creative jewish mom

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!

Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome back to Craft Schooling Sunday, and wishing you all a very sweet new year! Tonight, Sunday night we usher in the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana and will be celebrating the holiday for two lovely and hopefully meaningful days. Two unplugged days that is, which is always wonderful in itself! If Sunday is Rosh HaShana,that means the the holiday of Sukkot is quickly approaching and i've got just two weeks to whip up some new decorations for the succah! I could use the newly created decorations from last year, but this year I'm thinking about macrame, so it is a great excuse to spend some time finally knotting some ropes and maybe making a bunch of huge tassels and pom poms to boot. We will see! In the mean time, thanks so much for joining me here, and grab a cup of your favorite drink, because last week's party was packed with great inspiration, which I hope you'll enjoy below.

Welcome Back To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Hi dear readers, I am back, well sort of, if you know what I mean? After 6 weeks away from home traveling and visiting family arriving home isn't so simple. Not complaining of course, just letting you in on a little secret! This year however with Rosh Hashana in just one week I have really no choice but to get back into our everyday schedule, so hoping not to suffer terribly from jet lag and hoping to bring on the creativity as our succah decorating will be here in no time, yikes!

I am sharing with you here the features from the last party, back at the end of July, so enjoy! Great to reconnect and hoping everyone had a great summer!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, the last party of the summer, whoo hoo! I don't know about you, but I'm really ready for a month plus of zero blogging! Of course I do hope to get the creative gears running on full speed, or maybe on lazy summer speed, but either way my summer vacation plans always include lots of crafting, at least in my head! Vacations are not taken alone, so one does have to go with the flow a bit, and if that means kayaking and beach combing, all the better! Last week's party was full of great projects to keep you inspired, so enjoy, and I'll be back the first Sunday in September, see ya then!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! We are now in the period on the Jewish calendar called "The Nine Days", during which many activities are prohibited, such as swimming , and joyful activities such as listening to music and throwing parties of any kind. Fortunately one can certainly craft, so lets keep busy while not forgetting the essence of this important period, shall we?  Last week's features were fantastic, wish I had time to do some crafting myself, though not complaining a big summer vacation is coming up, and hoping to do everything I've been dreaming of! Okay, lets get inspired!

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Today, Shabbat was actually the 17th of Tammuz, a fast day on the Jewish calendar, but since minor fasts never occur on Shabbat, the fast and mourning are pushed off until Sunday. The 17th of Tammuz is the day that marks the beginning of "The Three Weeks" a period of mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av. Take a look at all the crafts in the archives to remember Jerusalem, which is what this period is all about.

As you can see from lack of crafting posts on the blog I have been totally and completely occupied with other aspects of life, but happy to say mostly creative ones, and ones that involve totally cleaning out and refurbishing an entire floor of our home.......which as you can imagine is a project that iinvolves more time than one actually has. Not to mention that w are doing the project on a very accelerated schedule and all purchases involve traveling for at least an hour by car, phew. No complaints, and some day I hope the results will be picture worthy, so stay tuned for that. In the meant time, hope you are having a creative summer, and enjoy the amazing features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! With summer in full swing, now is the time to get crafting. Okay, maybe not for all of us, as here at CJM headquarters I am neck deep in design work and renovations in our home, which is why there has been a noticable lack of crafting going on, but such is life! Ever decided to clear out an entire floor of your home so that you can turn it into a vacation rental, for at least while you are on vacation? Wow, a huge job and our house looks really really scary at the moment, but of course it will all get cleaned up as it just has to! Truthfully after living in our home 11 1/2 years and raising kids from toddlers to teens we really do have an excess of items to clear out, and looking forward to knowing that at least one floor of my house is perfectly organized, can't wait! And of course I'm dreaming up all kinds of fun DIY artwork and wall treatments which will happen at some point (if not in the next month) and will make it to the blog, so stay tuned. In the mean time, lets get inspired by all the lovely contributions from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! It is now summer folks, which means time to start realizing those creative dreams......painting, journaling, crocheting, mosaic, gardening, the works! Summer is the time to inject that carefree attitude into your crafting, and who knows, you may just surprise yourself. And if you crochet, or knit, or embroider, or would like to, summer is the perfect time to do a take along project, something that can be done in the car, on a plane, or anytime you have a few moments to spare. I've been trying to get into embroidery for years now, as something to do on our travels, so I have just reminded myself to actually prepare something this year to take, as opposed to just thinking about it!

Whatever you choose to do, seize the season and craft until your heart's desire, schedule permitting that is. And if you are finding no free time whatsoever, well that could be a signal to slow down and craft! And now for the features from last week's party:

Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!

Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, and thanks so much for joining me here! As you may have noticed, the only creativity appearing on my blog these last few weeks (not including photography) has been from all the wonderful contributors to this party. I have been very busy in the creativity department with a few intense graphic design projects while finishing up an interiors project, and that simply leaves no time for crafting.......or even photographing recent projects that I have yet to share. Not complaining just noticing that the weeks are zooming by and I look forward to some sketching and painting, coming soon, or at least on our summer journeys. Whether you have time or not for creativity, at least looking at other's efforts inspires, which in itself is a great thing! So enjoy the features from last week's party: