Baby Shower Ideas
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Deliver Love With This Adorable First Birthday Ornament
Sometimes the cutest add-on to your first birthday decorations might be something on the subtle side, but so very sweet that is stands on its own! This toy helicopter birthday ornament was hung from my dining room chandelier, a spot usually filled with lots of decorations, and yet when I put the usual number there…
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Adorable 1st Birthday Cardboard Balloons Photo Backdrop!
A first birthday is exciting indeed, and creating a DIY cardboard balloon backdrop is well worth the small effort, as believe me it looks great in the photos and is just downright cute! While we celebrated this birthday during the week of Succot, that is in the middle of a holiday week in which crafting…
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DIY Floral Chandelier With Faux Flowers In Just Five Minutes!
Ever seen those stunning floral arrangements hung over tables for rustic weddings or other special occasions? Floral arrangements assembled to hang over a table might be oblong and arranged on a long rectangular wire base, or circular and arranged on a large hoop, that is then hung from the ceiling. These ideas work well in…
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Blooming Cactus Craft With Cupcake Liner Flowers
Sometimes the cutest idea ever just happens all on its own, and in this case left me with my own jaw dropping at the combo! I was left with a bunch of cupcake liner flowers after crafting with my students for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. I had already arranged a smallish collection of both…
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Cupcake Liner Flowers Bouquet With Floral Paper Is Beyond Adorable!
Introducing a cuter than cute craft that can be easily made in multiples and in any size you like, with out a huge time investment. My crafting students made a bunch of cupcake liner flowers for a Shavuot project and those that had between three to five left over were able to make a bouquet…
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DIY Bouquet Of Paper Roses Wall Art
With the festive Jewish holiday of Shavuot coming up in a week and a half-ish, now is the time to get crafting, and specifically all things flowers and botanica to remind us of the lush Mt. Sinai where the Torah was given. It has been a while since I’ve done any quilling, and while this…
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How To Make A 2 Minute Origami Butterfly
While our Women’s Purim party is coming up in a few days and I could pull my boxes of origami butterflies down from the attic, instead I’m coming up with something new, and sharing the past with you here! Purim is the next Jewish holiday on the calendar, and a festive one at that, so…
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Mini Magazine Page Flowers Craft
Mini recycled magazine page chrysanthemums are just the sweetest and great anytime or for a special occasion! I could have sworn that i made larger versions of these a good ten years ago, but the only thing I found on my blog is a felt version of these, also wonderful! I had totally forgotten about…
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Modular Origami Starbursts Make Perfect Succah Decorations!
Yes, you are reading correctly, modular origami starburts make great succah decorations, and now is the perfect stress-free time to delve into all kinds of paper crafts that can then be neatly saved and hung in the succah in a few months! I taught a group of 10 to 12 year old boys how to…
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Watercolor Fruit Cut-Outs Birthday Bouquet
Looking for a cute fruit themed birthday centerpiece or artful bouquet for any occasion? How about painting some watercolor mosaic fruit, cutting them out and using them to make a festive bouquet? Really so simple with wonderful results, and you can certainly make quite a few for an event, and make each item two-sided so…
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Watercolor Mosaic Fruit Cut-Outs Are The Perfect Summer Craft
Yes it is true, watercolor mosaic fruit have stolen my heart, can you blame me? First it was watercolor mosaic strawberries, then watercolor pineapple cutouts, and now watercolor mosaic fruit, like grapes, oranges and lemons! Creating patterns with watercolor is so very relaxing, and when those patterns are random and fill fruit shapes such that…
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DIY Colorful Floral Border Doodle For Cards, Journals, Signs and More!
Years ago I got into floral doodles via some tutorials for bullet journal art and it was so much fun, and a great introduction to the world of journaling and sketchbook practices. Since then I’ve been working on refining my art skills and while doing lots of drawing, not like the floral borders you see…