A Restoration of All Things handout freebie

A Restoration of All Things is the visiting teaching message for February 2011.

Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, taught: “Just as the Savior invited Mary and Martha of New Testament times to participate in His work, women of this dispensation have an official commission to participate in the Lord’s work. … The organization of Relief Society in 1842 mobilized the collective power of the women and their specific assignments to build the Lord’s kingdom.”

We accomplish our work as we focus on Relief Society’s purposes: to increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help those in need.

You can download the handout freebie, including the blank version, here.

A Restoration of All Things handout freebie

Picnic Invitation Templates

One of my favorite summer activities were the picnic outings we would have with church ladies and their kids. We would meet at the local park every Tuesday at noon for a picnic lunch and for the little ones to burn some energy. At the time we lived close enough to ride our bikes. Hmmmm, memories.

Thanks to Jonigray's JGD Picnic pack, I found some items that would make a perfect picnic handout or invite. So, I made a templates to share. First, I made the one with the redish background. Then, I thought how someone may not want to use up all their ink with the all color one, so I made another one with a white background. I'll provide both from which you can choose. Hope you like them.

Directions are below to guide you with using the handout in Word.

Here is red handout in jpg.
Here is the white handout in jpg.

DIRECTIONS:

Simply click the link for the jpg so that you get a large version. Right click and save it on your computer. Then open it up with your picture software, or insert the photo into Word - see below (I like Publisher, make it postcard size, and set it up to print four times onto one page and add the text. Wahla! Your done.)

For those who don't have Publisher, use Microsoft Word. Go to this website to download a template for Postcards for Word. Then, when the template is opened on your computer highlight the text in the first box, and insert the handout you just right-clicked and downloaded. Repeat this for the remaining three spots. Then, go to the Insert menu and choose Text Box. Write your text and format it. Select the box and right click. Choose Format Text Box and choose No Color for both Fill Color and Line Color. When you have finished the handout, select the text box, and copy and past it over the other three backgrounds previously inserted into the template.

Picnic Invitation Templates

My New Blog Background

I've spent a good amount of time today simply creating a new background and header. I have many, many more important things to do, but I decided to do this instead. For most of it, I used krismazy_swmayz-girlfriends kit a week 2 challenge from Designsindigital.com (you may need to login to see it).

For the two girls on the background, and the one girl on the header, I used Girldom from Moniscrap. Since the girl in the header is actually holding up a heart, I changed it to the CTR button I found from Scrap by Color.

Actually, I feel pretty lucky that I can even share where I found each piece that I used to create these items. As I download my digital components I rename everything in the file with the same name, usually the name of the designer and the kits theme. Then, I split them up into different categories to save them on my computer, ex. paper, flowers, etc. By doing so, I cannot always find the author.

Because I like to share, below are the jpgs for the header and background. I've also included another version of the background that could be used for a YW handout. Hope you like it.

Blog Layout
Header
Blank Handout

My New Blog Background