September Visiting Teaching Message

A quick visiting teaching handout in Word or PDF. This is the front, there is also an optional back with the full text of the message.

You can find the official visiting teaching message here.

I try to make these quick, cheap, and easy to print and cut because I make them for all the sisters in my ward. We put them on a table and visiting teachers can just grab what they need for their ladies and take them or mail them or add a plate of cookies, treat, etc.

Sunflower Candy Sticks

I love these little candy sticks! Aren't these sunflower perfect for fall?

I used 1-inch by 8-inch lip and tape cellophane bags. I ordered mine online, but last time I was at Expedex, I saw 100-packs for $5.95 which is cheaper than ordering online by the time I pay shipping.

One 12.6-ounce bag of M&Ms made about 15 candy sticks (possibly more, I tasted and dropped quite a few)

The sunflower is a 2-inch scallop punch that I used scissors to cut between the scallops. Technique from here. The 3/4-inch brown circles were cut with my Silhouette because I don't have a 3/4-inch punch. I stapled the scallops to the bags then used a 1/2-inch glue dot to stick the brown centers over the staple.

Wouldn't daisies be adorable for spring?

Card Club

Here's the card I made for card club tonight. I put them in vellum envelopes.

Our challenge was to do something 3-D.

I got the idea from here. Since it used a stamp set I already owned, I decided to go with it.

Ribbon Storage

I love quick and easy storage solutions so when I saw this ribbon organizer, I knew I had to try it.

I picked up this container from Smith's from $1.25, had my husband cut some dowels that I already had on hand (you can see the leftovers in the center of the basket, not sure what to do with those, but I should have pulled them out for the picture), and started filling the basket with ribbon. I cut up some toilet paper rolls to provide spacers where I needed them to keep the ribbon in place.

Wedding Gifts

'Tis the season for weddings... well, at least around here, it seems.

This is my new favorite wedding gift:

So easy to personalize using vinyl cut from my Silhouette and glass etching cream:

I made sure to put a note on the box that it was personalized. I don't normally have any issues with people regifting something I've bought them, but in this case it could be quite embarrassing!

Shopko has these dishes on sale this weekend (Thursday through Saturday). $12.88 for a 9x13 pyrex dish with lid, carrying case, and ice pack (reg. $39.99).

August Visiting Teaching

Another month, another message. You can find the official message here. Here's my handout:


I was inspired by this amazing creation on Chasing Molly. Go check it out! She has free printables in color and black and white!
I may do that for the ladies I visit teach, but I needed something simpler because I make a visiting teaching handout each month for the women in the ward to use as they go visiting teaching.

Card Club

I'm in a card club and I making and getting beautiful handmade cards. Here is my card for June.

I used my Silhouette to cut out the tree branches, bird, and sun. The sun is a slider, so it slides up and down the ribbon. I used an exacto knife to cut a slit for the ribbon in the crease of the card.