Young Women Gifts 2014 - Depend On The Savior

For our young women gifts this year to somewhat go along with the mutual theme "Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness," we decided to do a polka dot themed gift, with DOTS standing for "Depend On The Savior".

At first we wanted to find polka dot scarves for the girls. When we couldn't find those within our budget we looked for just the right material to make scarves. Well...we couldn't find that within our budget (or timeline) either so we opted to get polka dot socks (from the dollar store), even though we did socks last year, too.

I made a bookmark and got some Dots candy to go along with them and packaged them up in a 5x11 inch treat bag with a cute little Happy Birthday tag. The sock design shows on the back so the girls can choose their favorite polka dot pattern when it's their birthday.

Of course, so the candy stays fresh, we'll only package them a few at a time as birthdays come up, but it's quick and easy. The girls actually loved them and didn't care that they were getting socks again.

For the bookmark, I printed 5 to a page on white cardstock. Just open your word program, set your page layout to landscape and leave your pages set to the normal 1" margin. Insert a table with 5 columns and only 1 row. Then insert the bookmark jpeg (rotate it to the side after you save it so it will be vertical as you insert it into the document.) It is sized at 6.5" high and 1.58" wide. Copy and paste so you have 5 to a page. Remove the table borders so you don't have black lines, and then print and cut. Afterwards I punched a hole in the top, center, and added a cute polka dot ribbon (can't see that in the photos, sorry).

This is how I printed the tags 12 to a page on white cardstock: In portrait page layout, with margins set at a custom setting of 0.2, insert a table with 7 rows and 3 columns. Insert the tag jpeg and then change the size to 2.49" x 2.49". Copy and paste it into every column, but only every other row (so you have a space for cutting). Remove the borders. Print and cut.

So, this isn't the best photo of the gifts all packaged up because I snapped it in a hurry on the way out the door to church, but you get the idea.

Visiting Teaching POP Quiz

I know it's totally the end of the month but here's a fun printable to attach to a 2-liter bottle of soda pop. (I was born in Ohio where they call it "pop" and raised out west where we call it "soda" so I have always said "Soda Pop". Sue me.) ANYWAY, it's a "POP Quiz" about self-reliance for the September 2013 LDS visiting teaching message. I got four to a sheet when I printed them.

Redskins Fans

It's no secret we are Washington Redskins fans. If you are too, then here's a swell printable for your wall, or your facebook profile photo, or Twitter (#HTTR), or your Pinterest feed. :) Enjoy. (But do not sell my design as your own.)

Treat Gift Tag

Here's a simple little gift tag printable for cookies, fudge, brownies, popcorn...anything, really. I printed 6 to a page, cut them out in rectangles, rounded the corners to make them a little more spiffy and just tied them onto plates of cookies that we delivered tonight. :)

(Again, for a full-size view of the printable, right click on it and then open in a new tab.)

Find Your Purpose

"You are not on this earth to be entertained." We're here to love, to serve, to dream, and to learn.

Find your purpose, and then live your life on purpose.

Can you imagine how wonderful life could be for everyone if we stopped expecting to be entertained all the time and took some time to serve, instead?!

For Times of Trouble

A quote from this fantastic talk: For Times of Trouble.

Pain is Temporary

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." -Lance Armstrong

(8x10, in pink and green)

Agency

"Mortal challenges allow us and our Heavenly Father to see whether we will exercise our agency to follow His son." ~ Robert D. Hales (5 x 7)

The Empty Jar

I recently gave this framed (5x7) quote to my son and his new wife along with an empty jar. It really helps to understand that the temple covenants we make are just the beginning of the happily (for)ever after!

Also in 8x10:

Familiar

A favorite quote.
"Nothing is going to startle us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar His face is to us." ~ Ezra Taft Benson (5x7 print)

Being in Love

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better that your dreams." ~ Dr. Suess

I printed mine on white metallic paper. It's lovely! (8x10)

Influence

“There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.”- Sheri L. Dew

8 x 10 printable

Also in black & white:

 

May Your Life Preach More Loudly Than Your Lips

Cropped to print 8x10. 

"May your life preach more loudly than your lips." -William Ellery Channing

Cropped to print 5x7.

A Favorite Quote (x3)

"Be slow to take offense." (8x10)

Spice Mix Gift

Ummm, Christmas is over.

I know.

But I didn't get this posted in time and I figured I'd forget by next year for sure, so....better late than never?

Sometimes we get overwhelmed with sweets around the holidays. (Do NOT stop sending them over, though!) But I figured I'd gift something that didn't have to be used right away and wouldn't add to the holiday snacking guilt. (I'm always thinking of YOU my friend! Haha!)

This year, as a cute little gift for people I visit teach, I put my favorite spice mix in small jars. (I omit the thyme...not a fan.) I didn't mix it up, but layered it in the jar instead. It's pretty because the spices are Christmas colors. I use this mix all the time, for chicken especially, but it's also really, really good on grilled salmon and in grilled hamburgers.

I'm also posting the recipe printables. I inserted them into a table in my Word program (3 of each to a page) and then removed the table's borders. Like in this screenshot:

On card stock, print the front and flip it over to print the back and they should be double sided. (I didn't explain that very well but if you play with it on your printer, you'll figure it out.)

Here are the printables: