You Need 2 Check this Idea Out!!!

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I just had to share this wonderful idea that Kristin from Inkablinka came up with as a weekly reward for their wards young women for working on their personal progress. I love that it goes with the mutual theme for the year!  

You NEED to check this idea out by clicking HERE! To cute and super easy to make! Will definitely be sharing this idea with our YW president at our next presidency meeting. 

I Am A Daughter of My Heavenly Father...Who KNOWS Me

I think that every Young Woman (young and old) and even the Young Men need a good reminder that their Heavenly Father knows them and loves and will never leave them in their hour/time of need. A very touching reminder and message. 
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Subway Art...YW Values

I tried my hand at creating a piece of Subway Art...

I used Picnik to create it. Click HERE for download jpeg or you can right click on the image above and save as.

I Am In LOVE....

with the new album that Deseret Book just released that is based on the Young Women Values its titled Live What I know:Honoring the Values of Young Women. 

Crappy Picture I Know...sorry

There is also a songbook that goes with it...however when I  went to pick it up (I pre-ordered both the CD and Songbook) from the local Deseret Book they said that they were still waiting for the books to be shipped our from the warehouse. So I settled with just walking out of the store with the disc and will have to wait a few weeks before I can pick up the book too....*frown face*

But I LOVE what I heard on the disc and it has made me super duper excited for the book to come in so I can play the songs and who knows, maybe get some of my YW to sing them. So I HIGHLY recommend getting this...it has the same spiritual "umph" that Janice Kapp Perry had with her album about the values (which is still amazing and the one I grew up with and still love to this day) but this one is made especially for the generation that we as leaders today are teaching. GO PICK IT UP--what are you waiting for???

2nd Handout for Lesson 21...

So I finally was able to create something that I am satisfied with. I have spent the last two days trying to get this handout right...and by golly I finally did it!!! *Happy Dance*

So I know I wont get the finished pictures up until I get these put together which will be tomorrow but here is what I plan on doing with them. I have little votive candles in a variety of colors and scents that I got at wal-mart for like $2.00 if that and they came in a set of 4. Score for me! So now that I found the candles, I thought to myself how and I going to get a tag attached that the girls will actually keep on the candle. The light went off (it does that occasionally) and so I picked up some smaller size treat bags by Wilton (again walmart for like a $1.50). I got them home and ta-da! The bags don't exactly lend themselves well to being gathered and tied. SO this is when I came up with this crazy idea to create a bag topper.

So here it is...another pdf with four to a page

Click HERE for download

Cute Idea For Teaching Lessons

When I was called to the YW's program, I knew that I would end up teaching some lessons. Which at the time was a scary thought as I had only taught nursery lessons up until this point. Anyway, that is another story let me get back to this one. I knew I would be teaching and I love to make print up a wide variety of things so that the girls have something to look at. BUT I hated having to deal with tape or pins or those little clips above the chalkboard that never really seem to do the trick. So as I was walking through one of our local craft stores, I saw an idea that would be perfect! So easy that even I could do it with out messing up to much!

Here is what you need:

ITEMS NEEDED

MODGE PODGE (the glossy one)

SCRAP BOOK PAPER SCRAPS (and I know that most of you have this just laying around)

CLEAR GLASS STONES (found at craft stores in bundles about 1" inch in size is good, I found mine for about $4.00 for about 20 stones)

MAGNETIC BUTTONS (found these in the craft isle at Wal Mart)

PAINT BRUSH

NAIL FILE or FINE GRAIN SANDPAPER to smooth and file the edges

SCISSORS or STRAIGHT EDGE BLADE (the little orange thing in the picture)

HOT GLUE GUN

STEPS (will post step by step pics SOON)

1. Take scrapbook paper and find a nice design on it that you want on your magnet and cut out about a 1 inch square (or large enough to barely fit the area of the glass stone you are using.

2. Once you have your picture, take some modge podge and paint brush and brush some on to the flat part of stone and press hard against the paper and smooth out.

3. Once paper is securely modge podged to the stone, take scissors or blade and trim around the stone.

4. Take sand paper or nail file and file the edge of the paper down to the stone so that there are no rough edges.

5. Take hot glue gun and one magnet and glue to the center on the back of the stone.

6. Repeat steps until you have done all you are going to do. (Yes, I know I didn't write it but easiest thing to do is get all your stones and paper modged podged together  and then glue the magnets to the backs of stones).

It's really that simple and they turn out really cute and hold well on chalkboards (even through card stock!) and the possibilities are endless!!!

Simple Value Bookmarks

Ok, so like I stated in the previous post, I had some value bookmarks that I was creating but I hadn't found the site where I got the graphics that I used from. Well I finally found the site, so a big THANK YOU to HOT PINK PANSY (link on side bar) for the wonderful freebies.



Click HERE for word doc with all 8 bookmarks

Coming...values!

I am currently in the process of creating some little bookmarks (yes, I like bookmarks!) that have to do with the Young Woman's values however, some the graphics that I am using I lost the site that I received them from and I don't want to post anything without giving credit to the person(s) who took the time to create the graphics that I am using...so with that being said keep a look out and with any luck I will get them posted soon!!