free printable calendar :: june 2013

june 2013 free printable calendar

summer is almost in full swing! it seems that even though school is coming to an end and summer is supposed to be a "break", we are filling up our calendar pretty quick. swimming, soccer, day- and weekend-trips, family coming to visit...i love it all! can't wait for june to come! if you've … [Read more...]

spring cleaning your pantry :: free printable pantry list

how to organize a pantry

i have a definite love/hate relationship with spring cleaning. i look forward to and dread it at the same time. i hate cleaning bathrooms - but i love when they're clean! i hate dusting - but i love having clean surfaces! i hate vacuuming - but i love seeing the clean lines on a newly-vacuumed … [Read more...]

free printable calendar :: april 2013

printable 2013 calendars

i have no idea where march went. but i am looking forward to april! warmer weather, outdoors, general conference, starting a garden...good things are in store! to print your own free april 2013 calendar, click here. … [Read more...]

free printable calendar :: march 2013

free monthly printable calendars

can 1 person have too many calendars?? i have my monthly calendar + my weekly calendar in my diy cereal box planner. it works & i love it! but i'm really the only one who sees it - my husband has no idea what's going on unless i remember to tell him. so i made this calendar to stick up on … [Read more...]

extended family scrapbook

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i grew up in a large family. 10 people, to be exact. 8 kids + 2 parents. and i absolutely loved it! there was always someone to play with, talk to, etc. but over the years, we've all moved away from home and have settled ourselves all over the united states and canada. so needless to say, we don't … [Read more...]

an organized family home evening – in a binder

family home evening kit storage

after having made and posted a few (free!) family home evening kits of my own (i am a child of god, an attitude of gratitude, and understanding those who are different), it became obvious to me that i need to put them somewhere. i had them stored in these cute, fun file folders, but my fhe resource … [Read more...]

new year planner :: made from a cereal box and paper {free printable}

yearly planner 2013

i love planners! i have a weakness for them. but i have also become something of a thrifty/frugal person. so while i see all these yearly planners in the stores, ones that i used to buy, i think to myself that i could probably make one myself and have it be just as cute while costing almost nothing. … [Read more...]

how to: be the best prepared music leader

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a few months after starting this blog i was called to be the primary music leader in my ward. so since then i've posted several things i've done for music time with the hope that there would be another music leader out there who might happen across my blog and find an idea or two that they could … [Read more...]

emergency comfort kit

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i've heard of 72-hour kits, and i've heard of family home evening kits, of course! but i had never heard of emergency comfort kits before. until, that is, i came across this blog. she talked about how her kids' teacher asked her to supply them with an emergency comfort kit that they would keep in … [Read more...]

how to: turn a cereal box into a journal

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ok, so i have a thing for journals and notebooks. have i ever told you that i love paper?! putting together a journal from an empty box of cereal that was just going to go to recycling anyway is just too easy and too cute to not make a bunch of them for keeping notes or for journaling. and … [Read more...]