the first easter

Happy Good Friday!

The very first Easter taught us (this:) that life never ends and love never dies.

-Kate McGahan

This is such a beautiful quote and I really enjoyed making it into some printspo for y'all. It's so true, and a great thing to remember, I think, during this season. Easter is closer than ever, and I'm enjoying that and studying that event in the NT.

Be sure to check out some other Easter prints & posts, and I hope you enjoy the holiday and rest of this sweet spring season.

Easter Hand-Lettered Quote

Easter Personal Progress

it's not about the bunny...

HEY, everyone! As I write this I'm still on a spiritual high from #generalconference and just an emotional high because I FINALLY released Easter Personal Progress & an AMAZING post on some gorgeous Secret Sister gifts. They're both free and super fun.

So, this FRIDAY'S quote will be... "It's not about the bunny, it's about the lamb." 

Get it? Lol, there's not much more to say that isn't said in this amazing lil' quote above. 

"It's not about the bunny. It's about the lamb."

And sometimes acknowledging this can be hard! I know it!

Because the bunny is cute (that bunny up there is soo stinking cute) and the Peeps and eggs and candy and baby chicks and ducklings and pastel colors (my true love) are ALL! SO! CUTE!

But I think it's important to know they're not necessary. When you start feeling obligated to do all these things -- easter baskets, easter pics, dresses, decor, egg hunts, etc etc, then suddenly Easter has you in that insane hustle of the holidays.

But if you don't feel like you HAVE to do all of these fun extra Easter things, they're just amazing memories you can build with your family and take charge over with love!

So let's remember! Let's remember the reason for this season, and look out for some more spirituallllll Easter quotes I'll be sharing before the big day. ;)

If you need a super awesome Easter YWs lesson, well, I may be biased, but as I created this lesson resource all I could think was, "This would be so fun for Easter!" It's all about our Savior, I taught it a few weeks back so it's tested, approved, and we all loved the supercute activities and the amazing tiny testimony mtg! Go check it out  on my shop!

Wishing you all the very best Easter.

four super fly secret sister gifts

Are you looking for some supercute girls camp treat tags? With ideas, tips and printables, I've gotchu 🙏. Just head over to the download assembly guide with everything you need, and yes, it's free!

 Before I sign off, I just want to make sure you know this is NOT the only resource I have to make your life easier as a busy Latter-Day Saint! To see & have all my free resources at your fingertips, follow me on Pinterest! 📌Now here's the promised PDF! 💝 

Happy girls camp planning everyone! Such good vibes and memory from the good nature times ha... y'all GOT this and I am rooting for you. Remember, you're doing better than you think you are.

spring has sprung

Spring is in the air, everyone! Finally, time to get out of the house, enjoy the fresh air, and Easter, and OH MY GAWSH T-MINUS 1 DAY UNTIL GENERAL CONFERENCE?!?

I'm so excited to share this cute lil' print with y'all. I like how it turned out with a fun color palette and a bunch of nice embellishments. If you enjoy, please Pin it, and while you're around, maybe check out some of the new posts on the blog!

I just posted Easter Personal Progress, which you'll want to grab a free copy of before it's too late,   bc time seriously needs a speeding ticket at the rate it's flying by. I'm so excited to keep posting and showing up with some amazing Personal Progress and other ideas and pretty prints for you.

And. It is almost Girls Camp season. I know that people have already been planning in my stake, so we're going to start putting some awesome stuff out there, it's going to be ahmazing. I'm super stoked to share a post on Secret Sister gifts, including adorable gift tags, and to give them out. Lol, keep an eye out for that coming soon, and many more Girls Camp redesigns to come!

Thanks for heading on over, and I hope you enjoy spring and general conference!

easter personal progress

Oh my goodness, we have such a late Easter this year!!! 

I don't know if it is just me or not, but it seems like General Conference and Easter coincide a lot! I have vivid memories of going to Easter pancake breakfasts, then hustling over back to catch the morning session at noon. (Yep. East Coast Squad...) 

So, hey, maybe we can take advantage of them being apart and see where it takes us. Focus more on General Conference while it happens, and Easter when it happens... literally 3 weeks later. Lol. 

Back to what you have been actually wanting to hear about... Easter Personal Progress!

I've shifted my focus from PP worksheets this year, instead of mass-producing 65,000 ideas of what you can do for each holiday, I'm really trying to create 1 amazing worksheet to hand out, and I hope that you enjoy my small offering. AND! I ALSO MADE AN AMAZING EASTER FAITH IN GOD WORKSHEET! I'm sorry. But I had the Personal Progress worksheet all created, and then, no, that just wasn't enough because I had to go the extra mile and show up with TWO supercute worksheets for you all.

