tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42641290070412291122024-03-16T11:52:49.368-07:00Creative "Try"alsTry and try and try againSue@creativetryals.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009938733656447862noreply@blogger.comBlogger402125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264129007041229112.post-70759943991975245702019-11-06T13:46:00.001-08:002019-11-06T13:46:05.866-08:00Primary Presidency Orientation Package <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! This summer I was released as my ward's Relief Society president. I had been serving in that capacity for five years. I am on to a new calling and a new adventure - Stake Primary President! One of the things we wanted to have as a Stake Primary Presidency was an orientation package for new Primary Presidencies. Our Stake covers a very large area. My first visit to one of the wards in my stake was a 3 1/2 hour drive. We wanted something we could send through the internet just in case we are not able to get to visit in person right away. We will also have hard copies on hand - however, the online pdf has hyperlinks to important resources. The General Primary Presidency has a fantastic orientation package of their own, online and through the Gospel Library app, so I linked up to that (why re-invent the wheel right?), and added some basic training on how to access resources. I am thinking of making a teacher orientation package too. I will find out if Primary Presidents feel it would be helpful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Find the pdf file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nKBY65kES6k2563-sLSNfmdmwcvAgGeS/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The picture of President Nelson in the package is from Susan Fitch. Check out her awesome website <a href="http://susanfitchdesign.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! My sister got married last summer. What do you give someone who has everything? A creative gift of course! Since survival kits are my thing - my sister was definitely getting one. She already got a wedding day survival kit for her bridal shower. When giving marriage survival kits I try to think of what the couple is interested in. I also consider what season of the year we are in. My brother in law was big time into camping and my sister, well, not so much. I thought a happy camper marriage survival kit was perfect! I had already made a Happy Camper marriage survival kit for an anniversary present <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.com/2015/05/happy-camper-marriage-survival-kit.html" target="_blank">(CLICK HERE TO SEE IT)</a> but I wanted to update the graphics and also I purchased a few different things as well. I borrowed ideas from other survival kits I have made as well </span><a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.com/search/label/Survival%20Kits" target="_blank">(CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL MY SURVIVAL KITS).</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love shopping at Winners as I can find nice unique stuff there. I lucked out to find adventure/travel type merchandise like the water bottle and flashlight. I purchased a really nice blanket there as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tags can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ls2pPsx-1oxzLv699R7EHWQ2pxvgVj64/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. They are free to download for personal use. I like to put quotes with the tags so if you are into the quotes, cut them out and paste them to the back of the corresponding graphic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope this gives you some ideas for your next creative gift! If you make one I would love to hear if you came up with any different sayings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my blog! My sister got married last year and I made her a wedding day survival kit. Survival kits are my thing. I love unique and creative gifts and if you have been to my blog before, you have seen a lot of survival kits. Check out my other wedding day survival kit <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.com/2011/07/wedding-day-survival-kit-wedding-shower.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> - it is boring but pretty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister had a natural theme for her wedding so I wanted to go with that theme. First thing I needed to do was find a bag I liked to fit some stuff and the kit took off from there. I found this bag in the cosmetic bag section at Winners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Winners also had some cute supplies in their cosmetics and travel section. I found the lip balm, a travel sewing kit, and lotion there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a list of the contents along with the saying I put with the items. I wanted some kind of snack - I chose a Clif bar because my brother-in-law's name is Cliff, so this was very handy. I had a different saying on the tag - for a personalized touch (You raised the bar when you found Cliff! Feed your adventure!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister loved the gift and it came in handy at the wedding. The tags are free for personal use. </span><span style="font-size: large;">For the tags go <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YIvfQJV2blH-NWaWZkX9dRxtJkzNqbci/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned for the wedding gift I made her - Happy Campers Marriage Survival Kit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">When I looked into this - I got the impression this hike would take 5-6 hours.