We Missed You - Relief Society Email

A while back we were asked by our Stake Presidency to make sure those who are not at church know that they are missed. Our Relief Society Presidency decided as part of that directive, we would send out an email every Sunday to those who were not in Relief Society. This includes those who are absent and those serving in Primary, Nursery and Young Women. Sometimes when I do something I have no idea if it makes a difference. I have received a lot of positive feedback about this email program, especially from those sisters who are serving in other organizations and those who cannot make it to church for health or other reasons. There was even a less active that had been receiving them. I had no idea whose email this was but sent it because it was on the email list. They came to church. I introduced myself, and the individual said, "Oh, I get your emails". 

We just take a few quotes and scriptures that are shared during Relief Society, compile them on a postcard type file and email them as a jpeg. Searching images on the internet offers a wealth of pictures that relate to the different lessons that give this email a nice touch with little effort other than to copy, paste and resize. 

This does take a little bit of time to put together, but utilizing technology in this manner has unified us more, and really by small and simple means. 

I would love to hear some ways you have reached out to the Sisters in your ward...

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Father's Day Subway Art Card

Hello! I have happy to be kind of organized this year and be able to post the Father's Day cards I made before it is even June. That is an achievement for me!

I do not have any special program on my computer. I made this on the slideshow for Mac program called Keynote. It easily converts into a pdf or jpeg file and it is easy to manipulate the words and pictures around.  My computer is new so I am having fun downloading a whole bunch of new fonts as well.  I printed the image on cream card stock, inked the page to give a grunge look with Tim Holtz walnut distress ink, and adhered it to a kraft card that I had inked the edges on. I printed out an extra "u" and globe and adhered those over top the others for more dimension to the card. I also glued buttons on two of the stars. 

Here is a pdf that can be used free for personal use. 

CLICK HERE.

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Happy "Pop's" Day - Father's Day Gift Idea

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I never got around to posting last years Father's Day gifts I made. I basically made a few goodies with the same tag with the theme of "Pop". I am always looking for something creative to make and once I make it I hope to help someone else out. The tag is free to use for personal use. Click on image and save or copy to your favourite program. Paste and resize as desired. I printed mine out on kraft card stock as that is a versatile paper and always looks great!

The first gift I put in a lunch bag that I cut down. I stuffed the bag with a few goodies, tied raffia around the bag and glued the tag on. 

The second gift I made like a candy bouquet. I wrapped a super large tuna can with wrapping paper. I added all sorts of things with a pop theme - soda pop, popcorn, and cake pops. Actually they were brownie bites that I put on a stick. I printed out moustaches and glued them to the wrapper. I added candies to the can too so it was filled. 

The next gift was a goodie bag that I gave to my brother. I cut a hole in a lunch bag and put popcorn in a plastic bag, then in the lunch bag. An easy goodie bag.

Hopefully this will give you some Father's Day gift ideas!

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Happy Camper Marriage Survival Kit

Hello! Welcome to my blog! I am so excited that summer is pretty much upon us!! I am a big time survival kit nut, especially for marriage survival. The sky is the limit for themes and I am excited to post the latest one - Happy Camper Survival Kit. This can be used as an anniversary gift / wedding shower gift. With some more pricey items you can even turn it into a wedding gift. Here is what is in it.

1. Avoid the "must quit o's. 

mosquito repellant

2. Love Bites. Remove the sting.

after bite

3. Look on the bright side

glow sticks/flashlight

4. Make sure you are heard

camping whistle

5. Tend to each others wounds

first aid kit

6. The mooshier the better

s'more kit

7. Fan the flames

matches

8. Avoid stormy outbursts

rain ponchos

CLICK HERE for the link to the pdf file that is complete with the above tags and marriage advice to match if you want to add them. All my survival kits are free for personal use. 

CLICK HERE to see my other available survival kits.

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Infuse Joy Into Your Soul

Hello! Welcome to my blog! This quote art is inspired by a verse in the Book of Mormon, Alma 19:6. This scripture is one that touches my heart as I desire to infuse joy into my soul. 

There are many differing opinions out there on how to find joy. I believe as Ezra Taft Benson had noted, "Men may deceive each other, but God does not deceive man." I think this scripture has the real definition of joy in it.

