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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.

You can download the files here.

(Don’t forget, you will need to unzip the download before you can use it.)

And, as always, please don’t share my files with others.

Simply send them here to download their own copies.

All files are for non-commercial, personal and Church use only.

Thanks for visiting Hang a Ribbon on the Moon and enjoy!

Oops: Arise and Shine Forth Calendars 1 February Fixed

Published on December 30, 2011January 3, 2013 by neisha2 Comments

A wonderful visitor to this blog pointed out a mistake on the February 2012 calendar–I left off February 29! Oops! I am so glad she let me know so I could fix this problem! I’ve fixed February and the downloads are all updated. In case you just want to download the corrected February files, you can get them here. Thanks again!

Arise and Shine Forth: Gift/Handout Tags

Published on December 28, 2011January 3, 2013 by neisha7 Comments

Now that the holidays are over, I’m back designing and putting together more 2012 Mutual theme printables for you. Today, I have some gift/handout tags. I made these to attach to some crystals we’re giving our girls as favors at New Beginnings. I had them printed on high-quality photo paper at Costco and then cut them out, punched them and added an eyelet and blue ribbon. In order to upload my tags to Costco, I saved two tags on a four-by-six-inch .jpeg document and uploaded it the same way as I would a regular four-by-six-inch photo. That way, I get two tags for the very inexpensive price of one photo print.

If you upload my files to Costco, please don’t use their fast uploader–it really makes the print quality poor. Go for the full-resolution option for best results.

Included in my download for you is the two-tag four-by-six-inch .jpeg, a .pdf with a full page of tags, and a .png file of two tags and a .png of a single tag.

Here are some ideas for using these 2012 Mutual tags:

Attach to a small crystal with a ribbon as a handout
Use them as gift tags for birthday gifts
Print and attach to the front of a birthday card
Laminate and give to the girls to put on their key-rings or hang in their rooms/cars
Tie a ribbon through the hole and glue a magnet on the back to create a Mutual-theme magnet
Slip inside a gift-card holder
Use on scrapbook pages/projects
String them on ribbon, strings or chain necklaces and use them as “dog-tags” for girls camp

I’d love to hear your additional ideas for these tags, so leave a comment below.

Download my Arise and Shine Forth Gift/Handout Tags here.

Note: You will need to unzip the download before you can use the files.

Please don’t share these files! I’d love it if you sent your friends here to download their own.

All files are for non-commercial home, personal or Church use only.

I hope you’re inspired to help your YW arise and shine!

Font Favorites: Seven Free Script Fonts with a Retro-Vintage Flair

Published on December 14, 2011March 16, 2012 by neishaLeave a comment

Here is installment two in my Font Favorites series. Right now I’m working on our annual family newsletter to send with our Christmas cards. This year, I want to use a vintage-inspired design scheme (think 1950’s) and, of course, 1950’s-style fonts. As I searched the internet and my font collection for the perfect typeface for my newsletter greetings, I found seven wonderful vintage-style script fonts to share with you. They make perfect retro titles and headlines. Click on the previews or font names to go to their download pages.

Lavenderia This is a gorgeous font based on signs around San Francisco. Download for free–and why not offer a small donation if you love it, too!
Advert I love the just-painted, brush-stroke feel of this typeface.
Pacifico Use this rounded retro font with great capital letters for eye-catching titles.
Marketing Script Marketing Script reminds me of the old hand-painted painted signs found in grocery stores when I was younger.
Quigley Wiggly The creator of this font found it on a toothpick wrapper and developed it further. I enjoy its thick and thin lines.
Ballpark Weiner Ballpark Weiner brings to mind old-style athletic jackets and t-shirt lettering.
Blessed Day Look at those delicious capitals! I love the eye-catching curves of this font.