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Saturday, 4 May 2013

Happy birthday!

First of May was hubbies 53th birthday

and the eldest girls baked him goodies!

Michal baked this 3-layered chocolate mousse cake

of brown chocolate, white chocolate
and hazelnut chocolate.

It was absolutely delicious.

It says Mazzel tov on top :)

Sharon made him a whole wheat currants bread,

one of his favorites!

Happy iNSD! - Freebie and coupon!

It's here again, iNSD :) I have this freebie at my facebook page, hope you like !

and a coupon for my store, 30% of all products, only during the iNSD weekend, May 4 and 5.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

New CU products at CSD!

Four new commercial use, fullsize products! All part of past grabbags, so grab a bargain! Only at Coolscrapsdigital!

Have a great weekend!!

New freebies at Renderosity

I have uploaded new (old) freebies (some Poser, some Bryce) to Renderosity as people kept mailing me for them (old freestuff made for Mike 2 and 3). More will follow!

Have a great weekend!

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Featured Designer Sale and freebie

I am featured designer at Coolscraps digital April 20-April 27th and therefore have a store sale! And a freebie from my store (free with a coupon) that you can get in the CSD Newsletter online here!!! Only this week!! Don't miss it, as it will be back to normal price next week :)

Have a great week!

Saturday, 20 April 2013

A beautiful doily from Norway

This week I received my doily, specially made for me by Juliette, all the way from Norway, which I won in the giveaway of Vintage Farm Norway! And it is beautiful!!! It came with a lovely card, I am so happy with it! Thank you so much Juliette!

Have a great weekend!

Sunday, 14 April 2013

Busy days and a beautiful trip

How fast the days went since Passover!
Michal, our second daughter graduated from Naval Academy, we had some family outings, Passover seder of course and than back to work. I have been so busy and almost had no time for blogging or scrapping!
Slowly catching up again :)

I have added many of my scrapkits, designs, CT layouts and personal layouts to Pinterest! I would love it if you"d follow me there!

This week we had a trip from work to the Judean Desert.

Below you can see the Dead sea in the distance and the city of Jericho at the left.

We visited first the Samaritan Museum which has a collection of mosaic floors from all kind of ancient churches/synagogues in Israel as well as the Samaritan inn where according to the Gospel the good Samaritan showed mercy to a wounded man laying on the street.

This is a copy of Mosaic of Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue, 6th-7th CE. It says "Peace onto Israel"

From there we visited Muslim pilgrimage site Nabu Moussa and than bypassed Jericho to visit the (Greek orthodox) Monastery of Saint Gerassimos, St. Gerassimos (Deir Hijla), a monastery on the southern side of the Jordan valley, founded in the 5th C by Abbot Gerassimos. We made a hike into the desert to see the cliff with the holes of the hermit caves and than walked to the Monastery/church. The people who work there are Greek but some speak also English. You can see many photos and read the story of Saint Gerassimos here.

The entrance, with Saint Gerassimos who according to legend pulled a thorn from a lion paw,

after which the lion became his lifelong companion.

We ended the tour with a visit to the Jordan River, to the place where it is believed John the Baptist baptized Jezus. At the moment a group of Italians I believe they were, were being baptized there. The other side of the River is already Jordan, so at both sides of the place, soldiers of Israel and Jordan are patrolling. I think this is the closest I ever came to Jordan :)

Jordan flag flying at the other bank of the river

Churches at the Jordanian side of the river Jordan

I wish you a wonderful week ahead!

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Exodus

Coming monday evening we celebrate the Passover seder.

The Jewish people celebrate Passover (Pesach) as a commemoration of their liberation over 3,300 years ago by God from slavery in ancient Egypt that was ruled by the Pharaohs, and their birth as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible especially in the Book of Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt.

