Menu Board

I have been wanting to get meal planning a little more organized. I dread planning the weekly menu and grocery list. I found a bunch of ideas on Pinterest and put a few if my favorites together to create this

  

Depending on your craft supplies this craft could cost you less than five dollars. I used:

A foam board

Scrapbook paper

Stickers

My recipes 

Each envelope has meals inside for breakfast lunch and dinner. Each card has a meal idea on one side and the items needed for that meal on the other.

I pick meals use them to make my shopping list and to let my family know what is for dinner. Most of my meals I make without a recipe but the ones that I need a recipe for I wrote where the recipe is on the card next to the items needed.

New Beginnings

We have blogged about our religion several times here on this blog and we have some links to find out more information
   with this link you can find out a lot more about what I believe specifically and here you can find out more about our church.
Today I am going to blog about an organization we have in our church for youth. A few months ago I was asked to be a leader for the young women in our ward. As a church we have something every year for the young women called New Beginnings. This is where the Theme that we will be focusing on all year in introduced, and new girls that will be turning 12 and joining young women's are introduced to what we do.

This year our Theme is Arise and Shine Forth  this comes from a scripture in Doctrine and Covenants that says "Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations" the link above is an article how we are going to use this through out the year to teach the youth about being an example to others. 

So what does this have to do with our craft blog well let me tell you... 

I found these printables on this blog and a few ideas from pinterest and came up with

these. They are pillow cases that we are going to give the young women at New Beginnings. 

Here is how I did it

Super easy I found my image

Then I got these fabric transfers at Wal-mart for about $7 

and my pillow cases for 2 for $4 also at Wal-mart. 

Just follow the instructions for the transfers that are in the box iron on your image to your pillow case and 

you get some super cute pillows! Now the girls can wake up each morning and have a reminder to arise and be an example to others!

The fabric transfers are super easy to use and can be used for so many things!

I also made some invitations for the girls to give their parents to invite them to new beginnings here is how they turned out...

Front

back

Super easy and fun for the girls to help make and then give to their parents!

Christmas Crafts

I have been crafting a little this December but I didn't want to blog about it because I was doing most of it as gifts. 

I got this idea from Mon Petit Violon she had a ton a great patterns. If you decide to try this one I would recommend making them smaller than your shoe size.  

I got this idea from Sarah Ortega she explains in great detail how to make these. I did one for my Mom, sister and my self. My Mom's is in the center there is a bead for each of her children. I thought about doing birth stone colors but we all have a red birthstone so I did favorite colors instead. My sisters in the brown one and it has one bead. She is expecting her first child in April, and the birthstone in April is a diamond, so I did a clear bead. Mine has two beads one for my daughter who was born in November and one for my second child who is due in May. 

For these I just used a washer, scrapbook paper and mod podge. I cut them out with a whole punch and scissors. They were super simple, I just did a layer of mod podge on the washer and a few layers on top.  

This idea came from pinterest. I saw this quote and loved it. I made this for both my Mom and my Mother-in-law! 

Young Womens Theme Subway Art

This is Girls Camp Craft Number 2!

I have seen this Subway Art on a ton of blogs so I decided to try it out. I Created this on photoshop and then printed it off on card-stock scrapbook paper. 

 

I painted my board blue then I used mod podge to put the paper on the board.

I like the way it turned out, I don't love the blue on the board I might sand it off and try another color. If you are going to try this be sure to use card-stock and not regular paper, it wrinkles and doesn't really work. I am also working on another word combo using the key words in the Thirteenth Article of Faith.

I could do a free printable if anyone really wants, just let me know. 

Family Home Evening Board

A Family Home Evening Board is something that you may find in a Mormon home. We do something on monday nights called Family Home Evening. Its much like a family game night. We use monday night to teach our kids about religion, prayer and we play together. 

I got this metal board at the wood connection, but I was even thinking you could use a cookie sheet. I cut out my vinyl letters on a cricut.

I made a card for each member of my family and I have a few extra for the members to come. They are laminated so if we have visitors we can write them into the rotation with a dry erase marker.

Each week we take turns doing the activities of Family Home Evening.

The magnets I made and a tutorial can be found here. At the wood connection they used gemstones hot glued to magnets. I also made one for my Mom and Mother-in-law, I made theirs a little different I put grandkids in vinyl letters. They use the board to showcase their grandkids! 

Clear Rock Magnets

These are one of my favorite things to make. One of my roommates made them for me about 5 years ago and I love them. They are super easy to make.

You will need:

Clear craft rocks ( I got mine at Robert's, but you can get them at any craft store or dollar store)

Scrapbook paper,

Magnets, 

Sponge paint brush, 

Modge Podge (elmers glue or any glue that dries clear will also work),

and hot glue.  

All you do is:

1- Paint flat side of the rocks with modge podge and place them on your paper.

2- Cut around the rocks.

3- Hot glue the Magnet to the back.

You could use any paper to match our decor or make magnet letters for your kids to play with the possibilites are endless!