Now, just because the two say "Faith in God" and "Personal Progress" doesn't mean you can't do them. I would totally recommend the "Faith in God" worksheet for any Christian, actually, it's a really great outline and study of the Holy Week.

So, you can get...

Easter Personal Progress here.

And Easter Faith in God (super awesome Holy Week Bible study) here.



Remember, these are free so pls, pls, do not reproduce them, sell them, etc, blah blah blah. It's not nice! Or legal! Lol. ;)

On the flip side, pls share this with anyone you think would LOVE it! I'm talking handouts on Easter Sunday for the YW, maybe an Activity day activity, there is so much you can do with these prints. With your Pinning & support, we can get it out there!

 I think they turned out pretty dang awesome if you ask me. If you loved these worksheets, I have a few more. For every Personal Progress experience! Go to the "search" bar to find whatever experience you're working on.

HAPPY EASTER everyone! I loooooved working on these and creating them, really reminded me of why we celebrate Easter, more of which I'll be posting on later!

Wishing you all the very best Easter and hope you enjoy the worksheets.

your talents

What's up, everyone? Can't believe it's another amazing Friday. So excited for GENERAL CONFERENCE coming SOON!!! I'll be sure to post on that sometime, lol, there's only about 1 more week, but anyways, here is today's quote.

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."

-Leo Buscaglia

I love it! We came to this Earth, yes to be tested, but I like to think of it more as that we are here to learn and grow and become more like the God who gave us our talents and gifts. One analogy I've heard is that we were given a suitcase as we came down. Some of us got packed creativity, others empathy, kindness, love, strength, spunk, or courage. Of course, maybe what's more familiar is the parable of the talents. In that story, a talent was another word for a coin. In the end, the master was proud of both of the servants who exhibited growth, no matter their end results. 

On that beautiful day (I can only imagine, lalalaaa,) on the other side of the veil, when I meet my Heavenly Father, I want to say "thank you."

"Thank You so much for all of the gifts and talents and blessings You've given me."

But I don't just want to say that.

I want to show it. Now & with my life.

So that I can honestly say, "I've used them. I tried and failed, and worked, and hustled, and practiced, progressed, and worked to develop and grow the talents You gave me. And I used them to help others."

Lemme tell you. It has NOT always been pretty! Even now I know I still have lots of room to improve in lettering, my art, design, lol, even life. But it's all part of the journey, and I'm creating lots of messes and sharing them on Pinterest with confidence and joy.

And I'll continue doing this on Fridays! I love you all! Please Pin, follow, and share this lil' quote with anyone you think it could benefit. I'm officially fulfilled from all of this creating. But I need your help to get it out there so others can see it! :)❤❤

 So! Grow your talents! Know where they come from! Thank you so much for reading & stopping by.

difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations

Omigosh, I looooove this quote so much!! And I'm so happy about how this little bit of printspo turned out. It literally makes me so happy doing this; graphic design, lettering, so glad I can show up with a new print for you all.  

Oh, and happy Friday! Agh. I'm jumping off the walls I'm so hyper. So. Okay.

Difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations.

Of course, we wish we could also be happy, and hunky dory, and joyful and perfect in life. But if we always were, happiness wouldn't be happy. We wouldn't know highs if it weren't for lows. 

And in life, the lows do happen. It's easy to get swept up in negativity with the true storms and trials in our lives, but when the storms come I love these & other empowering thoughts.

"This too shall pass."

"God will get you through this."

Or this gem, by Elder Holland: "Don't give up (boy,) don't you quit. There is hope, and help ahead."

So many things I still need to letter! I love it. 

Maybe we can react to our circumstances like "why me?" with fear, and desperation, and worry. Or maybe we could choose to live with peace and abundance, and think, "why not me? This is the exact way it's supposed to be." 

This trial, this...toxic person, ew, this storm, this cross I have to bear is here, and I can wallow in it and endure it or come out stronger than before and allow it change me & my life.

Difficult roads can lead to beautiful destinations - but only if you let them.

Yayyyyy! I know I've been kind of silent on the blog lately, and, well, it's because I'm working on something BIG! I'm going to continue to show up with some awesome printspo on Fridays, but I'm so excited to unveil my latest little project once it's done and post a little more often. 

Thank you all for so much love and support! Love all of you Pinners, followers, clients, supporters, viewers... and humans! 

