Crafts: Paper
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Tiny Origami Stars Made From Paper Strips
Introducing my latest crafting obsession: tiny origami stars, also known as lucky stars. I think they are lucky stars because anyone who makes them just wants to make more and more, and that kind of craft obsession is truly a gift, generally speaking, especially if you are on a long car trip or an airplane or stuck waiting somewhere or in quarantine, or any number of situations wherein a little injection of joy is truly welcome! I’ll admit, despite my love for origami these stars somehow passed under my radar and it wasn’t until I was ordering some stationary supplies that I glimpsed some quilling paper strips photographed together with…
- Baby Shower Ideas, Birthday Cakes Simple And Cute, Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations, Crafts: Gouache, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Paper
Simple Cloud Cake Toppers Are Cute For Any Occasion!
I am rushing to post this cloud cake topper DIY as tonight is the beginning of the 9 day mournign period on the Jewish calendar, and we certainly won’t be throwing any parties.That said I wanted to post this now as a message to all those who might be trying their hand at illustration or painting: save anything you do on heavy paper, you can cut it up and use it in a pinch! As I was trying to pull together a whole display of fun party decor for my daughter’s 18th birthday, I spied a small pile of illustrations I’d made two plus years ago, and realized that the…
- Baby Shower Ideas, Birthday Cakes Simple And Cute, Birthdays: Cakes and Decorations, Crafts: Gouache, Crafts: Painting, Crafts: Paper
5 Minute Paper Cake Toppers Using Your Old Art
Today is my daughter’s 18th birthday, and so after 18 years of raising her and throwing birthday parties with lots of homemade decorations and cute DIY cakes I got it together rather at the last minute and pulled off a really cute birthday surprise complete with lots of recycling crafts that I can’t wait to share. The thing is, tonight is the beginning of a very sad 9 day mourning period on the Jewish calendar, so while I’m posting the DIY birthday cake decorations today, I think the rest will have to wait until after T’isha B’av so that my blog reflects what is actually going on in our minds…
- Crafts: Collage, Crafts: Paper, Crafts: Recycling, Holiday: The 17th of Tammuz, Holiday: Tisha B'Av, Holiday:Tenth of Tevet
Gates Of Jerusalem Collage Art
The “Three Weeks” on the Jewish calendar is always such a challenging time, as on the one hand it is a mourning period, which intensifies for the last 9 days, and on the other hand it is summer vacation! There is no listening to music or playing musical instruments, and joyful occasions that can be planned, like weddings are not permitted. This year we are in a serious time warp and difficult time in any case, so processing it all seems less difficult, but usually the idea of no swimming during the 9 days just when kids would be going to camp might be hard to process. That said, one…
- Crafts: Collage, Crafts: Paper, Holiday: The 17th of Tammuz, Holiday: Tisha B'Av, Holiday:Tenth of Tevet
Process Art Collage For The Three Weeks
Process art is all about the making of the art as either therapy or a way of loosening up, or both. The end result is not what counts, but rather the process. I do want to write about this a bit more, but my daughter is waiting for me to help her with her photography homework, so lets just say that this bits and pieces collage is a great project to do today, on the 17th of Tammuz, while you think abou the importance of the day, especially on a personal level. Do it with your kids and have a conversation, or do it with yourself (as I did) and…
- Baby Shower Ideas, Bat and Bar Mitzvah Decorations, Birthday Decorations, Crafts: Painting and Drawing, Crafts: Paper, Crafts: Spring, Crafts: Watercolors, Crafts:Flowers, Holiday: Pesach/Passover, Holiday: Shabbat, Holiday: Shavuot, paper flowers, Party Decorations, Shabbat crafts, Wedding Decorations
Watercolor Poppy Cutouts To Make NOW!
Please take my word for it, these watercolor poppy cutouts are one of the best things I’ve made in a long time, as there is just something about them that looks AMAZING! And that is even though my illustrations and the paint job were a bit lacking…….So get out the biggest watercolor paper you can find and start making some watercolor poppy cutouts, you won’t regret it, and in fact you’ll be jumping for joy and planning all the ways you can use these beauties! I have this idea of a diorama of sorts with watercolor poppies, so with that in mind I drew my poppies with straight stems so…