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">It took us four hours. That includes lots of stops for pictures, eating, rest, getting gear on and off, etc. My husband and I are not athletes and not the youngest chickens in the pen. On the other hand, we do a fair amount of hiking. There were definitely some people I seen that had a difficult time with this hike which seemed surprising as they looked like they were not in bad shape. There were also some who totally surprised me that they could get to where they were because of age or mobility issues.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We were at Yosemite on a Friday at the end of June. From my studies - a lot of people suggested to go early to beat the crowds. This was not an option for us as we stayed outside the park at Oakhurst. We left our hotel at 7 AM and got to the parking area at 8:30. We read we could park in the trailhead parking if we got there early enough. The trailhead parking was FULL, but there was plenty of parking available on the side of the road. I was not sure if this was allowed as no other cars at that time were parked on the side of the road- but there were no "NO PARKING" signs where we parked. There were markers indicating the side of the road - which we thought was an indication that as long as our vehicle was inside that line it would be be fine - and it was.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Heading up the trail it was not terribly crowded, but we were not lonely either. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I love making unique gift baskets. Check out this one I made for Mother's Day 2018. It is a raisin theme. My daughter made me an adorable card a couple years ago with this saying and I loved it. I thought this would make a lovely idea for a gift basket! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I wrapped a box with birch bark wrapping paper, tied some purple tulle around it and printed out the tag I made. The tag below can be used for personal use only.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I am a couple years behind on putting my Mother's Day gifts on my blog, so my next few posts will be ideas for Mother's Day. In 2017 I used a tea theme for a gift basket. For this gift basket I used a wood box, a mug filled with wrapped chocolates, a potted plant, bags with tea and fancy sugar.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGcuPlPXTP1vdrUaTe-9xiJ44F7_UWTKH5RahR4ANUhwecBOXrEy3s0rx0aHwxOfFIrIsn14j-pgHg9bwf9zYZqvftyntrOfR1Eb5NKFt7E7BeeVtC8wGClHeJHNQ-Sr5L2JOcKGNCRzs/s1600/TeaRiffic+Mothers+Day.002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="689" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGcuPlPXTP1vdrUaTe-9xiJ44F7_UWTKH5RahR4ANUhwecBOXrEy3s0rx0aHwxOfFIrIsn14j-pgHg9bwf9zYZqvftyntrOfR1Eb5NKFt7E7BeeVtC8wGClHeJHNQ-Sr5L2JOcKGNCRzs/s640/TeaRiffic+Mothers+Day.002.jpg" width="574" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made the sugar cubes by adding a little bit of water to regular sugar, and then I pressed the moist sugar into a clay mold. Of course you want your mold to be small. Let dry. I let mine sit over night. They turned out really cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! This project has been on my mind for years - and this summer I found some time to do it. Some reasons it was hard to get started: 1. Out of the tons of pictures I have, which ones should I use? 2. What should the layout be?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This photo wall cost me less than $12. It is not that I did not have money to spend, just why spend more money I you have to? I moved into my house ten years ago and never unpacked my framed pictures. I decided I would use the frames I had and use them. The twelve dollars was the fonts (purchased at garage sales) a mirror from the second hand store (which is the frame around the F) the large frame and the square frame. All were purchased not really knowing I would be using it for this wall - I just liked the items so I bought them. The one I intentionally bought for this wall was a plate frame that cost $2 at a second hand store - I painted it to match.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now for my questions that seemed to put this project on hold for so long:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1. What pictures do I use?</b> - do I put grandma on the wall? What about Aunt Jane? I don't want to leave anyone out right? I decided it would be a photo wall of our immediate family. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2. What should the layout be?</b> - I looked and looked on Pinterest. I had a ton of ideas pinned. I finally decided that the layout would be determined from the frames that I had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Laying things out on the floor, I started with the biggest frame I had, having no idea what picture would be inside it. I added other frames that kind of made a nice centre arrangement. Then I thought I could do a collage on either side of the centre arrangement - still not really knowing what pictures would go in the frames. Then the ideas of pictures started to come. My ideas were "We have two girls - their grad photos could go in the centre of the two collages and pictures of their lives surrounding that (baby, family, their dogs, their children) and a family picture in the centre."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="text-align: start;">3. What frames should I buy?</b><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">- I really only needed to buy one more frame to match the other side of the collage. I had a ton of frames so I did not need to buy more. They were all mis-matchy though so I went to work painting them. (I will post about the frame painting soon). Then another dilemma came up - what colour do I paint them?