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Activity Days: Mom and Me 4×6-inch Photo Invitations

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Want an impressive yet inexpensive invitation for your next Activity Days Mom and Me event?  Why not go with my 4×6-inch Photo Invitations?

Here’s how to make these invitations:

  • Download and unzip my Activity Days Mom&Me 4×6-inch Photo Invite file
  • Open the .jpeg file in your photo-editing software (Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Gimp, etc)
  • Add your date, time and place and any other pertinent information
  • Save as a highest-quality .jpeg file
  • Upload the .jpeg to your favorite photo-processing website (Costco, Shutterfly, Walgreens, etc.)

That’s it! Easy (and cheap, too)!

Download my Activity Days Mom&Me 4×6-inch Photo Invite here.

Don’t share my files in any way!  Send your friends here to download their own copies.

My files are for non-commercial personal or Church use only!

More Mom&Me printables are coming!  Don’t miss one–follow this blog via email or like Hang a Ribbon on the Moon on Facebook so you won’t miss a post!

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Activity Days: Mom and Me 4×6-inch Photo Frames

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Here’s the latest in my series of designs for your next Activity Days Mom&Me activity:  a couple of photo frames. They’re designed to dress up your own snapshots and create adorable photo gifts for your Activity Days girls.

During your next Mom and Me event, snap photos of the girls with their moms.  Then, after the day is over, combine my two 4×6-inch photo frames in .png format with your pictures.  My frames are designed for you to place over your photos using your photo-editing software.  (The center portion of the frames is transparent.)  Add date information, if you want, then, save your newly framed photos as  high-quality .jpeg files.  Finally, upload them to your favorite photo printer and have them printed as inexpensive 4×6-inch photos.

Your girls and their mothers will love these wonderful keepsakes of their time together!

Download my Activity Days Mom&Me 4×6-inch Photo Frames here.

Remember, don’t share my files.  Send your friends here to download their own.

All of my printables are for non-commercial personal or Church use only!

I have more great Mom&Me printables coming!  Like this blog on Facebook or become an email follower (fill out the box on the right) so you won’t miss a post or project!

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Free Digital Scrapbooking Magazine: February DST Insider

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I’ve been so  busy working on printables for you that I forgot to let you know the latest issue of the FREE DST Insider is ready for you to read! I love working with the DST Insider staff to bring you great up-to-date digital-scrapbooking content every month!

This FREE online digital-scrapbooking magazine is packed with tips, tutorials and articles to help you learn to scrapbook the digital way or to inspire you if you’re a paper scrapper.

February’s issue is all about words with articles ranging from some pretty cool software font tips and hybrid projects featuring monograms to journaling shortcuts and finding, installing and using fonts.  You’ll also find our inspiring regular features and this adorable free download from Wyld Web Design, too:

My favorite articles this month include:

From beginners to advanced digital scrapbookers, you’ll find some great information and inspiration within this month’s issue of the DST Insider.  And don’t miss the free kit download from Wyld Web Design here.

Next month’s Insider is shaping up to be amazing!  Watch for it around March 1!

Happy reading!

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2012 Personal Progress Calendar: Blank Goal Pages

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You can find the 2016 Personal Progress Calendar here.

One wonderful reader of this blog asked for a way to customize the monthly goal pages in my 2012 Personal Progress Calendar project. In case you missed the post, here is a picture of the finished project:

It is six-by-six-inches in size and features  monthly calendar pages, monthly goal pages, a planning for 2012 page, a favorite scripture page and two year in review pages.  It can stand on a dresser or hang in a locker or on a wall. You could even print out each page to give to your girls each month.  You can find out how to put the calendar together by reading the instructions in the download at the end of this post.

In order to make this calendar more customizable, here’s what I came up with for you:

  • A customizable, interactive .pdf file featuring fields you can fill in with your own monthly value, scripture, quote and Personal Progress goal on the monthly goal pages!
  • Blank monthly goal page files in .jpeg format for editing in your own word-processing or graphic-editing software (Word, Photoshop, etc.).

I’ve included everything you need in one big zip file for you to download! Remember, you will need to unzip the download before you can use it.  Also, to use the .pdf files, you will need Adobe Reader, which is free from Adobe. com and already installed on most computers.

