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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here. While we are in the middle of a period called The Omer on the Jewish calender, which is a period of mourning with no music, haircuts, or weddings, there is a festive day within this period called Lag B'Omer, Lag meaning lamed gimmel, which is 33, meaning the 33rd day (of 49) in which we count the Omer leading up to the holiday of Shavuot on the 50th day.  The 33rd day is a celebration in honor of the great sage Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai, and a day of festivities, bonfires and haircuts for 3 year old boys, ah yes and weddings too! This special day is coming up on Thursday night so the heat is on literally with all the bonfire crafts I've been making with my crafting students, and because I'll be hosting large numbers of guests for the shabbat meals following the holiday. I have a whole box of decorations from last year, so while I've made some new ones as well, I think I'll be getting that box out and making the necessary repairs.......okay, lets take a look at the features from last week's party!                       

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday! The festive Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer is coming up in less than two weeks, so now is the time to crafting! I'm busy making wood grained drawings with my students, some of whom loved the exercise and some of whom found it very difficult.......so when the fourth graders show up this week I'm going to do something a little less challenging with most of them, namely make some fun arrows, as the bow and arrow is a symbol of Lag B'Omer, as is of course fire, namely a bon fire in honor of the great sage Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai was was born and passed away on this holy day. Last year I filled my living room with neutral colored crafts for the holiday which was quite lovely, this year, hmmmm, recycle them? Likely the best idea as I need to get back to the art. And to my ongoing dollhouse saga that I have yet to share! Okay, lets take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! That period right after Passover is always a bit strange for me, with a "what now?" feeling, and yet, the Jewish holiday of L'ag B'Omer is in 3 weeks, so of course there are crafts to be made and my crafting groups for grade school boys is starting up again this week. My studio got almost organized for Passover, so truthfully I need to try and finish that as well as the many craft projects that have never been photographed, including a fun new deep dive into DIY dollhouses and such, stay tuned for that and enjoy the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for joining me here! Phew, Passover is over for us here in Israel, while the holiday ends elsewhere in the world on Sunday night. It is always bittersweet to say goodbye to the week long holiday for which we prepare intensely, and I personally could also live without leavened products altogether, so I'm in no hurry to pack up the Passover kitchen, even though it is generally done as soon as possible. This year there are no small children around, nor anyone who just has to eat bread, so I'm giving myself a mini break and will pack up the kitchen tomorrow after a good nights sleep! Okay, enjoy all the wonderful features from the party two week's ago!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now officially in the home stretch with Passover coming at the end of this week, and while there is so much left to do, we are actually in great shape as far as the kitchen and most of the house goes (my studio needs help still, yikes) and while we will be working hard for the next four days or so, hopefully without stress! I have started crocheting items for a 10 Plagues Passover Seder bag, and hoping to squeeze in a few more things, though hopefully I won't go overboard and crochet rather than clean, yikes! Okay, time is of the essence, and rather than babbling here I could be crocheting, ha ha, so enjoy the features  from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With just 2 weeks exactly until the Passover seder and then a week of festivities and lots of matzo, the pressure in now officially on to get ready for the holiday, which at the very least means a total deep cleanse of the kitchen and any eating surfaces, but for most, includes a good spring cleaning of the house as well. My studio floor has seen the light of day and now I still need to organize all the piles, but progress has been made! I am starting on the kitchen tomorrow, and will not be doing any more baking, as it is time to rid the house of leavened products. Of course my teenage son who is home and rolling up his sleeves to help, will want pasta and bread, which we will, by early next week, prepare outside or somewhere away from the kitchen as it becomes closer to readiness for Passover! Okay, enjoy the features from last week's party and do find some time to include creativity in your busy life!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and my little corner of the internet where I doing my best to encourage others to add joy to like with creativity. And I think we may have a first with the intro photo, which only shows two features, because truly they are just so wonderful and needed to be shown in all their glory, and so it goes! Cold winter has returned to Northern Israel, so not packing up anything winter just yet, but we are getting a serious start on Passover cleaning as the holiday is coming in exactly three weeks, with the Passover seder happening back to back following Shabbat, which is a challenge, but so it goes! Tomorrow my daughter is spending the day with me to tackle my studio, yikes and wish up luck on that, though truly it is mostly about tossing things or packing up and storing them......so hard especially now that I have around 25 grade school aged boy students with whom I only use recyclables, so gotta have quite the collection on hand. You know like oatmeal cans, cardboard tubes, plastic bottles, corks, cardboard boxes and more. Can't wait for that dedicated art center that I'm dreaming of so I can have all these items in bins, and not in my personal space......maybe just maybe this year? In the mean time a little mess is no reason to forego creativity, so lets take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday and Purim Sameach to all those in Jerusalem! Phew, I made it to the other side of Purim and then Shabbos, with guests and tons of crafting and cooking galore and triangular shaped rolls to boot. While my husband and I will not be celebrating Purim in Jerusalem tonight/tomorrow, three of my kids will be doing just that, so you can add something festive to your Sunday as well! With Purim under our belt, now we have just one month to prepare for Passover, so tomorrow I am tackling my studio, wish me luck with that! In the mean time, enjoy the features, and thanks for stopping by!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks for dropping by! This week it is time to get cooking and crafting for Purim, which we will celebrate on Thursday night/Friday leading right up into Shabbos, which will be quite a festive atmosphere, with just a few hours break to get the house in order after the Purim festivities to welcome Shabbos. We always expect a crowd, so I absolutely must be ready for shabbos before Purim, with challahs in the freezer, salads and main course made, with just Moroccan fish and Cholent/Hamin to make on Friday. Of course there are also the gifts of food to prepare for friends and neighbors, which I also hope to have ready the night before. And of course, while I did a ton of crafting and have lots of decorations, I just had an idea that I must make, so there's that too.......okay, gotta run will try to share some of the preparations with you, and in the mean time enjoy the features.

Ah yes, and to make things even more interesting, Purim is actually celebrated in Jerusalem on Sunday, so that is where all my kids will be, but I'll stay home thanks. So this year is called "mishulash" meaning triangle because of Purim-Shabbos-Purim, and someone told me there won't be another "meshulash" for another 20 years, so friends triangle is my theme!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With a week of very cold winter weather behind us, and Purim coming in less than two weeks, with Passover a month later, yikes it is time to get busy with our top to bottom house cleaning, but first maybe decorations for the women's community party on Tuesday, or starting to tackle my studio? Okay, for now I'll just try to take some deep breaths, and invite you to enjoy the features from last week's party!