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It might sound crazy - but I chose my colours from the amount of paint I had. I had a lot of olive green, and light beige. Of course I had those paints because they matched the style and decor of my house. I had purchased the paint from Michael's when they were on sale for $1. I mixed a bit of plaster of paris in the paint so it would stick to the frames as some of them were cheap dollar store frames. Adding plaster of paris in acrylic paint makes it a chalk paint. Then another dilemma I had was - what frames should be green?what frames should be beige? I decided the 5x7 frames from the collage would be green and two frames from the centre piece (since I had more of that paint) and the 4x6 frames from the collage and one from the centre piece would be beige. The big frame would remain black to tie in the letters and the round frames I would paint black. I love how the frames turned out:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With the "family" frame I mod podged burlap on poster board to make it stiff. I hot glued the letters on. The glass is still in the frame I just put it behind the burlap, just in case I want to change this up one day. I purchased these letters at a garage sale for $1 a while back. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them - but they just happened to fit perfectly into this frame and so on the photo well they went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I loved this tip before putting the pictures up. I traced all the frames on to paper and did a mock set up on the wall. This was extremely helpful. I rearranged the pictures after I took this picture. I noticed the collages were further away than I wanted them to be from the centrepiece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It feels so good to have this completed. The awesome thing was my husband was excited to help me hang this up because it looked so good! Usually he cringes when it comes to putting a nail in our walls. He is going to build me a console table to go under this so stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! A couple of summers ago I made a ranch sign for my mom. Instead of painting the information on it I wood burned it. I only have a little wood burner so the wood burning took quite a while to do (the sign is about 4'x5'). The sign just went up this spring so I was able to get a picture of it where it was intended to hang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I was happy how the sign turned out. I burned out some of the plywood along the edges to give the worn look. I also burned the wood with a torch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">On a smaller piece of plywood I wood burned a scenery that my daughter drew for me (she is the artist, not me). I wanted to do it on a separate piece of wood just in case I messed up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">After I wood burned I put on three coats of clear Varathane. In hind sight I would have chosen a lightly stained Varathane to give the wood a more aged look. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It will be interesting to see how this weathers. I wood burned a little sign for my aunt and the burnt part of the wood came off leaving just an impression of the font, and basically you can't read the sign. She painted black paint over the font so we can see what it says now. I did not put Varathane on her signs. I will have to do a post in a couple of years showing how the ranch sign weathers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010a13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! Just a super quick post today. Last year I suggested to my husband that he make things for me as possible ideas for birthday / Christmas presents. I showed him some of my PINS and he made three wood items! What a score!! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #010a13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is post #3 of the three items he made. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #010a13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had seen on Pinterest wooden Christmas trees with shelves and hangers that knick knacks can go on, and just loved that idea. Although I wanted that tree idea but in a house shape, my </span></span></span><span style="color: #010a13; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(1, 10, 19);">hubby made me the tree. I loved it! Post #2 of the three gifts explains the whole story. <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.com/2018/08/house-shape-wood-mini-wall-unit.html" target="_blank">Click here to know more and see the other gift.</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #010a13;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! Last year I suggested to my husband that he make things for me as possible ideas for birthday / Christmas presents. I showed him some of my PINS and he made three wood items! What a score. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #010a13;">This is post #2 of the three items he made.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #010a13;">I had seen on Pinterest wooden Christmas trees with shelves and hangers that knick knacks can go on, and just loved that idea - but I wanted it up all year. I explained to him that I wanted the wooden tree idea - but in a house shape. He misunderstood and made me the tree. I will be posting about that next. He asked if the tree is what I was talking about. I hesitantly explained it too him, because I loved the tree and didn't want to seem ungrateful. He said he wanted to make me the house and he worked on it with lots of input from me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I found the words at Michael's and gave them a white wash paint. I love how the "y" in family hangs off the shelf. I made the house with scraps. I didn't even have to cut them - they were in our garbage. The bottom of the house is a wood block that I used to test colours for my wood sign (<a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.com/2018/08/bless-this-house-diy-wood-sign.html" target="_blank">which was gift #1 click here to see it</a>) - so it matches the sign I painted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am so happy how this turned out - and I get lots of comments on it. It is hanging at our entrance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! Last year I had the brilliant idea of asking my husband to make things for me as possibilities for birthday / Christmas presents. I showed him some of my PINS and he made three wood items! What a score. The first one I am blogging about is the wood sign. </span><span style="font-size: large;">He made the sign out of scrap wood that was laying around our place. