tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43885470855856845712023-11-16T11:19:06.858-05:00Zeidman ZooWelcome to the Zoo! Please don't feed the wild animals! :)ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-16918486895925325382010-11-30T22:27:00.001-05:002010-11-30T22:27:57.793-05:00Happy Holidays!<div class="sflyProductPreviewWidget" style="height: 494px; width: 425px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetTop" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/top.gif); height: 6px;"></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetCenter" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-y; height: 482px; padding: 0 6px 0 6px;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewLogo" style="height: 34px; padding: 14px 0 0 14px; width: 105px;"><img src="http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/logo.gif" /></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewContainer" style="height: 350px; padding: 0; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery"><img src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/prs/v1/1CauGTlsxY2/1CauGTlsxY2wiw/p/67b0de21b3127d902548/JPEG/1291173823000/0/" /></a></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewMessageContainer" style="background-color: #f4f4e9; height: 55px; line-height: 19px; padding: 15px 0 15px 0; text-align: center;"><div class="sflyProductPreviewTitle" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">Confetti Countdown Filmstrip New Year's</div><div class="sflyProductPreviewSEOText" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px;">Christmas cards and holiday <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/thank-you-cards" style="color: #6666cc;">thank you cards</a> by Shutterfly.</div><div class="sflyProductPreviewViewCollection" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-seris; font-size: 13px;">View the entire <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery" style="color: #6666cc;">collection</a> of cards.</div><img border="0" height="1" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=msc&c2=blogger" width="1" /></div></div><div class="sflyProductPreviewWidgetBottom" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/share/preview/msc/widget/bottom.gif); height: 6px;"></div></div>ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-66754623189565989722010-09-08T23:31:00.001-04:002010-09-08T23:34:14.675-04:00Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year!<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here's wishing you all a sweet New Year! Other than my amazingly wonderful family & friends, great job, and surviving the summer long 'adventure' with a kidney stone, I am so happy to have found a wonderful match in pairing my love of crafting with my enjoyment of learning more about Judaism! My kippah sewing business has kept me busy, and I am thankful to you for that! Please continue to "share" this blog, the Facebook page - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maybe-Sew/106260542750003?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">www.facebook.com/MaybeSew</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">, and my Etsy store - </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/maybesew"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">www.etsy.com/MaybeSew</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> with others! I very much appreciate your support! L'Shana Tova! Let's party like it's 5771!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">cute t-shirt, men's large, from Target...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cut the sleeves off, made a v cut through the neck band, cut some length off, and made to cinching drawstrings on each side, using shoelaces my 'subject' chose :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find the detailed instructions for this shirt and hundreds of other great ideas for reconstructed t-shirts, home goods, other apparel and more, in these awesome books:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=chaverimc-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0761137858&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=chaverimc-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0761154108&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> </span>ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-57979697289370472312010-07-04T23:39:00.003-04:002010-07-04T23:40:17.917-04:00Disney!<object name="Slideshow" id="Slideshow" width="425" height="425" align="middle" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshow/Slideshow.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dthezeidmans%26page%3Dthezeidmans%26node%3D2240" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed id="Slideshow" width="425" height="425" name="Slideshow" align="middle" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="configurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcmd.shutterfly.com%2Fcommands%2Fpictures%2Fgetshareoutslideshowconfig%3Fsite%3Dthezeidmans%26page%3Dthezeidmans%26node%3D2240" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#869ca7" src="http://www.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshow/Slideshow.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://thezeidmans.shutterfly.com/2240?eid=116">Click here to view these pictures larger</a><img width="1" height="1" border="0" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=pictures&c2=embed" /></p>ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-18873076577429512332010-07-04T23:15:00.000-04:002010-07-04T23:15:21.214-04:00Book Club<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some of the great books I've read this summer, that I would totally recommend!</span></span><br />
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</span>ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-6928943452764459612010-03-01T21:14:00.002-05:002010-07-04T23:23:11.615-04:00Purim<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"What's Purim?" you ask - Here's my very brief summary of the story... The story is a lot like all the others - Mean ignorant dude decides all Jews must die because they only bow down to God, and they don't bow down to self-centered pompous dude who is the King's adviser, Haman (who favors tri-cornered hats). Incidentally, King marries beautiful girl who reveals her secret Jewish identity, declaring </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: large;">that she guesses that means she'll have to die too. King reverses decision to kill Jews and alternatively decides to kill self-centered pompous adviser, who is so widely known for his triangle shaped hats. Jews celebrate, eating triangle cookies, giving baskets of goodies to friends, and even wearing costumes to party it up - kinda like a big opposite day, since the opposite of what was supposed to happen - happened when the Jews were saved and Haman was killed.</span></div>ZeidmanZoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10830072653396952970noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388547085585684571.post-13731161659846569872010-02-28T22:37:00.001-05:002010-07-04T23:34:27.627-04:00Book Club<span style="font-size: large;">This month we're reading:</span><br />
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