January 2012 – Hang a Ribbon on the Moon

2012 LDS Young Women’s Personal Progress Calendar

Published on January 29, 2012January 8, 2016 by neisha9 Comments

You can find the 2016 Personal Progress Calendar here.

Here is a great project to do for a YW activity that will inspire your Beehives, Mia Maids and Laurels the whole year through: a 2012 Personal Progress calendar! We made these at a recent Young Women’s Personal Progress activity and I thought I would share this inexpensive project with you.

Encourage your Young Women to work on their Personal Progress every month of the year. This six-by-six-inch calendar fits perfectly in a locker, on a desk or dressor or hanging next to a mirror.

It can easily stand up on its own and be placed on a nightstand, desk or dresser to be in full view every day.

Designed to resemble social media, the calendar features interactive elements including a plan-for-the-year journaling page, Personal Progress goal suggestions, favorite scripture page, monthly personal goal areas and a year-in-review evaluation page plus a testimony page. Every month includes a value suggestion, an inspiring quote, suggested Personal Progress goal and a scripture. If you want to add your own values, quotes, Personal Progress goals and scriptures on the monthly goal pages, check out this post.

Personalize each calendar with optional scrapbooking embellishments, ribbons and buttons and use your choice of papers and cardstock for further customization.

I’ve included step-by-step instructions as well as printable calendar pages in a .pdf file, which you can download by clicking here. It will need to be unzipped before you can use it.

If you want to customize the monthly goal pages, read this post.

NOTE: The instructions are at the beginning of the .pdf file, the printable pages are at the end. It is a large file and may take a little while to download.

I used one of my favorite new tools, a Zutter Bind-It-All, to put together my calendars, but you can bind yours with a Cerlox, staples, rings or any other binding method. Or, you can print the calendar pages and hand them out each month to your girls.

Remember, this project is for noncommercial, personal or Church use only. Don’t share my file with others in any way, simply send them here to download their own copy.

Thank you!

And keep an eye out here for more great projects–the next one I have for you is amazing! Your girls will love it!

Arise and Shine Forth Program (Cover & Inside): Interactive .pdf for New Beginnings, Young Women in Excellence, etc.

Published on January 26, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha11 Comments

Here’s another reader request: an Arise and Shine Forth program cover and inside for you! I’ve created for you an interactive .pdf document which means you can add all your program information right in Adobe Reader! And, all of your text will be in Euphorigenic, the font I’ve used for my logo.

Page one of the .pdf has a text field where you can enter the title of the meeting (New Beginnings, Young Women in Excellence, etc.) as well as your ward name. The back features the 2012 Mutual Theme scripture.

hrotm_2012_program cover example_Page_1 — Arise and Shine Forth Program (outside)

Page two of the .pdf (the inside of the program) has the chandelier logo as well as a text field where you can add the meeting title, your ward name and the date. The second field is ready for you to add your speakers, prayers and other program information. Finally, I’ve added a third field inside the front cover where you can add announcements, song words or anything else you want!

hrotm_2012_program cover example_Page_2 — Arise and Shine Forth Program (inside)

Once you’ve added your meeting details, print out page one. Then, re-insert the paper in your printer and print out page two. After you fold the printed programs, they’re ready to go! So easy!

If you don’t have the FREE Adobe Reader program, download it from Adobe.com. I’ve also included high-quality .jpeg files of the inside and outside, so you can totally customize the program to fit your needs.

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Download my 2012 Arise and Shine Forth program .zip file here.

You will need to unzip it after downloading in order to use the files.

Remember, all of my files are for non-commercial, personal or Church use only!

DO NOT SHARE my files! Send your friends here to download their own copies!

Thanks so much for visiting Hang a Ribbon on the Moon.

Arise and Shine Forth 16×20-inch Posters: Blank and in YW Value Colors

Published on January 25, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha6 Comments

Another wonderful reader asked if I could make her some 16-by-20-inch posters in the YW Value colors. She is going to add her own text to them and use them throughout the year. What a great idea! I want to share these posters with you, too! I’ve created eight high-quality 16-by-20-inch posters in each of the following colors: gray (Faith), blue (Divine Nature), red (Individual Worth), green (Knowledge), orange (Choice and Accountability), yellow (Good Works), purple (Integrity) and gold (Virtue). Each poster has the chandelier and black bottom border as well as a unique damask background. Besides using these for YW Personal Progress/Values, they would be perfect for creating large posters for adding Girls Camp photos, featuring your YW Recognition Award-earning girls for Young Women in Excellence, making signs for women’s conference workshops or announcing Relief Society activities and other Church-related events. Use them for birthday parties, bridal showers or baby showers, too!

To customize these posters, you will need a photo-editing program like Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro or Gimp or other similar software. Simply open the .jpeg file you want to use and add text, photos and graphics as you desire. Be sure to save your changes as a high-quality .jpeg file for best printing results. I love uploading my 16-by-20-inch posters to Costco.com for printing! Be sure to use their high-resolution upload option, not their fast upload.