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It was given to me as a blank slate, and I decorated it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the farmhouse style decor. I purchased the chickens from Hobby Lobby. It is one of my "must go to" stops when we are in the United States. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't own a Silhouette, and I didn't like any of the font cartridges I had on my Circuit - so I made my own stencil with card stock. When I was painting somehow the stencil slipped while painting "this" so it is a little crooked. It bothers me something awful, but I will live with it until I redesign the sign. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The drive on highway 313 was very scenic. This is the highway that takes you to the Island in the Sky Viewpoint. We arrived in the heat of the day - around noon - on a scorching hot July 1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I had done a lot of studying. I thought I knew how much the entrance fee was going to be as the State Park website I had read a few days prior said $15. It also said there was a Senior admittance rate of $10. The lady at the entrance asked for twenty dollars. I was confused. We asked for the Seniors rate and she said they had done away with the Senior discount. I asked about the $15 entry fee - and she said it had recently changed but the website at that time did not. What is a person to do? They have now changed the information on the website. They still have a $5 discount for seniors but you need to be a Utah resident (which it did not indicate before). We paid the entrance fee but it was a little frustrating not having the correct information. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">We hiked half the flat West Rim trail. We wanted to walk from the Visitor Center to the overlook but it was way too hot. We walked back to the car and drove to the overlook. We were glad we drove to the overlook. It was lunch time and we decided to have a picnic. There are fantastic picnic areas with the most incredible views. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We spent just a little over an hour here as our main destination was Moab and Arches National </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Park. Even though it cost an extra $20 (which meant we spent $100 American - $140 Canadian coin on going to parks) that is what we drove all this way to do. Moab is a 20 hour drive from my house </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">in Canada. We did not come all this way to cheap out and not see these amazing sights. It gave us a</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">little glimpse of the Canyonlands which we were not able to spend much time in. I can’t say I would come back to that particular park - (I would probably carry on to Island in the Sky which Google maps says is 18 minutes away from Dead Horse State Park) but it was neat to see the Colorado River at this Point. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I loved the thought of hiking the narrows. I read lots of posts about the hike. I did some preparation</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">to make this hike the best experience I could. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I studied this out and the information I got was very accurate! I planned on 6 hours and did it in 5 1/2. Here is a breakdown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Riverside walk ends 1 mile 0.5hr</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Start of Wall Street 2.4 mile 1:50hr</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">End of Wall Street 3.5 miles 2:30hr</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Hardest part… deep 4.5 miles 3:30hr</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We turned around at the end of Wall Street - or at least what I determined to be the end of Wall Street - there are no signs. We left our hotel a little after 6:30AM - and got back to the hotel at 1:00PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">From my studies - a lot of people suggested to go early to beat the crowds. We decided the day before the hike that we would drive and park at the museum (shuttle stop 2 in the park). We liked the parking there as there were parallel parking options which should mean less door dings. We ended up leaving our hotel a little later then planned because we wanted to eat the continental breakfast which wasn’t served until 6AM. We drove to the park a little after 6:30 - the first shuttle in Springdale would have picked us up at around 7:15, but shuttles in the park start at 6AM. There were about half a dozen others waiting at this shuttle stop. When the shuttle came to pick us up - it was full. We managed to squeeze in and I was standing beside the bus driver. It was a good view out the front window - I just had to hold on for my life. The driver was nice and carefull. I wasn’t sure if we were going so slow because the driver wanted to be cautious or if we were so weighed down the shuttle could not go any faster. We were packed in there like sardines! The other stops had people waiting - but could not get on as the people on the shuttle were getting off at stop 6 (Angel’s Landing) or stop 9 (The Narrows). It was busy even early in the morning. There was a line up for the bathrooms at the shuttle stop. It helped being at the front of the shuttle as I got to the bathrooms at the head of the pack. Once we started on the river walk the crowd thinned out as some people were still at the bathrooms - while others did not stop there. On the hike back it was nuts. It was July 4, so I was expecting it to be busy. We managed our way through the crowds that were in the river and on the river trail. The shuttle bus was not as busy coming back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The thought of hiking Angel’s Landing gave me great anxiety. I watched some videos that </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">freaked me out - so yeah, doing Angel’s Landing was not an option. One video I watched showed just walking up to Scout Lookout and then deciding if you want to carry on! I was </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">excited about that suggestion and made this the plan! