Birkat Chaverim
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 ...
I like the idea of the Areyvut Bnai Mitzvah Video Essay contest and thought it would be relevant to some of the blog readers. I like the idea of turning family celebrations into meaningful experiences which give back to the community. A while back I requested readers to let us know how they made their family celebrations meaningful. I felt that it would ...
Yes, the title sounds a bit weird, since everyone knows that Yom Kippur is a fast day. Why is this post about Birkat Hamazon on Yom Kippur? However, there are people who do not fast on Yom Kippur, whether they want to or not, because they are seriously ill. Children under the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah do not fast either. That means that these non fastin ...
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 ...
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 ...
To wash away sins how about giving or making soap? Givers log blog has a tutorial on making pretty soap lables as teacher's gifts. Easy to convert to wedding/bar/bat mitzvah favors or to make with families using children's artwork. As an activity I would suggest printing on clear lables rather than transparencies. Instead of liquid soap tr ...
I wanted to use a recent order to talk about the process of developing invitations and birkonim. For an upcoming wedding in August I sat down with the bride and we spoke about her style, her hatan's style and I asked if she knew what she would like. This is usually the hard part, as many people do NOT know what they want. Often they have an idea of what ...
I wanted to illustrate what you can do with color covers using sample birkonim I designed for Bnei Akiva to use at shabbatonim as well as with a general sample. Update: since this post was written, we have added many more examples of what you can do with digital printed covers. I will post links to some of them below. What you can do with Color Covers ...
For those of you who were wondering, although the Ketubbot are listed at 16x20", other sizes are also available. Feel free to ask, and I will try to accommodate you. In addition, your ketubbah can have a white border or no border at all, and you may also commission a new Ketubbah. I'm happy to discuss new Ketubbah options. If you order color birko ...