Shannon- over at redheadedhostess.com- created some beautiful print-outs of incredible testimonies of Christ's birth by men who are Special Witnesses of Christ.
These are great to ponder on and to display in your home.
Click here to link to her post.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Christ: The Real Gift of Christmas
Have you found this website yet?
It is an incredible resource for your Christmas preparations!
You may download beautiful Christmas music under the "Christmas Resources" tab.
OR you may want to share the Christmas Videos with your family.
There are coloring pages and tradition ideas as well.
Here is a video I enjoyed today. I love that President Monson says we should focus on people, not things. It's about love and giving, not the actual gifts.
It is an incredible resource for your Christmas preparations!
You may download beautiful Christmas music under the "Christmas Resources" tab.
OR you may want to share the Christmas Videos with your family.
There are coloring pages and tradition ideas as well.
Here is a video I enjoyed today. I love that President Monson says we should focus on people, not things. It's about love and giving, not the actual gifts.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Planning Notebook: Organizing Tabs
My planning book is starting to come together. It may seem a little odd thinking about Christmas so early, but consider this "planning stage". There is much celebration to come!
Here are the organization tabs I came up with. They are sized to be pasted into a standard sized composition notebook using the "glue in" method (see instructions below).
This is what they look like:
Here is the PDF file if you'd like to use these for your own notebook. Follow the link to Scribd website then click the download button on the bar along the bottom of the page.
(I created these in PowerPoint, so if you want that version email me: alunt29 AT gmail DOT com )
You're welcome to use these how you want.
For the "Glue in" method you'll need:
3 sheets of white card stock paper
Scissors
Glue stick
-Print the PDF file out on card stock.
-Cut out around the red dashed-line.
-Decide roughly how you want the tabs to overlap and how many pages you want in each section.
-Slide the left edge of the paper along the top of a glue stick (see pic)
-Press edge into the crease of your notebook. Take care that there is only glue at the edge of the paper. -Close the book until glue has dried.
This secures your tab, yet keeps it free from the pages in the book, so if you need to move it to a different spot you could do so without much damage.
Happy Planning!
Here are the organization tabs I came up with. They are sized to be pasted into a standard sized composition notebook using the "glue in" method (see instructions below).
This is what they look like:
Here is the PDF file if you'd like to use these for your own notebook. Follow the link to Scribd website then click the download button on the bar along the bottom of the page.
(I created these in PowerPoint, so if you want that version email me: alunt29 AT gmail DOT com )
You're welcome to use these how you want.
For the "Glue in" method you'll need:
3 sheets of white card stock paper
Scissors
Glue stick
-Print the PDF file out on card stock.
-Cut out around the red dashed-line.
-Decide roughly how you want the tabs to overlap and how many pages you want in each section.
-Slide the left edge of the paper along the top of a glue stick (see pic)
-Press edge into the crease of your notebook. Take care that there is only glue at the edge of the paper. -Close the book until glue has dried.
Happy Planning!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Learn Silent Night in ASL
My best friend taught me the signs to Silent Night several years ago and it has been special to me ever since.
To refresh my memory, I did a search on YouTube for videos. There are several versions, but this is the one closest to what my friend taught me and the signs are very clear. It only has the 1st and last verse, though.
The signs help me focus in on the beauty of the words and music. As you become more comfortable with the signs, they can be very expressive and beautiful too.
Perhaps this could be part of a family performance on Christmas Eve?
To refresh my memory, I did a search on YouTube for videos. There are several versions, but this is the one closest to what my friend taught me and the signs are very clear. It only has the 1st and last verse, though.
The signs help me focus in on the beauty of the words and music. As you become more comfortable with the signs, they can be very expressive and beautiful too.
Perhaps this could be part of a family performance on Christmas Eve?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Planning Notebook: Fabric Covered Composition Book
I've been working on preparing my planning notebook for this Christmas season and here is what I came up with: a fabric cover for a composition notebook.
I LOVE that it is reusable, so I can start with a new notebook next year using the same cover... OR I can choose to whip up a new one.
Some of the tutorials I looked at include: My Patchwork and V and Co. Pretty much I looked at their ideas and then made up my own thing as I went.
Now I am on the hunt for things to help organize my notebook.
To mark my different sections I want to use movable tabs OR I'm toying with the idea of using ribbon book marks.
To decorate, I have pictures of the Savior which I have cut out of old Ensign magazines. But I want a snazzy cover page, which really highlights the focus of Christmas and the purpose of this notebook... I'll let you know what I come up with.
Over at Christmas Your Way, they have some free printables that are super helpful in establishing structure to your different sections. You could scale down the size so you can paste pages, such as the calendar, into your notebook, OR just copy the general structure and hand-write your template in. I like to have the freedom of being able to personalize my notebook but also like having something to work off of.
This notebook is now set to start plugging in my plans for gift giving, budgeting, activities we want to do as a family, etc. But I also want this to be a place I can record spiritual experiences and impressions, so I'm making sure I have plenty of room for writing.
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| Cute with the covered button, don't ya think? |
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| The red fabric says "hope" "peace" and "joy" |
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| Side pockets allow the cover to easily slip on and off the notebook |
I LOVE that it is reusable, so I can start with a new notebook next year using the same cover... OR I can choose to whip up a new one.
Some of the tutorials I looked at include: My Patchwork and V and Co. Pretty much I looked at their ideas and then made up my own thing as I went.
Now I am on the hunt for things to help organize my notebook.
To mark my different sections I want to use movable tabs OR I'm toying with the idea of using ribbon book marks.
To decorate, I have pictures of the Savior which I have cut out of old Ensign magazines. But I want a snazzy cover page, which really highlights the focus of Christmas and the purpose of this notebook... I'll let you know what I come up with.
Over at Christmas Your Way, they have some free printables that are super helpful in establishing structure to your different sections. You could scale down the size so you can paste pages, such as the calendar, into your notebook, OR just copy the general structure and hand-write your template in. I like to have the freedom of being able to personalize my notebook but also like having something to work off of.
This notebook is now set to start plugging in my plans for gift giving, budgeting, activities we want to do as a family, etc. But I also want this to be a place I can record spiritual experiences and impressions, so I'm making sure I have plenty of room for writing.