Because of the large file size of each posters, I’ve zipped them into two separate downloads.

To get the full eight-poster set, you will need to download BOTH files.

Also, these are huge files and they may take some time to download, depending on your internet connection speed.

Download Part 1 here.

Download Part 2 here.

Remember, please do not share these files!

Send your friends here to download their own copies.

These files are for non-commercial, personal and Church use only!

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Thanks so much for all your support and for visiting Hang a Ribbon on the Moon!

New Beginnings 2012 Mutual Theme Ideas

Published on January 18, 2012January 21, 2012 by neishaLeave a comment

I’ve had some questions about how we are going to apply my chandelier idea to this year’s Mutual Theme and to New Beginnings.

Briefly, here’s the idea behind my logos for this year’s theme:

When I saw this theme, I thought of lights and this triggered thoughts about the chandeliers in the temple–I love them! Chandeliers are full of light and beauty. It is amazing how the light from a simple light bulb can be turned into a celestial light source with the addition of crystals. I think this relates to this year’s Mutual theme in this way: Just like the crystals on a chandelier, if we shine our lights of testimony (following our baptismal covenants, missionary work, scripture reading, being an example), talents (of all kinds/personality traits,etc), attitude (endurance, faith, smiling, etc.) and love (service, caring for our fellowman, following Christ’s example, forgiving others), Heavenly Father can take our small efforts and make them glorious. In addition, every crystal is beautiful on its own, is valued, and is given a purpose. Similarly, each of us is loved by Heavenly Father, given specific gifts, life situations and a mission to accomplish. We should strive to find our purpose and talents and then work to emulate the light of Jesus Christ. When a group of crystals (or Church members, young women, etc.) are unified to create a chandelier (like a class of YW), their good and beauty is amplified, surely for the whole world to see! This especially true when each girl uses her unique God-given gifts as He would have her do to bless others.

I also wanted to point you towards a wonderful song based on the 2012 theme: “Arise and Shine Forth” by Jenny Phillips from her “Arise and Shine Forth” album. You can purchase a download of the sheet music for a very, very small fee and then make as many copies as you need for personal or Church use. We’re having all of our girls (nearly 50 of them!) sing it for New Beginnings and it sounds amazing!

Jenny also sells a beautiful CD full of music inspired by the theme and if you sign up for Jenny’s email list, you can get access to all of her free goodies, including a FREE download of a script you can use for New Beginnings or Young Women in Excellence.

Thanks for you support and for visiting my blog!

Chandelier Invites: Blank and with 2012 Mutual Theme–All in Four Colors

Published on January 17, 2012January 3, 2013 by neishaLeave a comment

I received a comment from Heather asking if I could do my New Beginnings Invite in Portuguese or create one without the logo in English so she could do her invites in own in her language. I was thrilled to do the invite in Portuguese for Heather AND to offer you some variations on the original.

I’ve redesigned my invites with additional backgrounds to the original blue: pink, green and yellow, which compliment my 2012 Mutual Theme calendars. Plus, I’ve provided you with a download of my invite in all four colors without the 2012 theme–they are totally without text! Now, you can use these invitations for a whole lot of other occasions: Young Women in Excellence, Activity Days, Relief Society activities, wedding showers, birthday parties–any occasion you want to create a four-by-six-inch photo-print invite!

Here’s how to customize my blank invitations:

Open the .jpeg file in photo-editing software (Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, etc.)
Add your text. Note: If you want to put something on the black area of the invite, be sure you change your text color to white.
Save your file as a high-quality .jpeg file.
Upload your file to your favorite online photo processor. I prefer Costco.com or Shutterfly.com. If you use Costco, DO NOT use their quick uploader. Go with the high-resolution upload, which will take longer, for best printing results.
Order your invitations as four-by-six-inch photo prints. (So inexpensive!)

You will love the quality of a photo-print invitation and your guests will be impressed, too!

Remember, all of my downloads are for non-commerical personal or Church use, only!

Please, don’t share my files with others. Simply send them here to download their own.

Thanks so much for visiting Hang a Ribbon on the Moon!

Download my 4-by-6-inch invites WITH 2012 Mutual Theme here.

Download my 4-by-6-inch BLANK invites here.

Download my 4-by-6-inch New Beginnings invite in Portuguese here.

(Please let me know if I misspelled something.)

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Happy Birthday! Arise and Shine Forth Birthday Cards

Published on January 8, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha6 Comments

To help the Young Women in our ward celebrate their birthdays this year, we’re giving them a handmade bracelet designed to fit with the Arise and Shine Forth Mutual theme. Each bracelet will be presented to the girls in a small gift bag with a custom-designed birthday card slipped inside. Our YW president asked me to make the cards using my 2012 Mutual theme logos and I thought I would share them with you.

The cards measure 3 3/4-by-2 1/2-inches when folded and have the chandelier logo on the front and the full 2012 Mutual theme scripture on the back. My .pdf file lets you print four cards per page.

