2012 Mutual Theme

I am so excited about the 2012 mutual theme.  Here's some subway art for the theme in 12x12 and 6x6 vinyl.  The 12x12 includes the scriptural reference, the 6x6 does not.  The photos I have taken to display the art are shown on tiles purchased from Lowe's.  These are an inexpensive, easy way to display the vinyl, but wood works well also, and allows a little more flexibility with colors.  I'll get a few more samples up soon, but didn't want to wait too long as there are a lot of us already thinking Christmas and New Beginnings.

12x12 2012 Subway Art Tile

The 12x12 is $5.50 for the vinyl,
$17.50 for a package of 4


If you are interested in a different color or different size, please e-mail me at andvinyltoo@yahoo.com

6x6 2012 Mutual Theme Subway Art Tile Style 012a on left, 012b on right

The 6x6 is $2.50 for the vinyl, $8.50 for a set of 4
The vinyl is currently available in black, white, chocolate brown, and beige.

If you are interested in a different color or different size, please e-mail me at andvinyltoo@yahoo.com

Oh so much fun!

Choice & Accountability 2 and Divine Nature 6 Doorhangers

I try my hardest to come up with something original for each value experience, but some things are just worth repeating.

Our Stake Young Women President made a comment at our stake meeting about birthday door hangers that made me think to make these.

Choice & Accountability 2

Divine Nature 6

The girls have commented that having their calendar checklists somewhere visible to help keep them on track with the two and three week values is really helpful.  We couldn't think of a better way than having it on her door every time she walks in and out of her room.One of the young women I showed these to asked if I'd make more.  Hopefully I'll be done with that project by the end of the week.




For the two I have made already, the link for the file on scribd is beneath the individual photos of the door hangers on the one of the girl's doors. The door hangers print two to a page with easy line guides for cutting.


Hope your young women find them as helpful as ours!

Choice & Accountability Value Experience 4

Since this value experience talks about repentance I decided to use an eraser.  I found the white erasers with a paper cover at Walmart 2/$1.00.  They are the store generic "office" brand.  (The package is in the back of the photo) The template will fit perfectly around their erasers.  If you have another size eraser you'd like to use let me know and I can adjust the handout for you.  I printed the sheet on cardstock, it prints nine to a page.

The lines are extremely faint on the printed page.  I did this so there wouldn't be any stress about lining them up on the edges perfectly.  If you line up one of the wide sides to the eraser and fold from there I don't think you'll have any problems.  The Choice & Accountability 4 end will fold over the bottom of the eraser cover and I glued it together with a good old fashioned glue stick.

These turned out better than I hoped!

Choice & Accountability 4 Eraser Covers

New Personal Progress Reminders

I'm excited to share some new personal progress reminders.  I've posted a lot with little treats before, but the girls in our ward don't always get a little treat.  Sometimes it's one of the girls sharing, and sometimes a little quote or thought they can throw in their scriptures.  I have a few of both this time.  I know you are all quite capable of putting your own quote in some clipart, but for the days you don't have time here are some resources for you.

On a side note...all of the examples I show in my photos have been printed in fast draft.  I love making things for our girls, but the reality is I cannot afford to print everything with photo quality ink each week.  I have an HP photosmart printer, so I know fast draft may not work for everyone, but if you try and you like it... Sometimes my printer gets tired, and you can probably tell a couple of these were printed in fast draft.  I, however, will not lose sleep over it.

I hope each of you find something fun to use in your individual organizations!





What are your dreams?

This is a great quote from an article in the New Era, Five Reasons to Love Personal Progress by Jan Pinborough. I have another handout with a quote from the same article that will hopefully be up in the next few days.




Take Time Handout

This one prints eight to a page.  I punch a hole in the left corner and tied it to some party favor watches I picked up at Walmart.

How to Eat an Elephant Handout

I'm not sure how exactly I stumbled on this article, but I got the idea for the handout after reading an article on the church website, How to Eat an Elephant - Or Plan Your Life (As the Case May Be).  Hmmm...this could end up being a cute theme for a New Beginnings night. They print four to a page.

 Life Saver Handout

I used peppermint lifesavers just because the white life savers look more like life preservers to me.  The life savers are attached with glue dots.  I did fold one end of the wrapper in a bit so it wasn't covering too much of the message.  These print nine to a page.

Step by Step Reminder

This is a quote from Mary N. Cook, from her talk in the April 2010 conference, Never, Never, Never Give Up.  The handouts print six to a sheet.

Faith Value Experience #1

These are for our personal progress basket.  I pulled some rocks from our yard, (I live in Arizona, there are lots of rocks in my yard.), used vinyl lettering to write Prayer on each of the rocks.  I used the vinyl because I can, however, paint pens would work just as well, and if the girls are decorating their own, I would encourage using paint pens. For the bags I found some sticker sheets that had 45 stars on them.  This was enough to cover morning and evening prayers for the entire 3 weeks.  The stickers are under the rocks in the bags.  I also attached a card with the scriptures they have to read and the follow up.  There is a little calendar on the back of the card in case the girls choose to track their daily progress that way.

