LDS Young Women Bottle Cap Necklaces

The lesson I had today at church was about the Holy Ghost but the whole theme this month for YW lesson was about the Godhead. My friend in AZ recently blogged about a bunch of necklaces she made for her lesson and I thought they turned out so cute that I wanted to make some too!

Supplies

- black cord (not pictured above) but I also used some twine that I had

- gluesticks but I suggest using stronger glue

- 1" circle punch

- 1" clear circle raised stickers

- 1" bottlecap lids

- 1" printables from Green Jello Salad on Etsy

- jewelry circle rings (not pictured)

Here is how one turned out.

I picked up 2 sheets of the printables at Walgreens and used my 1" punch to cut them out. It would have been awesome to create some printables myself but by the time I thought about it , it was after 10pm Saturday night so I figured I'd just buy them from someone who had already made them.

I also wished I had seen the post in time to order the bottle caps from eBay but I ended up going to Hobby Lobby to get most everything I needed that I didn't already have. Luckily  most everything I got was on sale for 50% off. Good timing! They had no bottlecaps with a hole punched in them already so Tony helped me do that part with a nail and a hammer.

I glued down the printable into the bottle cap and put a clear sticker over the top. I threaded the black cord through the jewelry ring and added a bead on each side. Tony did a cool knot that could be adjusted after you put the necklace over your head.

I gave them out at the end of the lesson and I think everyone liked them. Success!

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Utah's Winter Palooza!

January 25th, be there or be square! I've been getting emails for a Winter Palooza event happening at the South Town Expo Center in Sandy and it looks way fun, esp if you have kids that you can bring but even if you dont, there is so much for the adults to do too!

You can follow their Facebook page to stay up to date on any additions or announcements. Starts at 10am and goes until 8pm.

Tickets are $6 online (while they last) and $8 at the door.

Check out all the awesome things that are going to be there

• Tons of Bounce houses
• A Huge 3 story Rock Wall
• Harness Up and Rappel Off the Ropes Course
• Challenge the Mechanical Bull
• There’s a 2 Man Ferris Wheel
• Laser Tag Arena’s
• Even Rides on Mechanical Stuffed Animals
• Magic Shows
• Glitter Tattoos
• Henna Art
• Live Animal Shows
• Face Painting
• Juggling and More
• Take pictures with all your favorite Princesses, Star Wars Characters, Ghostbusters, Hero’s, Minions and More– schedule
  Let me know if you are going to go and maybe I will see you there!

Family Crafty Time Part 3

Somehow I didnt get pictures of anyones bottles but my own.
I need to add something to the top area...tie something around the neck of the bottle and maybe add some bells, an owl, or something.

Using Cricut Craftroom. There are so many cool Christmas images it was hard to pick what we we wanted to cut out of vinyl. 

My sister Allison wanted me to cut out a bunch of vinyl for her so I let her use the new Cricut Basic Toolset to get her vinyl off my mat. She tried out the spatula tool which prevents curling and tearing.

and the tweezer tool with the reverse grip. They take a little getting used to but I like them!

You can order this tool set from Cricut or I have also seen it at Michael's. It comes with:

Cricut® Tools Scissors with protective blade cover 

Cricut® Tools Tweezers 

Cricut® Tools Scraper 

Cricut® Tools Spatula 

Cricut® Tools Weeder 

Four interchangeable end caps

What fun project have you used your Cricut for lately?

Crafty Family Time Part 2

My mom completely surprised me by contributing a craft for us to do. I should mention that is was my mom, Allison and I and my sister in law McKayla doing these projects. Sadly Laura stayed in Utah because she was not feeling well and Julianne stayed in WA to have Thanksgiving there. My other sister in law , Tara, she and my brother went to her parents house. Arkansas is a real long way from Idaho and her parents live closer to where they live.

We were decorating Christmas ornaments.  There were lots of things to put inside the clear ones.

I put snow, cranberries and popcorn in this one

Concentrating. 

I love how this one turned out with glitter inside.

I used a different kind of glitter inside this ornament

Cool one my mom made. I didnt attempt to make this one. Sorta ran out of time!

Crafty Family Time Part 1

When I go to my parents house in Idaho I like to have mini Pinterest parties with my mom and whatever sisters are able to come. I call them 'mini' because pretty much everyone brings a craft. There are no Pinterest foods, decor or swag bags. Maybe someday because those parts are really fun too. Here are some random pictures of the crafting we did when I was in Idaho for Thanksgiving!

My sister Allison brought these frames

And we each got to pick one out to paint

She had lots of colors to choose from

We were not able to paint in the garage so we used the lawn instead.  It was pretty cold so the spray paint took awhile to dry.

After the frames dried my sister cut chicken wire and we used a staple gun to attach it to the frame. 

These will be turned into jewelry holders. Mine is not finished yet but when it is I will post a picture here and tweet and post this link again so you can all see the finished product.