Date Box: March's Date

This Months Clue:

 And Letter that I gave to my husband:

This date was a very simple date!!!! Since we had gone away to South Africa and we only had about a week before Pesach I decided it would be a good time to make some popcorn (something we can't have during Pesach), bring out some South African chocolate (which of course we brought back with us) and get a movie that we hadn't seen yet (The Smurfs :) )

It was a very chilled date and we thoroughly enjoyed the movie!!!!!

Whats been happening!!!

I know, I know I seemed to have disappeared again, but I promise that is not the case. Things have just been so crazy around here at the moment. But of course it is all exciting crazy. At the moment I am trying to get my party planning business of the ground and I am preparing for a business fair which is less than a month away.

I am also working with a friend to put together a crafting summer camp, which we are both very excited about.

And lets not forget I am still teaching.

So unfortunately I am not posting about any parties or crafts I have done, but I am just letting you know that I am still around and will be sharing a lot more with you, PG, in the very near future.

Yom Ha'atzmaut 2012

Today we celebrated Israel's 64th Birthday (Israel's Independence Day). Yom Ha'atzmaut is such a wonderful day and it makes me so proud to be living in such a wonderful, beautiful country.
For weeks before the day the whole of Israel starts to get in the spirit of things. There are Israeli flags hanging everywhere and everyone feels a great pride for this country.

I must admit this year I went pretty crazy with all the Israeli flag decor. 

 We also hang up a beautiful handmade flag (which my husband has had for 11 years) on our roof. And we even decorated our car:

My family and I had a great time celebrating. Last night we went to the celebrations that our city had. It was a really good celebrating and we thoroughly enjoyed watching the fireworks.

Today we went with some friends to a tank museum and then we had a braai (barbeque) at home.
I think I might have gone a bit crazy again with all the blue and white (and Israeli flag) decor.

I also made my cupcakes blue and white:

And I had blue and white marshmallows:

Happy 64th Birthday Israel!!! Am Yisrael Chai!!!

Latest Birthday Card

I made this very simple but pretty birthday card for my friend.

It was a very easy card to make. I just wrapped an empty flattened toilet roll with a pretty silver paper and made a matching tag to fit inside. I then did a simple pattern on both the tag and cover.

I also found a pretty wrapping paper to match the card.

I was very happy with how it turned out.

Pesach 2012:The Seder and lunch

Today I want to blog about the wonderful seder we were lucky to be apart of and the way I decorated our home for Pesach.

The Seder:  

We had our seder at very good friends of ours and it was an amazing evening. The seder was great, the food was spectacular, and the people we were with are amazing. So my friends took care of the seder and the food and I did a couple of small things for the children who were at the seder.  Take a look at the cute seder plate and kiddush cup I found for the children:

I also made a bucket of plagues for the seder (I will blog about it soon).

My Pesach Decor:

I thought it would be very cute if my guests could "walk through the splitting of the red sea". I tried my best to get pictures of it but they aren't great, but take a look anyway:

 See? "Footprints" in the sand!!!

I also made these cute food tags and sweet wall decor:

I just love the matzah paper I used-cute right??

I also had some fun with my table settings. I made a name tag for each person at the table.

And here is the final table setting:

It was a great chag and looking forward to a good week!!!

Date Box: Febuary's Date

This Months Clue:

 And Letter that I gave to my husband:

 So this was meant to be February's date but it rained so much during February that we landed up having this date in March. (funny thing is the day we landed up having the date, it also rained, but at least that was after).

Anyway........
The plan for the date was to go with my husband to a park and just have fun playing on all the things in the park. Then I packed a "school" lunch for us to have a picnic at the park too.

We landed up having the picnic at one park and then went to another park to play and share a chocolate pudding for dessert.

We really had an amazing (play)date together!!!!