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Take your time and enjoy the view. One of the young men mentioned they were in a hurry as they wanted to do the narrows before dark. I don’t think they would have had enough time. It is tempting to cram a lot in a day - but if you can - take it easy - and be safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">- I was originally planning a morning hike, but I was excited to get into the park and do something. A huge concern for me was the heat and the crowds. We left our room about 5PM and were at the Grotto stop by 5:30. The shuttle in the park at this time had plenty of room. There were no line ups for the bathroom at the Grotto Stop. There was hardly anyone on the trail. It was smoking hot that day - 100 degrees. Going at this time was not a problem. The sun was behind the mountain and we were in the shade. </span></div>
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We entered through the east entrance. We stopped at a pull out right away because we were so taken by the scenery of the Checkerboard Mesa and the cool color of the pavement. We got back on the road heading to the Mt. Carmel tunnel. I am sure other tourists were blown away by the scenery as cars and motorhomes were stopping all over the place. There was a huge rock that a lot of people were at to take pictures. A motorhome stopped on the road - some people got out including the driver - heading towards the rock scene with camera in hand. Stopping on the road is not advised but I honestly didn’t blame them - I wanted to do the same - but didn’t want to tick people off.</div>
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Plan A was to stop at the Canyon Overlook Trail. It did not happen. The parking area on the side we were on was overloaded and when we got to the actual parking area for the trail head (which had space)- we could not turn. We said we would come back later but it just didn’t happen. I am not sure if this is only in the summer months, but there was a sign that looked pretty permanent that said no left hand turns. If you are coming from the east, just hope you luck out at the pull off <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">just before the tunnel. There is a pedestrian cross walk to get to the parking lot for the trail head if </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">you happen to get so lucky. If not - you can plan to come back, but we didn’t as there were other </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">amazing things to see. It will be on my “to-do” list when I return here.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The side of the road was packed with vehicles and tourists taking it all in. <b>I would have love to have pulled over to get pictures - there just wasn't room. </b>What a view looking up to the mountain we just drove through.We did notice on the corners of the road lots of rubber marks bumping the curb. It would be extremely tricky driving a motorhome on this road.</span></div>
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We booked a room at the Holiday Inn Express. We found this to be a great spot! It was close to <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Shuttle stop number 6. We caught the shuttle twice from here in the afternoon and early evening and it was full after stop number 4. We had to refuse people that were wanting on. The good thing was that the shuttles were every 15 minutes; however, it would be interesting to know if that is a problem at the stops closer to the park entrance. If one stayed closer to the entrance though, it would be easy enough to walk there. The shuttle ride with all the stops took less than 10 minutes to the park (not including the wait for the shuttle).</span></div>
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We stayed two nights in Zion and did the two bucket list hikes I was planning - Scout Lookout and the Narrows. Learn more about these hikes by clicking on the pictures.<br />
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I had other hikes in mind if there was time, but was happy with what we did!</div>
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1. <b>Two nights is not enough</b>. There is sooo much to do and sooo much to see. Everything is spectacular here. The good thing with<br />
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2. <b>Come prepared</b>. I seen so many unprepared people. I couldn't believe the flip flops I seen on the trails. That would be so uncomfortable. It is also good to come prepared with a reasonable plan. We came across a group of young men running to get to another trail because they were short on time. Thank goodness the trail we were on was not busy - or that could have been very dangerous.<br />