You can add your own greeting or message on the inside of the cards after you print and cut them out, OR, you can print one of two messages I’ve included in the .pdf inside.

If you choose to use one of my greetings, you will need to print on the back of your printed sheet of cards.

Here’s how:

Print out the page of the .pdf with the outsides of the cards on it (page 2). (Make sure you ONLY print page 2. Click on the printer icon in the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. Check the circle next to pages and enter the number 2 in the box under print range in the print dialog pop-up.)
Re-insert the printed pages back into your printer, making sure that the blank side will be printed on. (You may need to do a few test prints to figure out how to put the paper back in so that the inside messages are printed in the right places on the right side of the paper. I always do this using the lowest-quality setting so that I don’t waste ink.)
Once you’ve re-inserted the pages, print the page of the .pdf with your chosen message. (Page 3 has the “Keep on Shining!” message; Page 4 has the “We love you!” message.) Click on the printer icon in the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. Check the circle next to pages and enter the page number you want to print in the box under print range in the print dialog pop-up.
Cut and fold the cards.

What are you giving your Young Women this year for their birthdays? We all need ideas, so please leave a comment and/or link!

You can download my birthday card file here.

You will need to unzip the download before you can use it.

Please do not share my files.

Simply direct your friends here to download their own copy.

All downloads are for non-commercial, personal or Church only. If you have questions about how my files can be used, please click on the “Terms of Use” tab above or contact me.

Thanks for visiting Hang a Ribbon on the Moon!

Another Request, Another Arise and Shine Forth Printable for You: 1.55-ounce Candy Bar Wrapper

Published on January 7, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha16 Comments

A wonderful reader asked for a candy-bar wrapper to fit the standard (1.55-ounce) Hershey’s Chocolate bar–and so I put one together for her. I’m excited to share it with you, too! This wrapper is perfect to give to your girls for New Beginnings, birthdays, Valentine’s Day or Christmas gifts, Young Women in Excellence, gift baskets or just because and fits the budget-friendly 1.55-ounce Hershey’s Bar.

The front features my Arise and Shine Forth chandelier logo and the back has the full 2012 Mutual theme as well as an “ingredients list,” a “nutrition facts” box and a “bar code” all enhanced with YW details, scriptures and values.

I’ve saved my files for you in a handy .pdf and as a high-quality .jpeg. I’d love to hear how you use these–just leave a comment!

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You can download my Arise and Shine Forth 1.55-ounce candy-bar wrapper here.

You will need to unzip the download before using it.

Please do not share my files!

Send your friends here to my blog to download their own copies.

All downloads are for non-commercial personal or Church use only.

Have you read January’s DST Insider, yet? Learn all about scrapbook page design inside!

Published on January 5, 2012January 10, 2012 by neisha1 Comment

Our newly published issue of the DST (digishoptalk.com) Insider is amazing (and always free)! If you’re a digital scrapbooker, paper scrapbooker or want to learn more about these fun hobbies, you need to read our January issue of this online magazine. This month, we have articles and features focused on page and layout design. And although we cater to digital scrapbookers, paper scrapbookers can benefit from learning how to put together an effective page–and this issue is packed with tips, tricks and resources all dedicated to page design.

Here are my favorite articles this month:

And, of course, we have a wonderful digital scrapbooking kit freebie download, too! (Thanks, JennCK!) If you like digital-scrapbooking kits, why not enter the Golden Ticket Challenge–you could win TWELVE full digital kits (one per month for a year) and a Gold Membership to digishoptalk.com.

So, if you want to improve your scrap skills or get a little inspiration, read the January DST Insider.

Arise and Shine Forth Posters: Pink, Green and Yellow

Published on January 5, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha2 Comments

My next download for you is another reader request. She asked for the posters to be done with the pink, green and yellow backgrounds that I used for the calendars so she can put them on eight-by-ten-inch canvases as gifts for her girls. What a great idea! Not only did I redo the eight-by-ten-inch posters with the new backgrounds, I also did the 8-by-10.5-inch, 11-by-17-inch and 16-by-20-inch posters, too! In each download, you’ll get high-quality .jpegs of the 8-by-10, 8-by-10.5, 11-by-17 and 16-by-20 -inch files as well as a .pdf of the 8-by-10.5-inch file which is perfect for binder covers!

**NOTE: Even though the previews don’t mention the .pdf file, it IS included in the download.

Remember, all my files are for non-commercial, personal or Church use only.

Don’t share my files. I’d love to have more visitors to my blog, so PLEASE direct your friends here to download their own. Thanks!

Download the PINK files here.

Download the GREEN files here.

Download the YELLOW files here.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

As You Wish: Arise and Shine Forth Mini Candy Bar Wrappers

Published on January 2, 2012January 3, 2013 by neisha5 Comments

One of my wonderful blog visitors requested some candy bar wrappers to fit Hershey’s Miniatures. What a great idea! And so, here you go:

The download includes a .jpeg of an individual miniature candy bar wrapper as well as a .pdf of a full page of miniature candy bar wrappers, fifteen in all.