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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to craft schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! The very festive and very crafty Jewish holiday of Purim is on Wednesday night/Thursday (and on Thursday night/Friday in Jerusalem) which means the coming week will be very busy indeed. I am in the middle of finishing up a Queen Esther costume and a mitzvah dragon costume, needed for the school costume day on Monday or Tuesday, and hope to share that with you, and then it is time to think about the mischloach manot, the gifts of food for neighbors and those we want to honor....In previous years I always used a recycled container, but now I'm more concerned with giving something that will add to the recipient's holiday in some way, or at the very least make them smile. For the neighbors I often give a small healthy meal, as the morning of Purim tends to be a bit hectic and everyone forgets to eat something before getting into all the junk floating around. Since everything is still undecided I"ll just go with the flow. And if the husband actually goes to a lemon tree or ours across town full of organic lemons waiting to be picked, then I may just make quick pickled Moroccan lemons for everyone and do a lemon themed package. So many options and it all just depends on how much time there is, as I also have to prepare a feast for Thursday.......so now lets just take a breather and enjoy the features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday and wishing everyone a very happy new month, or chodesh tov, as we say. This month is a very special one indeed as it is called Adar Beit, meaning the second month of Adar. On the Jewish calendar leap year isn't about adding just a day, but rather a whole month, and lucky for us the month that gets added is the most joyful month, Adar! This gives us a bit more time to prepare for the festive holiday of Purim, or if you are really organized it might give you more time to clean for Passover (ha ha around here.....) So now is the time to increase the joy, and for those of us gathered here that most certainly means full gear creativity, or at least finding just a bit of time for making things! So, without further delay, since the pressure is now on to prepare for Purim, lets take 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! I'm rushing to get this party started, so enjoy the wonderful features, and now is the time to start seriously thinking about Purim, whether it be costumes, mishloach manot (treats/gifts for friends neighbors, teachers, bosses etc.) the festive Purim meal, or all of the above, which is usually the case. Purim is a day of extreme fun, but also a very high and holy day, so anything goes. I generally cover the table with a bright Moroccan tablecloth, and take out decorations from previous years, like the huge silver clown hats that I've had for a good 6 or 7 years and still going strong! Then again, I think maybe I'll make some giant origami, that is always lots of fun!  Maybe I'll even get started on that this week, as I recommended to everyone else? It just might happen, so stay tuned, and in the mean time, 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! The almond trees are in bloom, together with red poppies, for a truly stunning pop of color, and I'm really really hoping to find even a spare half an hour or so to get out and take some photos. The thing is I'm in the middle of a bunch of rush design jobs including a stage set for a Bat Mitzvah play (a first for me, namely never done a stage set) and every second is precious. The truth is, every second is always precious we just don't normally look at it that way, unfortunately. So I say, take this idea into your everyday, and instead of spending time  looking at photos on Pinterest (I'm guilty as charged) use that time to make something. Craft Schooling Sunday is always full of more than enough inspiration to get you started, so let's 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! I am sooooo glad that this leap year, meaning Purim is not on Tuesday, but in another whole month,and Passover is not a month from Tuesday, but rather two months, which also seems really really soon. I'm been very busy with so many projects I can't believe how quickly the time is zooming by, so I'll just say have a wonder joyful month and a half of Adar, and do try to bring happiness into the world through creativity.......there are so many ways to do this, just pick one! And now for the features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here each week! We are now in the Jewish month of Adar, a month filled with joy. And this is Jewish leap year so we in fact have two months of Adar, meaning even more joy, and more time to prepare for the Jewish holiday of Purim, which is celebrated during the second month of Adar. So with the arrival of Spring here in Northern Israel, and yes I hope to get outdoors wtih my camera this week, now is the time to fill the world with joy, however you like, though of course crafting is a great place to start! The good news is that here on Craft Schooling Sunday there is always lots of great inspiration, so have a look and get inspired to make something this week......and now for the features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! The last month has been a very busy one for me, and so the inspiration from Craft Schooling Sunday is a breath of fresh air, thanks to all the wonderful contributors! We are about to start the Jewish month of Adar, which usually means the festive holiday of Purim is just around the corner, but this year is leap year, meaning we have two months of Adar, and Purim occurs in the second month, phew. Nonetheless, with Purim in just six weeks, now is the time to start planning (note to self) so that you can truly enjoy the holiday (another note to self.) Then again, all kinds of festive occasions keep happening that require my help, so we will just have to play it by ear. This week I hope to share with you the Moroccan Henna party decorations I made for my a neighbors engagement party last week, the decorations I made for our women's party that were then re-used for a nieghbor's Brit on Shabbos, and more.....so far this coming week there is a brit for my neighbors twin grandsons, together with the pidyon HaBen for the firstborn twin, and another engagement party......a lot going on around here, so I"ll just get this party started! And yes, just to explain, the Brit Milah is generally done on the 8th day, and the Pidyon HaBen on the 30th day, but since the twins were born small their brit was postponed, and since the father's family lives hours away the two simchas are being held together to save them from having to drive for hours, twice.

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here, and a big thanks to all the amazing contributors who continue to make this party fantastic! Last week we celebrated the Jewish new year for the trees, which means the next Jewish holiday on the map is Purim! The good news is that the pressure is not on as this year is leap year, which means we have two months of Adar, and Purim occurs in the second Adar, so which there isn't a huge amount of time there is still a good 7 weeks or so, (the holiday is on March 20th) meaning time to get a head start on the holiday crafting, me included! Last week's party was full of amazing creativity, so now for the features, enjoy!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Sometimes when the party resumes after a break things are a bit slow getting started, but not in 2019, the first party was packed with amazing projects, some of which I'm dreaming of doing myself......maybe someday! Sunday night is the wonderful Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year for the trees, a minor holiday that involves a Seder with 4 cups of wine and eating lots of different kinds of fruit, yippee! The holiday marks the awakening of the fruit bearing trees, and is a lovely day to celebrate during the dead of winter! I'll be going out to a local Tu B'Shevat Seder with my daughter as we'll be the only ones home, and holidays are always so much more enjoyable when observed with others! So dear readers, have a wonderful Tu B'Shevat (that means tet vav shevat, shevat is the month tet vav is the day of the month) and enjoy the features!

Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome back to Craft Schooling sunday, so great to reconnect here! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and wishing you all the very best in 2019. Winter is the perfect time to get crafting, so looking forward to lots of inspiration from all my beloved contributors, regulars and new comers, don't be shy please! I have been delving into painting which has taken up the majority of my creative efforts, so will share a few photos of the progress soon, as well as lots of crochet projects that are still waiting patiently to be photographed, and hopefully some new projects for the Jewish holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the New Year For The Trees, coming up in a few weeks. And now for a few features from the last party back in November, enjoy!