Missionary Metal Board

A few months ago I took some pictures of a missionary. That missionary was my brother and my mom wanted to make something for him with a missionary quote she found. She saw it on a tile and thought it was cute. Then we thought it would be fun to put pictures of him with the quote. We decided to put the quote on a metal board and use magnets to put current photos of him on it. 

We got our vinyl lettering at Vinyl 4 Decor

The metal board from "The Wood Connection"

We taped our vinyl down so that it would not move and it was center. 

We removed the back paper and pressed it down with a card.

Then pilled it off in small sections because the lettering was so small. 

We added the pictures and displayed it. 

I think it turned out super cute we are just going to add something to the magnets to add a pop of color!

Woodland Creatures Baby Shower!

I did these for my sister who is having a baby girl in April!! She is having a baby shower soon and the theme is woodland creatures.

After I did the shower invitation I decided to do a thank you card for her to match. 

Then while I was at it and I was having so much fun I did a birth announcement. 

If you like these and would like me to personalize them for you let me know. Ill do each one for $10 and $25 for all three! I can also make them in blue if you are expecting a boy!

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!

50th Birthday Party!

This was the first event I have taken pictures for. I really enjoyed taking pictures at this party. It was a surprise 50th birthday party.

The party was a hit and the birthday boy was super surprised!!

Maternity Photos

I got to take some maternity and family photos for my sisters this weekend. She is 24 weeks along. I had so much fun taking these pictures. She is such a cute pregnant girl!

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!