Custom Camp Inspired Tallit
The director of an overnight camp in the Midwest was being honored for her thirteen years of service at the camp. As a special gift, they asked me to create a silk tallit that depicted elements of the camp which…
Northern Lights Tallit
A couple months ago, I received an email from a woman asking about a custom tallit for her daughter. Her daughter loves the Northern Lights and wanted a tallit for her upcoming Bat Mitzvah inspired by the Aurora Borealis. She…
Blue and Gold Tallitot
It seems to be the season of the blue and gold tallitot. I was commissioned to make four tallitot in the last couple months and all are blue and/or gold! Two of them were some of the most simple I've…
Chuppah for a June Wedding
Back in March, I received a message from friend and former colleague Beth Kalisch who is a rabbi near Philadelphia. Her shul, Beth David Reform Congregation, was in need of a new chuppah for upcoming weddings, including her own this…
Chuppah Quilting
In June 2012, friends got married beneath a beautiful chuppah they created themselves. In March 2013, they asked me to turn it into a wall hanging for their home and made the mistake of telling me there was no rush.…
Challah Cover Continuation
Last Wednesday and today, I continued working with the students in Kol Ami's Early Childhood Program helping them to create challah covers to take home for Shabbat. It was fun to watch the progression as I moved from working with…
Kol Ami’s 3’s Make Challah Covers
I had a wonderful time today working with three of the three-year-old classes at Congregation Kol Ami's Early Childhood Program. Each student made a challah cover using their favorite colors. After talking a little bit about Shabbat as a group,…
How This Garden Grew
It has been a bit of a challenge to work around our daughter's schedule, but thanks to some assistance from my parents, the chuppah is coming along. Before our little one's arrival, I had cut out most of the herbs…
Chuppah Progress
If you follow my blog, you might be wondering what has happened with the chuppah in the last 4 weeks. I did make good progress on the piece in the week following my last post but then our daughter arrived…
Painting Sunsets
I'm excited to be creating a chuppah for a couple getting married in November. They gave me a few pieces of information as a starting point: their wedding colors are green and a soft orange/peach, their herb garden is important…