Holiday: Shavuot

  • You Really Can Make An Impressive Shavuos/Birthday Cake!

    Yes, really! Though I will admit to being a serious crafter, an accomplished baker I am not! As I’ve said before I do aspire to those picture perfect fondant cakes, who wouldn’t, but I’m just not there yet! So I’ve come up with a little visual trick that I wanted to share with you: it’s…

  • Cheese Cake In All Shapes & Sizes for Shavous!

    For those of you who who aren’t familiar with Shavuos, it is the holiday in which we eat dairy foods, and especially cheesecake! In our family, we have a dairy breakfast with cheesecake and other treats on the morning of Shavuos and a meat meal in the afternoon, since my husband isn’t really a dairy…

  • Add Artificial Flowers To Sheer Curtains: Wow!

    Isn’t this lovely? The only part I can take credit for is being wise enough to share this great idea with you! You may or may not remember my friend Roberta, whom I wrote about here. Well, it turns out that one of the major factors in her creative journey was direct inspiration from a…

  • An Artful Mount Sinai: A Great Collage Project For Shavuos!

    Here we are…..all 600,000 of us adults…..waiting to receive the Torah from Har Sinai! The holiday of Shavuos celebrates this amazing event that happened 3,700 years ago, which in itself is amazing! For Pesach I created a crossing the Red Sea diorama of sorts, here, and fully intended to do something similar for Shavous, but…

  • Make A Recycled Book Page Sunburst Mirror!

    Now I can finally cross recycled book page projects off my to-do list! There’s just one problem this project was so quick and fun, I think I may just have to make some more! It took me a total of two hours, including taking photos for the tutorial and a few other distractions, so all…

  • A Field Of Cupcake Liner Flowers (For Shavous!)

    I just love this field of cupcake liner flowers, and we had so much fun making this piece of art to decorate our house for the upcoming holiday of Shavous. So sit down with the kids and make the grown-up version here, for your table, while the kids are having fun applying color to a…

  • Make A Fig-Leaf Windchime To Enjoy Outdoors!

    Now that the weather has warmed up for most of us, it’s time to start thinking about crafting projects for our outdoor areas! And with the Jewish holiday of Shavuos coming up in a couple of weeks, I’m thinking about craft projects that celebrate flowers and greenery. I know, a fired ceramic wind chime isn’t…

  • Colorful Cupcake Liner Flowers: Festive and Fun!

    Cupcake liner flowers are one of those crafts that just make you smile! What’s not to love? A few days ago I showed you some romantic carnation-like versions here. So now I thought I’d share this little colorful bouquet, made the same way just with the addition of some blue-striped liners and some bright paint.…

  • Cupcake Liner Flowers: Gorgeous!

      Gorgeous right? These carnation look-alikes made from cupcake liners are fantastic, even more so in person! And you can whip up a bunch of bouquets in very little time (and for very little cost!) once you get the hang of it. They’re delicate and romantic with a tongue in cheek craftyness. And they would…

  • Crochet A Floral Hot Pad For Spring (Shavuos? Mother’s Day? Today?)

    I was intrigued by a crocheted potholder/hotpad like this that I spotted last year, but just couldn’t locate the pattern. So I forgot all about it until last night when I came across the same project and the pattern and just had to give it a try during the late night hours when everyone else…