In the zip you will find:

  • An interactive .pdf of the 2012 Personal Progress Calendar with project instructions and blank fields for you to fill in (NOTE:  The pages to print are after the project instructions.)
  • A .pdf with instructions for filling out the interactive file
  • The original 2012 Personal Progress Calendar .pdf file with project instructions and pages to print
  • A folder with blank monthly goal pages and plans for 2012/year in review 2012 pages in .jpeg format
  • A folder with monthly calendar pages in .jpeg format
  • A folder with monthly goal pages and plans for 2012/year in review 2012 pages with my suggested values, scriptures, quotes and Personal Progress goals

***IMPORTANT NOTE:  You CAN NOT save your information in the interactive .pdf file.  Because if this, I suggest you fill in a month at a time and then print out that month.  You can always copy your print out to make multiple copies.

This project was so fun for our girls to put together a few weeks ago.  They had a great time cutting out their pages and assembling the calendars while socializing together.  I hope your Young Women enjoy it as much as they did!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

Remember, all of my files are for noncommercial personal or Church use only!

Please do not share them in any way!  Send your friends here to download their own.

You can download my 2012 Personal Progress Calendar: Blank Goal Pages  file here.

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Arise and Shine Forth: 2012 Mutual Theme Young Men’s Candy Bar Wrapper Printable

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One of my fabulous Facebook followers requested an Arise and Shine Forth 2012 Mutual Theme candy bar wrapper suitable for the Young Men in her ward.  I loved this idea and have created another printable 1.55-ounce Hershey’s Bar wrapper for you.

It features a whole new 2012 Mutual Theme logo with a retro design feel and more masculine colors than my 2012 Mutual Theme wrapper for Young Women.  I’ve added some Young Men’s program touches to the back of the wrapper including the full 2012 Mutual Theme scripture, an ingredients list with scriptures from the Duty to God book and a “Nutrition Facts” box full of Duty to God references.

Designed to fit a Hershey’s 1.55-ounce candy bar and other similar-sized bars, this eye-catching wrapper will help motivate and reward the Young Men in your ward or stake.

Use this candy bar wrapper in conjunction with my YW candy-bar wrapper for Standards Nights, Mutual-theme firesides, combined YW/YM Mutual activities or Youth Conferences.  Or, give them to the Young Men in your ward for birthday gifts, Priesthood lessons and YM Mutual activity nights.  One of these candy bars would make a great prize for a scripture chase or other contest!

In my download, I’ve included two files.  The first is a .pdf of the candy-bar wrapper.  The second file is a high-quality 300-dpi .jpeg which is ready to print or edit in your software.  When you print out these wrappers, make sure you use the highest-quality setting on your printer for best results.

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You can download my 2012 Mutual Theme YM candy bar wrapper files here.

Remember, you will need to UNZIP the downloaded file before you can use it.

All of my files are for noncommercial personal or Church use only!

Please, don’t share my files in any way!  Send your friends here to download their own copies!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

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Activity Days: Mom & Me Printable Invitations (1.55-ounce Candy Bar Wrapper)

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When I was an Activity Days leader, some of the most successful activities we had were “Mom & Me” activities.  Sometimes we did them in conjunction with a Recognition Activity, but we also did them as stand-alone activities. Have you considered having one of these for your Activity Days girls?  Why not!  And to get you started, I thought I’d share a cute printable I’ve designed to be used as an invitation to an Activity Days Mom & Me activity.

As you can see, it involves one of my favorite snacks, chocolate!  It’s a candy-bar wrapper invitation!

Designed to fit the standard 1.55-ounce Hershey’s chocolate bar (and other similar-sized candy bars), my wrapper features “You’re invitied!” on the front and space to add your details on the back as well as an “ingredients” list with the Primary theme and a “Nutrition Facts” box changed to an “Activity Days Facts” box with all kinds of references to the Faith in God for Girls program and its requirements.  Here’s a closer look:

I’ve included two versions of the candy bar wrapper in my download:

  • a high-quality .jpeg file, ready to edit in your favorite software and print (or print out first and then add handwritten details yourself)
  • an interactive .pdf file, with text fields where you can add your information once you’ve opened the file in Adobe Reader.  You cannot save the text you add, but using an interactive .pdf  is a quick and easy way to add your individual details to the wrapper.  Adobe Reader can be found here for free and most people already have it installed on their computers.

Over the next while, I will have more Activity Days Mom&Me printables including posters, cupcake wrappers and a photo frame and more plus a few ideas on Mom & Me activities you might consider doing for your next Activity Days event.  Don’t worry, I also have some Young Women’s printables coming as well.  Don’t miss a post by following to this blog or liking Hang a Ribbon on the Moon on Facebook.  I love my followers!

Download the Activity Days Mom&Me candy-bar wrapper invite here. (Both the .jpeg and .pdf are included.)

Remember, you will need to unzip the files before you can use them.

All of my files are for noncommercial personal or Church use only.

