Category Archives: DIY

Cheese & Spinach {Love story}

Cheese & Spinach pastry – supper quick recipe for a delicate pastry dough on the outside, filled with different types of cheeses and spinach. Continue reading

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Family Picture

“All happy families are alike”; said Tolstoy. Well, maybe it works for Anna Karenina and her friends, but I must disagree.

Dear Mr. Tolstoy, if you have joined our young artists class, you would learn how – if you just let kids create open-ended art – all happy families are each special in their own way. Continue reading

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Welcome to Recyclville

And that’s how I’ve found myself sitting once a week around the table with a bunch of sweet little boys, building a neighborhood and solving big problems.
I had few plans for this art class, but the young builders had so many ideas – so we went with the flow and created the beautiful town of Recycleville.
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Bell Chanukiyah

I tried my hardest to keep calm as I grabbed these mini-mini tea lights off the shelf, and rushed home to create my new Bell-Chanukiya Continue reading

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A Day at the Beach

What do you take go to the beach? home-made recycled beach toys, in a family-size beach bag that holds up all you need for a day at the beach.
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Graduation • celebrating big moments

You are going to wear your gown and decorated cap, stand in line with all your friends, walk your last steps in the school building, and start your wonderful journey in the big world.
I’m not sure I’m going to see all that – I’m probably going to share some tears,
of pride,
of happiness
of sadness
of worries of separation,
Like you (and I,too) cried on your first day of school. Continue reading

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I Love You, Mom!

a cute and easy DIY Mother’s day card tutorial

for all moms,

that even little fingers can make and enjoy.
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Chocolate Cake With Missing Ingredients

This cake is filled with real chocolate, but it requires No Baking,
it’s Gluten-free, and it contains No added sugars, No Food-colorings, or Preservatives.
It’s a particularly special cake, It stays fresh for a long, long time (years even!) The kind of cake you just don’t meet everyday.
The kind of cake you send a girl way across the sea. Continue reading

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Bat Bitzvah #1: Listing Therapy

So where do you start planning a Bat Mitzvah?
I started off by buying a notebook, and began my LISTING THERAPY;
I put everything into that notebook; ideas, addresses, phone numbers, names -absolutely everything went into that notebook.

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