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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Today is a rainy winter day, so I’m not sure what is going on with the almond trees that should be blooming just about now. I don’t see any from my house, so stay tuned for that, and with the festive holiday of Purim in just one month, now is the time to get crafting. No costumes for me to make this year, and we won’t be having a huge party either, waaah, but I will invest in our gifts of food for the neighbors, which is going to be something more crafty and creative than the last…
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5 Steps To Create a Meditation Space at Home
Meditation is a perfect life-enhancement tool anytime, and especially now with all the stress we are facing worldwide. Meditation can help you clear your mind, and help you connect your thoughts with your feelings. People meditate to create healthy habits, such as a positive attitude, self-discipline, restful sleep, and even to lower anxiety and stress levels. Who couldn’t use a little injection of stress relief right about now? You can count me in, certainly! Before we get started with talking about creating a space or spot for a meditation practice in your home, I did want to mention something about the source of meditation. Most folks assume that meditation has…
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Amazing Photoshop Effects That Might Interest You
Above: An image like this one can be created by first transforming the photo into a black and white or sepia toned image, and then applying a filter, in this case a dusty pink. In case you are wondering, did you know that “post processing” of digital photographs is half the work when it comes to taking great photographs? Those gorgeous photos you see everywhere partly professional equipment and partly digital enhancement, in almost every case. The good news is that for those who do not have expensive camera equipment or knowledge, by simply using the right program to enhance your photos you can achieve professional looking images! As a…
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Trees In Bloom On A Milk Carton Craft!
Tonight is the wonderful Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, so it is time to get crafting, either to create decor for the holiday, or as an activity to honor the holiday. After all, whimical paintings of trees in bloom gracing milk cartons is something one can certainly enjoy for a good few months? I just love painting on milk cartons because the results are ready to display and honestly it is just so darn cute, and unexpected, a great combination! Last week I shared milk carton row houses with heart graffiti, and now I’m sharing almond trees in bloom painted on the rejects from the previous project, which is a…
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Trees In Bloom Finger Paintings For All Ages!
Tonight is the wonderful Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the new year for fruit bearing trees, so what better time than to get the family together, or carve out some time for yourself, to paint some artful and whimsical almond trees in bloom! Okay, if you wish they can be cherry blossom trees, no problem! And best of all, you can choose to do this trees in bloom painting project without using any brushes at all, just fingers and a few q-tips, imagine that! That is right dear readers, finger painting isn’t always for little kids, it can be great for any age! The trees in bloom paintings that I’m…
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Folk Art Trees In Bloom Doodle Painting
Looking for a fun tree doodle, that is simple with great results, and that you could even use as a Tu B’Shevat craft? These folk art doodle trees are sweet as can be, and look great as is, on paper, but one could also draw them on cereal box cardboard and use them for a garland or napkin rings, or how about a grove of stand up folk art doodle trees? This was a first for me, and I have to admit, the last time I tried to doodle trees in my sketchbook, sometime last May, I failed completely, but I just had to get back up on the horse,…