Please don’t share them!

Send your friends here to download their own copies.

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

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Arise and Shine Forth: Mini Pillows with Custom-Printed Fabric Fronts

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I have been working on this project for quite some time and am sooo excited to finally share it with you!  Last summer for Girls Camp, our leaders designed a fun project for the girls to do in their spare time:  stuffing pillows!  To prepare the pillows, we had our camp theme printed on some custom-designed fabric.  Then a generous sister in the ward sewed the six-by-six-inch pillows, leaving an opening for stuffing.  Up at camp, the girls got to stuff and sew closed their own special camp mini-pillow.

Inspired by how successful the pillows were for our girls, I designed custom-printed fabric pillow fronts featuring my Arise and Shine Forth 2012 Mutual Theme chandelier logo for you to use!  You can easily order my design pre-printed on fabric from Spoonflower.com–no trying to print and iron on a design with less-than-stellar results!

Each eight-by-eight-inch pillow front features the chandelier and full scripture for the Mutual theme.  You can select either striped or damask backgrounds.

When you order your fabric, you’ll notice I’ve added cutting lines right into the design, so you won’t need to measure at all–just cut on the lines.  Better yet, layer the pillow-top fabric on top of purchased black cotton for the pillow backs and cut out both together! I’ve also allowed for a 1/2-inch seam allowance on each side of the pillow front.

Make these mini pillows for your girls to put on their beds to remind them to pray and “Arise and Shine Forth” in the morning!

Since each pillow front is eight-by-eight-inches square, and each yard of printed fabric is 42-by-36-inches, you get sixteen pillow fronts per yard.  At a cost of $18 (US) per yard for the quilting cotton, that makes the cost for each pillow front  $1.13 (US)!  Add in the cost for black broadcloth/quilting cotton for the backs and poly fiberfill for the stuffing and you have a great gift or craft project for about $2 (US) per girl!  You may also have ward members with extra fabric and stuffing they could donate so you don’t have to buy anything but the pillow fronts.

If you need just one pillow front, order a sample for $5 (US) plus $1 shipping and you will get one eight-by-eight-inch pillow front.  Fat quarters are also available.

I have more Arise and Shine Forth fabric designs in the works at Spoonflower.com and will release them as soon as I’ve proofed the final prints.  They are all-over prints with the chandelier logo or just chandeliers.  These prints will work perfectly for pillow backs, or you could combine them with the pillow fronts to make quilts, tote bags, aprons or bandanas.   You may want to frame a pillow front for a fast and easy gift.  Girls could use my fabric designs to make gifts for Stake leaders, Bishops, camp Secret Sisters or as a Value Project.

To make my finished pillow, I used my custom-designed pillow front fabric and a piece of a black fabric remnant for the back plus about 1/4 a yard of inexpensive (about $1 (US) per yard) blue tulle for the ruffle around the edge.  I also added some black beaded trim(about 3/4 of a yard) I got at the craft store. This quick project took me just over an hour to sew, stuff and sew closed.

Spoonflower.com prints on high-quality fabrics which are washable and colorfast, just like the printed fabrics in the store. Plus, at Spoonflower.com, you can order fabrics in several types:  Kona cotton, quilting-weight cotton, cotton poplin, cotton voile, cotton silk, linen-cotton canvas, organic cotton interlock knit, organic cotton sateen, upholstery-weight cotton twill and silk crepe de chine.  Check out this page here for more information on fabric options.

Here’s how to order my Arise and Shine Forth Mini Pillow Fronts fabric:

  • Go to Spoonflower.com and search for “Arise and Shine Forth” in the search box OR
  • Visit my Spoonflower.com shop OR
  • Click here to go to the damask background pillow front fabric page OR
  • Click here to go to the striped background pillow front fabric page
  • Select the desired fabric you want the design printed on.  I used quilting cotton ($18/yard–16 pillow fronts per yard)
  • Calculate the yardage you will need and select the amount you need to order in the “sizes” area.
  • Once you’re sure about your order, click “Add to Cart.”
  • Complete your order.

Note:  One test swatch will give you one pillow front.

If you have any questions about Spoonflower.com fabrics, shipping times and prices or ordering, check out their help page here.  I’ve been impressed with their quality and customer service.

I am so excited to share this fun project with you!  If you decide to make something using my pillow fronts, please be sure to share your project in the comments!

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2012 LDS Young Women’s Personal Progress Calendar

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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!

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

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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.

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!

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.

I have some great new projects coming soon, so be sure to “like” Hang a Ribbon on the Moon on Facebook or become a follower of this blog.

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.

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

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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!