Super Craft Saturday, I Can Do All Things

I was asked to teach a craft for a 'super Saturday' activity at our church this weekend. It was my first time teaching in this type of setting. I made the example about a month ago to put on display and we had twenty-eight that had signed up. It was a little crazy at times but it was a lot of fun. I would definitely be up for doing it again.

The wooden tile was approximately 16"x16" and the vinyl saying was purchased from silhouette store (for personal use only, so each one was purchased individually) if anyone would like to do it. We glued a ribbon around the edge. Found the correct placement for the vinyl, marked it with a pencil, peeled, applied, pressed, peeled, whala! For the most part, the craft was fairly straight forward. The only tricky part was application since the piece was so big and unforgiving. Luckily, all came out successfully.

These stands came from Amazon and seemed to hold it quite well. I think once my piano is cleared from Holiday decor, that is where I'd like to display my finished piece.

There definitely is a trick to peeling it off just right.

Nativity Block

I love Nativities. You'll see a lot of Christmas Crafts I do originate around them. Here is one I did using a file purchased from the Silhouette store and the 'Bird of Paradise' font from dafont.com. I have to find where to find the top piece (my sister gave me this one) and then I can make more. This is in dark navy blue because I'm moving my living room more towards a blue Christmas scheme color:

This is about 4"x6".

Straight Lines

As you could probably see from my last post about the pillow covers and furniture runners, I'm great at sewing- as long as the seams are hidden and it's in a straight line. Here is another one of my sewing projects. This one I did with the kids. They loved watching it go through the machine.

Table place mats (9"x11"):

Sketching Temples

It's my first blog post and I was trying to decided what to share. I like to sketch. I've done a few commission and some just for myself. I rarely do portraits but when you grow up as an apprentice to a professional artist, you pick up a few skills. Here are a couple of my favorites that we have up around our house of temples. The first is the temple closest to where he served his mission. The second is of the temple where I served my mission.