Jewish Crafts
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Kid’s Craft For The “Three Weeks” of Mourning Leading Up to The 9th of Av
< I have pulled this post from the archives, as it is still a keeper so many years later! This year I did not acknowledge the beginning of the solemn 3 week period, which started on July 6th, so making up for that now……. Ten days ago, on July 6th, was the Jewish date of…
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DIY Giant Cardboard Shark Craft For Kids
Summer is the perfect time to delve into large scale crafts that kids can use to decorate a space, use as backdrops for a summer skit, or for creative play. While this is not my idea nor my photos, the photos are by Ron Lach, I just love this idea and all the creativity that…
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Watercolor Flowers And Leaves Painted Within A Circle, To Use In An Art Journal Or Just Because!
Take my word for it, once you paint one watercolor floral or leaf pattern within a circle, you won’t want to stop! In my case, as I’m thinking that these will be glued into an art journal that I’m making as a gift, I used mixed media paper which is much lighter weight than watercolor…
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Watercolor Iris Cutouts With Stems
After creating some pink watercolor flowers on gold wire stems, I just loved the results too much not to give it a try with another kind of flower, and irises came to mind. I’d like to give it another try while actually looking at some reference, but this initial attempt was just fine and…
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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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DIY Loose-Leaf Watercolor Art Journal With Lettering, For Counting The Omer
I’m sharing this a bit on the late side to actually be inspired this year, that is to use my idea and make a loose-leaf watercolor counting the Omer art journal, but you could certainly make the journal anytime and save it for next year, or use it as a gift or for some other…
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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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Watercolor Flowers In Pattern Can Be Lovely Art!
I have been using watercolors as my painting material lately, and finally got around to checking out a floral watercolor class by Yao Chung that I’ve been wanting to try for years on the instructional website creative bug, which I quite recommend. So I dove in and created this all-over floral pattern which is basically…
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Simple Watercolor Trumpet Vine Flowers To Cut Out!
These simple watercolor trumpet vine flowers to cut out are just as sweet as can be, what would you use them for? Using watercolor to make simple florals that you can then cut out to use for scrapbooking, art journaling or crafting is just so much fun, quick to set up and requires minimal supplies.…
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One Stroke Watercolor Flower Petals and Leaves
Watercolor is a wonderful medium to explore as it requires minimal materials, can be done with little set up and the results can be quite beautiful. One can use large puddles of color and big brushes, or go for something more delicate……you can layer colors or create blotchy backgrounds in one go. There really are…
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Watercolor Art For Loose-Bound Art Journal Pages
Hello watercolors! It has been quite a while since I’ve touched any paint, so I decided to wade back in with baby steps by starting with watercolors, (mostly those in a tube) and then using those watercolors to make a new loose leaf art journal which I’ll be using to count the Omer, the 49…
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Today Is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day
Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and as always there are quite simply no words. We remember with love the men, women, and children, who were sons and daughters, husbands and wives, aunts and uncles, grandparents, close friends……..and who were senselessly and brutally murdered in the Holocaust.