For the second time this summer I made the THIRD Bar Mitzvah album for members of the same family. Sam celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the beginning of October. I made an album for his brother Noah back in 2014 and for Ben in 2012. Now the family has a full set of Handmade in Israel albums... until the weddings start anyway!
Sam's interests include playing Pokémon GO on his telephone, watching and reading The Simpsons comic books, making pancakes, playing on the Wii, getting together with friends and playing Nerf Guns, and riding his scooter and bicycle. He also has a favourite New York baseball cap which he loves to wear. Mum asked me to show it on the album cover. Finally, Sam's favourite colour is blue so I created the album in various shades of blue which also matched the colours of his Bar Mitzvah invitation. Mum preferred a Magen David (Shield of David, or as it is more commonly known, the Star of David) in the corners of the pages, like she chose for Sam's older brothers too.
I decorated five pages inside the book, the first page featuring Bart and Homer, Sam's two favourite Simpson's characters, above. Next I decorated a page with a frying pan and pancake - yummy - followed by a page showing his Wii console and controller. Then I added a big blue and orange Nerf Gun. I know all about Nerf blasters since my own son has an obsession with them too. Finally, the last of the five pages shows Sam's black bike. Each page also features a grey Magen David.
Happily Sam loved the album when he saw it too.
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