If you don't feel like coming over every Friday to see the new print, (ain't nobody got time for that!) go follow my Pinterest!! Not only will it let you know when I've posted and let you see the posts you like within the site/app, it helps the Pinterest algorithm show my relevant Pins when you search for them.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!!!

st. patrick's day hand-lettered quote

Agh! My last St. Patrick's Day quote! Lol, this is an example of major procrastination, because I had committed to doing one, and of course, I do it the night before the actual holiday. Yayyyy me!

I'm definitely trying to post more hand-lettered quotes, because that's what the blog is all about! Cute prints & inspirational quotes and more. So that's something fun to look forward to. ;)

Yes, it's the night before so I doubt anyone will actually use it for St. Patrick's day, but hey. I said I would make one, and I did! So, HA!

Happy St. Patty's day, everyone Irish out there! 

why is jesus christ important in my life?

Oh my gosh. I HAVEN'T POSTED IN FOREVER! 

Lol. Maybe it was that life kinda took over, but also that I've been working on a little something! As I've said before, if I'm silent for a week, two weeks, a month, a couple months, it means that I'm scheming and going to release something super amazing soon... or that I'll be back as soon as I can! 

This time, I can finally release one of my first lesson helps. I'm so excited to put out this content.

You can check out some other packets I've created on my Etsy shop, and look at this product which is available for $2.50 here. 

 This lovely 21-page lesson helps packet has beautifully designed graphics and handouts to supplement the teaching, and fun and interactive activities to help keep the YW engaged. 

WHAT IS INCLUDED:

- PERSONAL PLANNING PAGES - These are the places for YOU, the teacher!! These help you record impressions you receive while planning the lesson, decide your required timing and more. 

- #HALLELUJAH ACTIVITY - Includes three pretty prints of questions that can be answered with the document "The Living Christ," and directs the YW to think, find and share about their answers to begin the lesson and get their wheels turning.

- "WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR ME?" ACTIVITY - So, what exactly has our Savior done for us? This talk study activity dives deeper into everything that Jesus did, some of which we see during our New Testament study!

-MOANA ACTIVITY - This is super fun and a great way to get the YWs' attention in how the gospel relates to the Disney movie. YW are prompted to write how they can "Make Way For The Savior."

-MINI TESTIMONY MEETING ACTIVITY - This is a great way for everyone to share what they have learned and their own personal testimonies of Christ.

And, of course, a beautiful handout for the end!

There is so much graphics and material that you won't have to worry about filling the required time (you'll probably have to decide what NOT to do in the lesson!)

Oh, and I think this would make an amazing Easter lesson! I had a Moana color-palette and theme, and that combined with the amazing topic could totally work together.

st. patrick's day personal progress

I always loved St. Patrick's day! Me and my brother always used to make leprechaun traps, to find them filled with candy the next day, create rainbow crafts, and all sorts of fun things when we were little. Once I was older, though, I realized that the holiday was pretty much just an excuse for people to pretend to be Irish and get drunk. 

Not much spirituality to pull from.

But, you have no idea how much fun I had creating this. I love a good design challenge!! 

So then it hit me. Yes, Personal Progress colors are like a rainbow, or at least, they're supposed to be. An out-of-order-rainbow it is, which always made me annoyed. But the most important thing?

At the end of the rainbow was gold!

We had white, blue, pink, green, orange, yellow, and purple. Then a few years later, a value got added onto the end. Virtue! 

And, this year St. Patrick's day falls on a Sunday! Perfect, perfect, perfect!

Whether you want to give out the packet/motivator on the day of or a week before, kudos to you to finding this and bringing something seasonal into the game!!

Here's the spiel.

As the handout below says, "There's gold at the end of the rainbow. Complete the Virtue experiences (it's not a hard feat) for a special, delectable St. Patty's day treat!"

Add this to a specially designed packet, and you're golden.

There are worksheets for each Virtue experience, with a special St. Patrick's day design. 

If the girls complete the packet (or already have done the experiences on record,) they get a 'pot' of gold candy. I used Rolos, although gold coins would be supercute as well. 

I also created a tag for the takers -- "Congratulations, my friend, you did as you were told. I hope you enjoy this cute pot of gold!" I then tried and failed for a little while creating an origami box. Seriously, I'm that one person who always needs the art teacher's help in doing origami and just ends up having them do the whole thing. But YouTube is a helpful resource -- this is the tutorial I used. 

I had so much fun creating it and am glad to give it away for free. Please Pin it, follow the profile, and share!

Get the handout/motivator/invitation here.

Get the Virtue St. Patty's packet here.

Get the "pot of gold" print here.

Happy... (personal) progressing! (?!?)