- Baby Gifts and Decor, Baby Shower Ideas, Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Recycling, Crafts: Spring, Gift Wrapping, Holiday: Purim!, Holiday: Shabbat, Recycled Cardboard Box Craft, Recycled Food Box Crafts
Simple Painted Treat Boxes From The Recycling Bin!
We are about to apparently welcome some snow so I’ll make this quick as I need to go cover my succulents and bring others indoors! I have quite a collection of little food and medicine boxes that I hope to use someday for a big installation of some kind, not to mention match boxes, but in the mean time, there is nothing quite as sweet as little painted treat boxes. (Or just make some artufl painted matchboxes for shabbat, a fun gift!) Purim is a great time to get creative with fun and artful packaging, so why not gather as many boxes as you can find, get out the paint…
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Best Of Recycled Gift Packages For Purim, From The Archives
With Purim coming up on the evening of February 25(Feb. 27th for those in Jerusalem) now is truly the time to start preparing for the holiday, right? I don’t have any costumes to make this year, (as of right now) which means more time to think about everything else, meaning the gifts of food we give to a gazillion people (in my case really just about 15 neighbors and some important folks), the decorations for the house and the Purim meal for a crowd. In most families the kids give mishloach manot to their friends as well, which is where this post might come truly in handy. Start collecting…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I almost can’t believe that the festive Jewish holiday of Purim is in two weeks, which means I need to get my act together. Hmmm, right about now I’d rather spend my creative time painting and drawing, so I will be combining that with Purim crafts as much as time allows. Most importantly I need to get out and see the blooming almond trees as we are expecting a big dose of winter on Monday, which may even include some snow, and at the least lots of rain and freezing weather! You will not find me complaining about…
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4 Reasons Why the Flower Bouquet is a Perfect Gift
Giving a gift that shows you truly care is what it is all about! Unfortunately, even when your intentions are spot on, giving a gift can be difficult and even stressful. It is no surprise that many people decide to go with the beautiful and thoughtful idea of flowers. It is a timeless and classic and a gift that is perfect for any occasion. No matter the recipient, or what is being celebrated, a bouquet of flowers is sure to be loved and appreciated. There is just something about flowers that makes a person feel special! While many folks will give flowers for anniversaries, you can also give happy birthday…
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Quick Meringue Hearts In A Pinch
I’ll make this quick, because after all, who really has time to spend making desserts for a dessert bar, especially when it is last minute? I’ll admit, desserts are my daughter’s thing, and she assembled these adorable hearts for a friend’s engagement party dessert bar. Dessert bars need quite a few items to look great, so something like this, which simply requires filling some store bought meringue hearts with whipped cream, a cookie and a candy or two, can truly be a life saver. Who eats the desserts anyway? Maybe the little kids with the sticky hands that reach up onto that table? So I say, make something that is…
- Crafts: Art Journal, Crafts: Birds, Crafts: Doodle Art, Crafts: Drawing, Crafts: Hearts, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Sketchbook
Paint And Doodle Heart Birds!
After filling many pages in my sketchbook with layered heart paintings, covering a cardboard box with graffiti hearts, and even making an actual layered hearts painting on canvas, the natural progression might be to start seeing things in those heart shapes, and what did I see? Why birds of course, because there are plenty of birds around here lately because of the #28featheredfriends instagram challenge I’m doing! I had hoped to have time to do an actual tutorial on this one with individual hearts, but there just isn’t time for that right now, so I’m showing you the page in my sketchbook, now called “flash mob doodle birds” and I’m…
