The Makings of a Young Women Handout

I am often asked where I come up with the ideas 

for my Young Women handouts.  

While I do LOVE making them 

and I LOVE when they turn out better than I had envisioned, 

I don't know that I truly have a secret for coming up with the idea.

Usually, I start with the lesson. 

 All of my lessons are found at lds.org.  

This year we are on Manual 3.  

I usually figure out what part of the lesson I want the girls to remember 

and then I locate a thought, quote or scripture that enforces that lesson.

For Easter I knew I wanted to focus on the YW Values 

and so I went hunting for Easter candy.   

I bought oodles of jelly beans in YW Value colors 

(no such thing as gold jelly beans- hence the golden-Carmel filled egg) 

and I also knew I wanted to use the Lamb to represent the Lamb of God.

Later I thought about what I wanted them to think about who they are

 in relationship to the message of Easter. . .I wrote this:

This Easter place your values where your mouth is!  

Stand as a witness of God at all times 

and in all things and in all places 

as you bear witness of the divine mission of the Lamb of God.  

Be thou an example of the believers. 

 (All paraphrased from the YW Theme, YW Values and 1 Timothy 4:12)

I already had these Wilton disposable icing tubes which are

already ideally shaped for Easter!

I composed my text into the shape of the "carrot" and placed

it on this Cyrstal Wilkerson Houndstooth  digital paper.

Then I made the Happy Easter tag!  

I used CTMH Splendor paper and some 

miscellaneous CTMH Stamps.

Some green ribbon for the carrot -

all with a little help from my Freckle-Faced Strawberry

and there's the magic!

Breaking the Streak . . .

I was on a roll, just not rolling on the right hill.
I'm not counting the number of consecutive days I didn't blog. . . 
I'm just going to get back on track.


Take time to be creative every day.

April Card Class

 One of my Faves
Green, Black and Cream with vintage aging. . . yummy!

Astounding Generosity!

 Fun color combination and I don't like purple!

For a Friend

 I think this was my personal favorite! Water brush, dye ink painting technique.

It's Your Day

The Class liked this one!

Beautiful Spring

Mother's Day Apron - It's an open-able card and a refrigerator magnet.

I based this off the BBQ Grill Apron that's been around for a few years now.

Mother's Apron

Another Class Favorite - Brown and Red, always a classic!

Love Tree

A Little Late

I made about 20 of these little guys for Easter Treats and meant to post and link up the directions, but didn't get it done. . . I used her tutorial here for the small ones, but then decided I could make them larger so I did! Here is a sample of a couple. I made about 20 all together. They are so easy my DD (11) made a bunch too. Aren't they cute??!!??

We're Going to Make These:

 

So unit meeting is my house tomorrow night (well, it's 12:14 AM so I guess that makes it TODAY!) We're having a fun auction and some other stuff, but the "project" for the evening is my responsibility. I knew what I wanted to make, but had I made one yet? NO! This is my goobered up, can we actually make it, trial mode project, but yes, I think we're going to make these! Wish me luck!