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3. <b>Is it a family vacation spot? </b>Although it was just my husband and I traveling together - we did observe toddlers that were absolutely miserable. It is hot. It is busy. They are not taking in any of the beauty - and I think because the kids might be cranky - parents would not be able to enjoy the beauty of it. I did see children about eight and up having the time of their life walking in the river at the narrows (although I don't know how far they got). There are trails that are dangerous, and those that are not as strenuous to adults might be for not as tall and not as strong children.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 25px; text-align: center;">I just got back from the most amazing holiday in my life. I have not traveled much in the world, but I am starting to explore the continent I live on. I have been to Oregon and loved the three highway 101 trips we have done.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 25px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 25px; text-align: center;">We have gone to Avenue of the Giants in California. We have been to Olympic National Park. Of course these were wonderful amazing trips filled with beauty and the awe of nature. I have to say, I was blown away by our trip to Utah. I live in beautiful British Columbia Canada. We had a week to do our trip. I would have loved to have been able to spend more time but the cost of the trip was pricey with having to pay 1.36 exchange - OUCH! The studying about the area and the planning began months and months in advance. It was hard to choose where to go, I wanted to see it all, but I knew that time was limited. I searched Pinterest, Trip Advisor, and many blogs and websites. I am so grateful for all the information people have shared. If I didn’t do my homework this trip would not have been as good.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 25px; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We took a little detour to Dead Horse State Park. The drive on highway 313 was very scenic. This is the highway that takes you to Island in the Sky Viewpoint. We only went as far as the State Park. I will do a post on that in the future. We only had one night in Moab. I wish I had time to do at least two nights. We stayed at the Fairfield Inn and Suites. It was awesome but pricey. It was our favorite hotel of the trip, but then again it should be as we paid the most for it. We relaxed at the pool for a while. The pool area was the nicest I have seen at a hotel. It was July 1 and scorching hot. Around 6:00 we drove to Arches (very handy - 3 minutes away). We drove right in - no line up. The drive at the beginning was fantastic! The big cliffs, driving up </span>the mountain road was incredible. We drove to a lot of the sites that were easy to get to. Doing hikes in that kind of heat was not my favorite so we opted for the easy short ones - the double arch/windows, and balancing rock. A lot of formations are easy to see from the road - however the one I wanted to see was Delicate Arch which I researched was a 2 hour hike to get to. We planned on doing this hike in the morning - but we did not get to it. My hubby was not feeling well (could have had something to do with the heat) so we left Moab without seeing it. </div>
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My first thought when I got back home was - when can I go back? I want to do some more exploring before I am not physically able to. What a great place to go!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I wanted to make a festive Easter display in my kitchen, but I did not want to buy anything. I am striving to be a minimalist these days by using what I have in my craft room collection instead of the tantalizing idea of buying new things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I had a foam wreath on hand and some moss. I laid the moss on the wreath and wrapped wire around it to secure. It took a bit of fussing to fill in all the holes. I left the very back moss free. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Adding decorations were tricky as I did not want to buy anything. I needed to get creative. I had made paper bunnies and carrots the previous year for another project. I found a printable bunny shape online to use as my pattern, sewed it and stuffed it a little - and the carrot is a version of the <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.ca/2011/08/bag-with-twist-tutorial.html" target="_blank">bag with a twist </a>, just skinnier and green paper stapled on top. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I stuck a push pin into the back of a wood sign that my hubby made me for my birthday. I am happy with the results! What can you find in your house to decorate with this year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I loved all the talks at General Conference. For a message that would best fit the needs of the sisters I serve and watch over I picked <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/three-sisters?lang=eng" target="_blank">Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk titled "Three Sisters"</a>. This talk is a good reminder for all of us that life has its challenges - why make it more challenging by having a frame of mind that makes it more difficult? We all have our moments in each of these frames of mind - but the one we want to most of our time in is GLAD, including in times of hardship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made an accordion fold card with quotes I felt summed up each frame of mind - SAD, MAD, and GLAD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I included my favourite quote from this talk - the ACTION </span><span style="font-size: large;">quote. It reminded my of the Visiting Teaching message from <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.ca/2017/03/March-2017-visiting-teaching-message.html" target="_blank">March where I referred to us as ACTION HEROES when we ACTIVATE THE ENABLING POWER OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS ATONEMENT.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"There may be many things about life that are beyond your control. But in the end, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHOOSE both your destination and many of your experiences along the way. IT IS NOT SO MUCH YOUR ABILITIES BUT YOUR CHOICES THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN LIFE."