For the bags I printed conference talks.  I would prefer the girls find their own, but I also like to have everything they need right there.  I pulled from the following talks:

Richard G. Scott, The Transforming Power of Faith and Character, October 2010 Conference
Kevin W. Pearson, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, April 2009 Conference
Richard C. Edgley, Faith - the Choice is Yours, October 2010 Conference
David A. Bednar, Ask in Faith, April 2008 Conference
Henry B. Eyring, A Living Testimony, April 2011 Young Women Broadcast

The cards I used suggested the girls use their stickers and prayer rock to track their progress.  I made some cards without the prayer rock blurb so you can use the card alone with the tracking sheet on the back if you wish.  The cards are designed to print front and back. One stop shopping at it's best!

Faith 1 Flower Card with Prayer Rock Reference
Faith 1 Stone Card with Prayer Rock Reference
Faith 1 Flower Card without Prayer Rock Reference
Faith 1 Stone Card without Prayer Rock Reference





My favorite part about this value experience is all of this can easily be adapted into an activity night.  It's also one that the girls who have completed this value experience can still participate.

For an activity I would recommend reading the scriptures together in small groups, and watching two of the conference talks together.  This is a great opportunity for those working on their honor bees to lead a small group in the scripture study or lead a discussion group after the videos.  To end the night everyone can make a prayer rock to take home and get started on their goal.  Have fun!

Easter Personal Progress Goody

For Easter we're giving the girls these little Easter baskets with candy.  I have TONS of scrapbook paper, so for me this was really easy to grab what I had on hand.  I know not everyone wants to take the time to make a little Easter basket, so I also made one and have a photo of just some candy and Easter grass in a cello bag.

Plain Cardstock Basket

Cello Bag with Tag

Originally I wanted to make the little Easter nests with Chinese noodles or Easter basket cupcakes.  The problem is we're leaving for Easter and I didn't want to be giving out stale treats.  There are so many options though.  I have included several sayings documents so there are lots to choose from.  If you did want to make the paper baskets, the directions are below.

Labels Pink Background
Labels Yellow Flower Border
Labels Small Plain
Labels Large Colored Background

For each basket I used:
1 - 6x6 piece of solid cardstock
1 - 1x6 piece of solid cardstock
4 - 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 pieces of patterned paper (optional)
1 - 1 3/4 x 6 piece of patterned paper (optional)
Glue

First, score your 6x6 piece of cardstock every 2".  It will look like a tic-tac-toe board.  I do have a scoring blade for my paper cutter.  However, I also have five kids.  This means at any given time I may be unable to locate the scoring blade.  This was the case while making the baskets. So, I used a pen cap and had my eight year old daughter score them for me, using the blade track for a guide.  You can use a ruler, or just fold the paper in thirds if that's what you have available.

If you are using patterned paper add it now.  One piece should be glued in each corner, the long strip glue on the long strip of cardstock.  This is completely optional.  I had several small scraps of the same patterned paper which is why I chose to use it.

Once the patterned paper is added, you will be cutting slits in the cardstock to make folds.  I forgot to take a photo of this.  Cut the TOP two scores to the first two inch line, and the BOTTOM two scores to the second two inch line.  You don't want to cut off the corners.  Look at the rest of the photos if you have any questions.

Next, glue the handle to the top middle piece.  You only want to glue it about 1/2" into the paper.  This will be making a handle for your basket.

When the glue has dried enough to hold the handle in place, fold one corner piece towards the handle.

If you want to make a "box" you can fold it all the way over.  I prefer to have it a little more open.  You'll be doing the same for the opposite side.  Hold the pieces together until the glue has had time to dry enough it won't open. 
(If it seems like it's taking a while to hold you may not have applied enough glue)

Once the side seems stable, turn the basket over and repeat on the opposite side.

I assembled all the baskets I was making, then applied the labels I had printed.  Then, of course, candy time!

I have made these larger before, with 12x12 paper or 9x9 paper.  For these handouts the 6x6 made a perfect size basket.  Enjoy!

Knowledge Value Experience #3

This is just another value experience reminder for Knowledge #3.  I made it look like an event ticket to go along with the idea that the girls have to go to some sort of performance or museum as part of the experience.  I really think it's important to let the girls know this can be a school performance also.  Some seem to get scared away feeling it has to be something on a larger scale.

These print three to a page.  When my husband saw these he thought it would be more appropriate to have Celestial Admission where the General Admission is.  I have made the change on the PDF, but haven't taken new photos, so in the meantime just know that your Young Women have the new and improved version of the handout and my poor young women don't.

Knowledge Value #3 Tickets