[1 Feb 2012 | Your 2 cents? | 951 views]
Visiting Teaching Message (Feb ’12)

Guardians of the Hearth, Ensign/Liahona, February 2012

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Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.
“You are the guardians of the hearth,” said President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) as he introduced “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” in the general Relief Society meeting in 1995. “You are the bearers …

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[4 Jan 2012 | 2 Comments | 4,820 views]
Charity in Action 4.5×6 PostCard

Our Sister Kassidy, from Bow Peep Creations has created a nice bright and fun printable for January. (You ladies are getting a lot of options this month!) She is just wonderful, she designed a cute printable for December 2011 and with everything going on, I never got around to sharing it with you sisters. Yes, I will have to upload it soon. But, I for sure wanted to make sure I got this one out to you. Her business, Bow Peep Creations, designs amazing products, things for Young …

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[3 Jan 2012 | Your 2 cents? | 3,890 views]
Watchcare & Ministering (4×5 cards)

Sister Telisa from Sugar Tot Designs, with everything that’s going on in her life and soon to be mom of 3 boys under 3 (she reminds me of my amazing MIL) has taken the time to design a darling postcard to give or mail to the sisters we visit teach to help remind them of this months Visiting Teaching Message. There are four 4×5″ cards on a page.
Some goals she has set for herself this year 2012 are:
1- STAY CALM
2- Read the Book of Mormon with my family EVERY DAY
3- …

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[3 Nov 2011 | Your 2 cents? | 4,638 views]
Accepting Apples 3×4

We have been approached by yet another very creative and talented sister. Sister Kassidy Thomas started Bow Peep Creations and she founded it in January 2009, here in Utah.  After years of creating handmade gifts for friends and family, Kassidy decided to start her own business. She left the world of hairdressing to follow her dreams. Bow Peep Creations designs amazing products, things for Young Women, Primary, Family Home Evening, Holidays, Kids, Jewelry, and more. My favorite of course are the Visiting Teaching Gifts and Handouts.

I asked …

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[3 Oct 2011 | 3 Comments | 9,001 views]
We need not fear 4×6

Yippy, I really am blown away at the many sisters who are talented with the computer and can design anything and everything for us Visiting Teachers to print. I’m having sisters contact me about designing Visiting Teaching printables. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and Visiting Teaching is my errand to be an angel and I am grateful others share this knowledge with me.
So this month our Telisa from Sugar Tot Designs has designed a fun Orange, Black on White printable with the following quote from this …

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[2 Oct 2011 | 1 Comment | 3,321 views]
Influencing the Rising Generation 5×7

I’m so excited to share the wonderful talents of Sister Caitlan Gray with you sisters, she designed a Visiting Teaching handout to enhance this month’s message. She is the owner of a design site called The Wandering Eye Project. She is multi-talented and uber organized. With her design and caring skills, she has focused on a few things for her site Charity, Colors & Hues, Graphics for Girls & my favorite, Monthly Messages. She says this in reference to her Monthly Messages:
The idea for Monthly Message has been in …

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[22 Sep 2011 | 28 Comments | 10,855 views]
Daughters in My Kingdom Bookmark

I’m now the education counselor for our ward’s Relief Society and have been asked to make sure we have enough of the new “Daughters in My Kingdom – The history and work of Relief Society” manuals, as well as make sure each sister gets one. Of course I did cute labels with the sisters names on them and put them on the books, making it easier for me to know who has gotten their manuals and who hasn’t gotten them. I also wanted to design a bookmark to go with …

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[1 Sep 2011 | Your 2 cents? | 6,788 views]
September VT Postcard

Our dear Sister Telisa from Sugar Tot Designs has designed yet another darling postcard to give or mail to the sisters we visit teach to help remind them of this months Visiting Teaching Message. Please congratulate this amazing Mom who just found out she is prego with her 3rd boy. Yippy! I am still in awe of all of the things moms with more than 1 child can do throughout their day. Thanks Telisa for making time to design this wonderful handout for us Visiting Teachers.

Great quotes she included on …

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[1 Aug 2011 | 7 Comments | 8,788 views]
August VT Postcard

I finally have a contributor designer!!! She is a huge life saver. So, excited and I really appreciate Sister Telisa Van Leeuwen from Sugar Tot Designs for designing this month’s Visiting Teaching Handout with quotes from this months Visiting Teaching Message. She is a great digi designer, is a great mom, wife and an amazing DIYer too! She sells some of her digi designs prints for Primary children, Young Women and for the family including custom name signs, alphabet/number prints and custom family trees. You will also find …

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[15 Jul 2011 | 2 Comments | 3,581 views]
Family Home Evening Agenda

I had the pleasure this month of teaching our presidency lesson in Relief Society the 1st week of July. Our Bishop suggested we continue to focus on the family and therefore the lesson was titled, “Family Home Evening.” There is a plethora of information out there, such as; when the Family Home Evening Program was 1st announced (96 years ago, wow we need it more now than ever!), why we need to have FHEs (to stay together), what lessons can be taught (everything!), to be consistent (every week!), to make …

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[27 Mar 2011 | 3 Comments | 8,605 views]
General Conference Traditions Booklet

As we prepare to hear the words of the Prophet and other mouthpieces of the Lord, I find myself focusing on the more important things in my life.  There are things I strive to accomplish personally in my life, as a wife, as a mother, but especially as a daughter of God here on the Earth with purpose and direction.  What exactly is that direction? Sometimes, I feel like there are so many different things pulling me in a lot of different directions all at once. You sisters seem to …

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[27 Mar 2011 | 5 Comments | 11,575 views]
General Conference Journal Page

I’ve been wanting to start a General Conference Journal. So here’s my chance here in 2011! After sharing it with our ward I figured I’d share it with you all too. Seriously, there were so many cute ideas out there for Youth, Primary and even Nursery! I wanted something that wasn’t super “showy” for adults and not too cutesy that guys wouldn’t like it either. Something that would help me concentrate on General Conference and help me get the most out of it. I also wanted to make sure I …

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[8 Feb 2011 | 5 Comments | 8,048 views]
Participate in Relief Society Postcard

Being a part of Relief Society has certainly helped me change for the better! I will be honest, I was one of “those” young single sisters who didn’t think she would ever “fit” into Relief Society. Trust me ladies, everyone “fits” into Relief Society. “Fitting in,” to me means, making a difference for good, means going out of my comfort zone to help someone else feel comforted. The declaration and focus of Relief Society extends much further than our RS meetings on Sundays. It starts in our homes, comes with …

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[7 Nov 2010 | Your 2 cents? | 4,303 views]
General Conference Helps

As many of you may have noticed, this November 2010 General Conference issue of the Ensign/Liahona has some great helps and teaching tools besides the printed text of all the messages shared. Here’s an overview with the files which you can print at home for the sisters you Visit Teach in case you feel they need them or if they don’t even have a copy of the Ensign or Liahona magazines.
General Authorities Chart: This contained a two-page chart showing the General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day …

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[4 Nov 2010 | 6 Comments | 6,346 views]
General Conference Window Cleaner Card

I chose to create an enhancer for this message from the General Relief Society Meeting, because, I personally needed to hear President Monson’s message titled Charity Never Faileth. I never thought of myself as being judgmental, but after listening to him and re-reading his message, I believe I have some work to do. My Favorite part, of course, is this one:
““Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” Or, to paraphrase, why beholdest thou what you …