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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer in full swing, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, now is a great time to get creative, whether indoors or out, with family, friends, or as a break for yourself? Try something new that you can take along on a trip like embroidery or a sketchbook practice and encourage others to do the same! And as I always say, summer is the perfect time to make succah decorations, or holiday gifts! Okay, lets take a look at the features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I'm writing this on Friday morning and rushing to finish a pile of dishes in the sink and all the fridge parts that I disassembled to really clean, because, husband and I are going away for shabbat! This happens infrequently due to kids and guests, but yes, that nearby agricultural village is calling us. I hope to take lots of photos to share the gorgeous hilly location right near the border of Lebanon, but mostly I'm packing my sketchbook and supplies to sketch the view! 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! We had a wonderful Shavuot holiday, and now, summer is under way, which means, yes of course, time to take those creative activities up a notch, right? Get outdoors, collect items from nature, do something messy, like mosaic, or even learn something new. Think about craft activities for travel, for in the car or on the plane, or just start drawing, plain and simple! Spending time off the screen doing something creative is the best vacation of all, so go for it! And now for the features from the party 2 weeks ago, enjoy!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! As the holiday of Shavuot approaches there there are at least a few days to spend making festive floral crafts to decorate the house, not to mention special challahs as well, right? I've been doing lots of floral illustrations, so those are my holiday decor this year, (and my house is in anycase filled to the brim with greenery due to all the houseplants, and even some flowering orchids) though I will be making some special challahs, without a doubt. Some folks love to make challahs that look like the luchot habrit but I think I'll stick with challahs adorned with flowers! Our eggs came in cartons with a very purple tinge, so I was thinking I ought to make some egg carton flowers, but hmmm, it is all about time! Okay, posting this on the very late side, so lets get this party started!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Wow, after a few slow weeks at the party, suddenly there are so many amazing crafts to share with you that I'm even saving some for next week in case the turn out is again smaller. Summer is always a great time to get crafting, to try something new, to take some creative chances and even to get outdoors with that creativity! Collect some leaves and other items on a nature walk, make some broken plate mosaics, sit in a shady spot and sketch something, or make a collage! I am very busy with a new virtual community project to encourage taking baby steps on the creative journey, so stay tuned for that, and enjoy the features!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, sorry about the mess up of closing the party after only a few hours last weeks, yikes! I've strung together a few features, and one lucky party goer got three links, which are actually quite valuable these days, believe it or not. Friends, when I feature you and link back to your blog that is actually worth a nice sum, so share your projects here with great photos and you can really benefit! Okay, the week is under way, here in Israel Sunday is not the weekend but rather like most folk's Monday! Wednesday night is the festive holiday of Lag B'Omer in the middle of our mourning period on the Jewish calendar, so I've got art to make! Enjoy!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

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Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! The week just flew by, and if not for my mini art gallery in the kitchen where I hang my work, I would really wonder "where did that week go?" So friends, take time for creativity, it is so truly life enhancing, even if only for 20 minutes! I'm participating in an Instagram art challenge which is about creating everyday for 20 minutes, and I've been doing some botanical silhouette paintings that can be done in even less time, and are so satisfying! (Check it out @sara.rivka.dahan) Of course if you'd rather crochet I can totally understand, or embroider, or sew? Fortunately the features from last week's party are full of great inspiration, lets take a look!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Phew, getting back to "normal" life after just a week of Passover takes more than a week, especially since my boys have still been on vacation. Funny how a holiday of just one week actually occupies at least a month! We are now in the period of the Jewish calendar called the Omer, which is the 49 days from Passover to Shavuot and a great opportunity for self growth and creativity! Follow me on IG @sara.rivka.dahan to catch a daily glimpse of my creativity! Speaking of creativity, lets take a look at the wonderful features from last week's party!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I don't know about you, but after a week of Passover, spent with family and enjoying the beautiful spring landscape here in Northern Israel, I am sooo ready to get back into the creativity, and lucky for us, since we are now in the period called the Omer, the 49 days leading up to Shavuos, we can count the days with creativity in so many ways, which I'll be sharing with you right here! Enjoy the features from the party 2 weeks ago, and lets embrace Spring! I have written this ahead of time, because exactly when I would be making the party live after shabbat is when I will be very busy washing all the dishes and packing away all the Passover pot/pans/containers/silverware/tablecloths/dishes/small appliances and more!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With Passover coming up on Friday night, phew, we are in the heat of the rigorous top to bottom house cleaning that is just par for the course around here! All the neighbors are doing it too, so it is sort of a collective effort to rid ourselves of the things to which we are slaves. I likely take the prize for greatest slavery to saving stuff I might need, or trying not to fill the landfill with things that maybe could be used for something? Sigh. But what is a recycling crafts specialist to do? Toss those styrofoam trays, mushroom baskets, milk cartons, wine corks, wine bags and much much more? No, silly, I have a basement so I can pack it up, label it and maybe use it, or never use it, who knows? At least it will get out of the house, as my basement entrance is from the outside! The good news is there is still plenty of time to make some great spring decor for your Passover table, guest room or sideboard, and there are a bunch of great ideas in the features from last weeks party, so enjoy!