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love that! At my work recently there was a change in my schedule and I wanted it changed back to what it was before - and that particular day of the week at work seemed challenging. Then I thought to myself - the only thing that needs to change is my attitude. As soon as I made that decision that day of the week was great! That is easy for the small stuff. I know there are way bigger challenges than that. It is so important that we develop this frame of mind for the small stuff so when the BIG challenges come we are trained in having the power to meet our challenges with the attitude or frame of mind that will be most helpful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the handout - I made a colour one, and a slightly coloured one - depending on how much colour ink you want to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Download the files <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B42FGmu4goboT0JDMlQ2bEpvdkE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;"> Thanks for stopping by!</span>Sue@creativetryals.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009938733656447862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264129007041229112.post-18456681544653255172017-11-04T16:42:00.002-07:002017-11-04T16:42:31.176-07:00Starving Student Edible Advent Calendar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made my first "starving student" advent calendar a couple years ago when my daughter was being trained to be a tattoo artist. Starving is an exaggeration - but when kids are going to school - mom's worry about what they are eating. I made an edible advent calendar as a creative way to help her out with her food bill. I bought things like cheese, Nutella, wraps, butter (on the more expensive side). The things that needed refrigerating I put in a different package and said they need to be put in a fridge. I also had easy to make items like pasta, pasta sauce - as I knew that was on my daughters menu and she was able to make it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now that she is done her training, I make her a "starving artist" advent calendar. These are the tags I made to go with the calendar last year. The first year I had some scrapbook paper with numbers on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping by!</span>Sue@creativetryals.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009938733656447862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264129007041229112.post-90504136611964151902017-05-11T07:46:00.002-07:002017-05-11T07:46:25.485-07:00Mother's Day Exploding Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I love to give creative gifts. I had an addiction last year of making exploding boxes. This was the gift I made last year for Mother's Day. It is so cute and unique. I found all sorts of clip art online and printed them out. I went with a garden theme. I adhered the cut out clip art, some directly to the box with glue and others with pop dots to give dimension. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I loved a poem that I found which was the inspiration for the garden theme. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">A mother's heart is like a garden.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Her children are the seeds.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">And as they grow, she tends to them</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Fulfilling all their needs...</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Wherever there is beauty</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">a mother's love is there.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I added a pocket to put a small card to personally sign and a gift card could be added to it as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! For the May visiting teaching message we get to select a message from talks given in the April General Conference to teach and uplift. I have a hard time selecting only one as they are all so inspiring. I decided to go with a growth mindset theme. I have been reading Carol Dweck's studies about the psychology of success that she calls the growth mindset. She has done great work in studying the thought process of people who succeed and of those who don't. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The original growth mindset is the gospel of Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.00784314); color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">“When you climb up a ladder, you must begin at the bottom, and ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top; and so it is with the principles of the gospel—you must begin with the first, and go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation." Joseph Smith</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The purpose of this life is to progress (or grow) and become like God. There are fixed mindsets that say I was born that way I can't help it - but the gospel of Jesus Christ says you are a child of God. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">There are things you need to learn and improve - and you are able to do it. Applying the teachings and principles of Jesus Christ is the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you have a fixed mindset you are acted upon. A person with a growth mindset is one who applies the power to act in enlightened ways- even if the circumstances seem challenging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The General Conference messages remind us of the path of progress and the mind set we need to apply to achieve success. I researched the talks and chose quotes that I felt aligned with the six categories of the growth mindset. I printed them out and stapled them in a booklet. The booklet was </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">I love the saying "you grow girl"! I thought that was fitting and made a tag that you can glue to a potted plant, or maybe even a watering can. As we study and apply the teachings of Christ in our lives we will grow and bloom. It is so interesting how our actions are aligned with our thoughts. Applying the growth mindset of the gospel is the path to find true success. