Crafts: Doodle Art

  • Pear Of Hearts Milk Carton Painting Craft

    So friends, it turns out that painting tiny hearts on milk cartons can get a bit addictive as layer after layer is so very relaxing! That means more milk cartons filled with hearts to then turn into pear of hearts milk cartons, because the pear is created by blocking out the background with a solid…

  • Wood Scrap Doodle Craft Is Perfect For The End Of Summer!

    Wood Scrap Doodle Craft Is Perfect For The End Of Summer!

    We are now in the last week of our summer vacation, so for me that means the pressure is on to do as much sketching on location as possible, but in previous years I certainly would have enjoyed getting out the paint pens and dooling on a scrap of wood, a piece of bark, or…

  • DIY Fruity Birthday Number Centerpiece

    DIY Fruity Birthday Number Centerpiece

    Mazel tov to my wonderful daughter, whose birthday is today! A big phew, because tonight we enter the somber period of the 9 days, on the Jewish calender, and if she had been born just one day later I would not have been able to make her festive birthday parties until 10 days later! For…

  • Make A Row Of Milk Carton Houses Craft!

    Make A Row Of Milk Carton Houses Craft!

    I’ve just pulled this one from the archives, and it was not dusty as I made these last January. They really are sweet, and a perfect craft to usher in Spring, and put smiles on everyone’s faces for Jewish month of Adar, when we get really silly for the holiday of Purim. Fun fact: on…

  • Adorable Doodle Pears Boxes To Stack As Art!

    Adorable Doodle Pears Boxes To Stack As Art!

    Sometimes it is the DIY projects with just the simplest materials, and of course recyclables to boot, that are truly the most special! And these fun stackable doodle pear boxes are truly the proof in the pudding, right? It all started out because I’m doing an instagram challenge called #colormegrow at my @sara.rivka.dahan account, and…

  • Doodle Apples To Whip Up For Rosh HaShana!

    Doodle Apples To Whip Up For Rosh HaShana!

    I’ve pulled this one out of the archives, because who can resist doodle apples? Whip up a few and get that crafting for Rosh HaShana underway! Now is the time of year for all things apple related, because Rosh HaShana is approaching and the apple is one of the symbols for the Jewish New Year,…

  • IKEA Hack Birthday Centerpiece With Botanical Doodle

    One of my greastest pleasures is DIY birthday decorations, and depending on how much time I happen to have, the decorations might be something altogether new, or possibly a mix of new and repurposed from previous birthdays or holidays. And of course, since IKEA is my personal go to for props, these birthday displays may…

  • Rembering Jerusalem Doodles

    Rembering Jerusalem Doodles

    With Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, quickly approaching, doing some crafting that is relevant to the time period is a must! it is true, there are all kinds of laws whose observance helps us not to forget, but the greatest reminder is to quite simply to get busy thinking about Jerusalem, and I’m here…

  • DIY Botanical Doodle Cake Toppers For Birthdays And Anniversaries!

    Last summer I spent many hours creating in my sketchbooks, including many hours of drawing botanicals, which then resulted in using those botanicals in many ways. For starters I did create a floral monogram which you can see here, and I also used my botanical sketches to create a frame in my sketchbook, here. After…

  • DIY Cake Toppers From Flower Sketches

    DIY Cake Toppers From Flower Sketches

    DIY cake toppers from flower sketches are so great looking and a great way to use your skills. And if you’ve been around here for a while, you may realize that if you can put a skewer on the back of it, it might just become a cake topper! Last summer I spent quite a…

  • Practice The Hebrew Alphabet, It Is Relaxing!

    Practice The Hebrew Alphabet, It Is Relaxing!

    Who knew that something as simple (for those of us who speak Hebrew especially) as writing the Hebrew alphabet with a pink paint pen on painted brush stroke could be so great looking, and not to mention for some reason oh so relaxing! If you don’t know the Hebrew alphabet, just copy mine, or find…

  • A Simple Counting The Omer Journal Page

    Today is day 22 of the Omer, and I might be behind on this journal page! It is true, I embarked on a counting the omer art journal project last year, which is wonderful and so interesting, but sometimes you might just want a really really simple way to count the omer, even if you…