Birthday Decorations
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DIY Simple Watercolor Butterflies Anyone Can Make!
If you love the look of watercolor butterflies with mixed media details and line work, then check out my doodle butterfly cutouts , though if you are looking for something just a bit simpler to make in quantities or as a craft to do with little ones, this simple watercolor butterfly cut-out craft might just…
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Watercolor Feather Cut-Outs For Art Journaling
There is something so very wonderful about watercolor feather cut-outs, and when you cut them out, wow! I am currently making a third watercolor art journal as a pre-wedding countdown gift, and have used many of the feathers shown here as collage elements. And when you consider that the feather is a writing tool,…
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Apple Card Rosh HaShana Jewish New Year’s Cards
Reposting this from 3 years ago and silly me, just realized that of course my son's birthday is coming up again so time to make him a card, like right now! You on the other hand may have a few days? One of my sweet sons has a 17th birthday tomorrow, just two days shy…
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Giant DIY Cardboard Cactus Craft
Who doesn’t love a giant cardboard cactus, especially as a craft for kids? Though honestly, I think I need to make one or a few, for myself……in pink and blue too! First of all, I can’t take credit for this, the photos, (taken in what it looks like a really nice kid’s creativity center possibly…
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18th Birthday DIY Bouquet With Watercolor Flowers And Botanical Number
A festive DIY birthday bouquet complete with a botanical number and watercolor flowers is really quite simple to make, and best of all the elements are easily packed away for siblings or relatives who may also turn that age within the next few years! Some metallic fern fronds that veer on the tacky side work…
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Watercolor Flowers With Wire Stems For Shavuos Crafting
I have been enjoying painting watercolor flowers lately, which means that there are successes as well as pieces that might have some successes and some failures on the same page. But actually that is a good thing because then you can cut out those lovely flowers from the rest of the not so great page,…
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Painted Watercolor Feather Cut-Outs For Crafting
Painted watercolor feather cut-outs are so fun to paint and make great decorations for any occasion, or to use as part of craft project truly any time! It is true I painted these for the Jewish holiday of L’Ag B’Omer because one of the symbols of the holiday is the bow and arrow, and arrows…
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Toilet Paper Tube Cactus Craft
When I started to attempt at cleaning out my studio a month or so ago, I came across a little box full of toilet paper tubes that I'd painted green, in order to make toilet paper tube cacti of course, just had not gotten around to it, for at least a year plus, sigh. The…
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Watercolor Cut-Out Poppies Centerpiece For Passover!
I have pulled this one out of the archives, because there is no time like the present to get crafting for Passover, and this one is a keeper! And since the red native anemones are now in bloom in our meadows, this is timely! I know I've referred to them as poppies, as that is…
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A Fun Origami Horse To Make In A Bunch Of Sizes!
While origami butterflies were truly the theme this Purim, I did sneak in a bunch of origami horses which I ended up using in the festive food baskets for friends and neighbors, called mishloach manot. And yes, I did dress my horses up a bit, but keeping that to myself for the moment as who…
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Butterfly Tree Wall Decor For Every Occasion!
Purim starts tonight everywhere in the world except Jerusalem, so wishing everyone a Purim Sameach! There is still time for a bit of crafting, and when you make hundreds of origami butterflies for a community Purim party, you have to use at least some of them to add festive touches to your own home right?…
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Origami Butterfly Pom Pom Medallion Wall Decor Craft
I'll admit, I started folding hundreds of origami butterflies in a few sizes for out community women's Purim party, with no actual plan other than maybe some colorful paper clouds and a sky filled with butterflies. I started to think about how I could assemble something at home to make the job on-site quicker, and…