Doesn't it make sense that living a lie, living under a deception, or darkness as described here would bring a darkness into one's life? When that deception or darkness is dispelled, truth is found, or in other words light, one's soul would be lit up with that new found understanding. In Doctrine and Covenants 84 it says whatsoever is truth is light, whatsoever is light is Spirit. In John chapter 8 Jesus talks about those who believe on Him and in His word, then are we His disciples. "And ye shall know the truth and the truth make you free." The Jews were confused and said they "were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?" Jesus answered them...Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin." (John 8:31-34) Truth sets us free because it exposes those things that bring misery to our lives. Those things that bring misery to our lives our glamorized these days. Isaiah speaks of those that "call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isaiah 5:20 

Misery will abound until light or truth abides in our lives, so why not seek for truth from the One who  is the Source of truth and infuse your soul with joy?

I was invited quite a few years ago to read The Book of Mormon. I did not want to read it as I had heard a lot against it.  Some people told me that it was a replacement for the Bible and I did not like that. Then I realized I had heard a lot of positive things about the book as well. I was told that it was another testament of Jesus Christ. I was told it was a record of a people who lived on this continent who were brought here by the hand of God and that it is a record that was prepared for the wise purpose of preparing the world for the second coming of Jesus Christ. I decided that I would read the book, not because I believed it, but because if there was any truth to what these people were saying, I had better find out. I did read it and I did pray to God to know if it was true as I didn't want my decision to be persuaded by any man. I am sharing this because I did receive an answer to my prayers and I invite you to find out for yourself too. 

You can download the Book of Mormon app by clicking HERE.

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Happy "Moo"ther's Day Gift

Hello! Welcome to my blog! I had an early Mother's Day with my mom. I came up with this saying last year when I saw a cute cow garden ornament. I should have bought the ornament last year as I could not find a cow garden ornament anywhere. That is when plan B came into play. I bought some pots at the dollar store, painted them cow print, and printed out a sign with a cow on it. If I did this again I would paint cream/buttermilk color instead of the white to match the tag more. Other than that I was happy with this unique gift and my mom loved it too!

I found the adorable cow clip art here.

Last year I made a gift with play on words using a gnome...

Mom, There is gnome body like you

Get the free tag here....

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Mother's Day Poems for Mother, Grandmother and Aunt with Matching Gift

Hello! Welcome to my blog! I have always loved to give homemade gifts for Mother's Day, or if I had to buy something, to put some sort of creative spin on it. When my daughter was younger, we made all sorts of things together to give to her two grandmothers, an aunt and a great grandmother. The above picture is a simple project we did together by sewing the word "HOME" with jute on some cotton, drawing flowers hearts and butterflies on the cotton, and then framing it. The year we made these I made some poems to go with it. There is a poem for Mother, Aunt and Grandmother.  The beginning of the poems are all the same, but they are changed up at the end to personalize them. The poems are about the difference of a house, built with materials, and a home, built with a mother's love.

MOTHER

A house is built with materials:

lumber, brick and stone.

Love, patience and sacrifice;

That’s what makes a home.

A good foundation is a sturdy

houses start. The foundation is 

essential so the house doesn’t

fall apart.

The foundation of a home is s 

most important task. Its material

comes from a mother’s heart, 

a love that’s made to last.

I know things were not always

easy. Perhaps at times you felt

alone. But I want to thank you 

now for all your hard work,

for making our house a home.

GRANDMOTHER

A house is built with materials:

lumber, brick and stone.

Love, patience and sacrifice;

That’s what makes a home.

A good foundation is a sturdy

houses start. The foundation is 

essential so the house doesn’t

fall apart.

The foundation of a home is s 

most important task. Its material

comes from a mother’s heart, 

a love that’s made to last.

You are my mother’s mother,

the foundation of love is deep.

I thank you for your handiwork;

a blueprint of love so sweet.

AUNT

A house is built with materials:

lumber, brick and stone.

Love, patience and sacrifice;

That’s what makes a home.

A good foundation is a sturdy

houses start. The foundation is 

essential so the house doesn’t

fall apart.

The foundation of a home is s 

most important task. Its material

comes from a mother’s heart, 

a love that’s made to last.

You are my mother’s sister, 

But you are so much more you see;

you have always had a mother 

heart extended out to me.

Your door is always open. Your

 love you have always shown, so I 

thank you from the bottom of my

heart for making your house

my home.

If I was making this gift this year with my adult daughter I would make this craft to go with the poems: Click below to go to the tutorial.

love at home chalkboard

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