Passover commences on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Nisan and lasts for either seven days (in Israel) or eight days (in the diaspora). In Judaism, a "day" commences from dusk to dusk, thus the first day of Passover only begins after dusk of the 14th of Nisan and ends at dusk of the 15th day of the month of Nisan. The rituals unique to the Passover celebrations commence with the Passover Seder when the 15th of Nisan has begun. In the Northern Hemisphere Passover takes place in spring as the Torah prescribes it: "in the month of [the] spring". It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.

This year I want to share with you the beautiful haunting prayer from Mozes in Egypt by Rossini (1819)

Dal tuo stellato soglio,

signor, ti volgi a noi:

pietà de' figli tuoi,

del popol tuo pietà!

From Thy starry throne,

Lord, you turn to us:

pity Your children,

have mercy on Thy people!

and a variation G. Rossini: Dal tuo stellato soglio from "Moses in Egypt" for 2 cellos

It was made into a variation by Paganini, here played by the awesome Yehudi Menuhin

and I made this freebie for you. A card to print with your Passover present! Hope you like!

It was created with my passover kit.

The printed card

The kit itself is available at my store, exclusive at CSD

Passover is a scrapkit for the Jewish Passover or Pesach holiday, celebrating the exodus of the Jews from the slavery in ancient Egypt under leadership of Moses. It is celebrated around April each year. This kit has enough elements and papers for all your festival scrapping and hybrid projects! Fullsize, 300 DPI, Personal use/S4H. This is a digital download.

I wish you a wonderful and kosher Passover!

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

House renovations

For the CSD CU blogtrain scroll down two posts.

We have been renovating/redecorating since March 2011 when both Sarai and Michal left home and we got two extra empty (small) rooms. In summer 2011 we broke down part of a wall between two rooms, to make more space for all of us, when we dine or sit in the living room together. The house is 96 square meters (ca 1000 sq. feet) with very low ceilings (between 2.15 and 2.50 meters) and we are a family of nine on Friday evenings, so every bit of space is used!
The living room and dining room combined have only one window, the one you see at the end. In Israel houses have few windows to keep them cool. But I love natural light, so by breaking down the wall between the rooms, the new dining room would be much lighter.

Before(below)
The room at the end, behind the door, was the master bedroom. Next to it our living-room with the library in the corner. We decided to make the new living-room in our old bedroom and make the door-opening wider, as to connect the two rooms. The living-room would become the new dining-room (until then our dining-table stood in the small kitchen). To completely break out the wall, was not an option as it has a support column and belt (we have another family living above us).

The old living room becomes the new dining room

Breaking the wall

The door has become a wide opening

Cement on the new opening, letting it dry for 2 days.

Paint (mixed the color myself)

and molding (very hard to find in Israel)

Result in 2011, still not everything done.

The new dining room with beadboard wallpaper,

which I bought on Ebay USA (unavailable in Israel).

and 2012 (living room)

with the vintage sofa and chairs I found

on Yad2 (kinda Craiglist),

for which I made new slipcovers so they are more catfriendly

dining room 2012

Even room for a piano in the corner :)

Still need to replace the lighting, but

I think it's a huge improvement already!

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Goodbye Dobbie

One of our stray guest cats, Dobbie, fell ill the day before yesterday. I found her on the street lying in a rainpuddle and at first thought she was dead, but when I lifted her she made some sounds. I dried her and wrapped her in towels and hubby took her to the vet.
The vet gave her an IV and some other shots and told us to keep her warm (her temp had dropped to 35 Celcius). She wasn't any better today and yesterday we took her back to the vet, where after taking blood tests, Dobbie was diagnosed with severe kidney failure. The vet said she wouldn't make it till tomorrow and she was clearly suffering a lot, so we had to put her to sleep on advice of the vet. Goodbye sweet Dobbie! Until the rainbow bridge.

Saturday, 16 March 2013

ChooChoo "CU" Blog Train

MARCH 16-MARCH31 (2013)
Jump aboard our amazing "CU" train and hop around to the designer's blog
or facebook page to grab and collect these amazing "CU" items. Please
leave them some love by commenting, a few words of encouragement
goes a long long way. Enjoy!

Here is my part!