Eytan and his family celebrated at the Hotel Yehuda in Israel. Eytan's mom first got in touch with me through Instagram, spending summer in the United States, we set up a Zoom call at a suitable time to fit in with the family's schedule and time zone differences. Eytan's mom had poured through my Instagram feed and made notes, this lady knew exactly what she wanted in Eytan's personalised Bar mitzvah magazine! The colour scheme had already been set, and a logo was provided for me to use.

What was in Eytan's Bar mitzvah magazine?

• Favourite photos of Eytan
• Shalom everyone and contents
• What does it mean to become Bar mitzvah
• In memory of
• Eytan's hopes for the future
• Cousins and friends photos
• Birthday timeline
• Favourite moments from cousins and friends - these were messages with photos
• Name meaning
• Three special words - words family members use to describe Eytan
• Eytan's adventures - photo collage
• Word picture

Eytan's family opted for the digital version of their 16 page magazine, I provided them with a print ready PDF and they used their printer in Israel. The family printed the magazines in a larger size of A4. The magazine was given to guests at the Bar mitzvah at Hotel Yehuda.

Bar mitzvah photographer: Rebecca Kowalsky Photography

"I was so excited to come across Liz’s Instagram page as I was planning my sons Bar Mitzvah. The L’Chaim! magazine is such a creative, fun and original idea and I knew it would be perfect to give out to my guests. Sure enough, it was a hit. Everyone loved reading through it and discovering things about Eytan they didn’t know previously. It was truly a pleasure working together with Liz and she was so easygoing about me bombarding her with pictures and questions despite our time difference between England and Israel!"

Mrs B