Mar 31, 2012 - 
Open House, Printables 
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Open House, Printables No Comments Woodland Easter Tablescape
Easter is coming, I can't believe it is already next Sunday! Here is a Woodland Easter Tablescape I laid out in prep for family coming over.
The runner is actually my Chevron Rug, washed up fresh for the table. Below you can see a chunk of wood left over from my wood block lamp excursion. I layered it with a piece of burlap ribbon, some paper grass and candies with a nest my kids found on the street in front of our house a few years back.
How cute does that chocolate bunny look in the pocket of my burlap slipcover?! A few peeps (bunnies, cause let's face it, they are cuter) tucked in paper grass and an empty cardboard egg holder sit ready to be snacked on. The little ducks in the pond was an applique from a Baby Gap t-shirt 11 years ago. I love Read more [...]
Today I want to share a little fabric tag I made. It is really simple and didn't cost me a dime, all scraps I had on hand.
First cut out a rectangle out of scrap fabric. Mine is a linen look-a-like. Fray the edges on three sides. On the top, sew a contrasting piece of fabric folded over the top edge.
Print off numbers 1-9 HERE. Cut the numbers out with an Xacto knife. With stencil adhesive glue the backs of the numbers and lay them in the center of the tag. Lay the tags on a piece of plastic food wrap in case the paint goes through the fabric. Lightly paint around the edges of the numbers with craft paint. Remove the numbers and allow to dry.
Sew a small piece of twine to the top edge of the tag. Go back and forth a few times to make sure 
In February we held our annual New Beginnings activity. This year we mixed things up a bit and had a "Game Night". Here are the invitations I made up:
I left the date, time etc off the template. Simply place a text box in the open space to add YOUR info.
If you would like to download the template for the Game Night invitations click HERE
NOTE: The template is a photo of the tickets, just blow it up so the gray line meets the boarder of your page layout.
I made a similar layout for the program that we handed out at New Beginnings.
If you would like to download the Game Night program click HERE for the front
and HERE for the back side
NOTE: I printed the invitations AND the programs on a cream opalescent card stock and it turned out 
For everyone in the Young Women's organization New Beginnings is right around the corner. It is a great time when we welcome new12 year old girls into the Young Women program. I made up an invitation and program if anyone would like to use it. When I think of new beginnings and young women, a plants always come to mind. I incorporataed a tree showing what they could become as they follow the YW program. A theme from our stake last year was also incorporated into the bottom corner "Live Like You Believe".
I made this very inexpensive to reproduce. I made it all in shades of gray so that it could be printed on your libraries copy machine. Instead of plain white paper, I suggest (and used) a cream peralescent cardstock. You can find it at JoAnn's. It 
A few years ago I decided there had to be a better way to go grocery shopping. I was tiered of trying to read a scribbled scrap of paper and walking from one end of the store to the other only to realize that I had to go back to the begininning because I forgot something. So, I took matters into my own hands.
I made a grocery shopping list. I organized it based on the store I shopped at most. Each section is broken out by isle or catagory. I filled in the list with the items I buy most.
I also made a section for listing out the dinners I planned to have that week.
Now when I am getting ready to go to the grocery store I first grab a highlighter and mark all of the items I need to purchase for each 
In our church we have a program where the Young Women work on improving themselves. This month is a night where we honor their success. It is called Young Women in Excellence. Here is the layout I've been toying with for our invitations and such. I wanted it simple, clean and easy to print off on cardstock. Our theme is Women Of Virtue and is modeled after a program by Jessica Roberts found on Sugardoodle. Like Jessica, I chose gold as my accent color since gold represents the value Virtue. I printed them on pearlescent paper found in an 8 1/2 X 11 pad at JoAnn's.
Invitation:
Program: (sorry about the watermark)
Name Card for the Display Tables:
Alternate Name Card with notes from the parents about the YW's accomplishments this year and 
A few years ago, well 11 to be exact, we lived in a great little apartment in Bountiful, UT. We had super fun neighbors that we would do stuff with as married couples all the time. There was a Down East Home (an outlet that sells returned catalog items including PB) about a block away and believe me, we frequented it often. I have stocked my house from many a deals from that DEH. One day they had a "tent" sale where everything was out in the parking lot. It was about 3pm and not much had sold. I found a chest of drawers that I was interested in, It was "distressed" and it was missing a drawer on the top right side. I did my usual fiddling with and realized that the top three drawers were interchangeable. I decided that when I got home I could paint 
A few years ago I was called to be the Primary Secretary. What a great calling! I got to work interact with all of the adorable children but my main job was behind the scenes. It was the end of the year and I wanted to spice things up for the next year. My sister in law's ward had been passing out "Primary Mail" and she said it was a great success. The person who had given a talk that day got to be the Postman and deliver the mail at the end of Sharing Time. I decided this was it, and with the approval of my President I went for it. First I went to Archiver's Scrapbook store and purchased a chip board mailbox. I decorated it with red, yellow and blue paper (Primary colors). Then it was time to make the mail. I wanted an old Airmail look. I got