Crafty Projects and Silhouette Inspiration and Instruction
I had the opportunity to make a DIY princess sash for 26 teen and pre-teen girls last week. It’s a fun project that can be customized for birthdays or any occasion where you want to make a girl feel special. This tutorial for a DIY …
It’s that time of year again! After years of making pillow treats and secret sister gifts for Girls Camp, I finally got to go with the girls to camp this year! I was not counting on 5 days of no cell service or internet, but …
We had a fun activity with the girls in our neighborhood this week. We decorated cookies and delivered them to several other neighbors whom we thought could use a little pick-me-up. I volunteered to make the cards. 🙂 I’ve mentioned this before (probably several times), …
As you may have seen in my previous post, our Girls Camp this year had a Harry Potter theme. I took that theme and ran with it to make my daughter’s and my niece’s secret sister gifts. Enter Pumpkin Juice, spell books, and Hedwig the …
I love Harry Potter as much as the next gal, but I was curious to see how the leaders could use a Harry Potter theme in an uplifting setting for Girls Camp. My daughter just returned from her second year at LDS Girls Camp and …
I’m doing a little 10-minute presentation tomorrow at our LDS Stake Relief Society conference. The theme is “Delight On the Sabbath,” so I chose to share a kids’ church bag idea. I’ve created a free design with the LDS 2016 Primary theme that can be …
Do you have any of those projects you’ve been meaning to get to for a very long time? (The kind that you live without but really want to make but never find the time?) This Family Home Evening board was one of those projects for …
This is a continuation of my Trek Bucket Vinyl Art post from May. After I added the vinyl design of handcart pioneers to my son’s Trek bucket, I wanted to add the motto for our stake’s Trek, which is Philippians 4:13. I love this scripture. …
Here’s the third and final secret sister gift for Girls Camp this year. Each girl is supposed to receive her favorite treat, drink, and nail polish. This is how we are presenting the nail polish. You can see the other secret sister gifts for 2015 …
Here’s another secret sister gift for my daughter to give to her friend at Girls Camp. This friend likes apple juice, so I designed a custom tote box to hold four Minute Maid juice boxes. I’m sharing the cutting file as a freebie (see below), …
It’s time for Girls Camp again this year, but this time I’m only making 3 gifts instead of 75-90 as in years past. I’m not currently serving in the Young Women’s program, but luckily my daughter is old enough to go to Girls Camp for …
Here’s a fun idea for a Girls Camp pillow treat, a secret sister gift, or any little uplifting gift. I used my Silhouette CAMEO and white sticker paper to create a print & cut flag onto this glow stick bracelet. I made these last summer …
My oldest son has the privilege of going on an LDS Trek this summer, where he will join with about 200 youth ages 14-18 to reenact four days of the Mormon Handcart Pioneers’ journey to the Salt Lake Valley. This is a big deal, and …
These are some of the “pillow treats” I made for our LDS Young Women’s girls camp last summer that I never got around to sharing. I have a couple more to share with you soon. I found the quote by President Thomas S. Monson on …
For those of you who are part of the LDS community and know about the Young Women organization, you may be familiar with the New Beginnings program. We start out the new year with a meeting that introduces the annual theme and gets the …
Need a simple reminder to mass produce with your Silhouette machine and pass out? I love how quick these little clipboards were to put together! I used the Clipboard by Jillibean Soup shape (ID# 30961) from the Silhouette store and turned the paper into …
I get the enjoyable job of helping our Young Women get through their Personal Progress requirements. We have set a goal for each girl to get a ribbon by Young Women in Excellence in November. I whipped up these little reminders to keep them …
I got all of my secret sister gifts finished for girls camp, and even had time to make 18 of these fabric pouches to hold them all! Originally I was going to use iron-on hem tape to make it easy, but truly it was …
Here is the fifth and final gift I made for our secret sisters at girls camp this year. I bought a bunch of 1″x8″ cello bags from eBay, filled them with mini jawbreakers, and used my Silhouette to make cute little toppers. I used the …
Here’s another secret sister gift our group of girls will give out during Girls Camp. It’s coming right up! (You can see Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, and Day 5 gifts by clicking on these links.) This was another project that used …
Here’s another secret-sister gift we’re giving at girls camp. This will actually be one of the more expensive gifts at a cost of about $0.53 each (not including the pink zebra-striped Teresa Collins Freestyle paper or the washi tape, both from my stash). I …
Another day of secret-sister gifts at our LDS girls camp will surprise our recipients with body wash and a pink feather boa. Yes, a feather boa. The body wash samples and the boas were more donations that are great for a small girly gift. You …
I’ve been making secret-sister gifts for our group of girls (ages 12-18) at our upcoming LDS girls camp to give to another group of girls each day they are there. I’m so glad they put me in charge of this. Food for 50? No way. …
I sent 50 vinyl cutouts to be sold at Just Bee Scrappin’ in Brigham City, Utah, and want to make sure anyone who purchases them knows how to apply vinyl. I’ve done all the cutting and weeding for those cutouts, but you can also grab …
I tried something new with my Silhouette. Heat transfer vinyl! It took me a few days from the time my order arrived until I got up the nerve to try this, but it worked great! Not a whole lot different from regular vinyl, except this …
