it is enamel paint. it adheres to almost EVERYTHING & comes in amazing colors. AND it’s usually about $1.00 for each color. this was a plain wooden dreidel (I’m Jewish). Should i share my secret? it is cheap nail polish. before you put your nose in the air because you think it isn’t real art…give…
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Who is watching your front door?
i have an owl, whoooooooom i borrowed from my son. i found this wreath at a thrift store (thrift stores are a fantastic way to make art out of old), a few years ago, for $3. a great find, i cut the pealing red ‘berries’ off-some where showing their white undersides. i decided to make…
making my OWN dreidels
my dreidel isn’t finished yet…i might share how i made it later. but the coolest part? the ‘stand’ is a Christmas ornament holder-the shape is how we illustrate spinning. the stand gives us (sort of) an illusion of movement. this isn’t intended to be played with, just for pretty. you know…i had to send my…
the Dreidel collection…
this collection belongs to a friend of mine. I’ve wanted to photograph it for years. I wish i had done the collection justice. wrong lens, low light. after seeing her collection…some are from Israel others from Ireland. the are gifted one each Chanukah for a wonderful grandmother. i started my own collection, mine are not…
decorating your pets for the holidays
1. do NOT wrap your pets in Christmas lights unless they have a sense of humor. & have no desire to chew anything up, nor leave them alone with lights. 2. If celebrating more then one holiday at a time, make sure to include both holiday decorations 3. spinning dreidels make GREAT cat toys, while…
give your kids something to do…
over Winter break. This was made with a student who celebrates Chanukah. The same materials can be used to make Christmas ornaments. I’ll show those ideas soon…
watch the dreidel
Hobbes is one cool cat.
No Christmas & Chanukah mixing this year…instead
it will be Thanksgiving & Chanukah with a splash of football. So how does one decorate? Instead of blue & white Chanukah candles, it will be red, orange, yellow & brown candles. I suppose I should be grateful I found some.
Chanukah & Christmas? yes, both. Sorry
my x husband is Catholic, but while married, we agreed we could raise them as Jews. i always felt so very guilty for having both holiday decorations set up. But the kids LOVED it & i do not blame them, twice the fun. Now i am divorced & the kids & i celebrate Hanukkah only….
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