Passover Prizes

During the Passover Seder, it is a tradition to break a matzah in two and hide part of it for the children to find.  This matzah called the "Afikomen".  It is wrapped in a linen cloth and hidden by the leader of the seder, usually the father.  For believers in Yeshua the Messiah, the Afikomen is a symbol of Yeshua, His death and His resurrection.  At the appropriate time in the seder, the children look for it, and the one who finds it is rewarded with a "ransom" paid by the leader.  

At our family seder, since we just have two daughters, I like to tell them to search for the Afikomen together, so they both get a prize.  I usually put together a gift bag for each of them for my husband to give them in exchange for the Afikomen.  This year in their gift bags they each got a little lamb that I made out of vintage sheets from a vintage pattern. 

Aren't they cute?  This is the pattern I used:

Adorable, right?  I didn't put the silly hair on the lambs, though.  I thought they were cuter without it.

Also in their gift bags was a beautiful bookmark for each of them from an Etsy shop called Light of Zion Handcrafted Jewelry. This one is called "Torah on Your Heart":

Torah on Your Heart Bookmark

And this one is "One in Messiah":

One in Messiah Bookmark

They are so pretty, like jewelry for your book or Bible, and they are so special and meaningful!  My girls love them!  They came with a little card with a scripture attached, and a sweet handwritten note from Elisheva, the artist who created them. Elisheva also has an Etsy shop called Messianic Cards, featuring her works of art on gorgeous cards.  I haven't ordered any yet, because I simply can't choose! Here are a couple of nice ones for Passover:

Messiah Our Passover Cards

Celebrate the Feast Cards

I hope you are all having a happy and blessed Passover week!

I've got the world on my wall

We have a world travel kind of theme going on in our living room, and I was looking for something to go on the wall above our new tv. We got a Google tv (love it) and chopped off our entertainment center, so the wall above it was empty. I found the perfect thing at the etsy shop BubbaAndDoodle. It's a vinyl decal of a world map. I love it! It looks very cool on the wall. This picture really doesn't do it justice, but you get the idea. I was a little intimidated by the thought of trying to get it placed correctly on the wall, but it was MUCH easier than I expected. BubbaAndDoodle has so many amazing looking decals, for walls, laptops, windows, etc. I really like this one for an Apple laptop , and the chalkboard vinyl labels to put on jars. There's also a dry erase circle to put on your refrigerator, and many, many gorgeous decals for walls. I think I could find one for every room! I'm so glad I found this shop. I'm sure I will be a return customer :)