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Felt food Latkes Tutorial for Hanukkah

November 23, 2009

with 11 Comments Craft Hanukkah Recycling Sewing Tutorials

This is a simple felt food latkes tutorial for Hanukkah. Everyone knows that on Chanukkah (Hanukkah or Hanuka- however you want to spell it!) you eat oily foods. The oily foods most connected with Chanukkah are potato latkes (pancakes) and sufganiot (donuts.) This tutorial will show a very simple latke pattern.

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Chanukkah is coming-related artwork

November 19, 2009

with 2 Comments Celebrations Design Hanukkah Judaica

It is officially the Jewish month of Kislev, and that means Chanukkah is coming. I will post a post about craft ideas but in the meantime, I wanted to post about a new item I added to the Birkat Chaverim shop- a Chanukkah lighting accordion book. I designed this a few years ago and assembled about 20-30 for a company to use as a promotional item (tho ...

Congratulations to the simcha logo contest winners!

November 2, 2009

with No Comment Birkon General

Congratulations to George Daniel Frankel and Levi Orentliker who are the winners of our contest. George Daniel Frankel will receive the simcha logo design and Levi Orentliker will receive $18 off an order on the Birkat Chaverim website. Please be in touch to follow up about your prizes. These winners were chosen at random. Originally, I thought it wo ...

Reminder! Simcha Logo Giveaway

September 24, 2009

with No Comment Birkon Celebrations Design General

Just a reminder that the simcha (celebration) logo give away is still on. One simcha logo and a runners up prize of $18 off a purchase here are up for grabs. Useful to anyone who is celebrating a rite of passage so feel free to send a friend a link to the contest. See the post about the contest for full details of the contest. The recent news of the ...

Bencher or birkon covers

September 22, 2009

with No Comment Birkon Design

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have started a new category on the store website for sample bencher covers. I've noticed that people are not really sure what they can do with the color cover option, so the main reason is to give people ideas regarding what they can do. I will be including options for foil and black ink options too. The covers in ...

Netilat Yadayim towel Ohev Shalom National Synagogue

Shana tova hand towel

September 7, 2009

with No Comment Celebrations Classes Design General Holidays Judaica Passover

Just wanted to post a recent project done for Ohev Sholom-The National Synagogue in Washington. Ohev Shalom is a great shul with a dynamic, innovative rabbi (disclosure- we are related, but I still think he does great stuff!) and welcoming community. I am always impressed with the types of programs the shul runs, the outreach in the community, and the i ...

First Zazzle Sale

July 17, 2009

with No Comment Design General

I wanted to mention that I had my first Zazzle sale. Completely different than anything I sell at this site- it was a t-shirt of a knock knock joke my college roomates enjoyed and subsequently, my young family members also enjoyed. Click on the link below to see the joke in detail. Cow Knock Knock Joke Tshirt

Travel toy- felt board

July 16, 2009

with No Comment Craft Recycling Resources

I have been meaning to start writing posts about travel related toys, games, and activities because I have an interest in family celebrations, and they tend to involve alot of travel. I would like to talk about things that might make travel easier, especially with small children. I would like to start this type of thread by mentioning home made felt ...

Fast of Tamuz Jerusalem theme

July 9, 2009

with No Comment Giving Holidays Israel Judaica Yom Yerushalayim

The Hebrew date today is the 17th of Tamuz, a fast day which marks the traditional period of mourning for the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem (for more information see the OU's resources about the three weeks. To commemorate this, I am including two images I created for a non-profit organization in New York. They wanted to design a tile as ...

Exploring Zazzle

July 3, 2009

with No Comment Design General

I have been playing around with zazzle as another possible way to reach potential customers. I feel that not everyone is comfortable ordering from a small online store -so far most of our orders are not going through our online order system. Since Zazzle is so much larger, it provides a greater sense of security for some potential customers. I also like ...