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">Find the file <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B42FGmu4goboYVBLRU56NGd1OVE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<br />Sue@creativetryals.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009938733656447862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264129007041229112.post-45470204344785005172017-04-15T12:01:00.000-07:002017-04-15T12:01:12.719-07:00Happiness is Homemade Marriage Survival Kit Take Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! Last year I made a marriage survival kit with this same theme <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.ca/2016/07/home-sweet-home-marriage-survival-kit.html?spref=pi" target="_blank">(CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT)</a>. I found some adorable kitchen items at Michael's but only one of the items was the same as the gift basket last year, so I needed to make some new sayings and new tags. Here is what is in the kit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I made some cute little paper birch Easter baskets. I made them out of white poster board/card stock and then wrapped them with birch wrapping paper. I purchased the wrapping paper from Winners/Home Sense. I love the beautiful paper that is found there sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can make these any size. I liked the size that came from an 8x10 piece of poster board.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">They turned out pretty cute. For the finishing touch I added Easter tags <a href="http://creativetryals.blogspot.ca/2017/04/free-easter-tag-printables.html">FOUND HERE</a> that I put on with pop dots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! I am wanting to make some paper birch baskets and needed to make some tags to go with them. I made some adult tags and tags that would work to give to kids as well. Come back in a few days to see how they go with paper birch baskets!! Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B42FGmu4gobodE9nTThrZFBEeWc">HERE</a> for the pdf file. Thanks for stopping by!</span></div>
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<br />Sue@creativetryals.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14009938733656447862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264129007041229112.post-90444620922614933762017-04-02T18:20:00.001-07:002017-04-02T18:24:55.805-07:00April 2017 Visiting Teaching Message Handout Idea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Hello! Welcome to my blog! April's Visiting Teaching message is on The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood. For the full message </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I created a printable that has most of the quotes that are in the message with a few additions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the pdf version <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B42FGmu4goboTFlpMF81amlqbk0">click here</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have these quotes in a sun because of an analogy Neil L. Anderson gave a few years ago in </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>A man may open the drapes so the warm sunlight comes into the room, but the man does not own the sun or the light or the warmth it brings. The blessings of the priesthood are infinitely greater than the one who is asked to administer the gift.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I just love that analogy, and that talk - which teaches about the power of the priesthood. <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/power-in-the-priesthood?lang=nav">Click</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I made a handout with that quote as the theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I saw a cute curtain card online and used that as my inspiration. Check it out <a href="http://scrapbookclubhouse.typepad.com/weblog/2009/04/happy-thoughts.html">HERE.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For the pdf file of the Visiting Teaching handout <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B42FGmu4goboRWNyam40Ti1fS0k">CLICK HERE</a>. Here is what it looks like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also love the quote:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I think this relates to this months message. Too often we stand in the shadows when it comes to the power of the priesthood because we don't fully understand it. As Neil L. Anderson said - <i>"We sometimes overly associate the power of the priesthood with men in the Church. The priesthood is the power and authority of God given for the salvation and blessing of all - men, women and children."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We can invite sunshine into our lives as we "...expand (our) understanding of the priesthood..."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">because we will "come in possession of the privileges and blessings and gifts of the Priesthood." </span>Joseph Smith</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">To make the card - after printing out the sheet you will need to fold the card into quarters, cut out the front </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">window and make the curtains. I used double sided tape to adhere two pieces of 2" ribbon onto a thin strip of paper that I used for a curtain rod. Then I tied each ribbon at the bottom with </span></div>
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