Today Did I?

I saw something similar to this on LDShandouts that I loved, however, I wasn't crazy about the colors. I took her idea and refashioned it for myself. I am going to put this on my nightstand so every evening when I go to bed, I can ponder these questions.

Christmas Planner

I saw an idea for a Christmas Planner and I thought it was such a cute idea and figured it would be a cheap way for me to stay organized.
I am a little late getting it finished, but it is finally done
If you would like to make one of your own, let me know and I will email you the files and the instructions.

It was fairly cheap. I printed off all the paper on some cardstock I had on hand with my printer (you could also use scrapbook paper, I just made my own in Photoshop),  bought a composition notebook at Wal-Mart for a little over a dollar, some scrap ribbon, rubber cement I had on hand, and bought some glue dots for the envelopes on the inside covers.

I will make another one for next year, but I will make a few small changes. I will use some double sided crafters tape rather than rubber cement, but it worked fine and it’s what I happened to have on hand.

Here is the front cover.

These are the following pages that I glued to a sheet. The tabs are in the following order:


The Budget

Calendar

The List

Family Traditions

Cards/Addresses

Décor Inventory

Baking

and Master To-Do List

The inside front cover. The coupon envelope and the budget worksheet.

It’s easier to make your list fit your budget than your budget to your list and by making an actual Christmas budget, you can eliminate a lot of financial stress from the holidays. This also helps you reign in those “splurge” and “it’s such a good deal” purchases that we seem to always “pay for” and regret later. They don’t seem to be such a good deal when they are charged to your card and you are paying minimum payments for X amount of months after Christmas only to find it cost you more than if you had just saved for it and paid cash for it without the sale or discounted price.


A look at the inside, gift list.

The back inside cover has a receipt envelope to help you keep track of the receipts so you can balance your checkbook and make any necessary returns a little easier on you.

The back.

More Personal Relationship with the Savior - Updated

Edited - Updated the quote. I had the quote on the second page by President Monson, but it was by Elder Yoshihiko Kikuchi from August 2009 talk Opening the Heavens.

I came across yet another blog on behalf of the "next" button. I can't tell you how much I LOVE this button.

Anyhow, I saw this idea and I loved it so much, that I was inspired to make these notebooks for my Visiting Teaching gifts for my Sisters for February.  I made a few little changes to make this a little more personalized for my needs. The Beehive Messages blog where I got the idea from, said her Sister attended a Relief Society activity where this was used as a getting to know you activity. Here is what the original that I saw looked like:

This project was very minimal in cost and time to create. If you are interested in making one for yourself or as a gift, this is what you will need:

Steno Notebook. I got a 3 pack with 50 pages each at Walmart for about $3.75.
Rubber Cement for crafting, the wrinkle free kind
Needle Nose pliers or crafting pliers
A print out of the following three photos:

Above is the front cover

Above is the inside cover

above are the questions

The photos are formated to be printed in the center of a standard 8.5"x11" sheet of paper, but they are 6"x9"

You can right click on the image to save to your computer then print at home or take to your local copy shop to have printed on cardstock. I had several other things that I had printed, but I think it cost me about $1 per page for each of the printouts. So you have roughly $4 or $5 into each notebook.

To begin with, I took the pliers and loosened both ends on the spiral spring. I then removed the spring from the notebook. I cut the front cover to size and put rubber cement on the back of it and lined it up to the front cover of the notebook. I then took my pliers, they are crafting pliers and so they have rounded tips, and I put the holes in the paper where the spring goes through.

For the inside cover, I did the same thing, but I put the paper upside down, so when you open the front cover, it is right side up. See...

 

After the glue dried, I took some sand paper and ran it across where I had made the holes for the spring to go through and along all four edges of the notebook to make sure that nothing got snagged and everything was flush.

I then took the back cover as a guide and cut out the questions page, leaving enough room on the top of the photo for the holes for the spring. I then used the pliers to make the holes for this page too.

The questions page isn't glued to anything, it is just put right after the front cover.

I then layered the back cover then the notebook papers, the questions page then the front cover and put the spring back on and closed both ends.

Thats how simple it was. I think they turned out really great. I made three total, one for both of my Sisters, and one for me.

I hope this inspires you to create a more personal relationship with the Savior!

Valentines Day Cards

I created these Valentines Day cards to send to my nephews and to give to my Sisters that I visit teach. I would love to share them with you. If you would like to use them, simply right click and select save as. Then simply personalize and print them on cardstock. Have a great day!

LDS Background Papers

Here are a couple of Church themed background papers that I made today. If you would like a copy, right click and select save as. I can also email you a copy of it too. Just leave me a message or email me :o)

Hope you enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Blog background template

I have made a few backgrounds for my blog and have finally decided that I should just make a template so that I don't have to start from scratch every time. Not that it's hard, the hard part is picking through all my supplies to find the right pieces, but it saves me a little bit of time. I thought that I would share it with anyone that was interested in making their own blog background too. Here are a few samples of the backgrounds that I just finished today to show you how versitle this can be.

Let me know if you would like a copy of the template and I will email it to you. If you need instructions, just tell me and I can give you some instructions on how to make your own blog background.

Templates

Here are some of the greeting card templates that I have been working on.
Here is the template and here it is finished.

I love templates. The possibilities are limitless! If you would like a copy of this in psd format, leave me a message and I will email it to you. The wording can all be changed.

If you would like it with the papers, let me know and I will send you both the template and the finished template minus the pictures of Kooper! BTW, I will be adding more in the future! So keep checking back with me! :0)

24 new layouts!!!!

Here are 24 new layouts! Enjoy!