Holiday: Tu B’Shevat Crafts
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Watercolor One Stroke Leaves On Branches
With just a few very simpe techniques under your belt the mystery of painting simple and beautiful watercolor illustrations becomes so much clearer! I’ll admit, learning how to paint leaves with just one stroke was a new one for me, and I am in love with this technique! Yesterday I shared with you my fern…
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Simply Lovely Watercolor Fern Paintings For Mastering Brush Control
Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the New Year for the trees starts tonight, and if you have 30 minutes or so you can still whip up some gorgeous watercolor leaf paintings and learn about practicing your brush strokes a win win crafting experience! While I have yet to actually put in the time…
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Orange Pomanders: The Perfect Family Craft Activity For Tu B’Shevat
It has been eight 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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Simple Origami Fruit Is The Perfect Last Minute Tu B’Shevat Craft
I’m really not sure how Tu B’Shevat managed to sneak up on me just like that, but that aside, with the holiday coming tomorrow night now would be the time to whip up a few fun crafts and then run to the store and buy as many kinds of fruit (and nuts) as you possibly…
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Crocheted Hearts Wall Hanging From The Archives
How about making a crocheted hearts wall hanging to remind someone that you love them? I made this crocheted hearts and leaves wall hanging using a real branch, to hang in my daughter’s room four yeas ago, and while it did sag just a bit towards the end of its run, all in all it…
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Crocheted Cherry Blossom Heart Is Super Sweet!
It is now the Jewish month of Shevat, so dear friends it is certainly time to start thinking about crafts for Tu B’Shevat, the holiday which celebrates the new year for the trees. Yes, really, trees have a new year’s too, isn’t that amazing? While much of the Western World celebrates the tree in December,…
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DIY: Miniature Candy Apples Are Perfectly Adorable
I now present you dear readers with just about the simplest and most adorable way to decorate a cake, cupcakes, a dessert plate: mini candy apples made from toffee candies with clove stems! And of course you can use this same idea to make mini candy lemons, oranges and grapes. It is true I am…
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DIY: Rope Wrapped Apples Look Great Year Round
If you are looking for a quick craft to add some cozy rustic charm to your home, this dear readers might just do the trick. These DIY rope covered apples are so simple to make that you can surely whip up a whole bowl full in an hour or so. Of course if you start…
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Fabulous Wire Frame Tree Sculptures As Summer Street Art In Montreal
One of the things that Canada does really well, and Montreal in particular is celebrating the outdoors during the summer, as winter is harsh and very long! This summer in Montreal we came across many many examples of street celebrations and I especially loved these vibrant metal trees defined with strips of fabricm delineating an…
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Stand Up Tree Craft Is Perfect For Tu B’Shevat!
Isn’t this standing tree just the sweetest? Thanks so much to a reader Orit, who sent this in to share what she did with her four year old, love it! They’ll be using their tree as a centerpiece this shabbat when we also celebrate the wonderful holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the new year for the…
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Special Grape Leaf Challahs For Tu B’Shevat
Wednesday night is the perfect time to bake delicious homemade challah, and with the special shabbat of Tu B’Shevat coming up this week, how about making your challahs just a little bit special? Well, of course all challah is special, but when you spend a few minutes to add a bit of extra something, well…
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Vegetable Carving 101: How To Carve A Carrot Leaf Garnish
As promised yesterday, I honed my carrot leaf carving skills, and now present to you another installment in my Vegetable Carving 101 course, How To Carve A Carrot Leaf Garnish. It really is so simple and the results are fabulous. And for busy folks like most of us, these can be made days and days…