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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am rushing to finish this, so just wanted to wish everyone a very happy new Jewish month of Tammuz, and get that summer crafting going! Lots and lots of great inspiration from last week's party, enjoy!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, rushing to get this party started, well actually rushing to get ready for Shabbat and preparing this Friday afternoon for it ot post automatically just after shabbat is out. Lots of cooking and hosting a full table of guests, so thanks for joining me here and enjoy the features!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am rushing to finish cooking and cleaning for Shabbat, with just a small table of guests, but those same guests are also house guests, which means a great excuse to clean and organize  more than I might be inclined to do! What can I say, I personally need the incentive of guests to get things looking the way I like them, and for that I can put the blame on my mother, as that was how we were raised! I wonder what this will look like in the next generation? I just hope they'll make lots of mess with their kids doings crafts! Speaking of which, lets take a look at the features from last week's party, enjoy and please take care!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Phew, no more festive holidays to prepare for until Rosh HaShana, so now is a great time to delve into creative pursuits to satisfy your heart, like crocheting, nature crafts, tie-dying and for me, painting, as I'm on a mission to really develop my skills an an artist. And as we all know, if you want to be good at something you need to do a lot of it, so lots of art it will hopefully be for, and lots of ? for you! Of course there are limits as my daily life includes graphic design work, as well as of course taking care of my family, and my extensive container garden and welcoming guests to our shabbos table. I am thankful for a full and meaningful life, and the energy to do it all.....just wish there were more time in the day! Ahh yes, if I did everything more quickly there would be more time? Hmmm, okay, so lets get to those features from last week's party, and once again, do think about filling your summer with creativity!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With all the very intense and very sad things going on here in Israel we are more than ready to receive the Torah on Sunday night, on the Jewish holiday of Shavout. My house is always very green, so decorating with greenery, check, but of course I do have a few last minute things to do, especially since we'll be welcoming some guests with young children, and for them I just have to add some special items to the table. Of course after all the years of crafting I do have some tricks up my sleeve, and some egg carton flowers painted and ready, phew! There might be some special challahs for the holiday, and my daughter will be taking care of the cheesecake department, so maybe I'll get to take a nap, as this is one of the holidays where despite my night owl tendencies I will get up at the crack of dawn to go to the synagogue. I really can't complain it is right next door! Wishing everyone a meaningful and lovely Shavous holiday, and keep on crafting, summer is a great time to take the creativity outdoors!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It has been a very emotional week processing the tragedy of the 45 lives lost not far from our home, and very close to our hearts. Around 750 family members of the 45 spent the week sitting Shiva, the Jewish mourning period of 7 days, and I really felt and do feel that we are with them, and it is so very difficult. Each family is facing their particular challenge with great bravery and faith, and it is so very beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time, Shabbat is coming (I generally prepare this on Friday) and on Shabbat we make every effort not to be sad, so with that in mind, what can I say other than what I always say, which is crafting and creativity do make a difference and do contribute to the world, so make the time for yourself, your kids, the kids on your block....If I had the time right now I'd make a patchwork denim bowl with out a doubt, together with a bunch of other wonderful projects from the features, so lets take a look!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here. Sigh, after processing the tragedy of 45 deaths during a Lag B'Omer celebration not far from our home, and learning that four of the victims were close relatives of friends and neighbors we do feel disoriented and are gathering our courage to navigate this beautiful life that is sometimes difficult to bear. So dear friends, hug your loved one, do acts of kindness for all, and bring joy to the world with your creativity, please! We are now just two weeks short of the Jewish holiday of Shavuos, so now is the time to start crafting flowers and greenery to fill our homes.  I will be painting those items but of course need to fit some crafitng in there as well. Speaking of crafting, the features from last week's party are fabulous!I Enjoy the wonderful range of creativity, and get crafting!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! This week we will be celebrating Lag B'Omer on Thursday night/Friday, so it is time to get crafting for that, and prepare for the numerous guests that will be arriving to our city, as we are just a stone's throw from Lag B'Omer central, Mount Meron, where roughly 250,000 people will come over the course of 24 hours or so, to celebrate and pay tribute the the great Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai. There will be music, and bonfires and haircuts, especially for 3 year olds, and relief at being able to celebrate this holiday one again as a group! I am rushing to get this party started, so wishing everyone a creative and fulfilling week! Enjoy the inspiring features......and get inspired to creative something!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! The next Jewish holiday is Lag B'Omer in just two weeks and so it is time to get crafting for that. Hmmm, this year i may just have to paint the location from afar, which is actually my view, then again maybe some paper arrows or a paper bonfire will show up, we will just have to see! i am concentrating on oil pastels and finishing my counting the omer art journal started last year, because finishing and sticking to the plan is a good idea, and one that I often don't embrace. Sigh, with my art that is. I have been very good about sticking to the plan with this wonderful party, and so happy to be hosting after all these years! Okay, I'm typing this before shabbat, to post right as shabbat ends, so gotta run to tie up all the loose ends as far as laundry, cleaning, plant watering.....the cooking is all done, whoops, except for the Moroccan fish cooked last minute for freshness. Okay, enjoy the features from last week's littler than usual party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! After some warm Spring weather we had rain and cool weather on Shabbat, which is fine with me......the house felt cozy and I enjoyed sitting around and chatting with my teens. My how time flies! Speaking of time, did you know that we are in the period on he Jewish calendar called the Omer? It is 49 days long and culminates with the holiday of Shavuous, and the receiving of the Torah. It is a time of mourning, and character refinement, and at the least until the 33 day, there are no weddings, no music, no haircuts and an effort to remember the seriousness of this time. I am continuing to work on the art journal for the omer that I started last year, and will finish it this year. I wish I had time to start another, but have enough projects on the fire at the moment, so that will have to happen next year. Okay, that is all for now, enjoy the features from last week's party, and take care!