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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Well folks, Chanukah is in just two weeks, so time to get cracking on decorations and homemade gifts! Winter has arrived here in Northern Israel with much needed rain and colder temperatures, which of course as I always say is great weather for crafting, so hoping to do a bunch of that myself this week. With so much distress going on in my home state of California and around the world, now is a good time to remember that we have the abilty bring joy into the world through creativity, and that alone is a significant contribution to the world. Help others fill their lives with creativity and you've done something amazing, so this holiday season craft with an neighbor a relative or even a group somewhere, and you'll be so happy you did! And now for some inspiration from last week's party, enjoy!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! It is now the Jewish month of Kislev, a month filled with light, on account of the holiday of Hanukkah which is in just about 3 weeks, yikes. So time to get crafting decorations and presents and whatever time permits! Enjoy the features from last week's party, and lets make use of those long winter nights!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Fall is here, and we enjoyed a really lovely shabbat with sun and cool breezes, here in Northern Israel, you really ought to come visit sometime! We always have lots of guests at our shabbat table, and today we had a group of 7 French Jewish boys who are learning in Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and came up north for a little break. One from Paris, two from Marseille, another from Strasbourg, so we had fun with a little armchair geography and French lessons! My husband kept telling the guests that I want to be a painter,( as I've been painting for the last week or so, on the kitchen table), so maybe it will happen? Who knows, the main thing is to do things that bring you joy and to try and stretch your limits, which is what I'm doing with the painting. Enjoy the features from last week's party, maybe you'll decide to learn something new?

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here. Tonight we change the clocks, which means long evenings perfect for crafting! Chanukah is coming up in another 6 weeks or so, so lets get started on that, shall we? Things are going to start looking very festive around here, and this year it occurs to me that it is time to release some more printables for my Etsy shop, so do look for that sometime soon! In the mean time, enjoy the wonderful inspiration from last week's party, and looking forward to another week of creativity from all my wonderful party goers. Ready? Let's get this crafty party started....

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! Thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in the Jewish month of Cheshvan, which is considered a dark month as it is the only month on the Jewish calendar that has no holidays! The good news is that we can start focusing on crafting for Chanukah.....decorations, homemade gifts, and everything your heart desires! I'm thinking about macrame and how to crochet my traditional gelt bags this year, ah yes, and what to make for the husband? Hmmmm, lets delve into the features from last week's party and here's to a creative month!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Fall is wonderful time to delve into something new, and it just so happens that this week's party features are packed with crochet projects to get you inspired in that direction if you so desire! As an avid crocheter myself, I truly recommend learning to crochet as there are so many ways to use this craft beyond garments. This week I posted my potato sack crocheted scrubbies, and I also love to crochet rugs from old sheets straight out of the linen closet.....just for starters. Ah yes, and crochet is a great take along project, to do in the car, in line, on the bus you name it.........crochet a square a day and very quickly you'll have enough for a shawl, a scarf, a baby blanket, a pillow cover or even a wall hanging. Crocheted gifts like hats, socks, washcloths, ornaments, and even baby sweaters and booties can be whipped up quickly, I even crocheted a baby sweater in the car on the way to the bris! Convinced? Okay lets have a look at those features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here at this linky party which continues to be inspiring every week thanks to all the amazing contributions! Okay, the Jewish holiday season is now officially over, and with Chanukkah on the distant horizon now would be a great time to try a new craft....something on the cozy side, or something just because. You won't be surprised to hear that I've got a bunch of crafty things happening on the side at any given moment and am always wishing for more hours in the day to pursue them! I recently read an article about creativity that suggested that making lists is a way of life for many creative people, so here and now I am declaring that I'm going to start committing all my creative wishes and dreams to lists, and that is at the least one step towards realizing some of them! Wishing you a creative fall season, and now for the features from last week's party:

Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! We are now in the middle of the wonderful holiday of Succot, but I did take a little break from the festivities and major cooking and hosting in the succah to keep this party going! I've had a succah full of guests this shabbos, and then Sunday we somewhat sadly say goodbye to the succah. Though in case you think that means the festivities are over, not even close, there is another major holiday called Smchat Torah, which starts Sunday night, and everywhere outside of Israel there are two more days of holiday, with Simchat Torah actually celebrated on Monday night and Tuesday. Soooooo, lets get this party started, and hope you'll be as inspired as I am with all the amazing contributions from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to craft schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! While my blog isn't exactly packed with crafts for succos, which starts Sunday night, rest assured I'm packing the creativity in, just don't have much to photograph at the moment, as it will all come together hopefully in the wee hours on Saturday night, phew. Think Moroccan aqua couch, huge pink floral fabric from Finland, Moroccan striped tablecloths, ink brush paintings by yours truly depicting the seven species, t-shirt yarn feathers and t-shirt yarn fringe lamp shades, just for starters. I of course have tons of decorations from previous years if the going gets too rough, though thinking that with all that pattern and color, going easy on the decorations just might be the way to go, and that is likely what time will allow in any case. Soooooo, I'll be celebrating the wonderful holiday of succot for the next 7 days, and may pop in to share photos from my recent trip and maybe some glimpses of the succah......in the mean time, enjoy the feautures from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in a 10 day period on the Jewish calendar leading up to Yom Kippur, and then just 4 days to Succot, so now is truly the time to reflect on the importance of this period, and at the same time start planning that succah so that it can be truly fabulous! I always have all kinds of plans that don't seem to materialize, but this year I have started making some modern paintings of pomegranites, figs, olives and dates, and am sincirely hoping to change out our usual Moroccan light fixtures for some macrame shades, in fact that is the first thing I'm going to start working on. Beyond that our turquoise Moroccan couch is going to make its debut in the succah, and that with a backdrop of bright pink huge floral fabric from Finland will honestly be more than enough. Ah yes, maybe a bunch of macrame feathers and lots of pom poms and tassels will complete the look? Of course I love to go all out, so time, which is quickly marching forward will tell! In the mean time, lets get inspired by all the wonderful contributions from last week's party, here we go!