Holiday: Tu B’Shevat Crafts
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Watercolor Trees Cut-Outs For Crafting And Collage
Watercolor trees cut-outs are so wonderful to have on hand anytime for crafting, collage or art journals, ah yes or maybe even for a little gift tag? So friends, practice painting watercolor trees, improve their shapes a bit if need be when you cut them out, and then set aside to use in a million…
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Watercolor Hyacinth Cut-Outs Look Amazing Anytime Of Year
It is true, here in the Northern Hemisphere we don’t usually think about hyacinths right about now, but in Australia now is the time! And truthfully, hyacinths are such amazing flowers, whether planted (which one should start thinking about now) or forced (which could start happening around November) so why not give it a try…
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Orange And Cloves Pomander Craft
Today is the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, and I’m posting this keeper of a craft once again just in case you might be looking to make something special to honor the holiday! Here is what I wrote when I took this out of the archives two years ago, enjoy! It has been twelve years…
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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…
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Plastic Bag Pom Pom Fruit Craft
I’ve been wanting to make fruit from plastic bag pom poms for a few good years now, and it finally happened, and I just love them. Now if only I had plastic bags in orange and yellow, well things would be even more festive. Plastic bag pom pom fruit can be great hung as a…
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Graffiti Hearts Milk Carton Craft
With the Jewish New Year for the trees, Tu B’Shevat coming up this Sunday night I thought I’d revamp some of my painted milk cartons to go with the new ones covered in hearts. I had almost forgotten how many graffiti hearts projects I’ve done, so it is a good thing there is an archives…
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Origami Apples Craft
Origami is one of my favorite crafts, whether actual traditional size, or giant size which I generally go for, so with the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat and all things fruit coming up in a few weeks, I thought I’d get started by trying out some origami apples that I’ve yet to tackle! The charming…
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DIY Tree Of Life Wall Decor, For The Succah Or The Home!
today is Hoshana Raba, a very important and spiritual day during the Jewish holiday of succot, and for those of us in Israel, the last day in the Succah. So while I really want to be in the Succah right now, soaking it all up in all its glory, I’m popping in to share with…
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DIY Seven Species Garland
As you can well guess I have so many Succah decorations from previous years that I still love, so spending time making new ones is certainly not a priority! Of course when one of my sons requested that I create the “seven species” as part of my Daily Object series (read about that here) in…
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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…
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DIY Orange and Cloves Pomanders
It has been twelve years (gasp) since I actually made these great looking orange and cloves pomanders, but they are still looking good, so I figured I’d dust off this project and share it with you again. i have come to realize that bringing things out of the archives to see the light of day…
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Carved Carrot Leaves!
Dusting this one off for the upcoming Jewish Holiday of Tu B’Shevat, coming January 16th! At long last I have found a really good reason to continue exploring the world of fruit and vegetable carving: the holiday of Tu B’Shevat is coming up this Friday night, and since we’ll be celebrating with loading the table…