The Best of 2021 - Part I

1. Zeph the Border Collie  2. 17  3. Biking in the Forest  4. Turning My Greeting Cards Into Wall Art  5. I Love You ❤  6. Running on the Track  7. Cheers for 50 years  8. Their First Anniversary  9. Twenty One  10. Eighteen

If I was to sum up 2021, I would say that it has been a strange old year but perhaps slightly less strange than 2020! As always, I have been busy with my customised cards and papercut pictures. Parties and celebrations started to actually happen, meaning that customers were once again ordering my personalised albums too. I am pleased to say that many people have received my cards on their birthday or anniversary this year and I have made quite a number of large pictures to mark some special occasions. (Unfortunately sometimes my customers do not want me to share them here).
As is common at this time of the year, I thought it would be fun to collect together my top 10 favourite designs from this past year and show them to you once again. You may be able to spot your own card, picture or album amongst my collections. I added some other favourites worth mentioning as well at the end of this post. Some of my creations stayed in Israel, whilst others have travelled far, to the UK and USA and beyond. I hope they made people happy!

1. Yoni's Album  2. Critical Mass Forever  3. Hadar's Album  4. Recipe Cards  5. Gavriel's Album  6. A Covid-19 Engagement  7. Nili's Album  8. Hanging by the Front Door  9. Shirel's Album  10. Yishai's Bar Mitzvah Album

I have also visited some interesting places here in Israel this year and hiked some wonderful trails too. In October I finally managed a trip to the UK after 1 year and 8 months of not seeing my family there. I love taking photos wherever I go and enjoy sharing them here on my blog. I often find out even more about an area I have visited after the event, whilst writing up my post. I'm saving my top 10 favourite hikes and places for another time.

Mindfulness, Calm, Breathe

Her "Lisa Card"

Noa & Nadav

Whilst those of us of the Jewish faith celebrated the eight-day holiday of Chanukah at the end of November and beginning of this month, many of you are now celebrating Christmas. Warmest wishes for the holiday season. Thank you so much for your support in the past year, for taking the time to pop by and see what's happening over here at Handmade in Israel and for buying what you've seen on my blog. In June I wrote my 1,000th post and I continue to enjoy composing each and every one of them. I hope you will continue to visit and enjoy my posts in 2022, as I share the coming year's designs and a few more of my adventures in Israel.

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Wishing you a healthy and happy 2022!

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