April 2023
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With L'Ag B'Omer approaching in 10 days or so, now is a great time to think about bonfire crafts, or toilet paper tube logs or anything having to do with the great sage Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai, and certainly my archives are full…
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Stunning Views From The Car On A Golan Heights Road Trip
Imagine seeing a snow capped Mount Hermon as you are driving down the road? Yes my friends, that was in fact the case on our road trip across the Golan Heights just before Passover, and there were so many great sights from the car window that I just had to share them with you! This…
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Today Is Yom HaZikaron, Fallen Soldier Remembrance Day
Today is Yom HaZikaron, the day in which we remember our fallen soldiers…….those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of our Jewish homeland and we are forever grateful. Unfortunately as a tiny country with enemies on all sides, military protection is a daily reality, and soldiers and army vehicles and war planes…
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One Stroke Watercolor Flower Petals and Leaves
Watercolor is a wonderful medium to explore as it requires minimal materials, can be done with little set up and the results can be quite beautiful. One can use large puddles of color and big brushes, or go for something more delicate……you can layer colors or create blotchy backgrounds in one go. There really are…
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Watercolor Art For Loose-Bound Art Journal Pages
Hello watercolors! It has been quite a while since I've touched any paint, so I decided to wade back in with baby steps by starting with watercolors, (mostly those in a tube) and then using those watercolors to make a new loose leaf art journal which I'll be using to count the Omer, the 49…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! The next Jewish holiday coming up in a little over two weeks is L'Ag B'Omer, which is the 33 Day of the Omer period which we started counting on the second night of Passover. This is a period of mourning with no music or haircuts,…
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A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel
A stunning snow-topped mountain with a lovely pond and blooming fruit trees in the foreground, mingling with rolling green hills? It doesn't get much better than that, especially on a cool spring day with blue skies! A few weeks ago we were able to work really hard preparing the house for Passover and take a…
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Today Is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and as always there are quite simply no words. We remember with love the men, women, and children, who were sons and daughters, husbands and wives, aunts and uncles, grandparents, close friends……..and who were senselessly and brutally murdered in the Holocaust.
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Watercolor Floral And Botanical Cut-Outs For Art Journals
This year as I count the 7 week Omer period, on the Jewish calendar, I've decided to work on two things as I create a brand new art journal dedicated to this important period of time. Can you guess what they are? Well one, yes of course is watercolor botanicals meaning leaves and florals, and…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Phew we made it to the other side of Passover plus some, and now as we count the Omer leading us to L'Ag B'Omer and then the Jewish holiday of Shavuot we are preparing ourselves to receive the Torah. This is a great…
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DIY Snake Fold Journal For Counting The Omer!
I'm re-posting this from last year because it really is a great one, and now that Passover is over it is time to get serious about counting the Omer with art! Okay, yikes, I thought I spotted this journal as I was cleaning for Passover, but now it is not where I thought I saw…
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Key Shaped Schlissel Challah From Twelve Rolls!
I'm so happy to share with you that I have completed my key shaped challah baking (an ashkenazic Jewish custom called in yiddish schlissel challah) a full day ahead of time which means there is time to share it with you! Of course that is only because I'm in Israel and Thursday, today, was Isru…