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How To Make Quick Birthday Cake Decorations
Let face it, life is busy and simple solutions to acknowledge family birthdays, or any special occasion, in a fun way are always great to have on hand. Personally, I’m not into spending hours and hours on a birthday cake that then gets eaten anyway, and over the years have mostly relied on simple decorations that can be made quickly and generally at the last minute…..so it goes around here! All you need are some basic drawing skills, a bit of an idea regarding scale and proportion, and very simple supplies. I have used this same technique over the years to make a Lochness Monster Cake, An Underwater Castle Cake,…
- Bat and Bar Mitzvah Decorations, Birthday Cakes Simple And Cute, Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations, Cooking: Desert Bar Ideas, Cooking: Kids in the Kitchen, Holiday: Purim!, Holiday: Shabbat
No Bake Popsicle Cookies Are Simply Adorable
With everything looking pinker than pink in blog land this week, I thought I’d contribute with these super simple and beyond adorable no-bake popsicle cookies! And I’ll just add that these are courtesy of my 16 year old daughter who is quite the expert at these kinds of things…….her mother would rather be painting, or making something healthy! Regardless it is great to have a trick like this up your sleeve when another neighbor’s daughter is having an engagement party and the desert bar needs to be beyond gorgeous! Ah yes, and with Purim coming up, some of these presented with a summer theme could be an amazing mishloach manot!…
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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…
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Golden Doves Henna Party Centerpiece
First of all, it is now the month of Adar, a month increased joy and happiness, and some sillyness to boot, so you don’t need the excuse of a neighbor’s henna party to make some fun Moroccan doves like these! Did you know that doves mate for life, and they also share the duties taking care of the young ones? I know this since I’ve had many doves nesting on my window sills over the years! So it is no accident that a pair of doves is often used as wedding symbolism. I happened to have large number of white doves that I used as centerpieces for a different kind…
- Crafts: Candles, Holiday: Purim!, IKEA Hacks, Moroccan Style, Slice Of Life, Tabletop Decorations, Wedding Decorations
Simple Moroccan Theme Centerpieces For A Jewish Henna Party
A Jewish Henna party? Yes indeed dear readers, Jews from places like North Africa/Morocco, Yemen, and even Iran do have the tradition of a henna ceremony sometime before the wedding. The main difference between the Jewish henna ceremony and the henna ceremonies I’ve seen from India is that the Jewish ceremony does not involve drawing designs, rather a large round mark is made on the hand with the henna, and there are even little round badges with ribbons that are used to tie the henna to the palm as it must be held in place for a while in order to leave a mark. The three hebrew letters that spell…
- Baby Shower Ideas, Bat and Bar Mitzvah Decorations, Birthday Decorations, Crafts: Origami, Crafts: Teacher Appreciation Gifts, Cupcake Stand, Holiday: Shabbat, Holiday: Succah Decor, Holiday: Tu B'Shevat Crafts, IKEA Hacks
Giant Origami Fruit Centerpiece IKEA Hack
What do you get when origami meets IKEA? You get a giant origami fruit centerpiece that is very budget friendly and great for large parties with lots of tables. You know like Bar Mitzvahs, and Bat Mitzvahs and budget weddings, or sheva brachas, or a community event or a large birthday party, or just about any occasion that warrants a creative touch without breaking the bank. Not every creative touch centerpiece I’ve created over the years (and believe me, there have been many) has been as sweet as this one, and best of all when the festive occasion is over you can give away the origami fruit and just keep…
