April 2014
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Watercolor Flower Paintings And A Happy Birthday To Bubby!
To honor my dear mother on her birthday, and at least post a photo of a birthday card that was made on time, my daughter and I sat down for a little introduction to painting backgrounds with water color. And we quickly realized that painting with water colors to produce those lovely etherial paintings that…
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Propogating Succulents From Petals
Propogating succulents from petals is such a fun little gardening experiment, and especially with kids, as your efforts will then produce tiny little succulents that would be perfect to use in little pots that you can use in so many ways. I've even seen some great little wine cork pots turned into magnets, which would…
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Today Is Holocaust Rememberance Day
S I L E N C E There are no words that can possibly justify or aptly define the tragedy that is called The Holocaust. Instead we must use our words to make the world a better place. By turning our backs on apathy we are remembering and honoring those who suffered and…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Spring is here in Northern Israel, and my container garden is blooming with delicious colors, which has me thinking about macrame hanging planters and lazy summer afternoons crocheting. Don't know if I'll get to either of them, but am so happy to be able to share with you all this…
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Crocheted Cap Sleeved Sweater For Girls That You Can Easily Customize!
Looking for a not so difficult and quick to crochet sweater for a sweet girl in your life? I'd recommend this Bebop Cardi from Lion Brand, as I made it in about two nights and it's the perfect little cropped sweater for any wardrobe, and easily spans the seasons.
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Migrating Storks In The Neighborhood!
One of the great pleasures of living here in Northern Israel is that we have the thrill of witnessing migrating storks twice a year as our home happens to be on their migration path! Very often they come and go too quickly to capture on film, and my zoom capabilities are limited, so the actual…
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Post-Passover Notes To Self!
Dear Self, How are you? How was your holiday? Just thought I'd let you know, your blog is a perfectly good place to make the lists you'll need to access next year, or during the year regarding your needs for passover, isn't it? After all, you won't misplace this list, or will you? And now…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday Passover edition! I'm just stopping by the blog to show you the wonderful features from last week's party and to wish you all a wonderful remainder of the Passover holiday! Thanks so much to all those who contributed last week, and my apologies if you didn't get a comment from…
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Propogating Geraniums From Large Cuttings
Spring is in the air, and while I'm not doing any gardening right now, as we are in Passover holiday mode, I couldn't wait any longer to share with you this nice discovery: you can root large cuttings from tall geranium plants, I've done it successfully with cuttings that were 12" or even a bit…
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Encouraging Kids To Create Using A Variety Of Materials
We are in the middle of celebrating our 7 day Passover holiday, but wanted to drop by with some food for thought! I love these welcome signs that my eight year old confidently painted, with simple paints, for a recent visitor, and I started thinking about the idea of encouraging kids to create with a…
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Last Minute Passover Craft For Kids: A Four Cups Garland
Passover is on our doorstep, though with one day left to get everything in order, a simple craft that the kids can do themselves might come in handy right about now? This four cups garland is simple to make, and kids can choose to draw the four cups or make little ones from cardboard and…