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crafts
DIY: Folded turkey napkins for Thanksgiving
Jonathan Fong
November 22, 2016
When it comes to your Thanksgiving table, it’s the little details that count. And these napkins folded into turkey shapes certainly will have you gobbling up the compliments.
DIY: How to make blue and silver faux mercury glass
Jonathan Fong
December 3, 2015
I love mercury glass. With its characteristic metallic shine and distressed finish, it goes with any style interior.
Home: How to make your own French memo board
Jonathan Fong
August 27, 2015
Maybe because it’s back-to-school season, or because people are in fall organizing mode, but I’ve been getting requests about ideas for bulletin boards.
Home: Five ways to trick out your backpack for school
Jonathan Fong
August 19, 2015
For me, one of the perks of going back to school every fall was getting to start the year with a brand spanking new backpack.
Home: Back-to-school floral arrangement with pencils
Jonathan Fong
August 12, 2015
Throughout my high-school years, I was a straight-A student.
Picture this: DIY photo books
Jonathan Fong
June 18, 2015
Thanks to a growing number of online book-printing sites, however, more and more people are compiling their pictures into photo books.
‘A Sacred Culture Rebuilt’ at Museum of Tolerance
Tess Cutler
November 25, 2014
Just inside the fluorescent-lit room, six picnic-style tables were supplied with arts and crafts essentials: scissors, glue sticks and stock photos.
Mendelsohn — Better Than Beethoven!
Keren Engelberg
September 7, 2006
This week: Syzygy Theatre Group stages Lanford Wilson\’s Pulitzer-winning \”Talley\’s Folly\”; celebrated composer Felix Mendelsohn receives the ultimate compliment in the new play, \”Better Than Beethoven,\” as well as center stage; a special screening of the new documentary, \”Out of Faith,\” takes place today only at Laemmle Sunset 5; big name comedians donate stage time to raise money for The Federation\’s children\’s literacy program, KOREH L.A.; fine art and contemporary crafts can be found all weekend long at the inaugural Santa Monica Arts Festival.
An Art Form
Ruth Stroud
November 12, 1998
Artists from places as far afield as Brooklyn, Baltimore and Tal-Shahar, Israel, and as near as Beverly Hills will be exhibiting at the 18th annual Festival of Jewish Artisans at Temple Isaiah on Nov. 21-22. Among the crafts on the display will be sandblasted glass, ceramics, gold and silver jewelry, textiles, calligraphy, papercutting, photography and inlaid wood. Eleven of the 28 artists are new to the festival, but many have been exhibiting in the social hall of the Pico Boulevard synagogue for years.
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