When a young couple who are like family are coming for shabbos with their almost three year old son (and 8 adults total) decorations to celebrate the upsherin (haircut in yiddish) or chalaka (haircut in hebrew) are in order! I was pressed for time as usual, but fortunately came up with the idea of making…
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How To Make Fun Upsherin-Chalaka Decorations
Wondering how to make fun upsherin-chalaka decorations, namely for the Jewish celebration for the first haircut of a boy around three years old? On shabbos we had guests who were arriving with their almost three year old son, who was to have his haircut within a few days, so I just had to make some…
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How To Draw Colorful Poppy Field Sketches In Your Art Journal
After two years packed with creativity that included everything except my beloved art and sketchbook practice, I said “enough is enough” and now instead of making cross stitch art (a bit obsessively, but it was great), it is back to the paint and sketching supplies! I dipped my toes back into the sketchbook last week…
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How To Sketch Watercolor Clouds With Water Soluble Pencils
At long last I forced myself to make art in a sketchbook (I have three unfinished ones……nearly there.) and I’m quite embarrassed to say that after a nice stint and true dedication to art journaling and creating in a sketchbook, I dropped the practice completely for two years, yikes! That is not to say that…
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How To Make Doodle Landscapes With Just Crayons And A Ballpoint Pen
Are you possibly on vacation right now and itching to do something creative, but didn’t bring the art supplies, and don’t really want to buy more? Friends, I was in just this predicament last week and so now I can share with you how to make doodle landscapes with just crayons and a ballpoint pen,…
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How To Make A Classic Mizrach Cross Stitch With Hebrew Letters
When I saw this mizrach cross stitch on the bookshelf in a friend’s house in Jerusalem, I thought to myself “now that is a great thing to make in cross stitch, why didn’t I think of that?” The first step towards actually making one myself is sharing with you how to make a classic mizrach…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! NOTE: The image above are not the features from last week’s party, rather from May 10, sorry about that. I am running off to Jerusalem to attend the bris of my niece’s first son, so exciting, and no to time to process the photos and post them, so will do…
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How To Grow Red Canna In Northern Israel
Looking for a great plant for your summer garden? Learn how to grow red canna in Northern Israel, or anywhere for that matter! Red canna has stunning flowers and really dramatic and large burgandy leaves, not to mention height! Here in zone 8/9 I am able to leave the canna tubers in the pot after…
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How To Make A Fun Card From Recycled Paper Scraps
Looking for a fun way to make a card for any occasion, and want it to be truly memorable? Look no further, as I will teach you how to make a fun card from recycled paper scraps that will truly wow the recipient! True this is not for that occasion or recipient that requires something…
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How To Make Watercolor Mosaic Fruit Cut-Outs
I am reposting this project, because now is the perfect time to learn how to make watercolor mosaic fruit cut-outs, as it is so truly relaxing with great results! Here is what I wrote two years ago: Yes it is true, watercolor mosaic fruit have stolen my heart, can you blame me? First it was…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! We are now officially in the three week period of summer vacation, which is THE time for crafts of all kinds! A neighbor just told me that her girls made modeling clay from hair conditioner and potato starch, so all kinds of chemisty in the…
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How To Grow Ponytail Palm In A Pot Outdoors
Ponytail palm is one of those very unusual looking plants that you can’t help but notice! This very plant sat at the back of a neighbor’s home for years and I always thought that I would love one too! Fast forward, that neighbor sadly lost her husband and made a discreet sale of her home…
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How To Make Fun Birthday Decor With Recycled Ice Cream Cone Boxes
Ever thought about recycling food boxes and using the photos on them for something? You are not alone my friend, I save ice cream cone boxes and use the photos of ice cream cones to make fun birthday garlands! While I just made this for my daughter’s birthday, I have done this in the past,…
