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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, rushing to get this party started, well actually rushing to get ready for Shabbat and preparing this Friday afternoon for it ot post automatically just after shabbat is out. Lots of cooking and hosting a full table of guests, so thanks for joining me here and enjoy the features!
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7 Different Ways To Encourage Creativity In Children
Creativity is the use of ideas and imagination to come up with something that is of value, whether it is a piece of art, physical invention, or even a solution to a certain problem. Creativity has always played a huge role in our success and it is something that can be nurtured throughout one’s life. One can enjoy unlimited creativity if you understand how to recognize it in yourself, and how to keep the creative juices flowing!. When it comes to children, you need to make an extra effort to ensure that they do not lose the creative spark as they grow up. In many cases, school can dampen creativity…
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Guide to Doing Your Big Cleanup Faster and More Efficiently
Over time, homes naturally accumulate quite a bit of dust, dirt, and even debris, whether indoors or out. The same case of course applies to commercial establishments. This is why from time to time, a top to bottom general cleaning is necessary, for peace of mind and to insure a healthy environment. It is true, a big cleanup can be quite frustrating, especially if you don’t know where to start. Despite how impossible it may seem, it becomes do-able if you are well informed. Here is a brief guide that can help make your big cleanup faster and less frustrating. I can definitely use some of this information myself for…
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Create On An Index Card For 2 Months This Summer!
I have to admit, I did not know that there have been thousands of creative people creating on index cards every year for the months of June and July, each year. Of course when it started 11 years ago I can imagine it was not thousands, but today it is, and WOW! I am familiar with the idea of creating on index cards, or index card size, I just didn’t know it was “thing” that I could participate in. Just as I was wondering what might keep my creative practice running once I finish my 100 oil pastels, (9 to go!) voila, this opportunity comes along. At first I thought,…
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A Make 100 Oil Pastel Paintings Challenge!
Back at the end of February I decided to embark on a journey of using oil pastels to hone my landscape painting skills, and took upon myself to create 100 5″ x 7″ pieces! There is a huge benefit to creating 100 of something, and there are many 100 day art challenges out there that folks do regularly on instagram. 100 is enough to really sink your teeth into something, and yet not too much that it becomes overwhelming. I have to say, that making 100 was a much greater task than I had imagined even though the pieces are small, and it has been so helpful to have the…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am rushing to finish cooking and cleaning for Shabbat, with just a small table of guests, but those same guests are also house guests, which means a great excuse to clean and organize more than I might be inclined to do! What can I say, I personally need the incentive of guests to get things looking the way I like them, and for that I can put the blame on my mother, as that was how we were raised! I wonder what this will look like in the next generation? I just hope they’ll make lots of…
